Xbox Game Preview is Microsoft’s own spin-off of Steam’s early access, a program that lets preview members beta test unreleased Xbox One games for a fee.
“As we bring more titles to Windows 10 and Xbox One and enable rich cross-device scenarios, we will continue to listen to our fans and evaluate what’s best for each individual game”.
We have first-party publishing, which is something I’m responsible for, and that’s a very tight partnership where we typically have as many Microsoft people on the title by the end of the game as the developer does. Microsoft apparently plans to incrementally curate...
Looking to the future, Microsoft stressed that all cross-buy plans will be formulated on a game-by-game basis. It’s become far more community driven and far more incremental.