Sea of Thieves Reportedly a 'Key Test' for More Xbox Games on PS5

I'll be picking this up, I have it on PC but this way I'll be able to play it with my son. This is one of my favourite games of the last few years

There is no way that there isn’t more Xbox ‘exclusives’ coming after the numbers that Sea of Thieves preorders are posting right now. It’s a game that I am very much looking forward to playing with friends myself! I would be utterly shocked if Starfield isn’t on, or at least announced for PS5 by the years end! And I do think we will see more and more games making the jump. Hellblade 2 and Forza Horizon 5 would not be too far fetched to expect either at some point. They will likely have Hellblade 2 on Gamepass for a 6 month to a year period before it is announced for PlayStation, but It’s a game a lot of people over here know about and it would do well for sure. Given the fact that PlayStation users buy games more so than what Gamepass allows means that there is nothing going against Microsoft making their games available on Sonys console.

I tried it on PC, but wasn't for me.

I want starfield and gears to come over to ps5

I hope we see more Xbox games but I'm not interested in Sea of Thieves. I might pick up Pentiment at some point though.

this won’t stop anyone whose transitioned to pc as their “primary” way of playing due to recent consoles being lackluster . couldn’t care less about xbox games coming to playstation; where is the playstation games.

I'm pretty sure more Xbox games are already in the process of getting ported over. Starfield will launch on PS5 in the not-to-distant future.

The only thing I want from them is an OBLIVION re-release

I got Hi-Fi Rush so I pulled my weight there. I have no interest in Sea of Thieves but if it's specifically live service games they want to test... I would absolutely support Halo Infinite.

I get the feeling that watching the Xbox showcase in June will be like watching a multiplatform showcase. So like they reveal the Shattered Space expansion for Starfield and then after the release date appears it shows that Starfield is coming to PS5 as a complete edition, they reveal that a Marcus Fenix collection is coming to PS5 same day as Xbox/PC, etc.

@nomither6 PS5 saw Helldivers 2 and FF7 Rebirth 2 months back, Rise of the Ronin last month and Stellar Blade this month.

@Bionic-Spencer Yeah i expect once the expansion is out for Starfield later this year they will then announce a PS5 version for early 2025.

I feel that now days any game that has a multiplayer element should be available on any platform that can support it (Sorry Switch). Halo Infinite is 2 separate entities in a SP campaign and a F2P multiplayer. Can't see any harm in the MP being ported to PS5

I dont really understand this... I have zero interest in this game but if I want to see something like Forza or Starfield on a PS5 then this game needs to sell well? Make it make sense!

Its impossible to judge the success of other types of games based on how well some semi live-service game sells, whats the metric, sell as many copies as it did on XBOX? where its also available on gamepass.

@SacredPYRO I've always said single player campaigns should be exclusive and any live service should be on everything. Want to know the story, buy the platform it's on. It would kill Xbox putting tent pole campaigns like Gears and Halo on PlayStation.

If true, it's more than reasonable to expect Xbox has more ports in the works. Starfield and Indiana Jones are likely contenders, but I'd be excited for Gears, Halo or Retro Replay as well. Killer Instinct would also be a great inclusion, considering there's a larger fighting game community on PlayStation. It'll be interesting which games hit for Microsoft and how that informs which titles they bring forward.

Xbox have already decided they will bring games over: executives are going to push these thoughts to journalists in order to sell as best they can.

Dev kits are already known to be out and work is already being done so this games success depending on it working is rubbish imo.

@Grumblevolcano if they release the Marcus Fenix collection day and date on PS5. I will sell my Xbox and go PS5 Pro as my main console. I am a huge Gears of War fan but outside of that and Forza Horizon which i see as the best racing game in the industry. Again my opinion, after that there isn’t much that moves the needle for Xbox anymore. Don’t get me wrong Halo Infinite is really good and i think get’s unfair criticism at times. It has its faults but it’s really good still. All their smaller titles are ok in their own right but not system sellers. We still have little idea as to what Sony has in store for us. But with Naughty Dog still due and Santa Monica still looking to release a PS5 hit, i think PS with a Gears of War is just to much to ever catch up to outside of Nintendo doing what they will do. Again my opinion and i am known on this site as a Xbox Fanboy just cause i have said i like their controller size and layout better.

Is this game THAT good? I don't know maybe is because the only pirates I care about are space pirates but this game looks more like a streamer game than something that I could be crazy about. I know the pre orders were high and hopefully people enjoy what they are paying for (paying for your games is what cool kids do lol) but if I were MS I wouldn't decide if my games can sell on PS with something so niche.

@SacredPYRO i agree HD2 should be on Xbox as well and Halo on PS. No sense in cutting out all that money from fanbases that will support it.

