While the sales of single player titles Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment have been a little more muted, Xbox Game Studios’ two live service titles are selling like crazy on PS5, giving Microsoft all the incentive it needs to port more titles to Sony’s system. Originally, the Redmond firm’s multiformat release strategy was billed as an “experiment”, but there was promise more titles would follow if sales remained strong. CEO Satya Nadella was certainly optimistic about the early indications.
And now we have some hard data from the United States, which suggests the strategy has been successful. Sea of Thieves, the 2018 sea-faring foray from legendary UK developer Rare, rocketed 49 places in the US best-sellers list for April on the back of its PS5 launch, anchoring itself to fourth position behind just Stellar Blade, Helldivers 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It was the third best-selling PlayStation game of the month.
Obsidian’s co-op escapade Grounded enjoyed similar success, jumping from 167th position the month prior all the way up to 12th place. This game also launched on Nintendo Switch, but was the ninth best-selling PlayStation game for the month. It didn’t appear in Nintendo’s respective top ten.
All of this suggests there’s a huge market for Xbox Game Studios titles on PS5, despite these being late ports. It’s not hard to imagine how well tentpole series like Gears of War, Forza Horizon, and Halo would perform on PlayStation platforms, but it remains to be seen whether Microsoft will pull the trigger. The last word we heard is that nothing is out of the question, but until announcements are actually made, this all remains conjecture for the time being.
[source x.com, via News: Apr 2024 USA Sales: Stellar Blade Slashes Straight to Number 1, Helldivers 2 Is Still Insane]
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Well this is what happens when they're on a platform where the majority actually buy games. The main reason most third party games that are day one on gamepass are sustainable is because they are getting large revenue from Playstation/Nintendo players as well, so that they can afford to put it onto gamepass without too much risk, and now the same is going to be said for Microsofts own first party games.
Always been envious of Forza Horizon 4, so hopefully that'll cross over some day.
14th PS5 game announced in tomorrow’s State of Play you ask? Microsoft Flight Simulator.
@GrimWillows loved playing forward horizon 4 on my box one way back then. I hope they release FH on ps5 at some point such fun games
Just give me Hellblade 2 and I'll be a happy camper.
Well most of them have already been on pretty steep discounts too
it will be an interesting summer , with all the rumors going around , who knows what ms will announce at their show case , with rumors swirling around them announcing more ps5 games. give me a gears of war trilogy on ps5 and i'd buy it again and replay it all over again.
None of the games they’ve released so far are for me, but Forza Horizon would be very tempting, and maybe the Ori games
@UltimateOtaku91 Thanks for funding my games so I can continue to play them on Game Pass for free.
@GamingFan4Lyf Well not me personally as I refuse to buy games that are on gamepass day one for the reason you stated, hence why I haven't played Persona 3R yet.
Long may it continue.
Looking at the fact that Hellblade 2 sold between 60k and 80k copies on steam, whoever is waiting for that on ps5 may have what they want very soon.
Bring on over Halo MCC, and Blue Dragon/Lost Odyssey so jrpg fans can actually experience them and can expand upon the 1000 people who did play them
The XBOX is on terminal life support. Soon there will be only PlayStation and Nintendo when it comes to a dedicated box that you play your games on. I will go as far as to say that we are approaching the final true console generation.
Ask yourself this: what really is in it for Microsoft at this point when they can stop wasting millions trying to push another game box when they can just focus on PC and mobile gaming?
My series X is just a gamepass console now and even then it's not used often. For this reason I'll not be buying any xbox games on the playstation. I've not gotten into either sea of thieves or grounded. Played a bit of hi-fi rush, and didn't try pentiment. Really could just rename the next xbox to GamePass Console (GPC). Especially if they do start going more full multiplatform.
@itsfoz if that's true then it's PSVR2 time.
What exactly is your def of "gangbusters"?
@twitchtvpat i am a HUGE gears of war fan. It’s in my top 3 all time franchises. I follow and know a lot about it. It’s basically been confirmed the Marcus Fenix collection is coming out on PS5 and Series X/S and PC. That game across all those devices will sell in the millions. Those 3 games are insanely good and using Unreal Engine 5 will be insane. Gears 4-6 are also being looked at to come to PS5. But not much info floating around on that as much as the collection. I will be playing that on Series X or maybe even PC. But when it goes on sale on PS5 later down the line i will likely double dip it. Enjoy!!!
