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[Mar1217]

Ryuu96 said:

Mar1217 said:

He said that they are open for more, meaning everything and maybe nothing at the same. 

Of course, if they see success in the release of their games on other platforms, they'll continue to do it or maybe expands it with their bigger releases. 

He also said there's not a fundamental change to their exclusive strategy so you have to take both statements or neither, also said there's no plans currently for anything else and will see how these ones go, based on various factors, some will come, some won't come, case by case, that's all it really was, but I think the obvious focus is what they clearly laid out, smaller/niche titles like Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment and large live-service titles which require a healthy community like Grounded and Sea of Thieves, both already been exclusive for years, the driving goal was to expand the franchises of a niche Pentiment/HFR and maintain a healthy community for Grounded/SoT, decisions made based on the games being old and already reaching their full potential for Xbox.

It's a far cry from "EVERYTHING MULTIPLATFORM! NO MORE XBOX HARDWARE! STARFIELD IS COMING! GEARS OF WAR IS COMING! GAME PASS IS NOT RECEIVING DAY ONE ANYMORE! ABK WON'T COME!" and been a MASSIVE overreaction by the larger gaming community, especially some tools in the Xbox community (on Twitter), Lmao. In fact, the stream was filled with some positive news even, a confirmation of Diablo IV on Game Pass, confirmation of multiple Xbox hardware, a suped up one and a unique one, confirmation of the June showcase.

Oh don't worry, this is far from the apocalyptic doom mongering we had last week for sure. Which from a PR statement would've made no sense to go with. They had to come in there and have the re-assurances necessary, otherwise this would've gone on forever. 

I'd maintain the current plans, not changing when it comes to the bigger releases ATM. Their choice to implement multiplatform releases based on the criterias they announced though definitely leaves a place to wiggle more as time goes by. 

Could they widen those as time goes and/or if they see new success in this strategy ? Definitely. Doesn't mean it will happen but it's a possibility.

I'm just of the opinion that letting the door open for a few(if successful in this case) will leave it open wider for more of their content, dixit : the bigger releases. Especially if we're talking about GAAS. 

Hardware wise, they announced their commitment, it's positive news for those ingrained in their ecosystem.