Phil Spencer, the talkative head honcho of Xbox, has confirmed his company will be bringing more of its games to other platforms, like PS5. After its bemusing business meeting earlier in the year, the executive would only officially commit to four ports, all of which are already available: Sea of Thieves, Grounded, Pentiment, and Hi-Fi Rush. It’s since shuttered the studio behind the last title, alongside other fan favourite teams, such as Arkane Austin.
But quizzed by IGN in the aftermath of yesterday’s Xbox Showcase, the bigwig was a little more candid about his company’s plans: “Our commitment to our Xbox costumers is that you are going to get the opportunity to buy or subscribe to the game, we are going to support the game on other screens – and you are going to see more of our games on more platforms. And we just see that as a benefit to the franchises that we are building. And we see that from players, and the players love to be able to play.”
Rumours have been rife all year regarding which titles Microsoft will port to PS5 next, with no limits to the publisher’s plans, apparently. We’ve heard rumours regarding dozens of games, including everything from Gears of War to an alleged Halo remake. It’s telling, however, that apart from DOOM: The Dark Ages – which Spencer says was always planned for PS5 – there’s been no actual announcements about what to expect next.
On that front, we’re probably just going to have to wait for official word from the firm. Spencer is effectively saying here that more and more Xbox, Bethesda, and Activision games will be coming to PS5 – but until we know what they are and when they’ll be available, it’s still hard to get a solid read on the Redmond firm’s strategy.
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Keep em coming Phil 😂
Fable if you don't mind, oh and maybe state of decay whilst you're at it.
Right after the showcase, I was thinking: What if they were going all out with that showcase in order to dampen the blow for upcoming statements? Well, that came quickly, didn't it, lol. Jokes aside, the writing has been on the wall for a while now. I liked how he said something like "we don't do slimy platform things". Yeah right. That's easy to say when you have no other choice, because you effed up for so long and brought yourself in that position.
All I want is Perfect Dark on PS5, that looked so awesome!
@BallsMcDouche I'm a little surprised by the positive response to Perfect Dark. I think in my head I'd imagined they were going to make more of a Hitman game, so when I saw it was basically Deus Ex, I was like, Ehhh.
Just my personal opinion, though, based on my own totally unfair expectations.
And people keep asking why Sony is so silent: when even your sworn enemy loves you, there's no need to keep on fighting.
Just give us Halo Phil and we’ll be happy
Microsoft are effectively disassociating themselves from the console war - and about time. While I do game on PS and Xbox, PC is my primary platform and the only thing I care about is quality games. With that in mind I'd rather see Microsoft pour their energy into publishing and developing exciting software rather continuing to wage war in an arena they've never come out on top in.
Yeahhh always planned for ps5,and i have secured place in heaven with five Victoria Secret angels 🖖
More Spencerian waffle - there is pretty much no future that isn't compatible with such vagueness.
Despite having lots of new games, I do think there is something inherently broken about Xbox’s business strategy. I don’t think they will ever hit the subscribers they need to make gamepass profitable. And let’s not forget they canned Tango Gameworks amongst others. The truth is Xbox has a lot of coming soon games and few customers and Playstation has lots of customers but few coming soon games (I like the look of Astrobot but not enough to buy it at £60-£70). It’s in both companies interest to work together for the meantime.
I think we can figure out the rule of porting to other systems is-
-If it’s a true green XBox game like Halo, Gears, or Fable there’s no chance. They couldn’t have these games fail to perform elsewhere, and Xbox fans wouldn’t like it.
-If this franchise is proven on other consoles it’s getting ported (COD, Doom, Fallout). Big money is big money.
-If this game failed to reach expectations on Xbox it’s fair game. Might as well get something back.
-When it comes to hype machines like Starfield or Indiana Jones it won’t be happening day one to keep Xbox owners happy, but if they drop off after a year or two they could be ported.
Forza! Please please please!
@UltimateOtaku91 state of decay? The game sony players said sucked for years.
Now they have started and as it seems sea of thieves sold well on playstation at least it would make sense to port older games over to give them a second wind.
I don't see any new Xbox games coming to ps5 day in date apart from Doom. It would make sense of a minimum 3 to 6month gap between series x release to ps5 for games such as Indiana Jones
@Radekbejbl1 I think it’s very plausible that the new Doom was always planned for PS5 given the last two in the series did and the game has always been on multiple platforms.
As for the others, I don’t think fable and perfect dark will end up on PS5, certainly not until a year or so after Xbox release.
