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The Xbox Games Showcase proves that exclusivity wars are far from over – NME.com
Microsoft’s exhibition was seriously impressive, but it also showed that Xbox might be pivoting away from past ambitions
I really thought Microsoft wasnt interested in the boring, drawn-out console wars, and that the games company was moving in a totally different service-led direction to Sony, which has dug its heels into the mud in order to create a singular platform for prestige AAA games. But the Xbox Games Showcase (which took place on July 23) surprised me with its laser focus on exclusivity.
To be fair, the exciting cross-play and platform-agnostic wave in the games industry feels like a blur now given the…
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