After a years-long shift to a multi-platform release strategy, Xbox exclusives are back, despite what some fans might think. Microsoft's gaming division is in the middle of a massive upheaval coined by executive leadership as the Xbox Reset. Studio closures and layoffs abound as Xbox appears to be staving off collapse, and the heart of this attempted resurgence is two console exclusives confirmed at the Xbox Games Showcase: Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution.
With Gears of War: Reloaded arriving on PlayStation 5 last year, and Halo: Campaign Evolved still on its way to Sony's rival platform, it seemed that no first-party Xbox game was off the table for a multi-platform release. Xbox has been clear that it will not abandon future hardware endeavors with Project Helix on the way, but a conspiracy theory arose claiming the big exclusive push was nothing more than a marketing ploy. "'Exclusive' talk was nothing more [than] a show for convention season," said leaker SneakersSO in a Neogaf thread. "Already there is talk about how to reverse course on it."
This notion has been resoundingly rebuffed by Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball, who said on Twitter, "There...