People still think halo and gears of war are coming to playstation 🤔 it ain't gonna happen but it's funny to see all these games that were labelled trash for years now get everyone who mocked them foaming at the mouth "come on papa phil please give us games! We must gobble up product no matter what drivel it is"
@MrGawain
I think you underestimate massively here. There's every chance 'true green Xbox' games like Halo, Gears and Fable will be going to Playstation - Halo and Gears doing so are some of the biggest rumours circulating.
Even with the biggest hype games you mention - like Indiana Jones - no, probably not day one (yet), but they could go over a lot sooner than you think. I'd say Starfield is a dead cert, and Indiana Jones could easily be within a year of release.
My view is that, now the genie's out of the bottle, and Xbox fans have already gone through all their rage and anger, there's not much reason for Microsoft to hold back. Again, not that everything will immediately be day one - though some games might soon be - but now the floodgates are open, the trickle will soon become a torrent.
@Deityjester I can't speak for everyone but when I had a Series S I really enjoyed state of decay 2, probably helped I was big into the walking dead at that point as well and no other game has come close to its likeness in terms of building a settlement, scavenging, recruiting people across the map and trading with other groups etc
@UltimateOtaku91
I still jump into SoD 2 on my PC. A fun game, if a little janky. I was very disappointed to discover no release date was announced for SoD 3 at yesterday's show.
Gimme gimme gimme. I really hope the bigger franchises come over. Granted not day 1 but if they turn up eventually I'll be happy. The ones they've released so far and the rumoured possible releases aren't really my cup of tea but there are plenty of others which are.
How about Sunset Overdrive whilst they're at it? An older game and they don't own the IP anymore so why not cash in on it? It's the Insomniac game that got away and one I'd love to play!
What a mess they must be in...
Exclusives arent about console wars for gamers... your exclusives line up is what you need to draw gamers to your console/platform.
Its all right talking drivel about the 'benefits of putting games on other systems', and 'the more people that get to play the games the better', but at the end of the day exclusives are a big part of customers choice mechanism - Fear of missing out is a big thing for all age groups.
Oh and one of the biggest reasons to stay on console and not move to PC - Sony take note because you seem to be forgetting this.
@get2sammyb To be fair, it looked like a FP hitman to me in a lot of ways. Also wouldn't it make sense for MS to re-release the earlier two games on Xbox and pc at least?
@ecurb7 TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if in 5-10 years Sony released their live service games on ms systems
So the fanboys went from "We don't want Xbox games!", to "Give us all Xbox games!"
Interesting how quickly things change
Xbox has no games 🤐
I STILL dont care. There was nothing in that showcase that held Sony 1st party standards. Everything is simply a step below, and Im not interested in any of the games they showed that wasnt already multi-plat. Perfect Dark = Looked 10 years old, South of midnight = just weird, Fable = Weird and lame humor tone, State of Decay 3 = Yawn, seen that like 100 times before.
Not much of a Microsoft fan and dont find many of their games interesting but I would love to have fligh simulator. It looks awesome. Perfect dark interest me as well. I enjoyed the 360 perfect dark. It's about time they made another
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@get2sammyb deus ex and meh should never be used in the same sentence
Jesus how many more articles do we need on this!
@get2sammyb
But Deus Ex is excellent... 🤔
Gee, thanks, Phil.
Remind me again why I bought a Series X?
@UltimateOtaku91
It’s a shame it is still a mixed message.
I would rather them say all games day one on PS5 and that is that.
It’s like they are stringing out for some reason.
I guess to keep xbox hardware and especially game pass memberships a float.
If you think say for me, I have a series x and PS5.
If they said all games day one PS5.
Then I don’t need my series x, which would lead to not having game pass anymore.
They are being very tight with all this for that reason.
@Deityjester did someone hurt you?
@Fyz306903 both Perfect Dark games are fully playable on Series X
@OldGamer999 you would give up gamepass just so you can buy them full price on Playstation?
I don’t get that. Even if you want to own them; you can play them on Gamepass and then just buy them when they are heavily discounted in a couple of years. Then you can own them (and never play them again) which people seem desperate to do all of a sudden.
Don’t get me wrong; I like owning games too. But if I don’t need to buy them at launch full price then… good
With this whole "port my exclusive games on other platforms" trend that's going on, a feeling is creeping up, that I cant shake: that we're heading for the complete retirement of the "desk console as we know it" in ~10-15 years....
Either the full size consoles will end up like laptops, you'll be able to play any game on them, xbox, playstation etc...
Or they'll go the way of the dodo altogether, and all new AAA graphics-heavy games will be made for PC directly... Also to take into account are the difficulties of keeping console prices below 1000$ while offering very good graphics at 4k and 60fps ad minima (not to mention 8k that'll be entering the market in force in ~5 years tops)
And the only "true" consoles remaining will be handhelds... Switch 2 or 3, whatever PS ans Xbox portable variants will be releasing then, and new versions of the rest of the PC portables (Steam Deck, MSI Claw, Lenovo Legion, Asus Ally etc)
All in all, we're clearly a transitional period right now - towards what, remains to be seen.
