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[Draugoth]

The company has fully transitioned into being a multiplatorm publisher, having released several major first-party Xbox titles for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch over the last year (the former in particular)- and is now reaping the benefits.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed (via Tom Warren on Twitter) in the company's recent quarterly fiscal briefing that for Q3 of fiscal year 2024-25, which ran from January to the end of March, Xbox was the "top publisher" by pre-orders and pre-installs not only on the Xbox Store, but also the PlayStation Store. Having lined up the likes of Age of Mythology: Retold, Forza Horizon 5, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle for the PS5 in the early months of 2025, that doesn't come as a huge surprise.

Article:

Microsoft Was Both Xbox and PlayStation's Top Q3 FY2025 Publisher by Pre-Orders and Pre-Installs

Source: https://gamingbolt.com/microsoft-was-both-xbox-and-playstations-top-q3-fy2025-publisher-by-pre-orders-and-pre-installs

 

[GrayChild]

Good guy Phil bringing high-quality new experiences for PlayStation 5 when Sony can't.

 

[Topher]

In terms of "preorders and preinstallations"

 

[cireza]

This further validates their third party strategy.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Their games are awesome so well deserved.

 

[Shaki12345]

Well somebody has to publish and make actual games.

Sony sure as hell isn't.

 

[Woopah]

They have got a very strong lineup for 2025. Interesting times!

 

[adamsapple]

Based Phil.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I think Sony even forgot to publish on their own console for this year to be honest. Doors wide open for getting those money bags

 

[jose4gg]

Yes, that's what happends when you buy two of the biggest publishers in the gaming industry, you might be become the biggest publisher.

 

[Little Chicken]

So all those years the Playstation fans were mean, now they're green

 

[T-Cake]

Xbox Cloud gaming seems "OK" for me, not sure it's 4K but there is a very weird discrepancy between playing on Edge (great!) and the Windows Xbox app (shit!) But still not a patch on the PS5 offering.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Well somebody has to publish and make actual games.

Sony sure as hell isn't.

With games like Indy selling only 117k in 7 days on PS5, there doesn't seem to be any rush.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Your playstation is now a xbox

 

[Elios83]

I did my part with Indiana Jones

 

[AJUMP23]

Good news for the MS bottom line. Good games, but not good enough to move hardware sales.

 

[Kilau]

Ponies really like Xbox now huh?

 

[Zacfoldor]

Good news for the MS bottom line. Good games, but not good enough to move hardware sales.

MS is jacking up the price of consoles in the US unless I've just read a late April fools joke. Hardware sales are over for them. Probably forever if XSX pricing is any indication. Imagine what they would charge for a steambox made by the surface team....

 

[FUBARx89]

Based Phil.

More like based Satya. Spencer has been an absolute train wreck.

 

[Represent.]

Well no shit, they spent over 80 billion dollars on 2 publishers

 

[Gojiira]

This means literally nothing…Meanwhile Monster Hunter Wilds sold more in a few days than any of those MS games…So it says nothing about the quality of those games and only that they were new and that there was many of them released close together with little competition…

 

[Topher]

How would Microsoft know preorder and preinstall numbers for other publishers on PlayStation?

 

[Robb]

Microsoft Was Both Xbox and PlayStation's Top Q3 FY2025 Publisher by Pre-Orders and Pre-Installs

And soon it'll only be on PlayStation I imagine.

 

[Generic]

"PC Game Pass revenue up 45% YoY"

This is interesting.

 

[Aion002]

I guess that's it for Xbox...

 

[midnightAI]

What about in terms of sales?

 

[Shaki12345]

With games like Indy selling only 117k in 7 days on PS5, there doesn't seem to be any rush.

There are more systems than PS5 and you know it.

And other MS games do great on PS as well.

 

[BattleScar]

People acting like this is an achievement are hilarious.
Its quite easy to become the top publisher when you spunk 70 billion dollars on fucking ActiBlizz.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Xbox has no games but suddenly PlayStation does.

 

[Katatonic]

that's the very least buying up half the industry should accomplish.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

There are more systems than PS5 and you know it.

Yes, Indy is selling even worse on those.

And other MS games do great on PS as well.

Less bad is already better.

 

[Horseganador]

Well, that's why they became a third-party publisher. They'll soon be paying more attention to PS5 than their own console on Xbox.

 

[Deerock71]

When you own Minecraft and Call of Duty...

 

[drganon]

They bought two major 3rd party publishers, no shit this was going to happen.

 

[Sintoid]

If you buy all the publishers that's the obvious consequence

 

[REDRZA MWS]

Green Rats making money everywhere. Only game I'm looking forward to is Gears E day the rest of the year. I'll be playing on my ps5 pro

 

[PauloRoberto]

Well, after spending so much money between buying publishers and lobists, and the needs to publish those related games on a (currently) rival platform... It's almost expected i might say... it's windows phone/mobile all over again

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Ponies really like Xbox now huh?

I just knew that this will be the new propaganda from now on.

Look at it this way, it's better to be able sell...something than not being able to sell at all (to your own fanbase to boot since there its all about Gamepass)

 

[PatientGamer]

Of course they are, they've bought the entire industry.

 

[Ebrietas]

People acting like this is an achievement are hilarious.
Its quite easy to become the top publisher when you spunk 70 billion dollars on fucking ActiBlizz.

It's sad how desperate the fanboys are for any kind of "win". The war will never end for these people even though it's over and MS raised the white flag.

Sony doesn't care. MS is not a competitor anymore. They are a partner just like EA, SE, Ubisoft, etc. They take their 30% from any game sold on their platform.

 

[EN250]

They own COD + whatever else Acti publishes + Zenimax, of course they became the leading publisher

 

[damidu]

"by preorders and preinstalls"
spin baby spin

 

[The_Mike]

Microsoft selling so great on Sony they should make their own platform and gain on that.

Everyone knows that platforms with great exclusives sells well.

 

[QLQ]

This further validates their third party strategy.

90+ billion in acquisitions is all it took.

 

[mckmas8808]

Well no shit, they spent over 80 billion dollars on 2 publishers

Weird how we are supposed remember this key point.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

just realized how many times I've purchased minecraft

 

[Killer8]

Pouring money into keeping your plastic box alive versus making untold riches on the competition's.

To some, one of the most difficult decisions to make. For Nutella, it was Tuesday.

 

[LordOcidax]

Yes, that's what happends when you buy two of the biggest publishers in the gaming industry, you might be become the biggest publisher.

But i through that Microsoft gaming division was DOOMED… So, success was expected here?

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[LordOcidax]

90+ billion in acquisitions is all it took.

Some of you needs to think bigger, 90 billions in a INVESTMENT is less taxes to pay for Microsoft at the end of the day…. Is not like they are losing money, is a Win win situation.