Xbox Reveals Its Top 10 Player Demands In New Transparency Era

InnovationGamingXbox Reveals Its Top 10 Player Demands In New Transparency EraByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 19, 2026, 10:17am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Xbox XBOXMicrosoftXbox, now rebranded to the very loud XBOX, is attempting to solicit player feedback about what the brand needs to change to retain players or bring them back. It’s more than just people tweeting at new CEO Asha Sharma, however, and Xbox has set up a new public-facing site compiling feedback on the most important issues to the community.The site is called XBOX Player Voice and can be found here. It’s a long list of suggestions/demands, with the top 10 highlighted on the first page. Many of the top requests are not a huge surprise, and it’s at least mildly concerning that Xbox possibly does not already know these, but here they are, along with excerpts of what fans are writing:1) EXCLUSIVES (7,489 votes) – “XBOX was built off of great game exclusives, you cannot sell any consoles without a reason to buy the console compared to your competition or even sending your tentpole games over to your competitor. BRING THEM BACK PLEASE !!!”2) Backwards Compatible (5,913 votes) – “Really would love for XBOX to star focusing on Backwards Compatable[sic] Games again”3) Make Online Multiplayer Free to Access (5,664 votes) – “Online multiplayer availability for all games across all generations of Xbox should be free and all the features of game pass into one subscription for 9.99 like Xbox gold BACK IN THE DAY.”4) Achievements (3,332 votes) - “I feel the achievement list should have a separate category for its DLC's. For example I originally 100% games like High on life, dead island 2 etc. But when DLC releases it shoots down from 100% and I loose[sic] the fe...