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Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, has passed comment about Xbox's increased presence on other platforms. Speaking during an earnings call, he said how titles under the Xbox umbrella have been selling rather well on PlayStation Store.

With Grounded, Pentiment, and Hi-Fi Rush, Microsoft has brought a number of its first-party Xbox titles to rival platforms in recent weeks, and though that’s set to continue with Sea of Thieves, which launches for PS5 on April 30, for now, that’s as much as we know about Microsoft’s plans for multiplatform releases. Interestingly, however, CEO Satya Nadella has suggested that more Xbox titles will be following in the aforementioned games’ footsteps.

Microsoft has suggested that Xbox is starting to reap the rewards of its increased multiplatform focus.

The current state of the PlayStation store suggests that Xbox doesn't need to worry about winning the console wars. On February 15, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, Xbox President Sarah Bond, and Head of Microsoft Studios Matt Booty announced some of its Xbox exclusive titles would be coming to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch during an Xbox podcast, something that was welcomed by players on the other platforms, with titles such as being hugely successful on PlayStation, but was initially controversial with Xbox players.

It's a pretty odd time to be an Xbox fan right now, uncertain about your platform's future due to Microsoft's willingness to stick its best exclusives on rival platforms. However, it appears to be a strategy that is actually paying off, as the company currently has more Xbox games on the PlayStation Store than PlayStation itself.

There has been plenty of speculation that we would see some new console editions released for the likes of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Last generation, we saw pro models released that gave players a slight bump up in power, giving some games a better overall resolution and performance. These consoles were not necessary for players to enjoy the latest games. Now that we are getting a few years into the latest console cycle, rumors continue to pour in on supposed consoles like the PlayStation 5 Pro. 

Hoping to get ahead of impending competition from Nvidia, AMD cut down the price of one of its high-end graphics cards, the Radeon RX 7900 XT. Though the Radeon RX 7900 XT was launched with an MSRP of $899, AMD cut the price down by over $100, with some partners offering deeper discounts to it.

AMD has silently started dropping the prices of its Radeon RX 7000 "RDNA 3" GPUs to compete against NVIDIA's SUPER family & the RX 7900 XT is the first to see this pricing update with a new MSRP set at $749 US.

AMD has announced that its FSR upscaling tech is coming to YouTube & VLC while Fluid Motion Frames will be out of BETA on 24th January.

Star Citizen's latest DLC pack costs almost £46,000 (€53K /$58K).

Developer Cloud Imperium Games has released a new ship pack for Star Citizen. As spotted by TweakTown, the ship pack, dubbed Legatus 2953, is one of the most expensive packs available to purchase in the game, and is priced at $48,000.

Star Citizen has a spaceship bundle which - somehow - costs $48,000.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.

Microsoft could expand to new markets with ad-supported game streaming.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to offer free game streaming in exchange for advertisements. As per TweakTown, Xbox Gaming CFO Tim Stuart suggested during the recent Wells Fargo TMT Summit that to expand geographically, it would be ideal to leverage the company's xCloud service, allowing players to cloud stream games at any ‘endpoint' via a simple Game Pass Ultimate subscription. He further added, “For models like Africa, or India, Southeast Asia, maybe places that aren't console-first, you can say, ‘Hey, do you want to watch 30 seconds of an ad and then get two hours of game streaming?'”

A former Rockstar animator who worked on Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 has weighed in on why the GTA 6 developer focuses on releasing new games for console first and then PC second. 

Microsoft is considering ad-based business models for its Xbox Game Pass streaming service, according to chief financial officer Tim Stuart.

Microsoft could soon be making an interesting offer to expand Game Pass to more markets.

Microsoft is exploring the possibility of offering access to Xbox Game Pass in exchange for viewing advertisements.

Believe it or not, there was once a time when Google wanted to buy Epic Games.

After 10 long years of waiting, Rockstar Games will finally reveal the trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 in December.

The success of Baldur’s Gate 3 has done more than just boost the reputation of developer Larian Studios. Caught by TweakTown, the latest Q3 earnings figures for Hasbro—the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, which owns Dungeons & Dragons—indicates that the RPG also led to more sales of the tabletop game.

Microsoft revealed how much they have been profiting for the FTC court case, and the results, well, they will probably surprise you.

Microsoft’s disclosures in the FTC lawsuit have led to some interesting new revelations in their Xbox business.

The majority of Xbox Game Pass subscribers pay full price and use the service on console.