2015 may have had the "greatest games lineup in Xbox history", but 2016's lineup could be even better, according to Microsoft's marketing exec Yusuf Mehdi.

Teasing Xbox One's 2016 lineup at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in Arizona yesterday, Mehdi explained that "gaming has been a pretty big success case" for Microsoft, and that it "had probably [had] the best year we've ever had for Xbox" in 2015.

"And it's on the back of the greatest games lineup in Xbox history," he said. "So if you like to game, this is the year to get an Xbox. We have Halo 5 launching. We have Minecraft on Xbox. We have Gears of War, Tomb Raider. The best lineup; next year will also be the best lineup."