… Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be XBOX console exclusives!” Microsoft elaborated on this philosophy ever so slighting in a new Xbox Wire blog post by the blog’s editor, Joe Skrebels. “These are not timed exclusives,” he wrote, referring to both Gears and Clockwork . “Games alread… …
… And in order to be a great publisher, you must have your games reach large audiences to play.” But she continued, “At the same time, we’re increasingly becoming a platform. In order to be a platform, you must have exclusive content and services. …
… New chief strategist Matthew Ball tried to rationalize the pivot in an interview with The Game Business yesterday . “Players can expect a reliable pipeline that validates their historical investment in the Xbox platform, keeps them as Xbox players going forward, and everyone in the industry underst… …
… I feel like the bare minimum expectation many had was for Xbox to really focus on their own platform at least for the time of the Showcase. https://t.co/KZYu8p8gR1 pic.twitter.com/zozeVBDnkf — Klobrille @klobrille May 29, 2026 “Xbox will continue to show competitive platform logos at upcoming Xbox … …
… New Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma has yet to act as a spokesperson for the platform in a fan-facing video appearance. …
… But Sharma is currently facing pressure for Xbox loyalists to reverse that trend . “At the same time, we’re increasingly becoming a platform,” she told Bloomberg this week . “In order to be a platform, you must have exclusive content and services. …
… Console is core but it’s no longer enough Where does this leave Xbox, a console turned multi-device platform whose meaning has been diluted by constant strategy pivots and a recent shift from exclusives to multiplatform releases that makes Microsoft feel more like a third-party publisher than one o… …
… To get there, we need to evolve how we work and how we are organized across our platform. …
… The current version of Game Pass Essential, which the Starter Edition seems to be based on, currently offers mostly perennial favorites like Hades and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 rather than new releases. …
… Day-and-date releases like Oblivion Remastered , Doom: the Dark Ages , and Ninja Gaiden 4 seem to have sold well relative to what we know of their overall performance across all platforms. …