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To me 2019 was the low for First Party from Microsoft; they had a very weak year and there wasn't nothing in the pipeline.

The only way to answer the question is yes Microsoft had a weak year in terms of First Party release. Fortunatly, It doesn't matter anymore since Microsoft as Gamepass:

Day-one releases in 2022 that made a huge difference for Xbox owners:
Rainbow Six Extraction — January 20
Tunic — March 16
MLB The Show 22 — April 5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge — June 16
Escape Academy — July 14
Power Wash Simulator — July 14
As Dusk Falls — July 19
Two Point Campus — August 9
A Plague Tale: Requiem — October 18
Persona 5 Royal — October 21 *big surprise from E3*
Pentiment — November 2022
High on Life — December 2022

So, with the game listed in original post and all the day-one release it was a pretty good year for Xbox and lots of excitement for 2023.