Xbox One X Doesn't Have the Exclusives It Needs for a Good Launch

It’s a shame really. The Xbox One X is the most powerful console ever built. It’s a fact that no one can deny and while this certainly gives some bragging points to Microsoft, there’s a big factor which just isn’t being filled by the company. The games. The Xbox One X has no real exclusives launching with it or around it. As a result, why should anyone upgrade when there’s nothing currently available that makes the most of the new technology? Sure third-party support is there for it but where’s the first party?

[THC CELL]

What lol

[PrinceOfAnger]

Did they announced 22 console exclusive in the last conference? beside forza 7

[AspiringProGenji]

Lol 22 “exclusives.”

[Eonjay]

Super Lucky's Tale!
Also, completely ignoring the fact about indie timed 'exclusives' this article is about first party support.
Keep up man.

[PrinceOfAnger]

I forgot Crackdown 3 State of decay 2 sea of thieves

[Eonjay]

Everyone forgot about those and you forgot you were talking about launch games.

[DJStotty]

@louie7

Its not a new generation, it doesnt need launch exclusives, just like the PS4 Pro didnt need/have launch exclusives

[WePlayDirty]

No they didn’t. They announced 15 games that were exclusive. And amongst those games, only 7 of them were labeled as console exclusive. The other 8 were console launch exclusive.

[ziggurcat]

console launch exclusives which, Spencer clarified, means timed exclusive.

[SCW1982]

Which is okay because its an upgrade like the Pro not a brand new console. The Issue isn't the ONE X its Microsoft's catalog in general.

[Eonjay]

Agreed. The released two games all year (three if you count Super Lucky's Tale).
Thats the problem.

[spreadlove]

There doesn't seem to be a problem at all. The Xbox One X standard edition is sold out at Amazon, Target and Walmart. Maybe Best Buy or GameStop is next.

So far, the Xbox One X has outsold the PS4 Pro this year on Amazon too. A whole years worth of sale, condensed into just preorders and we don't know how much of a gap it is too. The demand is insanely strong.

[bluefox755]

@spread That's not true at all, laughable quite frankly. Sony said 1 in 5 Playstation sales are PS4 Pro. There's no way in hell that Xbox One X will ever even come close, much less catch up.

[Eonjay]

@spread

Look, the NES and SNES have both ranked higher and the Xbox One X: Scorpio, which Microsoft already knows will be outsold by the S which isn't on the yearly chart at all. Are you sure the demand is as strong as you think it is? Maybe the scalpers have you fooled too.

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[theXtReMe1]

Totally agree. The thing is, Microsoft has one hell of a catalogue to pull from... the problem is, they dismantled most of their first party studios and knowing that they have a first party problem, they havent formed any new ones. Games like Project Gotham, Blinx, Crimson Skies(which is finally getting a sequel, though not for 2-3 years), Perfect Dark, Conker, Kameo, Alan Wake, Brute Force, Fable, Blue Dragon, Freelancer, Mechwarrior, etc... have all been dormant, many of which deserve sequels.

The problem is... even if Microsoft desides to bring back any of these games or make new ones,its going to be 3 or more years until we see them. So, I suggest to Microsoft... the Xbox 2 could have a great launch lineup, if you start making these games now. Otherwise, youre going to be in the same situation you are now, next generation. With a great machine, but mostly third party games to play on it. What incentive does that give people to come to or switch to your brand? Its first party games that truly push the hardware and give people a reason to play.

I dont understand their hesitance in finding talented studios to purchase. Microsoft has all of the money in the world to make it happen, they just have to make the commitment to do so. Which is why I truly think they are more committed to services rather than hardware or software. Giving developers a platform, like Steam, to create for. Then... handing hardware off to third party manufacturers, like 3DO did. It relieves them of all of the costs, while providing the service for both hardware and software manufacturers to sell their products through. Steam did it backwards, making the service first and then trying to create the platform to run it on. Which failed on the hardware front. Microsoft has a dedicated following of hardware fans, that its creating the service(Live) around. Get people used to buying the Xbox branded hardware and you make money on the hardware design, software and services.

