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Business Matters: Xbox- exclusive games available on other consoles

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16/02/2024 GMT

Xbox- exclusive games available on other consoles

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Xbox- exclusive games available on other consoles

Xbox confirms four of its games are coming to more popular consoles.

Microsoft says it's making four of its Xbox- exclusive games available on other consoles for the first time.

Microsoft's Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has announced four of its Xbox- exclusive games will be available on other consoles for the first time, the news comes after an increase in multi-platform games by Microsoft. Roger Hearing finds out what this means for the gaming industry going forward. 

We also hear from local business in the US to hear how they are coping as their retail figures are revealed. 

And we look at the four sportspeople who have turned their success on the field into financial success reaching the status of billionaire.

Roger Hearing is joined throughout by two guests on opposite sides of the world: Alison Van Diggelen, Journalist, Host of Fresh Dialogues based in Silicon Valley and Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand in Wellington.

(Picture: Living room with a Microsoft Xbox Series X home video game console alongside a television and soundbar, Credit: Getty Images)

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