diff --git a/scripts/cross_reference.py b/scripts/cross_reference.py
index f82966b5..b9aaa16e 100644
--- a/scripts/cross_reference.py
+++ b/scripts/cross_reference.py
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ from common import (
     select_emulator_profiles,
 )
 from hashing import parse_hash_list
-from validation import case_folded_slots, declaration_settles, outside_gap_scope
+from validation import (
+    case_folded_slots,
+    declaration_settles,
+    installed_with_emulator,
+    outside_gap_scope,
+    unread_on,
+)
 
 yaml = require_yaml()
 
@@ -606,9 +612,15 @@ def _cross_reference_profile(
     report: dict,
     index: dict,
     standalone_cores: set[str] | None = None,
+    platform: str = "",
 ) -> None:
     """Compare one emulator profile against what the platforms declare.
 
+    *platform* is the platform key under --platform, empty for the whole
+    tree. It decides, through the functions verify reads, which entries the
+    platform's launcher never opens and which ones its emulator package
+    already installs.
+
     Split out of cross_reference, where it was a 200-line loop body that
     carried the whole function's branching: every file is resolved by name,
     by path, by hash and by archive membership before it can be called a
@@ -667,7 +679,7 @@ def _cross_reference_profile(
         if len(layouts) > 1:
             # One file read at one path by both builds counts once.
             seen_key = (effective_path.casefold(), seen_key)
-        if not fname or seen_key in seen_files:
+        if not fname or seen_key in seen_files or unread_on(f, platform):
             continue
 
         # Collect unsourceable files separately (documented, not a gap)
@@ -760,7 +772,7 @@ def _cross_reference_profile(
             "name": fname,
             "path": effective_path,
             "required": f.get("required", False),
-            "bundled": bool(f.get("bundled")),
+            "bundled": installed_with_emulator(f, platform),
             "note": f.get("note", ""),
             "source_ref": f.get("source_ref", ""),
             "in_platform": False,
@@ -800,6 +812,7 @@ def cross_reference(
     all_declared: dict[str, list[tuple[int | None, str]]] | None = None,
     standalone_cores: set[str] | None = None,
     folded_slots: frozenset[str] = frozenset(),
+    platform: str = "",
 ) -> dict:
     """Compare emulator profiles against platform declarations.
 
@@ -841,7 +854,8 @@ def cross_reference(
     }
     for emu_name, profile in profiles.items():
         _cross_reference_profile(
-            emu_name, profile, declared, report, index, standalone_cores
+            emu_name, profile, declared, report, index, standalone_cores,
+            platform,
         )
 
     return report
@@ -872,14 +886,14 @@ def print_report(
         if gaps == 0 and not show_clean:
             continue
 
-        # Counted once, for the heading and the total alike: a file bundled
-        # with its emulator is not one to source.
-        emulator_bundled = sum(
-            1 for g in data["gap_details"]
-            if g.get("bundled") and g.get("source") == "missing"
-        )
+        # Counted once, for the heading and the total alike: a file installed
+        # with its emulator is neither one to source nor one the pack brings,
+        # held or not (validation.deliverable leaves it out of every pack).
+        bundled_gaps = [g for g in data["gap_details"] if g.get("bundled")]
+        emulator_bundled = len(bundled_gaps)
         counts = {key: data.get(f"gap_{key}", 0) for key in totals}
-        counts["missing"] -= emulator_bundled
+        for g in bundled_gaps:
+            counts[g.get("source", "missing")] -= 1
         counts["bundled"] = emulator_bundled
         parts = [f"{count} {key}" for key, count in counts.items() if count]
         status = ", ".join(parts) if parts else "OK"
@@ -896,7 +910,7 @@ def print_report(
         for g in data["gap_details"]:
             req = "*" if g["required"] else " "
             src = g.get("source", "missing").upper()
-            if g.get("bundled") and g.get("source") == "missing":
+            if g.get("bundled"):
                 src = "BUNDLED"
             # One line per file: a note spanning lines fell to column 0
             # between entries and read as an emulator heading.
@@ -920,7 +934,7 @@ def print_report(
           f"large_file: {totals['large_file']})")
     print(f"  {totals['missing']} missing (need to be sourced)")
     if bundled:
-        print(f"  {bundled} bundled with their emulator, not collected")
+        print(f"  {bundled} bundled with their emulator, not packed")
 
