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Microsoft has insisted it will not \u201creverse course\u201d on its recently announced plan to return to exclusive Xbox games, but fans say they are finding it hard to trust what the company says.<\/p>\n

The trust issues stem from Microsoft\u2019s announcement of Senua, the next game in the Hellblade series, just days before reports emerged that its developer, Ninja Theory, was in danger of being shut down. But fans have also pointed out that Xbox executives recently praised games released by Compulsion and Double Fine, two Xbox studios reportedly also at risk of closure.<\/p>\n

So, questions have been asked about Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution\u2019s Xbox exclusivity, which was only confirmed during Xbox Games Showcase earlier this month. If Microsoft can announce a game one week then shut the studio behind it down the next, could it also change its mind on exclusives and eventually release Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution on PlaySation 5?<\/p>\n

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Responding to a tweet<\/a> by Windows Central\u2019s Jez Corden, Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball doubled down on the exclusivity<\/a>, insisting neither game will ever come to PlayStation. Not only that, Ball said Microsoft remains committed to releasing “signature” Xbox exclusives every year going forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cGears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will stay exclusive,\u201d Ball said. \u201cThere are no conversations and have been no conversations to \u2018reverse course.\u2019 And as we said last week, players can continue to expect signature exclusives from us every year.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sounds definitive, but the problem is Xbox fans are finding it hard to trust anything Microsoft says right now, not that it’s saying much. It has yet to comment on this week\u2019s reports about studios under threat, nor the allegation that it announced Senua at Xbox Games Showcase knowing full well it planned to shut down the studio<\/a> \u2014 with even Ninja Theory staff allegedly in the dark. IGN has asked Microsoft for comment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe issue with Microsoft \/ Xbox is as a consumer you have no reason to trust what they say,\u201d one fan said<\/a>. \u201c(Not that you should trust any corporation.) Just take a look at the last two weeks. With Microsoft’s seemingly last minute decision to make E-Day an exclusive. Or how they’re on the verge of cancelling Hellbade 3 if they haven’t already, less than two weeks after they announced it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMeh, they change their tune every six months, the strategy could change any second,\u201d another said. \u201cThey literally showed Senua nine days ago and shut them down and I’m supposed to believe they wouldn’t flip flop already on exclusives,\u201d another fan said<\/a>. \u201cThe plan’s the plan until it’s not the plan,\u201d commented another fan, referencing Xbox boss Asha Sharma’s own words on Microsoft’s strategy<\/a> soon after she took the top job.<\/p>\n

Officially, Senua is still a game that\u2019s coming out from Microsoft, but there is significant concern about the fate of the game and the studio behind it, and that has led to something of an appraisal of all Microsoft\u2019s announced video games, large and small. As one analyst told IGN<\/u><\/a> recently, “the studios most exposed are brilliant for prestige and rotten for the spreadsheet.”<\/p>\n

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Xbox under Sharma seems more interested in a handful of blockbuster franchises than smaller scale games. Microsoft is reportedly speeding up development on new The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo games<\/u><\/a>, and considered restructuring or even spinning off its gaming branch. Meanwhile, what does Microsoft\u2019s exclusivity strategy actually mean? Which games are right for exclusivity? Could The Elder Scrolls 6 skip PS5? Could future Halo games go back to Xbox only?<\/p>\n

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Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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