A Steady Stream of Exclusives
While not necessarily a ‘feature’ of the next generation Xbox, it’s without a doubt one of the most talked about aspects of the Xbox One, and one Microsoft must finally put to bed. With the announcement that Microsoft had acquired five new studios to join the Microsoft Game Studios family, it certainly looks like it’s moving in the right direction to resolve this.
But please, please Microsoft, let’s not have a repeat of the delays that Crackdown 3, Cuphead, and the oddly quiet Capybara Games’ Below have suffered since their initial announcements!
Part of that comes down to something that Microsoft Game Studios’ general manager Shannon Loftis acknowledged as a mistake with Crackdown 3 in announcing it too early. However, with more first-party studios working on titles just for the next generation Xbox, we’ve got high hopes that it’ll be a completely different story when they finally roll around.
Combine more frequent exclusive releases with the value offered in Game Pass, and you’ve got a formidable combo to tackle whatever Sony brings to the table with the next generation PlayStation.