@DennisReynolds not sure it will matter as most players online say SF is trash and Bethesda is old news. So why would that game get any attention outside of a small user base on PS5? Now Gears of War on PS5 would be industry wide huge news that would have players like myself sell my Xbox. It’s the reason i fell in love with the 360 and kept buying Xbox’s. Not a buggy RPG game at 30fps.

@RudeAnimat0r Pentiment is absolutely bonkers good imo. I love that time period in history so it was extra great.

I don’t see how sea of thieves can be a test bed for whether they port something like forza both of which will attract different audiences.

I’d be all over forza but have no interest in sea of thieves. It’s like a shop saying they’re going to stop selling apples because they don’t sell enough bananas.

This sound like M$ wants to "force" us to help them on PS.. Just don't but these crappy games and they will be gone. Playstation and Nintendo ftw.! ✌️😉

N.i.c.e. more x box games is always welcome.a new doom game would be cool.word up son

I bought hifi rush and pentiment, that'll have to be enough of a test for them. I have no interest in this title

@gymratAmarillo It's a game as a service in the sense that they constantly add content, but it's by no means a game for streamers. It has narrative campaigns that altogether can last 50 hours (including ones from Pirates of the Caribbean and Monkey Island), plenty of diverse missions, exploration, and many more things to do. It's an adventure sandbox.

That quote is designed to drive sales, nothing more. Anyone paying attention knows this won't be the last one ported over.

For all the trash talking people do about Xbox, there is certainly a thirst for its games now.

I guess after Starfield releases on PlayStation it won’t be “meh” or “garbage” anymore?

I personally don’t care what Microsoft does with its games. Money is always the name of the game.

I recognize that Xbox has transitioned to “Microsoft Gaming Division” rather than a plastic box, but the complete 180 on Microsoft games is interesting after so much vitriol has been spewed in its direction.

Microsoft can goto hell till they bring out a PS5 game I want to play. I'm not buying subpar games like Sea of Thieves.

Not going to support a game I have zero Interest in. Now if it was a gears or halo collection would be interested in.

A multiplayer centric, live service game is the key for single player, story driven games? Okay.

@pyrrhic_victory There are 4 story-driven campaigns in Sea of Thieves that can be played solo, including ones from Pirates of the Caribbean and Monkey Island.

I think it's a fair test

Oh yeah, they're all coming, no doubt about it.
Perhaps once they're done they could gracefully exit the console business & leave that position to open to another company who actually gives a damn.

Not interested at all in live service games, or to be fair most MS games (0 interest in starfield) - i may pick up Hi Fi Rush when I have cleared a bit of my backlog, depending on how a few games in the near future review.

By principle of how much I think game pass is bad for the video games industry as a whole, particularly the type of game it forces, I would have to think long and hard about what price i was willing to pay for a game MS released day 1 on GP.

I will listen to Alestorm and smile when I player this.

@GamingFan4Lyf

Why wouldn’t it be meh? A 7/10 game is a 7/10 be it on Xbox, ps, or an iPhone.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Because for a "meh" game people seem awfully keen on it coming to PlayStation 5.

So it makes me wonder if people (mainly commenters, not press) were simply hating on it because it didn't come to their plastic box of choice.

Seems to me that people don't actually hate Microsoft games, they just don't want to have to buy an Xbox to play them.

There are better ways to spend $40 then this subpar game(I have played it on game pass).

I'd be down for some of the lesser k own ones from last gen. Quantum Break or Ryse Son of Rome.

@Starkei I don't think you will ever see Ryse Son of Rome, but you could see other Xbox One games for quick money grabs.

@GamingFan4Lyf
I would love Flight Simulator if they gave it PSVR2 support. Starfield I would buy at discount now that it’s been thoroughly beta tested. Definitely not something I would have bought an Xbox for.

@termiki True, but I think it's a game that's designed to be played with others, which is why I said multiplayer centric. It's probably the most high profile Xbox game to come over so far, but I'm not sure that high sales for this will mean high sales for something like Hellblade 2. Although Hellblade sold well on PS4, as did the Bethesda GS titles, so Xbox should already have all the data they need, one would think

@pyrrhic_victory
Given the preorder numbers, this is most likely an intentional leak to prepare the public for the shift to multi console support for the majority of games.

@gymratAmarillo tried it years ago just because of the pirate theme, never clicked. single player is almost unplayable but an option. also can't really continue from where you left, it's like a new generated world every time you login. only enjoyed the sailing part and water physics.

BTW, why they call this XBOX exclusive? I got it on Steam, and doesn't need a MS client to play, just an account

There really isn't anything i want from MS games. 🤷
TES6 maybe, but they will play coy with it.

I got the only Xbox game I want, they can keep the rest.

I have no interest in Sea of Thieves and never did. Other ports are already in the works and I wouldn't be surprised if Xbox just said this as a clever marketing tactic to get more people to buy a copy.

