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Why Xbox Exclusives matter and why you have to fight for them

 It's true that, Xbox Game Pass basically lets you get all of the games from Xbox Game Studios at a low price. So economically, it saves you money. However, what I don't understand is how the Xbox hardcore fanbase is continuing to cheer on Xbox management while they are openly lying to their heavily invested installed base.  A few years ago, Xbox promised exclusive games that strengthens the argument that you and other people should buy Xbox hardware. A year ago, this promise was thrown out the window, in lieu of a massive 76 billion dollar loan that Xbox owes Microsoft management for buying Activision Blizzard.  So Xbox has pivoted, and now all the games they promised would be Xbox exclusive, are no longer exclusive. The narrative has changed, particularly from voices in the Xbox community that are supposed to be speaking FOR the community. "This is a good thing", "This gives MS/Xbox more money", "In the future, everything will be an Xbox anyway"....