Xbox Games on PS5 Might Not Be Selling as Well as We Thought

Microsoft’s Xbox brand is slowly inching itself away from console exclusives and becoming a third-party publisher. Many games from the green gaming brand’s portfolio have made their way to PlayStation consoles, some of which have recently topped preorder charts. However, according to recently collected data, it seems Xbox’s new multiplatform direction hasn’t quite paid off on PlayStation platforms.

Are Xbox games selling well on PS5?

According to data collected by Alinea Analytics, Xbox’s biggest seller on PlayStation is Sea of Thieves, which has sold 1.8 million copies. Next up is Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded, which sold 432.2 thousand copies. In comparison, Sea of Thieves and Grounded sold 13.3 million and 4.1 million on Steam, respectively.

Some of Xbox’s more niche games, like Age of Mythology Retold and Pentiment, did not sell nearly as much. Firstly, Tango Gameworks’ critically acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush sold 137.3 thousand copies on PlayStation. Age of Mythology Retold and Pentiment sold 41 thousand and 14 thousand copies respectively. In comparison, Hi-Fi Rush, Age of Mythology Retold, and Pentiment sold 697.2 thousand, 435 thousand, and 261.3 thousand copies on Steam, respectively.

So, are Xbox games selling well on PS5? Well, compared to Steam, definitely not. However, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t worthwhile. For Microsoft, the money gained from bringing these handful of titles to PlayStation platforms would be non-existent if they had remained console exclusive. So, while these games may not be selling gangbusters, it still seems like a worthwhile direction for Xbox.

Two facets should be noted here. First, we don’t know the methodology Alinea Analytics uses to garner its estimates, so the accuracy of the data may be questionable. Second, all of these games are pretty far from being considered a “major” release. Players can argue that Sea of Thieves is one of Xbox’s major releases, but beyond that, all of these titles are fairly niche, so it’s hard to gauge if Xbox’s multiplatform foray is a dud.

We will truly know how well Xbox games sell on PS5 when it launches Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in the next few weeks.

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