Xbox Exec Responds To Claims That Microsoft Has Too Few Exclusives In 2017

[DonFerrari]

AlfredoTurkey said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Exclusives matter, but people who are defending Xbox dont seem to be depending on where it applies. Exclusives might sell less than they used to, but they stabalize the yearly sales of a platform and keeps mindshare solely on that platform.  All the month to month topics will revolve around your platform and eventually if you're good enough something will stick with the masses. With Nintendo all it took was time. Phil Spencer has also said that even though exclusives are strongest with Nintendo that Sony and Nintendo both excel at single player experiences and that the culture responds as such. You cannot have that reception if you do not create the culture. Xbox fans are looking towards a culture with Microsoft where exclusives are not important and that is why you've come to that conclusion. Traditionally speaking with consoles that has never been in question until Microsoft got here. We all know exclusives matter, but we never questioned their relevance until Microsoft. We know full well that the Xbox would've tanked without Halo or Gears though. 

Exclusives do matter, but they matter far less than they use to. That's all I'm saying. The Xbox One is only 5% behind Sony in the US, practically neck and neck, and look at how many more exclusives Sony has. That shouldn't happen. So I think Microsoft sees this and doesn't really feel the push to buy a bunch of developers.

When you consider the drop X1 had this year even in USA and that PS4 is still up YOY you can see that the long drought of exclusives is showing a little, but since cumulative sales and start of gen is a very relevant period (one that X1 had the upper hand for some people) then the gap stayed small.