{"id":2464,"date":"2026-03-05T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/console-exclusives-might-be-making-a-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:15:00","slug":"console-exclusives-might-be-making-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/console-exclusives-might-be-making-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Console exclusives might be making a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A screenshot from The Last of Us Part I.\" data-caption=\"The Last of Us Part I. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/ss_ea8b45bb65d05fafa911387df16399ead11e6878.1920x1080.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe Last of Us Part I. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/883159\/phil-spencer-xbox-game-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heck, who knows what an Xbox even is anymore<\/a>? But it seems that the experiments haven&rsquo;t paid off. Signs are pointing to the return of exclusives, as companies lean on other ways to entice new audiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The most obvious indication of this shift comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/888908\/playstation-pc-port-strategy-cancel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a <em>Bloomberg<\/em> report that Sony is pulling back from releasing its big PS5 games on PC<\/a>, much in the way that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/9\/23953640\/sony-pushes-back-its-live-service-game-ambitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scaled back its li \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/889336\/console-exclusives-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last of Us Part I. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment The near future of game consoles could look a 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