
Off the back of speculation suggesting Microsoft exclusive Hi-Fi Rush could be ported to Nintendo Switch — and maybe even PS5 also — Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb has claimed Sea of Thieves from Rare might also be jumping ship to Sony's system. Speaking on his daily Game Mess Mornings show, Grubb explained he assumed the first suggestions of Xbox games coming to other systems were about Sea of Thieves, as that is what sources had told him was happening.
He speculates this may be part of Microsoft having a "rejigger of its strategy" and that "all of this stuff is happening". Hi-Fi Rush received a very positive response upon its surprise launch around this time last year for Xbox Series X|S, while Sea of Thieves was rocky at first, but has since been updated substantially with new content — some themed Pirates of the Caribbean and Monkey Island.
When discussing the claims of Hi-Fi Rush on new platforms, Windows Central reported it's heard from "very trusted, proven sources that Microsoft has been exploring bringing some of its back catalogue to other platforms". According to Jeff Grubb, a Sea of Thieves port is also being explored.
Would you be interested in playing Sea of Thieves on PS5? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Sea of Thieves is so meh I wouldn't care. Yes I have played it, I still have microsoft lame gamepass.
I know it's a long shot of epic proportions but if the Master Chief Collection would someday make the jump to Playstation...I just might cry happy tears.
Maybe they are doing a microsoft 1st party only gamepass on PS5?
Awesome I can continue not playing Sea Of Thieves 😅
It's a great game and it being on PS5 can only be a positive for its player base, there's a lot to do and so much can be done solo if you so desire. Ots one of the best games I've played in recent years and hugely improved since launch
Make sense, especially live service titles should be on everything. Sony probably will do the same with their live service titles. Game pass is very expensive to run, so supplemental income from selling games on other consoles is not surprising.
@Keyblade-Dan The game is a waste of ssd space on the Xbox series.
It's not good but still cool to see. One day there won't be an Xbox anymore
What’s the point of Xbox if Microsoft gonna start putting they’re games on PlayStation.
@Jay767 None and it's not our problem if xbox is pointless.
Not really interested in Sea of Thieves but I might give Hi Fi Rush a go for the right price.
@XenonKnight That's what I thought could happen years ago when Spencer first brought it up. I would expect it to function similarly to EA Play.
I would buy Gears of War ten times over if they bring it over to PlayStation.
Bring me all of the gears games in either a collection or individually and I'll certainly snap them up. Hell even talk to whoever you need to about an HD Remaster of Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, and anything else locked to the x360 that microsoft has some control over to the platform and I'll be happy. I'll be equally happy to unload all of this xbox hardware I keep around for no other reason as well.
Seriously at this point, one has to ask why the Xbox even exists. At least in its current state. Just open the damned platform and allow people to build their own Xbox like Steam OS and allow for cloud saves to move between platforms, even the Steam Deck, better yet give us an Xbox OS that goes on the go. Keep disc's alive as well. Love to just go ahead and throw my own machine together and buy an xbox certified disc game that would allow me to ping my machine for the disc so I can play it on other devices. Also play my digital titles too.
Xbox as a leader on consoles is over, they are a third party now. I have a series X I just got for 250 new, I have no idea why I even have this thing as its been sitting inits box for 3 weeks now unopened. Open that OS up and let me do more iwth it. Xbox as a Service, that's all it is now.
Meh, hard pass.
Also, pirate themed games are another niche that only NA and some EU countries care, don't expect a bump in sales.
Even on Steam the game doesn't have a huge playerbase.
Bro in green may not be that into "losing billions if that means killing PS" anymore LOL
@NotSoCryptic Wasn't $350 the cheapest the Xbox series X was going for?
@CielloArc Pirates Gold was a good game years back and AC: black flag was good.
Not really interested in Sea of Thieves tbh… would deffo give HiFi Rush a go though!
@Grimwood it’s been coming since ms dropped the ball 2011-onwards
It's been so entertaining watching the Xbox fanboys tie themselves in knots these past few days.
Maybe the whole "player engagement" metric that MS were so fond of isn't actually bringing in the cold hard cash.
I own all the systems and the sea of thieves bashing in here is weird and cringe. It’s a fun game. Especially with friends.
Errr…not judging the quality of the game but I am sure this has an audience of about 23 persons on PS 🤔
Hi fi rush could actually sell a few copies
@Korgon couldn’t agree with you more. For Master Chief to grow coming to non XBOX machines would be ideal, especially now Switch has 120M consoles sold and PS5 50M.
@Nei Not even 23, it so meh.
