There was a spot of confusion when Xbox CEO Asha Sharma declared during the recent Xbox Games Showcase that Gears of War: E-Day is an "Xbox console exclusive." What, we wondered, does that mean for us when it's said by Xbox's new management? In a new interview with GameInformer, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty laid it out: The strategy is all about hosing PlayStation.
Okay, he didn't say that in so many words, but that's clearly the intent. "When we say 'console exclusives,' it means Xbox console," Booty said. "It'll still show up on all the normal places where we sell the PC version, and our cloud. Wherever you can get Xbox Cloud streaming."
So the pullback is less about "only on Xbox!" and more "not on PlayStation!" which isn't quite the same thing, but does square with Sharma's admission in April—more of a reminder, really—that " Read Entire Article
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