Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty on Shifting Exclusivity Strategy, Working With Asha Sharma and Why ‘Blade’ and ‘Elder Scrolls 6’ Didn’t Make It Into Showcase

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Xbox leadership shook up its strategy this week with the announcement that upcoming games “Gears of War: E-Day” and “Clockwork Revolution” would be exclusive to Xbox consoles and PCs.

Following years of Xbox breaking down platform barriers for its games with competitors PlayStation and Nintendo under longtime chief Phil Spencer, the move was a radical change by new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma.

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