Microsoft and PlayerUnknown dance around the thorny issue of Battlegrounds console ex

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Gamescom 2017 is drawing to a close. Games have been played, the hangovers have started and the cosplayers are shifting into their formal mortal selves. It's been an interesting week for Europe's largest gaming event, so it's no surprise the world's hottest developer, Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene, was there dropping teasers on what's happening with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - and he sure dropped a bomb.
During a conversation with Xbox at Gamescom, Brendan Greene announced a partnership between PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' developer Bluehole and Microsoft, who will publish the Xbox One version of the game. The Xbox One version, it turns out, is a console launch exclusive. But what, exactly, does this mean?
In his official statement on the Xbox website, Chang Han Kim, Bluehole's vice president and the executive producer of Battlegrounds, revealed the thinking behind the partnership.
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