Xbox Releasing Another Sacred Exclusive on PS5 Can Never Outshine Their 2 Most Diabolical Betrayals

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Xbox Releasing Another Sacred Exclusive on PS5 Can Never Outshine Their 2 Most Diabolical Betrayals

In a move that might’ve once been considered unthinkable, Xbox is sending one of its most iconic franchises, Gears of War, to the PlayStation 5.

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just announced Gears of War: Reloaded, a full remaster of the original 2006 game for PS5, Xbox, and PC, releasing on August 26.

Xbox has gone towards the accessibility route in recent years with Game Pass and its move towards ending platform exclusivity. And it’s worked for the most part. But despite all these positive moves, it doesn’t take away the fact that the company has also made some bad ones, and one just recently, in fact.

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has had a lot of ups and downs recently with Xbox

Make no mistake, Gears of War: Reloaded is a big deal. At $39.99 and as a day one release on Game Pass, the new remaster will feature everything you expect, from 4K visuals and 120 FPS, to bundled DLC for multiple platforms, including Sony’s. A lot of fans are now asking what the point of owning an Xbox is anymore, but this isn’t even the biggest issue.

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Gears of War: Reloaded comes to PS5 on August 26, remastered from the ground up

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has been moving the gaming division in this direction for a while now, and Gears of War: Reloaded isn’t the first game to do so. We’ve already seen games like Forza Horizon 5 make the move to PlayStation, and who knows, Halo could be next. And again, this is just a part of

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’s accessibility over exclusivity move.

Xbox once battled with Sony and Nintendo in the console wars, with exclusives fighting against each other. But now, with Xbox Game Pass providing incredible variety and accessibility,

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has changed the rules of battle entirely. And it’s been going extremely well for the company, according to their recent revenue reports.

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But Xbox’s descent into platform neutrality isn’t the real betrayal. That dishonor belongs to the fact that the company has closed promising studios like Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin. Tango had just delivered Hi-Fi Rush, a game celebrated as one of the most creative Xbox titles in years. Luckily for the studio and us fans, the studio was later acquired, so we may see more of them yet.

It doesn’t stop there, the consoles just got a price hike

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But wait, there’s more. Just days before the reveal of the new Gears Remaster, Xbox gave us another surprise: it raised the prices of nearly all Xbox Series consoles, controllers, and accessories. Effective May 1, 2025, the Xbox Series X now costs $599.99, with the 2TB model climbing to a staggering $729.99. The budget-friendly Series S? It now retails at up to $429.99.

The bad news doesn’t stop with hardware.

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confirmed that first-party games will also jump from $70 to $80 starting this holiday season. Titles like the new Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, and The Outer Worlds 2 will likely be among the first that we pay the new price for. Combine that with the studio closures, and it really paints

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in a bad light.

So sure, Gears of War is coming to PS5, like Forza Horizon 5 before it. But it doesn’t seem like this move is finding much love among the Xbox fans. Shuttering creative teams and jacking up prices while giving us remastered nostalgia across the aisle doesn’t make Xbox the “nice guy.”