For nylig udgav Microsoft spil som Cuphead og Ori and the Blind Forest på Nintendo Switch, og jobopslag ovre hos Obsidian lod til at kunne blive fortolket som om, at studiet fortsætter med at udvikle multiplatformspil, snarere end direkte eksklusiver.
Mange har derfor været interesserede i om Microsoft har skiftet strategi, og ikke ønsker at "holde" på de spil som deres studier udvikler.
Men det er ikke tilfældet, for Aaron Greenberg har slået fast i et interview med MCV, at deres førstepartsstudier stadig har til opgave at udvikle eksklusiv software til "deres platforme".
"People should recognise how excited we are with our internal development studios more than doubling. Those teams, going forward, will be focused on making games for our platforms. So while we know there's existing commitments in place, take The Outer Worlds as an example, there was already a commitment to make that game available as a multiplatform title and we'll continue to honour that."
"Thinking about the next game from Obsidian, InXile or Ninja Theory, all those studios, just like our existing internal studios, whether it's 343 or Turn 10, they're going to be focused on making those games for our platforms. So we have no plans to expand any of those exclusive first-party titles to any other consoles."
Der har vi det vist sort på hvidt.