I'll take Hi-Fi Rush on either PS5 or Switch. A remastered Gears collection would be fine too. Loved Rare's glory days and early xbox stuff but lost interest when they were creating avatars and just not interested in Sea of Thieves!
@Luigia They should still leave that Halo 5 out of Master Chief Collection, I would buy a PS5 Enhanced version of Master Chief Collection.
You can see Microsoft slowly shifting more into a publisher and less worried about the console race. I think its cool. I'd love to play some Halo or Gears of War on PS5.
Wow, a lot of hate for SoT? I played in on PC and it was so much fun with my friends, but pretty empty. Its been years, and my new gaming crowd is PS only. I would love to put a week or two with them in this game and check out all they've added since the beginning.
I could see the multiplayer part of halo infinity coming out for the PS5 because it is free to play.
I think we could see anything from Microsoft that is free to play.
I would definitely get Hi-Fi Rush it's a brilliant game I got it on my XSX.
@Korgon I think there were rumors of that at some point.
Maybe it coming out on PS5 because it's going free to play!?
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Always been interested in playing Sea of Thieves to see how the pvp is. Starting massive open world pvp wars in Hillsbrad Foothills in Vanilla WoW was as much fun as I've ever had in a game and have wondered if something similar was possible in SoT.
No thanks those ‘better on Xbox’ can stay there as well as Starfield now seeing it has a ‘mostly negative’ reviews on Steam. Gave it 3 hours upon launch and happy PlayStation missed that train wreck.
@XenonKnight I've always thought it would be better if live service multiplayer games were on everything, and just keep the single player portions exclusive to each platform. That way more money for everyone.
@PixelDragon I'm bad at pvp in Sea of Thieves so the thought of getting ganked for my loot is part of the buzz. I'm always ready to abandon my ship as bait and row away in a rowboat with my crap.
If this ends up being true, it would seem like Xbox isn't profitable (especially in contrast to how much MS has spent on acquisitions) and they realize that keeping these expensive games exclusive to the distant, third place console is not going to get Xbox to recoup MS investments.
@theSpectre Microsoft is a $2.7 trillion company they have money to burn. (Microsoft net worth as of January 05, 2024 is $2733.21B)
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/MSFT/microsoft/net-worth
Seeing as Sea of thieves is a live service game I'm surprised how long it took for it to hit other platforms, it's already known that Phil will keep the single player games as exclusives and port the live service games to as many platforms as possible.
I also don't understand the gloating that's going on in these comments, Sony will be doing almost the same thing with it's live service games (those that haven't gotten canned at least!) starting with Bungie's Marathon coming to Xbox platforms 🤷
Cool but Hi-Fi Rush is the game I'm excited about. Glad I held back on playing it on Xbox.
Sea of Thieves is a cool concept and seems fun but its the worst game I've ever played in terms of beginner friendly content...I just couldn't be bothered to learn so many systems with no good tutorials for it. Too much content also for the people that are new...
@XenonKnight However Amy Hood at the FTC trial and the Xbox leaks in September does make it seem like Microsoft's patience is running out with Xbox not being profitable enough.
@XenonKnight id love to play Halo on PS5 as first played Halo on a PC and felt special. Microsoft want everyone to play their games and surely Switch and PS5 would be part of that plan
@Bolverkr I had that on SNES the very first killer instinct game. Memories
@Tecinthebrain not gloating but I do love to see MS get it lol. Disgusting company
@XenonKnight As someone that loves a lot of Microsoft’s exclusives… I gotta agree. Sea of Thieves was nothing but a slow paced game around a barren world with boring combat. I was surprised to see so much hype around at the time. I stopped playing after a few hours and my friends that got me to play it stopped shortly after.
@Grumblevolcano They have games if ported to PS5 would make them alot of money, but they will not.
Not interested, but happy for the player base to grow, and for Sony and MS to work together more and the console war. I would buy Hi-Fi Rush though, fun game.
Not sure who is going to be compelled to get Sea of Thieves on PlayStation, but ok, I guess?
Sony is likely following suit releasing their live service games to as many platforms as possible, you can't make that sweet Fortnite money just making these games for your ecosystem.
Id potentially play sea of thieves, but only for the monkey island content
Apparently Hi-Fi Rush has been rated for Switch in Australia.
We could potentially see another Sega situation happening. Honestly wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Microsoft pull out of consoles completely and start focusing on software instead. Their main income is the game pass model,and if thats more income than the Xbox itself, then it would make sense. No company wants to lose money, and if helps them drive profit then they will do it.
@Grimwood & that’s a terrible thing , sony is just gonna keep getting worse .
@NotSoCryptic I agree with pretty much everything you said. Lost Odyssey is a diamond and having it on PS5 would be amazing!