[DaNineTwo]

Exactly. I love my Xbox, but it is really getting frustrating knowing the games are lacking. For the past few months, I've been waiting for Forza 7 - to play a bit now until I get my One X, when I'll play it to all hell - but the game is a HUGE disappointment. The 1 game I was thinking, yeah, they have a solid game to show off the X's power and it just ended in flames. I really don't know what Microsoft is thinking, because everyone says they're just Forza, Gears, and Halo, and they keep fucking those up. If they have no good games next year, I'll sell my Xbox because there'll be no point in having it. I hope Microsoft is able to pull a 180, but then again that hope has been there since the One launched.

[choujij]

I totally hear you. And it's unfortunate that the moldybreads of the fanbase don't understand what you're saying and continue to make excuses or twist things in a positive PR way, which does a huge disservice to fans like you that expect more. My advice is that, when companies don't listen, speak with your wallet.

[Relientk77]

They don't have exclusives

[Deep-throat]

Sony doesn't own Nioh, Persona 5, Yakuzas. They all will come to Microsoft's Windows.

[bluefox755]

And?

[LandoCalrissiano]

Besides, a bunch of Japanese games like those aren't very enticing. Quality over numbers. Really only 1 Sony exclusive that caught my attention was Detroit.

[Elda]

Not coming to Windows.

[Razzer]

Only Nioh. The rest....probably not.

[UCForce]

Now you are just being hypocritical. Nioh is coming to Steam, not Windows. Even Stream and Windows are on PC, but they have two different functions. Like Hellblade is only on PS4 and PC (Stream). Steam is a freedom system that allows developers to create whatever they want. Microsoft Windows are way too restricted.

[notachance]

wow deep-throat with yet another stupid statement

[nitus10]

Like it or not Microsoft Windows is an operating system with the latest release being MS Windows 10 and is currently about 29.09% of the total desktop market with MS Windows 7 being about 47.21%. https://www.netmarketshare....

If you are a software developer you normally target the largest market demographic (business 101) and that predominately is for the desktop/laptop which will be Microsoft Windows. Of course in the smartphone market, the opposite is true since Android (Linux Kernel) and Apple (iOS) dominate.

What is interesting about the desktop/laptop market is the fact that software developers don't have to pay Microsoft any fees to develop for MS Operating System unless Microsoft has a hand in the development or is a publisher. Game resellers such as Steam, GoG ... etc don't pay any fees to Microsoft unless the particular product is being sold by the Windows Store.

BTW. I left off the tablet operating system which breaks down in 2017 to iOS (25.63%), Android (61.06%) and Windows (13.31%). https://www.statista.com/st... It should be noted that trends are given to 2020 but the tablet market is volatile and other sites give radically different views. http://gs.statcounter.com/o...

[guyman]

No they wont FAIL

[Unspoken]

Steam runs on Windows. The game will require Windows lol

[yeahright2]

I don't think you know how PC gaming works.

[EddieNX]

I don't see the point in upgrading to scorpio from my S, I have a 4k HDR TV as well. Might as well just spend the £300 it would cost me upgrading on games now or the next gen of consoles in 2-3 years.

Tempted but it just seems like a waste of money. My XB1S does 4K blue ray and Netflix and even HDR. Is it worth £300 (on top of the £150 I'd get for my S ) ??? I'm not sure.

[LandoCalrissiano]

Faster load times? I'd get it just for that. I loathe slow technology.

[EddieNX]

I was all for it at first. But now it just seems like I'm paying £300 for the same games with higher resoloution. I'm not sure a bump into resolution is worth that much.

The Anthem or Red Dead 2 at 1080p 30fps is the same as those games at 4k 30fps except don't look as good when you get close to the screen.

[LandoCalrissiano]

Technilogically speaking, what is worth that much? What do you want? A 2000$ Mac that can't play 4k movies? Or for that price are you expecting 8k? It's a fair price. Besides, our eyes can't see much better than 4k anyway so it makes sense that 4 times the resolution only looks a little bit better.