@LifeGirl cause the plan is they can turn Xbox into a console/PC hybrid and have it licensed out to HP, Dell and Asus. Then MS is making a handheld. So in a lot of ways it’s the opposite of MS leaving the hardware business. They are actually rumored to maybe bring more options to the hardware space. They will be the largest 3rd party software publisher across all platforms and be a 3rd party hardware maker. If that comes true, they will be swimming in cash and we all know MS will follow the wallets. They ain’t worth 3 trillion dollars cause they keep a closed ecosystem. They even brought all their software to the Mac and iPhone, making a killing on that customer base. 😀
A lot of x box games is definitely coming to ps5.its going to be fun.word up son
@HonestHick
"they can turn Xbox into a console/PC hybrid"
Indeed.
And it would be able to play Playstation PC games.
Bonus.
@GamingFan4Lyf Ubi really saw people like you as the mark didn't they 😂
Will be interesting to see if MS actually announce PS5 games in their own showcases or just leave it for State of Plays and Nintendo Directs.
Everyone wins, PlayStation gamers get to play the games, Microsoft gets full revenue from PlayStation gamers and GamePass subscribers get to keep gaming for a fraction of the price.
A total win-win situation!
@GrimWillows On the off chance you have a Steam Deck, Forza Horizon 4 and 5 run great.
@Vivisapprentice The Ori games are two of the best platformers of all time for me. Microsoft have nothing to lose by sharing them with PlayStation gamers.
@itsfoz This is still THE current gen game in my opinion. Microsoft should definitely share it with PlayStation gamers. That could be a nice little boost for PSVR 2 also. Get yourself a Thrustmaster T Flight Hotas X (or something more expensive) for it.
@UltimateOtaku91
You nailed it, my guy.
i'll stick with my series x but will jump ship when ps6 comes out. by then all xbox games should be released day one on ps6 or will it take longer than that for ms to jump ship?
@GeeForce it’s possible. Not sure if we will see that or not. But that would be really interesting and give a lot of choice to gamers. Exclusives wouldn’t be the main reason for why a person games somewhere for the first time maybe ever. I wonder if Sony could block that somehow? You know they ain’t about to just share with the competition. Unless they are down to their last 2 nickels.
I will say this always give me lost odyssey
@DennisReynolds "people like you"
What is that supposed to mean?
@HonestHick Sony would lose a ton of good will if it tried to block a PC from playing its games simply because it says "Xbox" on the shell.
Microsoft makes Surface devices that can also play games and those aren't blocked, so why should a PC with an Xbox logo be any different?
Plus, I highly doubt Valve would go for it - they might tell Sony to [expletive] off. It's one thing to block games from countries where PSN TOS would need to be broken to viably play a game where it's not supported, but to block PC hardware simply because Sony doesn't like that it has Xbox on the plastic would be a slippery slope.
That would open the door for AMD-sponsored games to be allowed to be blocked on PCs with Intel and/or Nvidia GPU and vice-versa. PC gamers don't play that console-wars garbage! They just want to play great games no matter who makes them!
PlayStation Fans: Xbox has no games!
Also PlayStation Fans: Can we please have more Xbox games!
🤣
@HonestHick I know you're just copying me now. 🤣
@LifeGirl Do you genuinely think that Microsoft has ever cared about what box is under your TV?
Or do they care about what software you can ONLY access via them?
@__jamiie @GamingFan4Lyf yeah i get what you are saying and i thought that too but man Sony don’t play around with giving up any edge that makes a gamer buy into PS. They are now that they are coming to PC more often. But yes i too agree that might just ruffle to many feathers for it’s own good. I’ll drop a small rant on you cause i know you are mature enough to understand where i am coming from and how bad i think it is for the industry. I included Jamie cause i know he feels similar without speaking for him.
I think it’s sad that this hobby has people in it that wish for the other companies to fail and quit, while acting like it’s bad when people lose their jobs. But wish for Xbox to stop making hardware.i fish and hunt as my outdoor hobbies and sure there is brand loyalty in rods reels and lures. But never online in chat forums and topic threads do i see other fisherman wish for other companies to go out of business. Heck even in PC gaming PC gamers don’t normally say i hope AMD goes under, cause they are mostly smart enough to know what Nvidia would do to them if that happened. But PS fan’s always want Sony to be the only one standing. Competition is good even from the other side you never intent to support. Then when gamers like us support them all we are trolls and fanboys. Sorry for the rant but none of that makes any logical sense in business or otherwise.
@__jamiie PlayStation Fans: Xbox has no games!
