One of Xbox’s bosses has said there is potential for first-party studios to release games on non-Microsoft platforms.
Traditionally when a platform acquires a studio, it buys the rights to publish every future game on its own console. But Xbox seem to be toying with leniency; in an interview with Game Informer, Xbox’s first-party studios boss Matt Booty said that Microsoft-owned developers like Double Fine and Obsidian might still be able to create games for rival platforms in the future.
He revealed Xbox would consider allowing studios to continue creating multiplatform games after being acquired, saying “I think that the question is less binary about, ‘should it be on Switch, should it be on PlayStation?’ and more, ‘does it make sense for the franchise?’
Source: IGN.com Xbox First-Party Studios May Create Games For Other Consoles