[LandoCalrissiano]

Then it's a good thing that I have the 4tb external hardrive with USB 3.0 is faster than the what comes in it.

[nitus10]

Normally you should be looking at the performance of your storage device if you are interested in loading times.

If you want the best loading performance you require a solid-state storage device which in the case of PC's is called an SSD or Solid State Disk which is a bit of a misnomer since an SSD does not have a spinning platter which is the case for a hard disk drive (HDD).

SSD's normally have read/load speed of 500MB/sec (480MB/sec writes) and some can go higher than 2000MB/sec although these are more expensive. As far as cost per gigabyte the HDD is cheaper than an SSD by 3 to 6 or more times.

What is very important in determining performance is the bus of the motherboard which in the case of SATA2 (PS4 and XB1) is 300MB/sec, SATA3 (PS4) is 600MB/sec and SATA Express or SATA 4 is 1.6GB/sec. If you really do want fast transfer times then you probably want something like M.2 which some PC motherboards have (mine has and it is about two years old).

I am not sure what data bus the XB1x uses although it would be reasonable to assume it uses SATA3 or SATA Express (SATA 4) even though these buses are fast the default storage device on the XB1x is a 1TB 5400 rpm hard disk drive which has a maximum load of about 90MB/sec. On purchase, the XB1, XB1s, PS4, PS4s and PS4pro all have a 5400rpm HDD although depending on your purchase may have 500GB, 1TB and 2TB storage.

As an example, I replaced my PS4 HDD with a 7200 rpm 1TB disk which cost me nothing since I took it out of a faulty laptop which is not worth my while to fix. I now get anything from 10% to 25% improvement in overall loading times depending on the game.

[Unspoken]

Higher resolution? You should stick to 360 and PS3. Don't buy the tech if you don't understand it or are willing to learn the differences.

[lukferr]

The truth is that it's not worth it at all. Might as well wait until next gen.

[Unspoken]

It is next gen compared to the 1S buy a mile

[AizenSosuke]

Xbox 1 needs exclusives in general compared to Playstation mighty exclusive lineup.

[Enjoigamin]

Opinion... read a dictionary

[AizenSosuke]

Triggered by my overwhelming self.

[Bobafret]

As an Xbox fan I cannot disagree with this fact.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

Lol We all know most of us gamers library consist of 90% multiplats, not exclusives... So I will be getting an Xbox One X to place beside my Pro since it will be the best system to play my multiplats on :)

[kayoss]

So whats the benefit of playing multiplats on XBX vs the Pro besides the obvious higher resolution. Higher resolution is noticeable only if you sit really close to the screen and if the image was static. Its really difficult to tell the difference when the image is a dynamic image.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

RAM alone is a good enough reason! Higher Texture detail, draw distance, shadow quality, LOD and any other Memory extensive task.

[kayoss]

So what you're saying is that Graphic matters now. Ok got it. So would you say the same thing when a new Playstation comes out with better graphic? or would you and your fanbase be saying, "Graphic dont matter, its the games that matter." then start bringing up which console have games with higher metric scores?

[Max-Zorin]

Xbox in general, need exclusives. And they need to stop putting whatever exclusives they have, on PC. It defeats the purpose, of owning an Xbox.

[Cueil]

In what world do you not support all of your platforms... Should Microsoft treat PC like Sony treats the Vita?

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

MS should treat Xbox like Sony treats PlayStation, they are stripping the brand of its worth.

[kayoss]

So by your logic, ill buy an xbx but i will play my xbox games on my PC? Then WTF is the xbx for? Ill support my platform only if the company support theirs. Vita is not doing well in USA and Europe but it is doing fairly well in Japan and some part of asia. Sony and 3rd party developers are still developing games for it. It just not released here because those games have very little interest to westerners. This is why i stop playing and buying games for the Vita, because there is no reason for me to support it. If Microsoft is not meeting fans demands, then why support it?