@tangyzesty more of a blue dragon guy but would love to have both
We’re getting Skull & Bones in a month or so. What’s the point of having two open world multiplayer pirate games? I’m not sure there’s enough of an audience for both. I have no interest in either one. Sea of Thieves is apparently pretty popular over in the Xbox world, but what’s that saying about every scrap looks delicious to the famished… 😜
Sea of Thieves, i remembered the blud that chased by kraken with POTC theme played. Good one
@DonkeyFantasy their complacency. i want early PS4 and back, sony again.
I'd probably take a look but not really interested in Sea of Thieves personally.
The original rumour was a "Microsoft Published" game, this has me thinking it's possibly Sunset Overdrive.
interesting
It's Hi Fi rush, basically now confirmed for PS4 and Switch.
https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/project-2022a
@UltimateOtaku91 Nope not going to haven its not a free to play or live service game.
@CielloArc Dont think I would call a game that has a 24 hour playercount hovering around 20-30k everyday (not including gamepass/xbox players) a small playerbase. Would also come with crossplay if sony were to allow for it.
@XenonKnight Technically yes. If you were one of the lucky few who caught the 250 window on Amazon and BestBuy, then no. 250 was the lowest. I happened to be up late on the 23rd... or 24th if you want to get technical. Best Buy dropped it off within a few hours.
I pressed my store for the reasoning for this. Inventory dump or a new model. I'm leaning towards the former. These things aren't selling and the fact that I could walk into a best buy and still see a mountain of the damned things is telling.
So for most people yes, it was 350 unless you were the lucky few. I will not be surprised if another one pops up for 250 in 6 to 12 mos. I'll be even less surprised if MS decides to shift its startegy to become more of a 3rd party developer with a SteamOS like Eco System for Xbox. Where you can build your own machine, install Xbox OS on it, and use it like an xbox complete with optical drive (that you'll need to buy from them). As it stands Xbox as a brand is dead, anyone hoping on that platform like they are making a grand statement is fooling themselves. We'll know console gaming is dead the minute sony starts doing the same thing.
Keep in mind my little prediction doesn't preclude the possibility of an Xbox prebuilt unit. Just like the Series X, but I think MS is moving away from the console being its star. I think Xbox the console will be a mid range PC shoved into a box with replaceable components, no more specialized anything. We will see a low end streaming box resurrected as well or continued Series S style devices.
Who knows maybe this was the plan from the start, but this whole generation from Xbox has been a cop out, right down to phill spencers self defeating statements about losing a critical point in the console race.
I wouldn't get hopes up about a grand change in strategy. This is really just a continuation of them releasing AA games on other platforms like Ori or live service games Sea of thieves/minecraft.
Not really a shocking revelation if well received small titles like HI Fi Rush or Pentiment are ported around.
I wouldn't be shocked if Sony was thinking the same thing about their smaller games that do nothing for console sales. Twisted Metal, Returnal, sackboy, etc. Why not open them up to the 120 million switch users?
@XenonKnight As mentioned by NintendoLife the ratings board have changed it's rating page to include PS4 and Switch as its platforms.
@UltimateOtaku91 No it isn't
Unless it's also coming to mobile and Arcade machines
I'm not trying to say that Hi-Fi Rush is not coming to other platforms, but I'm just pointing out that this rating is just there to "cover their asses" and not because announcement is incoming. Also, rating is from december 2022 so other platforms are included for more then year. And PS5 is missing
@EquiinoxGII People who are cheering for this development are in for a rude awakening.
Without Xbox hardware, Sony can do basically whatever they want with prices on PlayStation. I'm sure people would be fine with PlayStation 6 for 700$, right?
@Godot25 exactly. No one needs a monopoly. But this also go could the completely opposite direction, with how everything is now it also wouldn't shock me if we started to see smaller devices like fire sticks that just stream games. Then the whole device model could potentially be redundant. Now more than ever people want to save money. The whole thing can go either way currently.
@Godot25 lmao ppl actually believe that site , the same site that has redfall coming to usb and SD card , idiots everywhere
I'll believe it when I see it.
@XenonKnight That's correct. They also had 2 mass layoffs last year of tens of thousands of employees. MS is a company and will cut dead weight, if they feel its necessary (not because they have to). If Xbox is only spending money and not making money, MS will stop investing in it.
They're testing the waters. Microsoft knows that the "console wars" have been lost, so they're now moving in the direction of being mainly a publisher.
That explains the insistence in buying Activision, as it will potentially force Sony to play ball. Emphasis on "potentially", as it solely relies on COD keeping its relevance in the years to come.
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