All xbox games are coming to PS, it has already been decided.

Nope. Bad Litmus test. Why would I buy a game I don't care about that I didn't even enjoy on Xbox on Game Pass, just so I can pay more money later for a game I actually want. Given how bad starfield is, I'm not sure I care about that enough to put money behind it. Hellblade 2 has its own problems in the background, a game that should have been out a while ago that saw its Creative Director sneak off without anyone noticing until a public event was held and he wasn't there.

I'd be far more interested in Halo, Gears, and some other legacy IP and 2nd party titles locked to the 360. As it stands xbox has nothing I want, that really hasnt changed beyond those legacy titles. Maybe DE&I (Didn't Earn It) hires are hurting their games, because they lack the quality they once had. Many of their acquisitions have the same problems.

Xbox really isn't in a good position right now to demand people buy mediocre games or else they won't release more mediocre games. We don't even know if Hellblade 2 is going to be any good yet until they release it. 🤣

@GamingFan4Lyf that's confirmation bias at its finest. Yes, some people trashed it. Was it the same people who now say they want it? Please provide some examples of users who did that.

There is not a single game that everyone can agree on. Even God of War has been trashed by some people here. It doesn't mean that every person here feels this way (quite the opposite).

Might try it again this weekend, played for a little bit at launch, tried it again a few years later when people were saying they had fixed it. Just don’t click with me. Supposed to be a very different game these days.

Rather than hellblade 2 I prefer gears of war or halo mcc collection on ps5. Add 4K & 60 fps support and I'll buy it at $60, add steelbook and good manuals I'll get it even at $70 😃

Let's give this support people. I'll be buying it.

A gears of war collection would be sweet. If these xbox games sell well sony might get jealous and try to make more and better games who knows..

Makes great business sense for Microsoft. It's great buying up developers but you need people to sell your product to.

With relatively little going on in the PS Studios area at the moment, this can only be a good thing for PS5 owners - if said owners put aside the old and supposed console rivalry thing.

Putting aside the "Xbox games coming to PlayStation" headline and looking at it simply as another game studio, if the games are good, the people will buy.

On another note, bit of a shame that Xbox console sales have performed comparatively poorly. I'm not a businessman but one feels that in any sector, lack of real competition inevitably allows the market leader to rest on it's laurels.

I think it is only a matter of time before all formerly exclusive Xbox games make there over to the PlayStation. At the end of this year Starfield will cross over. It will do so after 12 months have passed since its initial release on the Xbox, and once the DLC has released. The PlayStation will get a complete edition that includes Starfield and the DLC.

Truthfully, as much as some will rejoice in this happening, I think this is a bad thing for gaming. The one thing that Xbox has provided is competition for the PlayStation. The reason the PS5 sold at its initial price, and not the prices that were first being touted is because of how much the Series X cost. If people think back to prior to the price announcement, the PS5 was rumoured to be costing between £600 and £650. Then the cost of the X was announced, and a week later, the PS5 matched it.

Remember also that is was Sony that first increased the prices of their consoles and games. They did so because of their, by then, clearly dominant lead over the Xbox. We only have the current tiered version of our subscription service because of the Game Pass. Were it not for GP, we would still have what we had at the beginning of the generation.

The real problem is that when the Xbox truly has no exclusives, and all their games are on the PlayStation, then there really is no reason to own an Xbox, and the console will simply whither and die as their consoles gamers abandon the system and come over to the PlayStation. Truthfully, what is the point in owning an Xbox if you can play all Xbox games, and PlayStation games on a PlayStation?

Competition is important, and if that competition disappears, and Sony become the only console (Nintendo will still do their own thing) then you can expect to pay a premium price for the PS6, and also for future games. As much as people here like to show hate towards Microsoft, we need them to remain in the consoles space (not just making games) if we are going to keep that competition and innovation going...

@GamingFan4Lyf There seems to be group of people who believe that by buying Xbox games, it will result in more ports, disenfranchising existing Xbox gamers and ultimately killing the rival console.
Seems a bit silly as competition is healthy for an industry but at the end of the day if that's what benefits the shareholders then most then that's what will happen sadly.

If PS fans were pissed off at PS exclusives going to PC after 2 years, I can’t imagine how XBOX fans feel.

Microsoft always follow the money, and there is plenty on money to be had from PS and Nintendo players. The numbers don't lie. It is a smart move from the MS gaming division. I'm grateful I don't restrict myself to one console and enjoy all of them. I feel for those "fans" that do.

Consoles won't exist in 15 years time but I am pretty sure the MS gaming division will.

Maybe they should have used a bigger IP to test, like a Forza/Gears/Halo.

