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Eh, I'm not in constant fear at all Tbh. Unless you're a Japanese fan, I wouldn't worry too much.

Dragon's Age 4 and Mass Effect 4 I will say right now will not be moneyhatted, when is the last time that EA accepted a money hat? They don't need to, they aren't desperate for scraps like Square Enix is or like Bethesda was after a series of underperforming titles. Remember Ghostwire Tokyo/Deathloop came off the back of Fallout 76's initial bomb, an underperforming Evil Within 2, Dishonoured 2, Prey and two Wolfenstein spinoffs flopping. To add further to this unlikely scenario, EA Play is literally linked to Game Pass on Xbox and thus it would make even less sense for Dragon Age/Mass Effect to skip Xbox because that would hurt EA Play.

However, I do agree Xbox is likely to lose Dragon Quest 12 and Kingdom Hearts 4 (unless Disney wants it multiplatform). You might as well assume nothing from Square Enix is coming to Xbox this generation, I'd not be surprised if there is some sort of relationship breakdown between Xbox and Square Enix behind the scenes.

I don't think Dragon Dogma's 2 will be moneyhatted, traditionally most of their money hats were done when they were having financial difficulties (Street Fighter/Dead Rising) or built for a specific differentiated platform first (Monster Hunter Rise). Capcom is doing incredible lately and has little reason to accept money hats, they see how successful their multiplatform releases are being already for their major releases and Dragon's Dogma is a title which would appeal to Xbox gamers as well due to its WRPG/JPRG blend.

I also doubt the rumours that BioShock 4 was moneyhatted, they only came from Nick (Xbox Era) IIRC and his track record is very spotty and I believe he already backtracked on it once already, Take-Two again is like EA in that they rarely do money hats because they simply have no reason to do them, they don't need to handouts and their titles sell well enough on Xbox.