 
 def main() -> None:
@@ -1023,6 +1037,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         all_declared=declared_names(args.platforms_dir, selected, db),
         standalone_cores=standalone_cores,
         folded_slots=folded_declared_slots(args.platforms_dir, selected, db),
+        platform=config.get("_key", args.platform) if args.platform else "",
     )
 
     if args.json:
diff --git a/tests/test_cross_reference_sources.py b/tests/test_cross_reference_sources.py
index 40a6fa91..67de9cbf 100644
--- a/tests/test_cross_reference_sources.py
+++ b/tests/test_cross_reference_sources.py
@@ -110,5 +110,60 @@ class GapReportSources(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
+class PlatformScopedEntries(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Under --platform the report reads the platform's scoping fields
+    through the functions verify and the builder call: blastem's cdbios.bin
+    is never opened by RetroBat (unread_on), touchHLE's fonts are not in
+    ROCKNIX's package (not_bundled_on), fMSX's fonts come with Recalbox's
+    (installed_on)."""
+
+    PROFILES = {"emu": {"emulator": "Emu", "systems": ["sys"], "files": [
+        {"name": "skipped.bin", "required": True, "unread_on": ["plat"]},
+        {"name": "font.ttf", "required": True, "bundled": True,
+         "not_bundled_on": ["plat"]},
+        {"name": "held.fnt", "installed_on": ["plat"]},
+    ]}}
+    DB = {"files": {"a" * 40: {"path": "bios/held.fnt", "name": "held.fnt"}},
+          "indexes": {"by_name": {"held.fnt": ["a" * 40]}, "by_md5": {},
+                      "by_crc32": {}, "by_sha256": {}, "by_path_suffix": {}}}
+
+    def _gaps(self, platform: str) -> dict[str, dict]:
+        report = cross_reference(self.PROFILES, {}, self.DB, platform=platform)
+        return {g["name"]: g for g in report["emu"]["gap_details"]}
+
+    def test_an_entry_the_platform_never_opens_is_not_a_gap(self):
+        self.assertNotIn("skipped.bin", self._gaps("plat"))
+        self.assertIn("skipped.bin", self._gaps("other"))
+        self.assertIn("skipped.bin", self._gaps(""))
+
+    def test_bundled_follows_the_platform_package(self):
+        gaps = self._gaps("plat")
+        self.assertFalse(gaps["font.ttf"]["bundled"])
+        self.assertTrue(gaps["held.fnt"]["bundled"])
+        gaps = self._gaps("other")
+        self.assertTrue(gaps["font.ttf"]["bundled"])
+        self.assertFalse(gaps["held.fnt"]["bundled"])
+
+    def test_a_held_bundled_file_is_not_announced_as_available(self):
+        import contextlib
+        import io
+
+        report = cross_reference(self.PROFILES, {}, self.DB, platform="plat")
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as out:
+            print_report(report)
+        text = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn("held.fnt [BUNDLED]", text)
+        self.assertIn("0 available", text)
+        self.assertIn("1 missing (need to be sourced)", text)
+
+    def test_the_report_reads_the_shared_rules(self):
+        """One rule, one function: a local `bool(f.get("bundled"))` answered
+        differently from verify for every installed_on/not_bundled_on entry."""
+        source = (REPO_ROOT / "scripts" / "cross_reference.py").read_text()
+        self.assertNotIn('bool(f.get("bundled"))', source)
+        self.assertIn("installed_with_emulator(f, platform)", source)
+        self.assertIn("unread_on(f, platform)", source)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()