Microsoft har eksperimenteret lidt med Live Service-formatet før, blandt andet via Sea of Thieves, men det lader til at de ønsker at skille sig af med rygtet om, at det er noget de direkte opfordrer deres studier til at benytte sig af, eller ligefrem tvinger dem til at inkludere.
I et interview med The Guardian fortæller Xbox Game Studios-chef Matt Booty, at selvom de har spil der passer ind i den ramme, såsom netop Sea of Thieves og multiplayer-delen af Halo Infinite, så er det ikke noget de tvinger studierne til.
"Sea of Thieves has longevity and we're going to have Halo multiplayer start to be based around seasons, but Compulsion Games, our studio in Montreal, weren't told to go build something that's going to have seasons or six pieces of DLC or something. Tell Me Why was an important story for us to get out there, but there is no mandate that they've got to go figure out how to do seasons for that game."
Vi må vente og se hvordan Microsoft håndterer titler som Perfect Dark, State of Decay 3 og Avowed, dog lader det til at de ønsker at bredere portefolie af titler.