Report: Xbox Console Game Exclusives Will Be The Exception Moving Forward

Report: Xbox Console Game Exclusives Will Be The Exception Moving Forward

From DualShockers (Written by Jake Valentine) on | OpenCritic

Back in the day, exclusive games were the selling point of a console. Nintendo had Mario, Sony had Uncharted, and Microsoft had Halo. Today, however, the Xbox brand is already pivoting against this trend, with games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-party games arriving on competing platforms (PlayStation 5).

According to a report from Windows Central's Jez Corden, you better get used to this. More often than not, first-party Xbox games will no longer be exclusive.

At this year's The Game Awards, we already saw an example of this happening: The Outer Worlds 2, a former console exclusive from Obsidian Entertainment, was confirmed for a PlayStation release. Avowed, another game currently in development by Obsidian, is still Xbox exclusive; for now.

Corden also states that deciding to keep Senua's Saga: Hellblade II a console exclusive was a mistake.

What the Future of Xbox Looks Like

This is just the beginning. Major Xbox tentpoles like Halo and Gears of War are expected to appear on a PlayStation console. This ties into the recent Xbox marketing strategy, "This is an Xbox," where anything that can play games is an Xbox.

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