They clearly  said " exclusive" 

It’s a console „release“ exclusive, nothing more. It’ll come to PS4 sooner than people expect. It’s just on X1 until the official release date.

They still said 22 exclusives, of those only 5 were real exclusives and the rest were all timed „console launch exclusives“. Just deceptive wording.

Haha is it so hard to understand what the message is? The moment PUBG launches on X1 is a console exclusive until it launches on another platform. This word exclusive has really hurt the gaming industry.

Microsoft have the money indeed, but at this point, buying PUBG would cost so much, it might not be worth it. Its status as a "phenomenon" is not an understatement.

Whether it's a console exclusive, Early access exclusive or what ever I don't know but looking at games that have the "Xbox One console exclusive" tag they have remained that way like Quantum Break, Recore, Gears 4, Forza Horizon 3, Forza 7, Halo Wars 2 and In comparison Dead Rising 4 and Rise of Tomb Raider never had the "Xbox One console exclusive" tag which were both 1 year timed exclusives.

It's an exclusive until it's not, just like ROTTR.

PUBG probably had 1 year timed exclusivity, but MS after seeing how big it got, probably threw a shit ton more money to keep it away from the PS4, I dont expect it on PS4 before 2019.

By that time PUBG could've lost all hype in favor of something else. These type of games have very fickle userbases on PC, they jump from one game to another.

Who knows, there could be another big battle royale surprise next year, RDR2, Far Cry 5? It could even be from a Sony studio. Days Gone could have it.

PUBG's twitter links to this news article

https://news.xbox.com/2017/10/31/pubg-coming-xbox-one-december-12-2017/?ocid=Evergreen_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_10.31.4

In it it says "launch exclusive" whatever that may mean.

As long as it is console exclusive to X1 I don't see a problem writing "console exclusive" on everything.

At E3 they clearly said launch exclusive.

I find it funny how people get all confused/upset when MS uses the term launch exclusive for these games but when Sony showcases a ton of indies/digital titles as console launch exclusive no one seems confused or angry.

It's pretty simple. It's going to launch on Xbone first and be exclusive for awhile, then will come to PS4.

It was announced at their e3.

Now they don't have the word "Launch" on their website, but that doesn't mean anything has changed. They just don't have to be as forecoming as e3, where they'd be roasted for deceptiveness.