[STEAM] Halo on PS5 isn’t really shocking, but fans could be right to bemoan the death of Xbox exclusives

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This weekend, in the eyes of many players and industry pundits, Xbox as a console business officially waved its big white flag.

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, in terms of megaton gaming headlines at least, is as gigantic as it gets. Seeing Bungie’s community director,

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, proudly proclaiming Xbox’s historic flagship series will be on PS5 “going forward,” is as dramatic an image as nearly anything I can remember covering, since Sonic the Hedgehog first strutted onto a Nintendo platform in 2001.

Except, it’s not really that shocking. Despite the (now dubious-sounding)

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about their initial intentions, the evidence has long been mounting that Xbox is finished as a traditional platform holder that keeps its first-party games exclusive to its own console hardware.

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