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padib said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

Square's new CEO seems pretty determined to breakdown exclusivity deals. Everything is releasing that was signed previously before his tenure. It'll be interesting to see what Square's future looks like over the next few years.

I'm very interested can you share some sources?

Right after the announcement for FF14 on Xbox, there was an interview with Phil Spencer and Yoshi-P, and the new Square CEO Takashi Kiryu, and he brought up this statement. 

Kiryu: As CEO of Square Enix, we want to continue to deliver fabulous games to fans across the globe. We want to welcome the Xbox community as well. Starting with today's announcement and whenever possible we are planning to bring our games to Xbox for players to enjoy.

— Nova Crystallis (@Nova_Crystallis) July 28, 2023

Shortly thereafter, Octopath Traveler 2 was announced for Xbox. Most recently Visions of Mana not only was announced for Xbox but was even featured in Xbox's January Developer Direct. 

The "whenever possible" part of his statement I can only interpret as contractual obligations that are out of his control. But like in all contracts, they eventually come to an end. And I don't mean just in porting their games to Xbox, but even Switch misses out on quite a few SE games, and PC may have more SE releases day and date with console rather than eventually.