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Microsoft has yet to reveal the cost of the upcoming Xbox series, X -

The biggest challenge for Microsoft and Sony's Next Generation consoles - the Xbox series the X-and PlayStation-5 - may not prove to be the strongest or The Best games at the Start, but The Fallout from Covid-19.

Many players have to spend less money left over to. And there was speculation of supply-chain problems through the pandemic to manufacturing delays and higher costs.

to build This Was also the week of The Giant E3 games expo in Los Angeles , A Chance the hype will start.

Instead, the Xbox, a First Look at some games in development, via a Streaming event In July .

In the meantime, Xbox chief Phil Spencer are some of the questions discussed on the in spirit with the BBC.

The Interview below was edited for brevity and clarity.

How has it affected the pandemic, the your launch plans?

Early on, when we started to deal with people, work from home, there were a lot of questions about what would happen to the supply chain and testing of our hardware.

But if I take a look in the hardware production now, I feel really good.

We have test kits At Home and We Are all With You , so we can make sure that everything works as it should.

We Are also good progress with the software platform that we have built to ensure that The Games run well.

And with reference to the supply chain, from the looks of it, the console continuously.

We had a couple [of] weeks, is missing in our Test cycle, as We Are up to speed with the things.

But I feel I need to absorb as we will be able to, a lot of that in the schedule, and I feel really good about our fall launch.

do you expect any other problems?

It looks like We Are moving into a Phase of massive economic uncertainty.

what I'm likely to focus on the macro-economic environment.

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We see the effects of people getting furloughed and layoffs. It is hard to say.

We Are a leisure activity. We Are not a requirement. We Are not to eat. We Are not a shelter.

So we really want it to start at that than We Are . How we can make it as cheap as possible? How can we give buyers a choice?

We have to buy a Xbox-All-Access-subscription program, which allows people to, their next console is due to the payment of a monthly fee.

And not to buy if now is The Time for a new console, and you're going to stay with the console, you to keep we the support this console have to go.

And through technologies such as smart delivery allows you to buy your games and know that when you buy The Next console, your games with them, so that the consumer has The Choice that's right For You .

non-gamers to consider the console on launch most expensive to?

people find the real value of the investments you can make in gaming.

you can buy a console, buy a couple of games, and it is literally your family hundreds of hours of entertainment.

Even if we went back and looked in the years 2008/09, in the recession, to see what were the effects on gaming OK. It was durable.

We want to make sure we have the correct value for the customers.

price is important to you.

But our strategy is not around The Player , The Device .

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If this is not the year, as A Family would, as a decision to buy a new Xbox, that's OK.

Our strategy is not to rotate, how many Xbox the I sell this year.

We focus on the provision of services via Xbox-to build game-Pass that allows people, their library for a monthly fee.

backward compatibility means that the console, you have to play thousands and thousands of games.

Smart means of delivery, if you move to the Next Generation , The Games will move With You .

In The Past , it is an obsession, was to be sold, how many units in the opening weeks and months of life, a new console. In view of the pandemic, don't you think to measure that The Best way to the success of the introduction of This Time ?

I think you can see already that a lot of the platform-holders, begin, pivot-engagement-metrics Device metrics:

We have seen our subscribers to play 40% more games than The Other , what we just think is great in terms of people can find a variety of content.

The Cycle is in play is a little different than some of The Other media.

games are very durable, they played in the course of time, so that it is not just about What Happened today.

One of our biggest games is Minecraft, and there are over 200 million players left.

We just had to use one of our biggest months ever in terms of Minecraft.

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The Game is 10 Years old. You don't really see that in many other media.

So for us, it comes to dealing with large player-bases, by going you with a great place to play, find friends and discover new games.

Many people around The World , to isolate itself, while the lock feature. What is the role of played games, so that you feel less isolated and more socially connected?

The Nice thing about play is always a social activity.

In fact, during this lockdown time, we have created over 270 million new friend relationships, on Xbox Live .

Thus, not only the people are to stay with your friends, you will find new friends online as you play Together , this is really great.

lots of the creative economy risks during the pandemic, had to have shut down. But the work on Video Games goes, isn't it?

Yes, it is a mixture.

There are certain parts of the creative process in building a game that can happen at a distance.

But there are certain functions in the production of games that still have to be closer to people.

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Today's big triple-A blockbuster games, hundreds of people come Together to games.

And we have seen a break in some things, such as the motion-capture actors and some symphonic work with musicians, where people need to be near.

But We Are still the start of play.

to work with The Teams and find New Ways to work Together .

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Source of news: bbc.com