[LandoCalrissiano]

Why? It's called synergy. They own Xbox and windows. It'd be like Apple supporting iTunes for the ipod but not the iPad.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

It's called a diluting your brand. Its will bite them in the long run, it's already hurting them.

[LandoCalrissiano]

That's like saying McDonald's is diluting their brand whenever they open a new location.

[nitus10]

True, but if a game is sold via distributors like Steam, GoG or even bricks and mortar stores Microsoft does not get a royalty unless they have a hand in the development, distribution or through their Windows Store.

It is totally different for software developed for Apple (iOS) or Android (Linux Kernel) where a developer has to pay Apple or Google respectively.

Note: Android is fairly open and it is possible to jailbreak or load software from non-approved sites but if you do then you are on your own.

[Mulando]

Playanywhere is really great. I can play on my tv or on my computer and have no intend to upgrade the computer anymore.
Even Age of Empires will be on xb1 with mouse and keyboard ... from my perspective, this is a great feature.

[Bobafret]

I have a very capable gaming PC but prefer playing most of my games on console. I don't believe I am an outlier in this.

[HotMoltenLava]

Oh wow another one of these articles.

[spartan112g]

I don't remember this being an issue when the PS4 Pro released with way less support even for its updates even, making some games run worse.

[quenomamen]

But PUBg is a system seller. Least thats they way they portray it as.

[LandoCalrissiano]

Cuphead, forza, crackdown, sea of thieves, state of decay. Yep, nothing.

[livedeht]

does state of decay have a release date? Crackdown 3 next year when?, April?, may?, june?, july?

[LandoCalrissiano]

Why does that matter? The topic is it doesn't have any and that just isn't true. Also, that's why there are these things called launch exclusives much like pubg. Can't say "needs exclusives" when they are shown to you. Games don't just appear once they are announced. So yes, probably in the spring, that's how it works when games get released. Seriously, where's Rockstars game? How long has red dead 2 been teased and its still not here, yet, no complaints. So it would make sense that many of Microsofts exclusives aren't out yet. Like, e3 isn't a show for what's available, it's whats to come.

[livedeht]

No one is saying MS doesn't have exclusives, what people are saying is they lack the number of exclusives their competition offers. Exclusives create incentive to purchase over competing platforms. I have a PS edition X pre-ordered and I want MS to focus on developing experiences that i can only find on xbox like forza horizon.

[kayoss]

Reading is hard... You understand the words "Launch titles". The one you listed are future releases.

[Many-hat5]

I have my Scorpio edition on order, as I stated before. If it wasn't for the fact that I can play my X1 stuff at better quality, with lots of them having new assets and resolutions. Then yeah, I wouldn't of bothered with it at this point.TBH the only exclusive I'm really looking forward to is SOD 2. I think that will be really good, and maybe SOT. MS are in trouble if they don't get their finger out, sure. But not everything is about exclusives IMO.

[FallenAngel1984]

An iterative console doesn't need exclusives, that'd be a dumb idea. Making games that could only be played on New 3DS, PS4 Pro, & XOX would just severely limit the consumer base for that particular software

[bluefox755]

Little bit late to worry about that, eh? Games have been the problem for Xbox this entire generation, that's why Sony is beating them so badly. They don't really seem to care though, it's their prerogative I suppose.

[Vasto]

The salt

[nitus10]

Salt and popcorn with your favorite drink do go well together. 😉

[chaos-emeralds]

Xbox x needs exclusives, simple as.

[Shu_Suzuki]

There are not many true exclusives anymore!

[jasonpugh]

Jesus! Give up on the exclusive articles for just one day. This argument is getting more tired than the native 4K vs checkerboard. Find something else to argue about for a few days.

[SirBradders]

Puppies?

[AAWELLS09]

What exclusives launched with PS4 Pro? I'm asking the author of the article and not fanbois.

[Xenophon_York]

😱 nooooo—really?

[PistolsAtDawn]

It doesn't need any exclusives. That being said there are more exclusives to Xbox than any other console that I " must play". Hell I even sold my PS4 towards the X1X.

