News inside jeuxvideo.com The Fallout series is giving the Xbox a second lease of life, but it's far from impressing PlayStation players… – LaPetitePelle Dessine jeuxvideo.com N°523
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The Fallout series is bringing players back to the Microsoft console, but it's far from thrilling Sony, which has a string of exclusives. To tell us about it, LPP takes out his pencil!
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Series fallout of Amazon Prime continues to break records and make the streaming platform successful. This popularity brings a lot of players back to the original license, now owned by a Microsoft studio. If this hype does Xbox any good, it's still a long way from overshadowing the Sony console and its exclusives.
A boost for the license
Since its launch, the series fallout of Amazon Prime enjoys real critical and public success, so much so that it has a real impact on the games that inspired it. In fact, in a postFallout more than doubled its concurrent player count on Steam with the release of the TV series”, the license is then at the top of the downloads.
Among the episodes, Fallout 4 saw the biggest increase, reaching a peak of 83,491 concurrent players in the first weekend after the TV series' release, compared to the usual 20,000 or so. Concerning Fallout 76, almost 40,000 people were in the middle of the game compared to the usual 13,000, while Fallout 3 and New Vegas also saw their numbers triple, and all that, only on PC. A communication call on which Microsoft does not hesitate to surf, who bought the studio Bethesda Softworks, developer of the series, during the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, its parent company. For the occasion, he will also offer an update to fully upgrade Fallout 4 on Xbox Series X/S and Playstation 5while including additional content.
The leak of exclusives
Speaking of Sony, the manufacturer seems far from being impressed by these announcements, being more focused on the release of different exclusives. Indeed, PlayStation is releasing a series of releases specific to its version, whether it is Helldivers 2, Rise of the Ronin, the very hot Stellar Blade or the juggernaut Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. Therefore, if the strong return of Fallout is good for Microsoft's figures, it is undoubtedly far from being a priority for its competitor.
Since February 2024 and the announcements concerning the availability of certain Xbox exclusives for the competition, the manufacturer has established a simple strategy: make its titles available to as many people as possible. Whether it's Sea of Thieves or Hi-Fi Rush, various proprietary titles specific to Microsoft are now available on PlayStation, and discussions are even underway regarding the arrival of a legendary series on Sony's latest.
Another title that is definitely under consideration… It's Gears of War. That doesn't mean it's really going to happen, but it's in talks. -Jeff Grubb (Giant Bomb)
This lifting of the barrier, if it is synonymous with happiness for the players, is much more worrying for the manufacturer. No additional information has yet been shared or confirmed by Microsoft at this time, but Xbox owners can console themselves with Starfield, the last true exclusive for the machine to date.