XBOX Responds to Player Voice Feedback as Exclusives Become Top Request

The Player Voice website is live, and while the very first big change may not be the most revolutionary one, it still means quite a bit for the future of the XBOX community. The company launched the website not too long ago as a new tool for its players to suggest ideas and features to be implemented within the XBOX framework. The site has become very popular almost immediately after launch.

Users can now vote on what matters the most to them in shaping the platform's evolution. Currently, XBOX exclusives are at the top of the Player Voice requests list. It should be noted that this cannot happen overnight, especially because the corporation will need time to understand which direction it would like to take regarding exclusivity on its platform.

Nevertheless, even if the above question remains open for a long time, the company has made quick moves on other minor player voice suggestions to improve their gaming experience. Within just one week, the XBOX playtime tracking was adjusted from days to hours, making it one of the nine most popular suggestions on the Player Voice website.

It is still a useful step that demonstrates the company’s ability to adapt to changes suggested by the XBOX fans promptly.

In spite of the fact that this is not something new, it makes the calculation of play time more realistic and useful for XBOX fans. By itself, it looks rather insignificant and, most likely, is far from being the most exciting news that can be heard by the users of the gaming platform nowadays. Still, it is definitely a step forward.

More importantly, it appears to be quite an appropriate move towards the community of XBOX fans because the company does react to the wishes voiced on Player Voice. Such a reaction proves the fact that the corporation listens to its customers' demands and starts making some changes in accordance with those wishes. It gives this particular example a special value when compared with other cases from past years.

However, the largest topic related to XBOX continues to revolve around exclusives. Of all the petitions currently under discussion via Player Voice, exclusives are the one area that may have the greatest influence on the brand's fate. The approach chosen by XBOX towards exclusives could go a long way towards deciding the fate of their new console.

The strategy adopted could very well decide whether their new console continues to have a niche market presence within the console industry. There is no official confirmation from XBOX yet on how this strategy might be executed in practice, but there are indications that timed exclusivity could be one of the outcomes that may come to pass.

Whether XBOX chooses to completely switch back to exclusives remains questionable, but timed exclusivity could certainly be an option for the company to consider going forward. At this point, it is evident that the most important event that occurred was how XBOX became willing to take heed from its consumers and made changes within just a few days of introducing the Player Voice feature. This may be considered minor progress, but it surely wasn’t overlooked, especially by XBOX users after this platform was introduced.