Xbox is Bringing 4 of Its Games to Other Platforms

In the new Xbox business update podcast, the company's leadership has confirmed that four of Xbox's ecosystem exclusives will be coming to rival platforms. The business update was a response to snowballing rumors of Xbox internally planning to go fully third party.

This all started last month when rumors began stirring about Tango Gameworks' surprise 2023 hit Hi-Fi Rushand Rare's swashbuckling service game Sea of Thieves both planning to be ported over to rival platforms PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Considering the smaller scale of both games, and Sea of Theives' status as an ongoing service game, the rumors made sense. However, the Xbox community was launched into hysteria when more rumors began spilling out about bigger exclusive games like Starfield, Halo Infinite, and Gears of War going to PlayStation 5 as well. Even some of Xbox's most important AAA games slated for 2024, like Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, also joined the rumor mill, causing even more of an uproar.

Finally, Xbox fans have gained some semblance of official clarity, as Xbox leaders Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty all sat down on the latest Xbox podcast to lay out the brand's future plans. Spencer expressed that Xbox is planning to bring four of its exclusive games to other platforms, but made a point to confirm that this won't indicate a complete shift in Xbox's exclusive strategy. While he didn't confirm what these games are, he specified that two of them are smaller scale titles, with the other two being community-focused service games; all of them have been out for at least a year. Spencer also confirmed that Starfield and the upcoming, highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Great Circlewill remain exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem.

So we made the decision that we're going to take four games to the other consoles-- just four games, not a change to our kind of fundamental exclusive strategy." — Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox

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