claimed in court on Thursday that the publisher now made exclusivity decisions on a “case-by-case basis”, and that the titles it did decide to release only on Xbox benefitted from “streamlined” development, partly due to it having to test fewer versions.. “It just needs to run as well as possible on one box, on PC. You know, a narrow focus always helps.
Hines went on to claim that if Starfield were releasing on multiple consoles, it would not be able to make its planned release date later this year. “In my opinion, no, this game would not be coming out in 9 weeks if we were supporting an entirely different platform.”