Don't expect first-party Xbox Series X exclusives for a couple of years

First-party Xbox Series X games won’t be exclusive to the console for a while, Microsoft has said.

Speaking to MCV, Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty confirmed Microsoft’s own titles will work across the Xbox family of devices as well as PC for the next two years.

“As our content comes out over the next year, two years, all of our games, sort of like PC, will play up and down that family of devices,” Booty said.

“We want to make sure that if someone invests in Xbox between now and [Series X] that they feel that they made a good investment and that we’re committed to them with content.”

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This means the launch of Xbox Series X this Christmas won’t feel like the launch of Xbox One, which came out alongside a number of console-exclusive titles such as Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome.

Instead, the likes of Halo: Infinite will launch on Xbox Series X but will also launch on PC and work on Xbox One. We knew that already, but based on Booty’s comments, expect the next couple of year’s worth of Microsoft first-party games, which includes Ninja Theory’s Hellblade 2, to work the same.