Som vi har pointeret flere gange, så er Xbox' strategi lettere forvirrende lige nu. Eksklusiver er tilbage, men ikke i nogen forstand der kan måles eller bestemmes definitivt. Gears of War: E-Day og Clockwork Revolution kommer ikke til PS5, men det gør andre som Senua og State of Decay 3.
I et opføægende interview med Fortune fortæller Xbox-chef Asha Sharma, at de vil lave flere eksklusiver som platformens helbred forbedres:
"I think that we are the number two publisher in the world, and when you do that you want your games to be everywhere. You're stronger when the world plays with you. At the same time, we're increasingly becoming more of a platform, and it's hard to find examples of platforms out there that don't have exclusive services and content. And so this is a journey for us. Our business isn't particularly healthy as you noted, and so we're starting by introducing one to two signature exclusives and, as the business is healthy, we will look to try and do more."
Det lader til at der er en direkte forbindelse mellem Xbox' økonomiske helbred og antallet af eksklusiver.