Phil Spencer Respond About The state of Xbox One First party Exclusives and The Answer is Sad

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LudicrousSpeed said:

EricHiggin said:

Well if you look at the third party support the 360 gained and had in general vs the PS3, then take the type of third party support the XB1 has had vs the PS4, and what the 360 had, it's pretty clear that XB1 isn't getting the same kind of backing the 360 did. This is mostly due to the lack of sales for the XB1 platform in comparison to the PS4, as well as Switch now, and that lack of sales is partially due to first party IP and exclusivity. Many of the top AAA third party titles have also went with PS4 for their marketing because of their larger user base. Just because the XB1X is getting some third party game patches doesn't mean it's got strong support.

Marketing, sure. PS4 has a giant lead so it makes sense that companies would be signing with Sony, it would cost MS a ton of money to outbid them for those games. But third party software? That hasn’t slowed down for Xbone. It’s the same as it was for the most part last gen, PlayStation gets the de facto standard Japanese stuff that is mostly niche, Xbox gets everything else. I mean, what has Xbone missed this gen? Some JRPGs. You make it sound as if Bethesda or something has stopped making Xbone games. 

Third party has pretty much saved both consoles imho. Just from a personal standpoint.

It's missed more than some RPG's. Sure, a majority of these games are smaller titles, but just in my own collection, there are games that aren't RPG's. EDF 4.1 for example. That whole series appears to be moving forward as PS4 console exclusives now, with EDF 5 and Iron Rain seemingly having no future on Xbox. I'm sure somebody with more energy than me could site more games from other genres. Xbox third party support is really good though. There's no denying that.