I don't know if a six year old game that's not being played by many on xbox/pc is the best barometer for judging wether to release more games on other platforms

I think we all know this is BS. Microsoft is making Xbox games multi console and they’re trying to not piss the Xbox core off by setting BS conditions that have already been met or exceeded just to save face with those that invested in their ecosystem. An ecosystem that is no longer needed with GamePass.

As soon as I've played the masterpiece Hellblade 2 in May I'll sell my Xbox and hopefully can play the few upcoming exclusives soon on PS too then

They can keep Starfailed. I've got it on PC and it isn't worth the effort really. NMS walks all over it. The next Elder Scrolls for sure though unless Bethesda screw it up like they did with Starfailed. Time to move your games out of the 90's guys!

Halo maybe, that's the only reason I ever bought XBOX, up until Halo Reach that is. After that it was just a cash grab and the games sucked.

Gears of War would be a good fit, especially as Sony has, short sightedly, given up on both Killzone and Resistance.

The Sensua games are OK, the first one is interesting but I never really got the vibe from it and I don't think I completed it.

@get2sammyb well exclusives only hit around 10% of the console player base so even on Xbox that would be 2.5-3 million copies of HD2. That’s nothing to sneeze at money wise and it offset’s what Marvel takes from Sony to license Spider-Man. We seen Sony come out and say they are struggling with profit and thats with a size able PS5 player base. As for Halo and Starfield on PS5, if i am going from how many on this site claim those games to be awful i am not sure they would sell that well on PS5. Granted both Halo and HD2 are tapping into PC and that install base is way larger than PS5 and sure it’s helping them both but HD2 way more than the criticized Halo that does have a nice Meta score. Last point is Shooter sell well in the USA, the difference in install base between PS5 and Series consoles in America is only 5 million units. So again seems hard to ignore and just say we don’t need it, but i understand why Sony don’t do it. The negative PR they would get and the internet going into a panic that more PS games will come to Xbox would be something Sony wouldn’t want. At least thats my opinion of it. But for sure one thing that is true, change is coming to AAA gaming and consoles. MS was ahead of this curve in many ways and Sony is slowing jumping on board little by little.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Nope. If Sony goes the way you think, people migrate to PC or just not bother at all.

People vote with their pockets.

People vote with their pockets, as you say, @PSme, but then try getting a decent gaming PC for anything less than £1500, unless you know how to build them yourself, and then you may get away with £1000, but that won't be a decent one that can play games at top spec.

My gaming PC has cost me over £3000 in the 5 years I've had it. It will play pretty much everything with all bells and whistles on, but not everything!

As you say, people will vote with their pockets, but even if Sony increase the price of their next console to £800, it will still be cheaper than gaming on a PC. Yes, the games are cheaper, but you would have to buy many, many games to make up the difference in cost between gaming on a PC and on a console.

People who don't game on a PC often believe that PC gaming is some sort of utopia, but it really isn't. I have lost many nights gaming with friends because one of us simply cannot get a game to run properly. It has got better in recent years, but unless you really know your way around PC's, it can be exceptionally frustrating, which is why, despite having such a capable PC, I still prefer to game on a console...

@GamingFan4Lyf

As badly as I wanted to love Starfield, it was the epitome of "meh". Decent game, just screamingly average, even outright bad in some places

@naruball @GamingFan4Lyf This is the weird fanboy conspiracy over on PureXbox in a nutshell. Some goofy idea that a large driver for saying it's kind of middling is PS fans crusading to damage it.
Its the newest Bethesda mainline game, people will want to play it regardless

@CallMeDuraSouka I don't like Bethesda RPGs, so it didn't resonate with me - even though it was the best Bethesda RPG I have played. Bethesda really needs to find a new engine for its games.

Their games are too overwhelming for me - with a huge focus on "living" in the game with a ton of random side content where the "main quest" is such a small piece of the game.

I prefer the JRPG structure where the bulk of the content is the "main quest" and a small portion is side content (that generally serves to get you special equipment/items).

@Fiendish-Beaver what a great post! Quite often people will praise something they know little about because they know so little about it. It’s not just the games that lead people to consoles. It’s always the price and upkeep. I’ll admit I love games on PC but hate the controls and the constant need to put money into the machines to keep up with everybody else. Consoles offer a “set it and forget it” approach for a 1/3 of the price.

it is not a test. every xbox published game will find its way to ps4/ps5 out of necessity and in order to turn a profit. their own install base alone won't cut it for them.

I think any game outside halo, forza and gears has good chance coming to Playstation eventually; maybe 6 months to 1 year after xbox release

Hellblade 2 physical please.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Yes you are correct in your statement.
I used game on pc(also ps1-ps5) but tossed pc because of price. And hassle.

If Sony gets expensive then I won’t bother.
Then I will do what I said in my comment.

I will vote with my pocket and not bother.