{"id":6233,"date":"2025-04-29T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:22:04","slug":"games-inbox-has-xbox-gone-completely-third-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/games-inbox-has-xbox-gone-completely-third-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Has Xbox gone completely third party?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indiana Jones And The Great Circle – bigger on PS5 (Bethesda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Tuesday letters page explores the connection between Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ubisoft<\/a>, as one reader wonders at PlayStation\u2019s summer showcase plans.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking over<\/strong>
It is startling to think that Microsoft<\/a> is now, for all intents and purposes, a third party publisher and almost nothing else. They make their own consoles but nobody\u2019s buying them and I really can\u2019t see that changing with any of their hinted at portable machines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The really weird thing is that\u2019s not a negative, as we learn that, predictably, Indiana Jones And The Great Circle<\/a> has sold a lot more on PlayStation 5<\/a> and PC than any other format. I am interested to see how well sales for Forza Horizon 5 go though, given that was released a lot longer ago and has had plenty of time to rack up a lot of sales.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think you can make any direct comparisons though because it\u2019s all mixed in with Game Pass and Microsoft don\u2019t give straight sales figures. I can\u2019t see PlayStation fans not liking though and that\u2019s got to mean that the next one, and probably every other Microsoft game, is going to be on PlayStation 5 right from the start. With Doom to come soon as well, Microsoft are one of the PlayStation 5\u2019s biggest providers of quality games this year – much more so than Sony.
Teebo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call for help<\/strong>
I\u2019ll be honest, I had no idea Sony had even announced a release date for Ghost Of Y\u014dtei, which I guess goes to prove the point in the recent Reader\u2019s Feature<\/a>. There\u2019s no point me repeating the phrase \u2018I don\u2019t understand\u2019, like everyone else, but needless to say I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

If Sony don\u2019t have a proper summer showcase this year, I\u2019m just going to take that as a call for help from the execs. Maybe they should just let PlayStation be sold to Xbox. Microsoft is desperate to be in charge and has tons of games coming up but Sony feels like the opposite.<\/p>\n

At least put Microsoft in charge of their software department, since most of the best PlayStation 5 games lately are ex-Xbox games. Strange, isn\u2019t it?
Cubby<\/strong><\/p>\n

Splinter group<\/strong>
Very glad to hear Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is doing well; I had no idea it was the highest rated game on Metacritic. I also did not know that the developer was made up of a bunch of ex-Ubisoft people. I hope Ubisoft is looking at the game\u2019s success and wishing they hadn\u2019t let these people go and let them make what they wanted instead.<\/p>\n

Clair Obscur really seems the opposite of a Ubisoft game: it\u2019s original, it\u2019s innovative, and it looks and feels very French. Ubisoft spend all their time trying to appeal to American gun nuts and then we find out that the games their developers would rather be making are a lot more interesting.<\/p>\n

Not particularly picking on Ubisoft, I bet it\u2019s like that at most other publishers. Probably most other creatives anywhere.
Sanky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Console required<\/strong>
Regarding the Golf Story offer, I did create an account, so I was all ready to go on the day. When I tried to buy the game, it asked me to turn on my Switch console to purchase it, so alas it wasn\u2019t possible to purchase it without having an actual Switch console to hand.<\/p>\n

This was the message I received on the E-shop website: \u2018In order to continue, please access Nintendo eShop on the console linked to this Nintendo Account.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shame it didn\u2019t give me the opportunity to purchase a digital code, because that was an option with the Mario platformers I was looking at. I will just wish list it now and wait for a better offer. Can\u2019t see it being down to 2 quid though, until at least Black Friday, and I don\u2019t want to wish the year away. Hopefully Everybody\u2019s Golf isn\u2019t far away.
Charlie H<\/strong><\/p>\n

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