Xbox Player Voice quickly tells you what players want most.

Xbox Player Voice gave gamers the opportunity to tell the company exactly what they wanted from their consoles and games, and it didn't take long to reach a consensus. One of the biggest wishes for Xbox fans is the return of exclusive games, but there are some additional takeaways from the top requests.

Xbox introduced Xbox Player Voice on May 18, giving players a way to provide feedback directly to the company. Xbox has pointed out that not all popular requests necessarily lead to new features, but players will be able to see when the team has reviewed their feedback and will receive updates if any changes or additions are made in response to the feedback.

Xbox Player Voice quickly reveals fan needs.

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It only took a day for some clear patterns to emerge on the Xbox Player Voice feedback forums, with a clear major call to bring back Xbox console exclusives. A player named Carlos Hernández shared a request to bring the game back, claiming that Xbox isn't selling enough consoles because there's no reason to buy the game when you can buy and play it on a competing system. The request received nearly 10,000 likes and more than 1,000 comments in just one day.

The next piece of feedback with the most votes and comments is that Xbox is refocusing on backwards compatibility, making it easier to play older games on Xbox Series X/S. The request has already garnered more than 7,000 likes. Other popular proposals include providing free access to online multiplayer instead of requiring an Xbox Game Pass subscription, separating achievements for the base game and its DLC, and introducing a family version of Xbox Game Pass for households that own multiple Xbox consoles.

Some player requests are less likely to occur than others, as Xbox is unlikely to make any changes that could negatively impact the profits of services like Game Pass. However, according to reputable insider Jez Corden, as far as Xbox exclusives go, this is a topic that Xbox itself is at least looking into. As Xbox evaluates its overall business, a return to exclusives may be something the company chooses to sell more consoles. If you check out this request on the Xbox Player Voice forum list, you can help push Xbox further in that direction.

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Console exclusives were once the norm, with many games never leaving the console family they launched on. But ports have become more common over the years, as developers and publishers take advantage of the opportunity to make more money from existing products. Exclusives have become much more rare these days, with most only sticking to a single console for a period of time before being released on other systems, and even then, they're fairly rare. However, it appears that the industry will eventually reverse this trend. According to recent reports, PlayStation will no longer be porting single-player narrative games to PC.

Source: Xbox Player Voice