@daveofduncan Sometimes I feel bad for using the ignore button.
Then I see people reply to a comment I can't see, so I switch to private mode to see what I'm missing from the people I've hit "ignore" for in the past.
Then I tell myself life is too short to be dealing with internet trolls.
Check their comment history, then do yourself a favour and ignore that one.
Im glad I own a Series X, PS5, Switch and Steamdeck.
It’s nice not having to wait or beg for games.
I’m really looking forward to Astrobot, but that definitely won’t hold me over.
I have ZERO interest in Concord.
Gears of war e day day looks really good, it will be great if there's ps5 version 😃
@Fyz306903 But they are available on the console at least through Rare Replay, and with graphical improvements thanks to backwards compatibility. But to be honest, it's a reboot that changes the game's history and many fans are not happy with it.
@K1LLEGAL u dont need to buy every Xbox game, and that's the reason why purchasing is cheaper than subscribing to XGP, not to mention that you now have access to content from both platforms.
I think its an inevitability. When you watched the showcase yesterday, I think everything other than MGS was labelled as coming day 1 to gamepass. I don't see a future where that can be sustainable, unless Microsoft supplement development costs through sales on Playstation. Gamepass simply doesn't have enough subscribers, and growth seems to have plateued. It's Microsoft's only option, short of shuttering studios because at the end of the day, they are a business, not a charity and need to be profiting off these releases
@K1LLEGAL I’m subbed to GP (series S)… but for argument sake…
Ps5 only gamer, pays £70 or less for the couple of games they are interested in from Xbox. You can wait 12months pick them up for half price and fully patched.
Or
Ps5 only gamer - buys a series X (for like to like comparison) at £400 plus £150 a year for GPU. To play the handful of games they want.
Buying them at £70 can make sense.
Obviously there are caveats of other games on GPU, how many games you want etc.
@MaikonCSGarcia @PsBoxSwitchOwner sorry yea specifically referring to @OldGamer999 as he already has a Series X as well as Gamepass. So from that angle; there has never been a better time to be subscribed looking at that lineup.
Of course yea it depends how many games you are interested it. Very true. But there are so many great games hitting Gamepass.
Whether the games are coming to PlayStation or not, that Showcase gave a compelling point to Gamepass from the tail end of the year and on into 2025. I can’t say PS+ has done that. So it looks like I’ll be doing Essential/GPU moving forward.
What I’ll be doing is buying the games I want to buy on PlayStation and I’ve gone back to subbing with Gamepass for the Xbox stuff, which there’s enough to make it viable again
So they came up to thing that selling more games makes more money???
I'm glad for DOOM, because it is only true gory shooter of all times.
If they confirm Gears trilogy I'm counting on you guys to drop an article ASAP 😁
@UltimateOtaku91 Fable and gears aren't ever coming to PlayStation. Halo allegedly is coming soon to ps5 and Indiana Jones is a timed exclusive because Xbox doesn't own the rights to Indiana Jones movies Paramount and Disney own that and they want it on PlayStation. Microsoft paid for a timed exclusive and Indiana Jones will arrive on ps5 months after Xbox. I really wasn't excited for Xbox showcase except for maybe Indiana Jones but first person is a turn off. Gears of war should have ended years ago. Great game but Xbox needs new original IP not 20 plus years of the same games, Halo, Gears, Forza and Fable.
@UltimateOtaku91 You need them lol
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@Jamesblob yep the people here don't seem to realise that this is actually an insanely good move by Microsoft they are able to take over the Playstation from the inside, they will be getting loads more income with their games on the PS platform plus Xbox gamers get the games on game pass, and with all this new income they will be able to buy more studios and I would imagine eventually they will be the most dominant company on the playstation itself
@Fyz306903
You honestly think there will still be an Xbox in 10 years??? One more generation, yes, but I'd be amazed at anymore afterwards
@get2sammyb Hitman and Deus Ex are both sort of different flavors of Immersive sim, though, so I don't think it's as big a difference as you're thinking.
But as a fan of both of them that's starved for a Deux Ex sequel that seems less and less likely to happen. I'm giddy.
