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Microsoft 'Meeting Players Where They Are' as Xbox Games Among PS Store's Bestsellers | Push Square
27.04.2024 - 00:39 / pushsquare.com / Sony
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.
«Earlier this month, we had seven games among the top 25 on the PlayStation Store, more than any other publisher,» Nadella said. As VGC points out, it seems he may be referring to a recent report from Tweaktown, which outlines the 25 bestselling games on Sony's digital storefront — as of 18th April, at least. When you include titles published by Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and Activision — all now owned by Microsoft, of course — the data showed that it had even more games in the top 25 than Sony, with seven games to five.
PS Store's bestsellers list updates daily, however, and will differ by region, meaning the information is constantly in flux. At the time of writing, for example, the European top 25 contains six Microsoft-owned titles in different positions.
Nadella added that Microsoft is «committed to meeting players where they are by bringing great games to more people on more devices». We imagine that, based on how well some of its recently ported titles are doing on PlayStation, we may see more make the jump in the future.
It's also worth noting the explosive resurgence of Fallout, which will certainly be part of Microsoft's success story here. Fallout 76 is among the bestsellers, while a PS5 version of Fallout 4 was also recently released.
Have you been enjoying Xbox-related games on your PS5 lately? Tell us in the comments section below.
Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.
It's funny to think Xbox has the most highly played games on the PlayStation Store than PlayStation themselves....life works in mysterious ways I guess.
Im very glad we get to try what Xbox has to offer on PlayStation even if that means us paying Microsoft in order for them to keep funding GamePass for Xbox gamers....it's only fair game.
I see you Microsoft Flight Simulator. Come on over to the dark side mate.
So thats what won this weeks internal Microsoft slogan-of-the-week competition, tune in on 3rd May to see next weeks spin
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