[STEAM] New Xbox Boss Reportedly 'Treading Carefully' Amid Exclusivity Rethink

[Steam 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

New Xbox boss Asha Sharma is reportedly “treading carefully” as she works out what to do with exclusive games.

Sharma, who replaced Phil Spencer as boss of Xbox earlier this year, has spent her first few months in the job making a number of significant changes as

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

works to win back the hearts and minds of its core gaming fans. Among them was

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, quickfire new Xbox console features, and a

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

Perhaps most significant of all,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

a tantalizing tease particularly for core fans who feel Xbox consoles have been devalued amid the company’s multiplatform push in recent years.

But what does this actually mean?

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

has a number of first-party titles due out this year already earmarked for PlayStation 5. Indeed,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. Could

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

pull back from this approach in a significant way, despite how successful some of its games have been on PlayStation?

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

reports that Sharma “has been evaluating a range of options for Xbox exclusive games, but is treading carefully here and isn’t yet ready to commit to any major changes.”

Perhaps

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

could go for timed Xbox exclusivity, rather than day one releases on PlayStation. Playground’s Forza Horizon 6, due out later this month on Xbox and PC, is set for PS5 at some point in 2026. Forza Horizon 5 is a huge hit on PlayStation, generating significant revenue for Playground and its parent company. Surely

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

won’t leave all that money on the table by pulling the PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6.

Gears of War E-Day, though, is an interesting one. So far it’s confirmed only for Xbox and PC. Could it skip PS5 entirely?

Sharma has some big decisions to make as she battles to turn Xbox around. Last month,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

amid the repositioning of the brand around its core fans.

All this comes with

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

’s next-generation console,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, looming over the horizon. While details are vague,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, and it’s looking like a premium device that will command a premium price. Today,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

said it

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up