By better, you mean media hype and launch success compared to PS5 then yes.
What i mean is that, regardless of Halo Infinte - microsoft sold all of its Xbox stock via pre orders and first day sales. So having Halo at launch doesn’t matter for sales purpose.
Now In summer, a big game like Halo can push sales more.
There’s always new exclusives coming to Gamepass, MS makes sure of it. There weren’t only first party exclusives revealed in their games showcase last summer, and we also just got Gears Tactics which is new and AAA for console players.
I’m not saying that there isn’t new exclusives coming. I meant from Microsoft’s internal studios. Game Pass is doing great without Microsoft’s exclusives from internal studios so imagine the increase when their studios start releasing games. That’s what I meant.