Early last year, Xbox announced that select games from its first-party catalogue would be making the move over to PlayStation 5, challenging years of convention.
To observers, this seemed like an admission on Xbox's part that the console wars had ended; PlayStation had triumphed. Sony has certainly been winning since the release of the PlayStation 4, but there was always a feeling that Microsoft had the financial resources to continue competing with Sony indefinitely, regardless of commercial performance.
Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves and Pentiment were among the first Xbox games to release on PlayStation 5. Other first-party titles such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5 have since joined those ranks.
The August 26 release of Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X/S will be the first example of a PlayStation exclusive coming to Xbox, though Arrowhead isn't wholly owned by PlayStation.
The latter game, which released on PlayStation 5 in April, has since become the console's best-selling game of 2025 so far, according to Alinea Analytics.
With 3 million copies sold, Forza Horizon 5 has outperformed Monster Hunter Wilds (2.9 million), Assassin's Creed Shadows (2 million) and Elden Ring Nightreign (1.4...
