Microsoft first-party games Pentiment, Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, and Sea of Thieves will soon be available on Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation platforms. Xbox confirmed on Wednesday that much like other popular multi-platform games like Minecraft, Call of Duty, Overwatch and Diablo, players will soon be able to access these exclusive games on their Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. This move underscores a larger trend in the gaming industry towards greater accessibility and cross-platform interoperability. By adopting this strategy, the company hopes to encourage greater inclusivity and reach a wider range of gamers.
Four Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5 and Switch
15.02.2024 - 23:07 / pocket-lint.com / Phil Spencer / Sarah Bond / Nintendo
It's official: Microsoft is bringing Xbox-exclusive games to other consoles. As revealed by Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, on the Official Xbox Podcast, players can expect to see a slate of four games expand beyond Xbox and PC. While this presumably means the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Spencer did not share specifics.
The announcement is tied into Microsoft's ongoing push to make a more open gaming landscape, starting with the slow phase-out of console-exclusive games.
Additionally, no games were announced just yet, but Spencer did confirm that Starfield and the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would remain Xbox exclusives, at least for the time being. Spencer also said that there will only be four games, each more than a year-old, that will make the cross-over to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch.
According to reporting from The Verge, the four games Microsoft is bringing to other platforms are Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment, which will then be followed by Sea of Thieves and Grounded. Spencer went on to say:
«The teams that are building those games have announced plans that are not too far away. As we know, game teams put a lot of energy into their announcements with the partners. So I don't want to take anything away from those teams. So I won't be talking about the titles specifically. But I think when they come out, it'll make sense.»
He went on to specify that two of the games are smaller experiences that were «never really meant to be» Xbox exclusives and that the other two titles are more community-driven projects, which lines up with the list reported by The Verge.
During the podcast, Microsoft also announced that Activision Blizzard games will soon start making their way to Xbox Game Pass. The expansion will start with Diablo IV on March 28. No other Activision Blizzard titles were announced for Game Pass during the podcast, but presumably other Activision and Blizzard releases will follow before long. Spencer was quick to note that first-party games will ideally always launch on Game Pass and that the service itself will stay exclusive to Xbox.
The hardware side of Xbox's future was also touched on during the podcast, with some allusions to the next Xbox as well as a possible refresh for the Xbox Series X and Series S.
«There's exciting stuff coming out in hardware we're going to share this holiday,» said Xbox President Sarah Bond. «We're also invested in the next-generation roadmap. What we're really focused on there is delivering the largest technical leap you've ever seen in a hardware generation.»
A massive leak in September revealed that Microsoft was working on a refresh of the Xbox lineup, with the specific possibility that an updated Xbox Series X would shift to a
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