'It Doesn't End With Gears & Clockwork' - Xbox Reporter Teases More Console Exclusives

Imagine if they are just building hype for fable on playstation before pulling it like E day was??
Apparently it's basically fully made on playstation just sitting on a drive somewhere out there!
Kinda spooky isn't it 😧

I really hope no one is gullible enough to truly believe this until it’s been several years down the line. Xbox doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt.

@Skinny-Pete not the same since pre orders already went live and it was already announced for s5

@Fishmasterflex96 Yeah that would probably put an end to that alright in fairness.

Until MS stops putting PC games day and date with XBOX, this means little.

@Skinny-Pete it’s an unreal game. Outside some ui elements, an “almost finished” build simply means “someone hit the Build for PlayStation” button.

@IronMan30 The Xbox population alone isn't enough to be sustainable PC is vital for Xbox to make a profit on games like this going forward.

@MinervaX76 All the same exceptionally spooky 👻

Personally, exclusives don’t mean much to me. I have all platforms, so I get access to anything I care to. I do like the option to play games in the device I feel fits best, though, sometimes that means I want to play an Xbox published game on a switch, but so long the play anywhere stays and I can juggle an Xbox game on pc, Xbox and pc handhelds, I’m fine with exclusivity.

As for fans whining and coping about this, if you celebrated Sonys cancelation of PC ports, go [bleep], because you literally asked for this practice to return.

I should hope so...I should imagine the plan from now on is that the majority of games will be exclusives....

I only imagine alot of the games yesterday where announced for ps5 because of the fact they have already spent time and money on developing for the ps5

They already have taken a hit on gears that reportedly was pretty much done on ps5

Ofcourse just because that's the plan now doesn't mean it won't flip flop again

@Skinny-Pete how so? We known about the leaked PS3 build of Gears 3 for ages. This stuff happens a lot. Sony was also working on a PC port of Ghost of Yotei and canceled that.

These days a lot of development is done on PC, even PS exclusives. Hell, Wolverine alpha build leaked years ago and was quickly compiled for PC.

Besides, all we heard is Gears remaster didn’t sell well on PS5.

Personally I don't care about exclusives but what is becoming a major selling point is play anywhere. I picked up FFVII Rebirth yesterday on Xbox for this exact reason, so I can play on the Series X and my Xbox Ally X. Then when I get the new Bond game it'll be on Xbox for the same reason and then again for Crazy Taxi

@IronMan30 Xbox is PC. Helix is literally going to merge the two platforms and it won’t even be two builds. Making any game Xbox hardware exclusive would just be silly given the direction of the next console.

@MinervaX76 Crazy isn't it how far along some ports of games get before being cancelled or whatever same for games we never got either.

@Skinny-Pete most of the time, the last 10% of a games development is 50% of the work.

That final per platform optimization and bug-fixing stage takes a lot of time and money. We as end users might feel “just release what you got”, but that’s not really viable business.

Edit: when starfield became an Xbox exclusive, we heard similar stories to this. Yet, the game finally launched for PS5 years later and STILL had tons of PS5 specific bugs and issues. That should give everyone an idea how unfinished this Gears PS5 build was.

Extremely poor decision from Microsoft. See y’all in 12 month when they layoff more people and close more studios/satellite offices.

@IronMan30 I hate to break this to you, but Microsoft see PC as an Xbox platform, and PC will more than likely be THE Xbox platform next generation.

@Fiendish-Beaver they showered a flowchart of how Xbox pipeline will work in the future at the last GDC and if I followed correctly, smart delivery on helix will simply install/launch the same version you would if you simply are launching the Windows build from any PC via the Xbox app, likely with a custom profile.

Helix should be able to run One/Series games, but likely the same way Series can run a XBOne game: only if the newer version is not in the bundle.

Xbox, as the second greatest publisher, needs PC, but they realised that a decade ago. Windows PC has been part of the Xbox first-party lineup since Play Anywhere started on Xbox One in 2016. The part that is intriguing is Steam. Microsoft will overhaul their store because it will be the same for console and PC next generation, but if Steam is the main PC storefront and will be accessible on Helix, they need to do something to not sink under its weight. I don't think that they will reveal their plans regarding that until the next generation is close, but I'm sure they have included Steam along with the PS in their data-driven and strategy-driven approach.

A PS port published by Xbox can be profitable; look at Forza Horizon 5 selling more than Sony's output. However, it's the only port that sold over one million on PS, and it could be affected by the novelty factor. Porting to PS gives the Xbox team the headaches, because Xbox users (Xbox Player Voice is not Twitter) don't see a single PS game on Xbox except Helldivers 2 (published but not developed by Sony), and, at the same time, it's a very risky strategy because it brings additional content to a walled garden that is also owning the market (outside Japan).

Porting the big multiplayer and service games to PS makes sense, because they're a constant source of revenue. As for why some single-player games are coming to PS and some not, this CEO has been in charge for a few months only. Making two games exclusive in such a short time is quite telling. Gears of War E-Day responds to both criteria: data-driven (poor sales on PS5) and strategy-driven (iconic IP), and has never been announced for PS5, which is another (not they only) requirement. One of the most anticipated Xbox games that I think will be exclusive to Xbox (console and PC) is The Elder Scrolls 6.

They have also realised that they need to be clear, so they have confirmed that platforms will be announced when the date is announced and, more importantly, they will not backtrack. If a game is not announced for PS, it won't be released for PS. This is very important not just for Xbox users but also for PS users.

@Banjo-

look at Forza Horizon 5 selling more than Sony's output. However, it's the only port that sold over one million on PS, and it could be affected by the novelty factor

Isn't Sea of thieves sitting at 3 million sales on PS5. I think Oblivion Remastered also reported 1.2 million copies on PS5. The last I heard Grounded was in the 700K+ range, so probably has crossed that 1 million mark by now. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was selling faster on PS5 than it did Xbox and Steam.

This isn't the same situation that Playstation games are selling poorly like on PC. Xbox games are selling actually well on PS.

Gears was never going to sell on PS anyway and it makes sense to keep it in-house as it was the first game to really sell the Xbox 360. Halo on the other hand we’ve all played at some point and the PS5 is short on decent FPS campaigns.

Clockwork might be ok but they spent more time showing pointless cutscenes than actual gameplay so I still don’t even know if it’s just a steampunk Hexen or something else entirely.