​Console exclusives might be making a comeback 

​Console exclusives might be making a comeback 

A screenshot from The Last of Us Part I.

The Last of Us Part I. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment

The near future of game consoles could look a lot like the past. Once a hallmark of the industry, over the last few years console-exclusive games have steadily become rare, as the likes of Sony and Microsoft experimented with offering titles on multiple platforms. Heck, who knows what an Xbox even is anymore? But it seems that the experiments haven’t paid off. Signs are pointing to the return of exclusives, as companies lean on other ways to entice new audiences.

The most obvious indication of this shift comes from a Bloomberg report that Sony is pulling back from releasing its big PS5 games on PC, much in the way that it scaled back its li …

Read the full story at The Verge.

 

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