{"id":6165,"date":"2025-05-01T10:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6165"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:21:55","slug":"microsoft-is-now-the-top-publisher-on-both-playstation-and-xbox-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/microsoft-is-now-the-top-publisher-on-both-playstation-and-xbox-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is now the top publisher on both PlayStation and Xbox stores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With games like Indiana Jones And The Great Circle proving popular on PlayStation, will Xbox exclusives even be a thing any more? (Microsoft)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The latest earnings results from Microsoft<\/a> further justify its decision to port Xbox<\/a> games to PlayStation, with hardware revenue continuing to drop.<\/p>\n

The decision to bring Xbox exclusives to PlayStation may have been met with some backlash from particularly devout Xbox fans, but it\u2019s one that Microsoft is committed to.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only had a few console exclusives so far this year, with the rest of its line-up being multiplatform launches or PlayStation 5<\/a> ports. Just recently, Forza Horizon 5<\/a> made the jump just weeks after the Indiana Jones game<\/a> arrived on Sony\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n

This strategy is so far paying off, with Microsoft\u2019s newest earnings results revealing that the company ended its last fiscal quarter (January 2025 to March 2025) with the most pre-orders and pre-installs across both its own storefront and the PlayStation Store.<\/p>\n

Essentially, this means PlayStation owners are putting more-pre orders down for Microsoft published games than Sony ones, which only further justifies Microsoft\u2019s decision to launch more of its games on PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n

Granted, Microsoft has the advantage of owning Bethesda and Activision Blizzard, both of which are responsible for incredibly popular franchises that have established audiences on PlayStation.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and its Call Of Duty series that makes Microsoft the largest video game publisher on the planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plus, Sony\u2019s own output for 2025 has been awfully dry so far. In that January to March period, the only first party console games it had available for pre-order were MLB The Show 25 and the Days Gone<\/a> remaster (Ghost Of Y\u014dtei pre-orders<\/a> only went live last week).<\/p>\n

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