PlayStation and Xbox Are Warned: Exclusives Remain the #1 Reason US Gamers Buy Consoles
In the past few years, we have seen the number of console exclusives shrink considerably . …
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Xbox CEO Ties Future Exclusives to Business Health, Signaling a Possible Return to Multiplatform if Sales Slip
4d agoXbox Strategy Chief Admits Component Crisis Is Forcing a Total Rethink of Project Helix and the Console Model Itself
5d agoXbox Game Pass Lost "Millions" of Subscribers With 50% Price Hike Last Year, Admits Strategy Chief Matthew Ball
6d agoXbox CEO Outlines Exclusivity Conundrum: "As the 2nd Publisher, We Have to Reach Large Audiences, But Platforms Need Exclusives"
1w agoMatt Booty Sets Expectations for Xbox Games Showcase 2026, No Project Helix or Xbox Strategy News, Just Games
… " We really want to focus on the teams and on the games, and this is not going to be a place where we're going to talk about strategy broadly. …
New Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Wants to Revive Microsoft's "Storied Franchises" and Rebuild the Console Business
… Despite the well-known issues with component costs, Ball reckons the console business is still growing , and Sharma's new strategy which he advised on should drive revenue and profit. …
Asha Sharma's New Big Xbox Call - Yank Gears of War: E-Day Off PS5 and Rebuild the Console Exclusivity Wall
… For example, Fable is currently scheduled to launch next February with a day-one PS5 version; whether that still holds with this strategy shift remains to be seen. …
Xbox Begs Fans for Feedback, Gets Brutal Verdict From Over 6,000 Users: Bring Back Exclusives or Lose Us for Good
… If Xbox may still be debating its return to console exclusives, PlayStation seems to have already decided. According to a new report, single-player games will no longer launch on PC and will thus remain PlayStation exclusives going forward. …
Forza Horizon 5 Quietly Became a PS5 Blockbuster With 5 Million Sales, Burying Any Hope of Xbox Returning to Exclusives
… Although it's rumored that Microsoft is actively talking about a return to console exclusives , looking at how the racing game by Playground Games has performed on PS5, it makes no sense to leave so many sales on the table just to return to a concept that would be pointless nowadays, at least for t… …
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Makes a Huge Move to Scoop Up Veteran Analyst Matthew Ball to Strengthen Xbox's Console Business
… His strategy experience and his presence as a popular veteran analyst makes him appear to be exactly the person Xbox would want to have on its team, though of course only time will tell if his hiring is actually a game-changer for the platform. …
Xbox CEO Openly Floats the Need for Third-Party Exclusives and "Potential M&A" to Win in Hardware, PC, Mobile, and Streaming
… One thing's for sure: the Xbox strategy is still very much in flux and prone to change at a moment's notice. …
Microsoft's "This Is an Xbox" Campaign Might Already Be Over
… Microsoft has been desperately trying to catch up ever since, also because of a concrete lack of great first-party exclusives, which have been a sore point for the Xbox platform compared to PlayStation and Switch exclusives lineups. …
Xbox CEO Doesn't Have an Answer on Exclusive Games Yet, But Promises Gen9 Will Offer a "First-Class" Console Experience
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