More signs point to Gears of War: E-Day Xbox exclusivity being only temporary

Xbox Games Showcase introduced Gears of War: E-Day as the next instalment in the series. During the showcase, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that the game will be an Xbox exclusive. Reports have claimed that this was a last-minute decision, but now, new information suggests the exclusivity may only be temporary.

The information comes courtesy of billbil-kun via Dealabs, citing a listing on the PEGI website that shows PS5 as one of the platforms for Gears of War: E-Day. The leak notes that a UPC or Universal Product Code was assigned to the physical version of Gears of War: E-Day for the PS5. This suggests that the Xbox exclusivity may be temporary, similar to what happened with Starfield, and that E-Day could eventually land on the PS5.

It was originally believed that the game would release on PC and PS5, along with Xbox, and the recent short-lived Walmart US listing suggested the same. However, following Sharma’s Games Showcase announcement, journalist Jeff Grubb shared there’s a finished version of the game for PlayStation consoles sitting on a drive, suggesting it may never see the light of day. With the PEGI listing, UPC, and a seemingly playable build of the game for PS5, it would definitely make it easier for Microsoft to release the game on PlayStation at some point in the future.

Fans echo the same sentiment as a lot of comments on Grubb’s Bluesky post call out Starfield, and that making E-Day exclusive to Xbox is a bad decision. They believe Microsoft will release the game on PS5 at some point in the future to recoup the losses from making it an Xbox exclusive. That said, there's still a possibility that these PS5 listings don't mean anything anymore, and that the game may never make its way to PlayStation.