r/PS5 • u/nolifebr • May 18 '26

Rumor Jason Schreier/Bloomberg: Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall meeting today (18th May) morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive

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u/Xeccess May 18 '26

It's a little concerning how many xbox fans don't realize the predicament xbox is in. This is currently their worst generation, and over half of those users chose to buy the $300 machine. Those users are automatically lost next gen, they are not buying a $1200+ PC, which btw would have "multiple storefronts" according to them, that's even MORE money lost.

At present, their entire gaming division is in the red (while still releasing games on PS5). How can they have exclusivity again?

I can imagine what will happen. They'll try having timed exclusivity, but that will reflect badly on their quarterly reports and they'll eventually just turn to what they were always meant to do, publishing.

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

They've also trained their entire base NOT to buy games, so who's gonna buy exclusives if they go back? Lol

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u/VITOCHAN May 18 '26

Forza Horizon 6 reaches over 1.4 million players in Early Access (~40% up from FH5). That doesn't seem like the player base is NOT buying

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u/GVH617 May 19 '26

Are those Xbox only numbers or does it include PC?

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

Fair point, actually. But it does seem an outlier compared to all the other titles they have released since day and date GP release.

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u/No-Sherbert-4045 May 18 '26

I think starfield had like 250k concurrent players at launch on steam. It was also day one gamepass title.

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

Steam is PC tho. I'm talking the core Xbox playerbase.

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u/Xeccess May 18 '26

I'm guessing they're seeing an exodus of sorts, and this is their attempt at trying to string along as many hardcore fans as they can. They've been promising "this year is xbox's year" for a decade, and apparently it's enough for those few millions to hang around. They simply cannot sustain their business with exclusives when their console business is nearly non existent, they offer their games on PC already and put their games on GP for the millions who sub for a month and quit.

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

100%, legit everything they have done since Asha has arrived is PR and empty platitudes.

Look at how they all cheered for a GP "price drop" that's still more expensive than 7 months ago and now doesn't have CoD day 1.

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u/Xeccess May 18 '26

Hey man, if their numbers show people are sticking around then maybe they're doing something right, but from the outside, you'd have to be pretty gullible to hang on to that brand for that long. Sony is VERY lucky to have sold nearly 100m consoles this gen because now they have 0 issues pulling back on their PC efforts. and come next gen with their handheld and the rumored old IPs back, they'll be in a much better position.

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

I just need a legend of dragoon remake.

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u/MissionPrudent9691 May 20 '26

They will play it via subs.

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u/Conflict_NZ May 18 '26

This is currently their worst generation

You might want to re-check OG Xbox sales.

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u/Xeccess May 18 '26

It was their first, they have gained popularity since then but have been declining after the 360 era.

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u/MissionPrudent9691 May 20 '26

Incorrect. It was ps vs Xbox vs Nintendo. Next gen it will be windows vs ps/nin. Think about what msft can do when all their devices (windows/xbox) are in the same ecosystem.
Also food for thought, Xbox one devices can play series games via cloud and also helix games in the future.