"Publishers Express Concern Over Xbox Support Amid Sales Plateau"

Third-party publishers are reportedly expressing doubts about continuing to support Xbox consoles due to "flatlining" sales in Europe, with some questioning the effort of creating versions for Xbox when the market is primarily PC and PS5. Microsoft has acknowledged lagging behind PlayStation and Nintendo in sales and has confirmed plans to bring more first-party games to PlayStation and/or Switch. With Xbox considering releasing games for rival consoles and some developers and publishers questioning the point of supporting Xbox, concerns about its future as a hardware manufacturer have been raised.