[Stogz]

Lol!

[SlayerUnknown]

Same

[kayoss]

And the lie detector indicate that this statement is a lie!
The lie detector also determined that you never even owned a PS4.
The lie detector also determined that you are the father of lies.

[Wotbot]

I can't wait to play all my enhanced Xbox one games, Tomb raider is first on my list.

To all the fanboys who go on about PS4 exclusives, what happened in the first 18 months of the PS4, shit you had none worthy of remembrance, there is only a handful now, the Switch will have more great ones by the end of the year lol

All multi platform console games are going to look and perform the best on X, not the Pro, that's a big fucking deal to a lot of gamers and it's going to be that way for the next 3-4 years.

[Elda]

2018 PS4 exclusives will blow away anything on XBO or the X.

[Wotbot]

I believe Red Dead 2 will blow all of them away on my X

[Bronxs15]

It’s not a next generation. People aren’t going to get rid of ther Xbox to buy another box that plays the same games. It’s an option for people thinking about Xbox. They can get the s or the x. So I’m that sense I don’t understand why it needs exclusives. Not like they’re launching a new gen console so...

[Kocurstvo]

I am going...

[TheColbertinator]

The beast is coming

[kayoss]

A beast with no teeth.

[Ryuujinjakka]

The average consumer doesn't care about exclusives as long as he can play COD or FIFA. But he cares about his wallet because he has to ask his parents...

[Kocurstvo]

XOX will sell massively, I guarantee that...

[SirBradders]

Stores have already confirmed they receive a fraction of what they received of the one s. Some stores still have them in stock. Ebay is filled with Scorpios.

Summary: it's highly unlikely but we'll see. It's going to be interesting to see how Phil announces, I mean spins his sales PR considering they don't report figures.

[Elda]

Duh.

[kevnb]

It’s a niche console anyway, but yes Xbox could use some exclusives.

[kayoss]

Yep it is a niche console just like the PS4 pro. However, i will not doubt that the exclusive games will look gorgeous on the xbx once its released. Just take a look at the exclusives on the PS4. They look gorgeous, imagine what some of these exclusives can potentially look like if Microsoft put a lot effort to make games to look like this. I just hope they really learn from their mistakes.
The last game i played on my Xbox one was Gears of War 4 and it didnt really lived up to its predecessors.

I feel like Sony needs a competitor to keep them in line and make sure they dont get cocky...again.

[Father__Merrin]

xbox one has no exclusives left...people say exclusives dont matter when they dont have any lol but the better option for the gamer is all the third parties and lots of exclusive = win for gamer ie lots of choice on shelfs

[kevnb]

i think the games simply skipping xbox are hurting more than anything. Many publishers are going ps4/pc and cant be bothered with xbox.

[opinionated]

I agree. It’s solid for the 3rd party players but for an enthusiast that already has an Xbox one and a PS4 pro there isn’t much incentive.

[dcbronco]

And your site doesn't have enough imagination to ever develop into real writers. Find an original angle talking monkeys.

[pyroxxx]

It does not have exclusives at all,.. so there is that. Xbox one at least has games that did not eventually come to PC,.. This does not have anything.

[dcbronco]

That makes zero sense. X is just an enhanced Xbox One. Anything exclusive to one applies to X.

[RetroGamR]

hmm what did the Pro launch with? Talking mid gen "launches" right?

[KillBill]

PS4 Pro had no exclusives for it during launch... the point is?

[zerocarnage]

As usual the morons come out the woodwork for ms. When are the idiot fanboys and haters actually going to shut up, move on and break the never ending cycle of bull crap they spout.

Instead of making stupid articles and throwing these comments out recklessly/blindlessly being all pro Sony why don't you all do the sensible thing and just wait and see how well the Xbox one X does.

I'm sure Sony or Nintendo never put a foot wrong in the industry, must be just ms, what a joke you lot have become this gen, even more turdish you fanboys/haters have ever been.