@Don_Corleone Literally nothing you said is true, there's zero evidence that Disney or Paramount said anything about Indiana Jones
Gears and Forza will 100% come to Playstation as well as Halo, Fable, Perfect Dark because Microsofot wants to actually SELL games and Xbox gamers don't buy games
Indiana Jones will come to Playstation because again, Microsoft wants to SELL games
Starfield will come to Playstation
Xbox and exclusivity are done
Microsoft doesn't own the rights to Indiana Jones or Bethesda genius. It's a joint ownership between Disney and Paramount. I can't post the link but Disney said in a discussion when asked about the game they want it on all platforms. Google it. I repeat Microsoft didn't create nor Bethesda Indiana Jones. Lucas Films owned it before it was bought by paramount then Disney. It's a timed exclusive. I know you love Xbox but don't create lies saying Microsoft or Bethesda own and created Indiana Jones. Disney wants it on all platforms. Gears and the other Microsoft games sure Microsoft created them. Smh.
@Steel76 You realise most of the people who are saying bring us the games are doing it jokingly because it will most likely lead to Xbox hardware becoming even more irrelevant lol.
It has nothing to do with Microsoft wanting to sell games concerning Indiana Jones. They legally don't own it. They had to pay for a timed exclusive. Sony does the same thing. Final fantasy is on Xbox because square owns it not Sony. Metal Gear on Xbox because Konami had exclusive deals with Sony. Doom is owned by Microsoft since they bought Bethesda. They are allowing Sony to have it but they need numbers. That's different. Microsoft would have to buy Disney and Paramount to completely own Indiana Jones. That was a movie created by George Lucas not Microsoft.
To quote the illustrious and timeless Darby Crash; "gimme gimme this, gimme gimme thaaatttttt"
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
@Don_Corleone "Xbox needs new original IP not 20 plus years of the same games"
South of Midnight
Clockwork Revolution
Hi-Fi Rush
Sea of Thieves
Grounded
Pentiment
All of those are original games that are not Halo, Gears, or Forza.
God of War has been around a long time and people still want more
Ratchet & Clank has been around for a long time and people still want more
Gran Turismo has been around longer than Forza and people still want more
Nintendo has had IP around longer than either Sony and Microsoft and people still love them!
Targeting Microsoft for having tentpole IPs is a little hypocritical when all of the Big 3 have them and focus on them to some degree.
Gears of war 1,2,3 online co-op for PS5 would be epic and sell loads and be fun and amazing for gamers.
@Shinnok789 it will all be on the cloud, eventually. Microsoft has begin saying it for a while, and they must be making some headway. I'm sure that's why Sony is pooping their pampers over the PSN login. They want a launcher of their own. 10-15 years from now we'll probably have to subscribe to Game Pass or Playstation Studios launcher directly from our TV. No external box necessary unless you want a swanky AI PC
@Toot1st What's wrong? Why you got angry with MS saying they will released more games on PS5?
But don't worry. There will be more of it when MS released Halo, Gears, Hellblade 2, Fable, Starfield, etc etc on PS5.
Enjoy the ride bro
@Steel76 This is nothing to do with Playstation fanboys, this is straight from the horses mouth - Xbox is going multiplatform.
@Don_Corleone Get real, Fable will be ported too.
@NattyKing I didn't say anything about Fable not getting ported. You said that but all I said is that the game looks great. I never cared for it in the past. If it comes to PlayStation sure I will definitely buy it. My favorite RPGs of all time were one PlayStation exclusive Bloodborne and the Witcher 3 which was originally a PC game that came to console and blew me away. I don't get caught up angry if Sony gives Microsoft games or vice versa. I wish there was just one console that played Nintendo, Sony and Xbox to be honest. It would save money. I'm just hurt that Microsoft owns a Sony classic crash bandicoot that my son and I love to death. Bethesda and cod didn't hurt me but that did. It was on PlayStation one and they never said anything about it so far still being on PlayStation.
@NattyKing
I know they're going multi-platform.
But it wasn't long ago fanboys said they had no interest at all in Xbox games, but now suddenly, they do 😂
Lifetime PlayStation ONLY, never Xbox player here. And I find it super ironic that the original plan was to buy up studios to get exclusives for Xbox, and after all those Billions they just gonna sell them to PlayStstion anyway. As long as I get Bethesda and Activision games I'm cool, even if I need to wait 1-2yrs until ported. If not I've got 200+ games in my backlog still to play lol.
@Steel76 Proud Playstation fanboy here - I really have no interest in any original xbox games. Bethesda & Activision - sure, but they ain't really xbox they just bought them lol. Hell PlayStation's original mascot Crash Bandicoot is owned by Activision lol. Xbox will soon go the way of Sega 🤣😁
@PuppetMaster I think putting those games on PlayStation is fantastic idea especially games with online communities like halo and gears, gamers get more choice. plus selling more copies is good for the devs it's a win win. I am big believer in games being multi platform ......bro
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