… Sharma previously claimed that Xbox would “reevaluate” its approach to exclusivity, suggesting she was listening to the Xbox players who feel the platform has lost value due to Microsoft’s decision to bring its first-party games to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 . “It’s a tough topic,” she sai… …
… The more recent policy shift, however, dates to Xbox Developer Direct 2025, which featured multiple trailers with third-party platform logos. …
… Gears of War E-Day backtracked from a planned PS5 release, despite Gears of War: Reloaded recently releasing on the competing platform. …
… According to industry veterans like ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden, a middle-of-the-road third-way strategy isn’t feasible. “Those two roads do not converge,” he recently said . “To be a platform and to be a very well-supported, well-accepted, well-selling platform, you need exclusive conten… …
… With that said, ultimately, this shift leaves gaming in a strange place, where the social spaces that once defined platforms like Xbox and PlayStation now live almost entirely on Discord. …
… Obviously, Nintendo is the sternest when it comes to exclusives, as its games don’t appear on any other platform. …
… Our customers’ needs are shifting, the business models that serve them are shifting, and that means the work itself — what we do, where we focus, and how we’re organized — has to transform too. …
… People initially thought this was simply a bug and not a shift in overall policy, but players who have since spoken with PlayStation Support have verified the opposite , with the bot opting to describe it as a “technical feature” of the platform. …
… Asha believes that to build a platform, you must have exclusive services and software--in this case, games. And so to return our platform to consistent growth, we need a reliable pipeline of exclusive games," Ball said in a recent interview with GamesRadar . …
… Re:re:ghosted is a first-person psychological horror game." Teller's Duty June 12 : "Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. …