You do know the console wars died out and that it is ok to enjoy other console developers and games of other consoles that you don't own.

[SlayerUnknown]

Could do with a few more good games that won't come to PS but other than that it's good

[Captain_Tom]

"It’s a shame really. The Xbox One X is the most powerful console ever built."

Why is this a contant echo I keep hearing? It's the newest console. Of course it is the strongest lol.

But it is a $500 console that is only like 20-40% stronger than the competition. Same difference between PS3 and 360...

[OffRoadKing]

It doesn't have any but according to its fan base it doesn't need any as "exclusives dont matter", until hey change their minds and say they do.

[Einhander1971]

Nothing new really we didn't know already, unfortunately Xbox owners are in denial. If it was the other way round I would have an Xbox not a PS4.

[Sm3000]

CAnt the same be said for the Pro?

[Sm3000]

The MS/XB bashing here at n4g has gotten so old. Reason why I stopped visiting so frequently. And yeah I'm a Sony head first. It comes off as blind hate. What has Sony done for anyone repping them so hard? Call me an oddball but I want to see all three platforms thriving

[blanka4545]

garbage lol pc all day!

[DJStotty]

Did the PS4 Pro have exclusives at launch?

[Mulando]

The same applies to the PS4 Pro launch. Why should anybody buy it if everything works on PS4 ... well I guess just because it looks better. Just another clickbait article.

[gamer7804]

article is right in that it doesn't have a great launch lineup but it does have some features that make it worth the upgrade for hardcore xbox fans. All your games will look better with better texture filtering and anything with dynamic resolution will now be maximized to 1080p. Faster loading times. 4k blu ray and media playback. Some previous titles like Tombraider will have a major upgrade in textures/fps or 4k. Sure those who purchase the X might have to wait on some bigger first party titles but there is a lot to gain by getting an xbox one x now, and then games to look forward to in the future.

[Deeke]

Luckily the Xbox One X isn't a device aimed at mainstream consumers.

[RosweeSon]

Nor a good first year.

[Phurox]

Very fanboyish article. The headline could as well have been "Why does the stupid Xbox-fanboys buy a Xbox One when PS4 has the games that should be played?"

[Pantz]

As every game will play best with the power of Xbox One X, they are pretty much all exclusives.

[inxine]

this is probably the 100th article about it. we know, lets move on.

[DevilishSix]

If I remember correctly the PS4 Pro had no launch titles at all.

[link2Dpast]

I'm all for calling out Xbox, screw them but come on you've got Rare. Your telling me with there catalog of great titles there was nothing there to sequel, reboot, or even remake. I swear sometimes I feel they bought them out just so no one else could have them, what a damn waste

[Realms]

A side from fanboys on here touting how awesome the x is I have yet to run into gamers I know that are excited for it. MS is in a bit of a pickle they had to wait to out do Sony spec wise and they don't have any exclusives like Sony does to make people want their new console a side from their existing fanbase. I don't think the x will fair any better than the pro only core gamers will buy these consoles. IMO MS is going to have an uphill battle trying to convince non xbox gamers to buy their new console.

[dmonee]

Microsoft doesn’t care! They know people are going to buy it anyway. They have had the wool pulled over gamers eyes for years. This has been part of their strategy all along. This system was going to launch whether or not the exclusives were ready. They couldn’t afford to delay it, or else it would interfere with their timeline on their next console launch in two or three years, in which we will be saying the same thing. “Where are the exclusives?” Microsoft will reply, “don’t worry, they’re coming!” Like suckers, we will buy the next machine too.

[PGRfox]

People are not buying a One X for exclusives. They are buying it to have the most powerful home console period. I, personally, can't wait to see Forza 7, Assasins Creed, COD WW2, NFS, and SOW on this beast.

[Zjet]

Being a non biased gamer as well as a veteran electronics retailer, i would have to agree.

Hardware is great, but i play games...not hardware, they should have skipped development of Halo Wars 2 and primed Halo 6 for launch, Gears 5, or another big exclusive...no Forza....you don't count