- Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball confirms it Gears of War: E-Day and Mechanical Revolution “they are only the first” exclusive Xbox titles
- Matt Booty, chief content officer at Xbox, says: “There has to be a reason for people to buy an Xbox”
- Ball says this plan doesn’t mean all Xbox single-player games will be exclusive to the console.
Xbox has confirmed that the Microsoft-owned company is looking to expand its exclusive portfolio of consoles and Gears of War: E-Day and Mechanical Revolution They will not be the only two exclusives that will come to Xbox and PC consoles.
During the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 last month, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that The Coalition’s next gears of war The game will be exclusive to the Xbox console, meaning it will not come to PlayStation 5.
Later, Mechanical RevolutioninXile Entertainment’s steampunk role-playing game (RPG) will also launch on PS5 and will be released exclusively on Xbox Series X, Series S, and PC.
Xbox began exploring cross-platform a few years ago, but amid Microsoft’s major Xbox restructuring, which included massive layoffs of 3,200 people, and what Sharma calls a “reset” of the business, it looks like things are getting back to the way they used to be with an emphasis on console exclusivity.
According to Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty, who discussed the matter with GamesRadar, “There has to be a reason for people to buy an Xbox,” and console exclusives can act as “a reward” for players.
Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball also confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day and Mechanical Revolution They won’t be timed exclusives, unlike games like star fieldbut “permanent”, and the company seeks to adopt more exclusivity.
“I can assure you, Gears of War: E-Day and Mechanical Revolution “They’re not the only titles we’re planning,” Ball said. “To grow a platform like ours, you need to have exclusive games and services.” “These will not be the only two titles.”
Ball added that “big live service titles” will be cross-platform in the future, but suggested this won’t mean all Xbox single-player games will be exclusive to the console.
For example, Fable will be released on PS5, Xbox and PC on the same day, along with Halo: Evolved Campaignwhich is the first Halo game that will ever be released on PlayStation.
“I wouldn’t get too hung up on single-player,” he said. “I think it’s a good rule of thumb, but it’s certainly not set in stone.”
The executive explained that Microsoft has a “framework” for deciding which games will be exclusive and which will be cross-platform and recognizes that “this approach is not obvious to all of our players, and we are committed to making it clearer.”
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