Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘re-evaluating’ exclusive games

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for the ‘return of Xbox’ with employees. while Microsoft Gaming rebranded as Xbox It was part of the agenda, and Sharma also revealed that Xbox is looking into “re-evaluating” Xbox exclusive games and windowed releases of titles.

It’s a hot topic for Xbox fans, who were shocked when Microsoft decided to do so Start porting games to PlayStation and Nintendo Switchbut there is no firm commitment to returning to Xbox exclusives yet. “Along the way, we will reevaluate our approach to Singularity, Windows, and AI, and share more as we learn and decide,” Sharma and Matt Botti, Xbox’s chief content officer, say in a joint memo to employees today.

There is no firm commitment as it would be difficult to reverse the decision to port games to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, largely due to the revenue generated by titles such as Forza Horizon 5 Microsoft may consider keeping its first-party games exclusive to Xbox and PC for a specific period of time. Forza Horizon 6 It could be a good test of this approach, given that it debuted on Xbox and PC first and on PS5 later.

The joint memo also discusses Xbox’s “master plan” and about “being honest about where we are.” Microsoft’s new “north star” for Xbox progress is now daily active gamers, and the priorities are hardware, content, experiences, and services. You can Read the full memo here.