Xbox's president, Sarah Bond's recent remarks, sparked a wide controversy after she described exclusive games as an outdated concept, noting that players currently expect popular titles to be available on more than one platform.

But Mike Ybarra, a former Microsoft executive, sees it from a different angle, citing Nintendo as a living example of how exclusive games have succeeded in boosting the status of hardware.Ybarra is known for his frequent comments about his former company on social media, and in his most recent criticism he wrote: It looks like someone should tell Nintendo that exclusivities are getting outdated.