"It may be counterintuitive but, you know, if we spent enough money to make the big game you know the chance of success felt increased because everybody wanted to play bigger games [with] more ...

Shuhei Yoshida has warned of the ballooning cost of game development in the PS5 era, stating it felt it was safer ‘going big’ during the PS4 generation ...

To add even more fuel to the fire, it appears Gears of War: Reloaded won't even be getting an Xbox physical release; it will just be a digital download from the Microsoft Store / Game Pass.