Microsoft is hosting an Xbox showcase in June that isn't just aimed at Xbox gamers. “Call of Duty” seems to be a thing and the next wave of PlayStation could be announced. Speculation is running high on social media and a well-connected journalist is also getting involved.
Microsoft has released the first four Xbox games in its new multiplatform strategy on PS5. It is a kind Test for further advances the Redmonder, it was said in the meantime.
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Since “Pentiment”, “Hi-Fi Rush”, “Grounded” and “Sea of Thieves” were welcomed with open arms on the Sony platform and were at times among the best-selling games in the PlayStation Store, the question arises as to how continues.
What follows after Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush and Co?
So far there is not much more than unconfirmed statements and speculation. However, Jez Cordon from Windows Central lit up the rumor mill with a series of tweets.
After the announcement of the Xbox Showcase for June 9th expressed on the topic that more Xbox games could be released for PlayStation formats.
First wrote in Twitter/X UserHe believes that “Gears of War” and “Forza Horizon” will also end up on PlayStation consoles, “making ownership of an Xbox console even more irrelevant than it is today.”
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In the original English language, the user used the phrase “going to Playstation”, which Cordon commented with “everything is going yo”.
The fact that this is actually a scenario that he is expecting is reflected in the further course of the discussion. Corden writes: “People have to do what they think is best for them. I have my library and I like the Game Pass, the controller, etc., so I'll stay here.”
Most people just play and want to have fun
If it is actually announced that “Gears of War” and “Forza Horizon” are losing their exclusivity, all hell is likely to break out on social networks, as another Twitter/X user notes.
The Windows Central journalist sees the matter from a more pragmatic side: “Most people just play and have fun and don’t get involved in the silliness on social media.”
But the debate is already underway, and not least the blue heart in Sarah Bond's tweet seems to be triggering some people:
As the discussion on Twitter/X continued, Corden referred to “well-founded speculation,” so that his statements cannot generally be assumed to be insider information.
In fact, it is no longer a secret what Microsoft has in mind. And the strategy seems to be working. Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft Gaming was the company with the most monthly active players on PlayStation and Xbox consoles thanks to publisher purchases in February:
Hardware declines and software successes in the PlayStation Store
Stand with Microsoft's software successes significant hardware declines versus, without Microsoft ever being able to come close to PS5 sales in the current generation. Accordingly, you want it From now on, address players on the platformwhich they play on.
The Xbox company also happily noted the fact that Microsoft is sometimes more successful in the PlayStation Store than the platform owner itself:
Well-connected journalists had already indicated further advances. In March, Gamesindustry's Christopher Dring wrote that publishers don't just do that Interested in supporting Xbox consoles but, according to his assumption, there are also plans to transfer the “majority” of Xbox games to previously competing platforms.
“As far as I know, most will [Xbox-First-Party-Spiele] sometime [für die PS5] “Provided it develops the way Xbox thinks it will,” he said at the time.
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