

Having access to so many quality games on PC is an undeniable treat, and although this has been a light year for Xbox exclusives, knowing that its future lineup will be available on the service day one is great. I’ve faced plenty of performance issues on the app, and I’m genuinely surprised it has not been fixed yet. Grounded does not work for me (it crashes whenever I play it for a few minutes), and Halo Infinite was broken on my PC for many months. I’ve written about this before, specifically stating that I feel cheated by Xbox Game Pass, as the company absolutely needs to fix its broken app. However, the app on PC has given me a bit of trouble. In fact, while writing this, I launched the app and went to download Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Whether it was Forza Horizon 5, PowerWash Simulator, Sable, or Disney Dreamlight Valley, I’ve booted up the app on my PC a number of times and downloaded what’s exciting to me. I’ve been subscribed to the service for years now, and I turn to it when it has what I’m looking for. Xbox Game Pass boasts an undeniably compelling collection of first-party and third-party games.

Pentiment is a win for artistic creativity, but considering Grounded has been in early access for a long time, Obsidian Entertainment’s latest foray is the only big game from the company this year. The company’s biggest first-party game of the year, Ghostwire: Tokyo, is still exclusive to PlayStation. To summarize, this has been a poor year for Xbox exclusives.

We did have some Halo Infinite updates to look forward to, including the game finally including campaign co-op, but there’s not much else to say here. Microsoft has announced plenty of upcoming games, many of which seem to be coming far in the future, but nothing imminent enough to make 2022 more exciting. There’s not much else here in regards to Xbox exclusivity.
