Porting the biggest games from the Xbox stables to competing platforms like PS5this will not help the business of Series|S, even Game Pass. On the other hand, it would suit Microsoft well.
In any case, this is what a report from our colleagues at XboxEra. According to their own sources, Starfield could land its ship on Sony’s latest generation console in the more or less near future. But this would not be the only big game concerned and published by Microsoft Studios. According to this time The Verge, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle could among other things be part of the seduction operation.
Microsoft seeks a place in other spaces for its headlines
It is unfortunately a fact: the Xbox Series, like the Xbox One in its time, occupy third place in the consumer console market for this generation, far behind the PS5 and the Nintendo Switch (which we should finally see the successor this year).
Obviously a blessing in disguise at Microsoft, which has long since refocused its strategy more around Game Pass than hardware. Lately, it seems that another strategy is being prepared behind the scenes of the Redmond firm. During his trial against the FTC surrounding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, its CEO Satya Nadella had also announced the color, dreaming of a world where exclusives on consoles no longer exist.
As such, here are two reports from XboxEra And The Verge have just recently emerged to indicate that two very big games from the Xbox stables would mark the first step towards making this wish a reality. Starfield and the very recently presented Indiana Jones and the Great Circle could indeed be the first standard bearers on PS5.
Could other games follow for the benefit of everyone, especially Microsoft?
is about Starfieldthis should happen, according to sources from XboxEra having wished to remain anonymous, after the release of its first extension, called Shattered Space. If this is the case, the landing of Bethesda’s latest big title on PS5 seems almost like science fiction for the moment. The title must in fact still receive numerous fixes, of which “its most massive” was deployed recently. Concerning Indiana Jonesthis could happen, if we are to believe The Vergedirectly at its launch, announced for sometime in 2024.
In addition to these two big titles from the Microsoft stables, other well-loved games from the studios belonging to it have been talked about. The excellent Hi-Fi RUSH from Tango Gameworks and the popular Sea of Thieves of RARE would be affected. For the first, assets from the game had been datamined, indicating that the supercharged rock concert could tour on PS5 and Nintendo Switch.
In the absence of official confirmation from Microsoft, however, this should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, this would fit with recent movements in its gaming branch. Xbox Series sales continue to lose ground against their competitors and a massive wave of layoffs has seen nearly 2,000 employees leave, largely at Activision Blizzard King.
Porting Xbox’s big hits to other platforms would therefore represent a fairly low-risk bet to obtain potentially significant profits. The future will tell us whether this strategy a priori in preparation will be carried out successfully or not.
Sources: XboxEra ; The Verge
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