Could be a mistake.
If it isn't, then the implications are fairly relevant for the Xbox brand, given the performance to date of the XBO.
I'm looking at the Sunset Overdrive numbers and am having a hard time believing those are actually correct. Even accounting for the number of bundles that don't count towards that total, and digital sales that similarly, don't count towards the total, 91k seems extremely low for a significant console exclusive that has marketing behind it.
That makes it an extremely hard sale for third party developers to produce XBO exclusives without some pretty heavy financial incentives from MS. Even with subsidizing, the number of units potentially being sold could be considered too low to accept.
Publishing on Windows could reduce some of that risk, but I personally don't see how moving from a single console exclusive deal to a MS platform deal would improve the allure of keeping products off the PS4. Realistically speaking, a Xbox/Windows exclusive deal is essentially a "don't publish on Playstation deal."
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