That’s been rumored for years. I remember back in the day seeing rumors about Halo coming to PlayStation.
Not entirely without merit. Minecraft has been released on pretty much everything with a CPU, although some of those may have been before Microsoft purchased Mojang. There were a lot of weird scenarios after the Zenimax and Activision-Blizzard where the now-Microsoft-owned studios had pre-existing contracts with Sony they needed to honor. It looks like some of the IP they recently purchased that had traditionally been multiplat might remain that way, like the “Age of ___” series, Doom, and Call of Duty.
I’ve seen rumors that Starfield might come to PS5, but nothing substantial. I don’t think there would have been any chance of that if it had sold well on Xbox and Windows.
I’ve also seen rumors of Halo, Gears of War, and Forza, but I will not start buying those unless there are more signs that Xbox is giving up on hardware entirely. If they could get deals done to get GamePass on Playstation and Switch that might start to look more realistic though.
Most of their games are still exclusive though. Avowed just released last weekend for Xbox and Windows and no hint of a PlayStation release for example.
The reverse is also true. Sony has published MLB games for the Xbox and Switch for example.
Just as a heads up, it’s more than rumors, it’s now an active part of their strategy going forward.
Exclusive games that were released previously and are worth porting generally will, to find new revenue and audience basically. Same as new releases with no PlayStation / switch (2) platforms announced yet, it’s a matter of development resources to port those, a when and not an if. (Avowed just released exclusively and south of midnight coming next month both are yet to be announced for ps5 for instance, the focus was on a good release of already announced platforms)
Recent examples: Indiana Jones will release im spring on ps5, same as age of empires 2 and mythology and forza horizon 5. The rest is coming. they’ll just try to sync it with a calendar that makes sense
Seo of thieves and grounded, pentiment and high fi rush already got ported as well, I’d expect starfield and age of empires 4 to get ported for their DLC releases at the end of the year.
Look out for a big support of switch 2 from Xbox as well
paultimate14@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Depends on whether you consider Xbox and Windows to count as 2 different platforms or not.
Tagger@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I thought they were putting all their stuff on playstation too, is that not the case?
paultimate14@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s been rumored for years. I remember back in the day seeing rumors about Halo coming to PlayStation.
Not entirely without merit. Minecraft has been released on pretty much everything with a CPU, although some of those may have been before Microsoft purchased Mojang. There were a lot of weird scenarios after the Zenimax and Activision-Blizzard where the now-Microsoft-owned studios had pre-existing contracts with Sony they needed to honor. It looks like some of the IP they recently purchased that had traditionally been multiplat might remain that way, like the “Age of ___” series, Doom, and Call of Duty.
I’ve seen rumors that Starfield might come to PS5, but nothing substantial. I don’t think there would have been any chance of that if it had sold well on Xbox and Windows.
I’ve also seen rumors of Halo, Gears of War, and Forza, but I will not start buying those unless there are more signs that Xbox is giving up on hardware entirely. If they could get deals done to get GamePass on Playstation and Switch that might start to look more realistic though.
Most of their games are still exclusive though. Avowed just released last weekend for Xbox and Windows and no hint of a PlayStation release for example.
The reverse is also true. Sony has published MLB games for the Xbox and Switch for example.
slybebop@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Just as a heads up, it’s more than rumors, it’s now an active part of their strategy going forward. Exclusive games that were released previously and are worth porting generally will, to find new revenue and audience basically. Same as new releases with no PlayStation / switch (2) platforms announced yet, it’s a matter of development resources to port those, a when and not an if. (Avowed just released exclusively and south of midnight coming next month both are yet to be announced for ps5 for instance, the focus was on a good release of already announced platforms)
Recent examples: Indiana Jones will release im spring on ps5, same as age of empires 2 and mythology and forza horizon 5. The rest is coming. they’ll just try to sync it with a calendar that makes sense Seo of thieves and grounded, pentiment and high fi rush already got ported as well, I’d expect starfield and age of empires 4 to get ported for their DLC releases at the end of the year.
Look out for a big support of switch 2 from Xbox as well
Tagger@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fair, I thought more of those had already gone across.