We saw something striking surface last night: Windows Central shared screenshots of a survey allegedly being sent to Xbox Insiders that asks fans how they’d feel about radical exclusivity scenarios for major franchises. Take this with a pinch of salt — surveys like this are common — but if true, the questions on that survey are bold enough to spark real debate.
What Was Reported
According to Windows Central and picked up by our team at NerdLeaks via Pure Xbox, the survey contains a series of hypothetical exclusivity pitches. The most provocative item asks readers to imagine that "all future title releases from every XBOX-developed gaming franchise except Call of Duty will be console-exclusive to XBOX", and that Minecraft would no longer be purchasable on PlayStation and Nintendo (while remaining accessible for existing owners on those platforms).
Another part of the survey reportedly frames a similar scenario around Fallout, asking readers to imagine all future Fallout games being console exclusives for Xbox, while noting that existing titles in the franchise would remain "available where they are today".
The questionnaire also allegedly put exclusivity propositions for specific franchises and projects to Insiders — names mentioned include Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, DOOM, Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT, Diablo, and Minecraft — and even asked whether users would switch to Xbox on a per‑game basis.
We linked the Minecraft mention above because it was one of the clearest examples in the screenshots. The PHYSINT pitch also stood out; for additional context on that project see our piece on Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT.
The Source & Credibility
Windows Central is the outlet that shared the screenshots, and Pure Xbox ran a write‑up noting the survey’s contents. Both outlets stress that these questions are part of routine research sent to Insiders and that hypothetical scenarios appear regularly in such surveys.
Pure Xbox explicitly urged caution, reminding readers that being asked about an idea is not the same as announcing a change in policy. In short: there is no guarantee whatsoever that the franchises named in the survey will become console exclusives. The final question about making all future title releases exclusive was described as feeling particularly hypothetical and likely appended to a survey that primarily focused on individual IP.
So, while the screenshots are real enough to discuss, treat the suggestions as feedback‑seeking hypotheticals rather than confirmed plans. We’re presenting the facts from those screenshots and the reporting on them — and we’re flagging the clear caveats supplied by the original outlets.
What It Could Mean
