If Microsoft has committed to anything with Xbox in recent years, its the long game. Ever since the PlayStation 4 dominated the Xbox One, the company has withdrawn from reporting console sales, acquired high-profile studios and shifted the brands metric of success to the numbers for its industry-leading subscription service, Game Pass.
Even with more exclusives coming to the surface, Sarah Bond, Microsofts corporate vice president for game creator experience and ecosystem at Xbox, isnt banking all the companys hopes on those lifting Game Pass subscriber numbers.
Source: N4G PC Microsofts Sarah Bond on the future of Xbox: 'Its not really about any one acquisition'