The sales figures for the Xbox for the past two generations have been abysmal. There's no way around it. Microsoft has consistently struggled to sell consoles since its blunder with the Xbox One. It's come to a point that it's no longer including the official numbers of the Xbox Series S/X in its financial reports. Their recent acquisitions of Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media should help, but the signs point to a bleaker future. Very few are buying an Xbox Series S/X even Starfield came out last year and became one of the best-selling games of 2023 on any platform. Instead, public opinion on the Xbox hasn't improved, which probably explains the recent rumblings.
Several insiders have come forward independently with their respective sources claiming that Xbox is releasing its first-party and third-party exclusives to other platforms, namely the PlayStation 5.
We're no longer talking about the mid-level hits like Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves. The recent rumors suggest nothing is off the table. First-party titles like Halo and Gears of War and newly acquired properties or upcoming games like Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are coming to PlayStation 5. This begs the question, if Xbox exclusives are no longer a thing, what's the point of the Xbox Series S/X?
