Microsoft has more best-sellers on PlayStation Store than Sony does
Microsoft is significantly leveraging its competitor's platform to sell games, showing just how inter-connected both Xbox and PlayStation really are.
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Microsoft has more best-sellers on PlayStation Store than Sony does
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Multiple factors.
A) MS owns now two major publishers who had multiplat games and audiences on PS as well. (Also Mojang)
B) MS is releasing new games for PS users that were on Xbox.
C) Sony doesn't have that many games releasing in April bar Stellar Blade while MS is releasing more.
D) Some new traction for older titles like Fallout due to the success of the TV SHOW (much like TLOU show for TLOU games).
MS is the biggest publisher on the market, not really shocking that their games sell when said games sold on XBOX (XGS games) and elsewhere (Mojang, Bethesda, ABK).
Also this just covers a particular point in time and isn't general. Even then, with ABK, Bethesda, Mojang, etc... MS is the biggest third party publisher on PS.
A) MS owns now two major publishers who had multiplat games and audiences on PS as well. (Also Mojang)
B) MS is releasing new games for PS users that were on Xbox.
C) Sony doesn't have that many games releasing in April bar Stellar Blade while MS is releasing more.
D) Some new traction for older titles like Fallout due to the success of the TV SHOW (much like TLOU show for TLOU games).
MS is the biggest publisher on the market, not really shocking that their games sell when said games sold on XBOX (XGS games) and elsewhere (Mojang, Bethesda, ABK).
Also this just covers a particular point in time and isn't general. Even then, with ABK, Bethesda, Mojang, etc... MS is the biggest third party publisher on PS.
It's no wonder they're looking to expand their 3rd-party presence. With ABK in the picture, the vast majority of their heavy-hitters are already multiplatform. And if Tom Warren is right about the next Xbox going all in on being a PC… why not support PS and Switch as much as possible?
The "side-effect" when you buy two 3rd party multiplatform publishers for almost $80 billion.
Yes, you will have some games in the top 25 charts on "rival consoles".
That's what Microsoft is now. A 3rd party multiplatform publisher for PlayStation, Nintendo, PC and Mobile.
Yes, you will have some games in the top 25 charts on "rival consoles".
That's what Microsoft is now. A 3rd party multiplatform publisher for PlayStation, Nintendo, PC and Mobile.
Yes absolutely, you're right, Sony and Nintendo should ditch their consoles too and bring their games everywhere else too.
User warned: Platform wars
and all it took was a small loan ($80bn) from their parents (company)
Every game on that chart was developed by a studio that was bought up over two decades of aggressive acquisition in the industry. Yes, it is factual but this article is kind of click-baity.
Good to see Sea of Thieves having success on Playstation already, that game really deserves it after the launch it had.
Good to see Sea of Thieves having success on Playstation already, that game really deserves it after the launch it had.
You're asking why Call of Duty needs to be on PlayStation?
Because that's the sort of thing we're talking about, here. 5 of the 7 Microsoft games in the top 25 on PS are Activision Blizzard/Bethesda/Mojang titles that have been on PS for years. Only two of the charting games are related to Microsoft's recent decision to experiment with porting some more of their titles to PS.
If only there was a way to report on Sea of Thieves doing well that didn't feed into insane console warring.
If only we could just celebrate a game doing well instead of using it to draw up battle lines and pit people against each other.
If only...
If only we could just celebrate a game doing well instead of using it to draw up battle lines and pit people against each other.
If only...
Yes, this is what happens when you buy publishers with popular established franchises. What an amazing achievement.
And not a single Nintendo game. Had a look, not one on Steam either. Guys, I think Nintendo are doomed.
Right? Im not really sure whats the point of ponting this out lol. There really isnt anything to glean from it
Man I hope Starfield comes to PS5, really would like to try it out without buying another Xbox Series X
Someone wanted some clicks today.
Not like MS didn't spend the nearly the collective capital of all of Sony in acquisitions….🤷🏿♂️
Not like MS didn't spend the nearly the collective capital of all of Sony in acquisitions….🤷🏿♂️
More Microsoft games will come to PlayStation, especially if the EC and/or FTC mandate that devices cannot exclude other store fronts.
If that happens, we'll see every Microsoft game under the sun come to PlayStation via the Microsoft Store for that sweet, sweet 100% revenue share.
If that happens, we'll see every Microsoft game under the sun come to PlayStation via the Microsoft Store for that sweet, sweet 100% revenue share.
I mean PS5 has no games, specially open world RPGs set in Space or arcade driving games set Mexico, maybe MS could help with that 😗.
When I go to the PlayStation store on PS5 it is has a huge full page banner for Fallout games using the 25th anniversary mural from a few years ago, which contains characters from games not available on PS5. lol
Sea of Thieves is doing well! But of course that's going to get lost in all this.
My favorite thing about the discourse around Microsoft in gaming is that they're either a dominant monopolistic force that is crushing the industry or they're some has-been failure with flatlining sales that's about to be forced out of the console industry, depending on what argument the person is making and what day of the week it is.
Who says they're intending to?
Remember all the skepticism that Microsoft was somehow lying about their plans to keep CoD multiplatform, like they were trying to pull a fast one on the CMA and would clearly make CoD as exclusive as was legally allowed, as quickly as they were legally allowed to, even though basically everyone who knew anything about the deal was like "it doesn't actually make sense to spend tens of billions of dollars on an IP just to cut it off at the knees"?