Also PlayStation Fans: Can we please have more Xbox games!
You better stop talking like me on here or you are going to get called out by i won’t name them, but they don’t take nicely to that kind of talk around here. Hahaha 😀
@HonestHick
I don't think they could block it.
Would be a dangerous place to go for Sony if they did. Windows PCs is Microsoft land and they could probably push back quite hard.
@GeeForce makes sense and yeah it wouldn’t be a good look but imagine a world where even just 8-12% of players knew they could do that and made the switch. Sony ain’t trying to have a dip in sales. Tho putting games on PC can lead to that.
@HonestHick
Yup, going to be interesting for sure.
MS is far from finished in the gaming hardware industry.
They have a lot of cards to possibly play yet.
@HonestHick The only thing I can think is that gamers have the same mentality as sports fans where all they want is their team to dominate every other team and be champions.
I love video games so much no matter who makes them!
In my world, there is plenty of room for Stellar Blade AND Super Mario Wonder AND Hellblade 2 AND God of War: Ragnarok AND The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom AND Halo.
To dismiss even one of those because of the plastic box that delivers them means missing out on a new experience, a new story told, or simply just another take on a specific genre.
@HonestHick You and I both know we're cut from the same cloth when it comes to pointless console wars. All the best to you and everyone you care about my friend. Take care. Speak soon.
@GamingFan4Lyf i 100% agree. I have been a 3 console owner since the start. Well 2 in the SNES/Genesis days. But i agree with the sports idea and thats ok. But then don’t go on here and say all those poor people losing their jobs and then want MS to cut all its hardware personal. Like you can’t have it both ways. I get mad fun of on here cause the only consistent bad thing i say about PS is i don’t love their controller designs. They are just ok. Yet i still support the platform and sure i play a little more on Xbox cause i love the controller. But that don’t make me a fan boy. It was the same with the N64, i only used that controller for the exclusive games. I didn’t want to play other games on it. Didn’t mean i hate Nintendo. Controllers are a big big thing to me. It makes or breaks the console right up there with the games for me. If that makes sense. You got the right attitude and always have. I just appreciate you and what you do to support the industry and im here to bounce ideas off of or have fun anytime my friend. 😊
@__jamiie hey I appreciate that more than you know. I have nothing but respect for you. Always here for ya and no matter what changes this industry see’s we will be there supporting it the best we can.
@GamingFan4Lyf Thanks for also being sane and pointing out that the games industry is a wonderful thing to be a fan of.
@GamingFan4Lyf Yeah atleast you know Gamepass isnt good enough to stand on its own feet.
@HonestHick Give me Hellblade you can keep the rest of the games.
@Flaming_Kaiser I’m sure HellBlade 2 will come out on PS5 at some point. Ok we will keep COD…. Wait that would kill the PS brand Jimbo said. You sure you want the rest to stay? You really sure!!!!! 🤣
@hel105 nah, I used to be addicted to upgrading PC and all that, trying to get better frames and resolution. Sticking to console bypasses all that and just lets you play the game as it is presented. Being older, a handheld isn't for me either. Plus I do like trophies.
And Sony is getting what, 30% of each sale? While MS is stuck with the bill for buying all those studios.
@Flaming_Kaiser Microsoft claims it is profitable, but I honestly don't care if it is or isn't.
I am smart enough to take advantage of something that is saving me money at the expense of a multi-trillion-dollar corporation while I can! 👍
@GamingFan4Lyf "Get used to not owning your games". That's a quote from Ubi.
@DennisReynolds Oh.
I absolutely don't mind buying games I really want...unless I can get them for free - why drain my wallet if someone else is handing them out?!
I am not one of those "wait for Game Pass" people, but if the game is something I am interested in and it's available on Game Pass, I am taking advantage of it - I'd be stupid not to.
@GamingFan4Lyf I tend to use Gamepass as a demo for games i'm unsure off, if i like it then i will buy it.
Where's hifi rush? How much did it sell?
@HonestHick COD is fun but also getting old fast the campaigns are getting shorter and shorter what will be the difference with free to play games in end when that is gone. If i had to choose for some other shooter coming to PlayStation just get Halo and drop COD.
@Flaming_Kaiser this years COD is set to have it’s biggest open world campaign. So we have to wait and see. Last years COD was a short one cause it was rushed to be put together. Black Op’s 6 has been in development longer than any COD in a long time. I think it will be really good with Raven doing the campaign. Halo MCC is rumored to come to PS5. So it might be that you get both.
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