Xbox Expands Console Exclusives With 2 Flagship Games as Microsoft Cuts 3,200 Gaming Jobs
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Updated · Windows Central · Jul 7
Xbox Expands Console Exclusives With 2 Flagship Games as Microsoft Cuts 3,200 Gaming Jobs
3 articles · Updated · Windows Central · Jul 7
Summary
Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are set to be fully exclusive to Xbox consoles, with Bloomberg reporting Microsoft is considering more first-party titles for the same treatment.
Asha Sharma is pushing the shift to grow Xbox's core console base, which the report says generates 4 times higher lifetime spending than other users across Microsoft's gaming ecosystem.
The strategy marks a break from Microsoft's recent multiplatform push, keeping big multiplayer games broadly available while using major single-player releases to give players a reason to buy Xbox hardware.
The rethink comes as Microsoft begins eliminating 3,200 jobs in its Xbox division and faces a tougher console market, with higher hardware costs tied to memory shortages and tariffs.