Microsoft's multiplatform strategy is leaving Xbox Without exclusive intellectual properties, but at the commercial level it is giving spectacular results. Proof of this is that, during April, The three most downloaded PS5 games in Europe, the United States and Canada belonged to the Redmond firm catalog.
As reported by PlayStation In your official blogthe titles in question were Minecraft, Forza Horizon 5 and the recently released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. It is undoubtedly curious that three Xbox proposals have occupied the three privilege steps in the PS5 games ranking plus downloaded in three important markets.
In Europe, the number 1 was for Forza Horizon 5while Oblivion y Minecraft They occupied the 2 and 3, respectively. In the United States and Canada, meanwhile, the remastering The Elder Scrolls IV occupied first place, followed by Minecraft y Forza.
Sony has not revealed how many digital copies of each of these PS5 games were downloaded from the PS Store. Even so, it is interesting to mark that, despite some initial doubts, Time is giving the right to Xbox. At least from the most commercial side of your plan.
This is not the first time that Xbox can boast the success of its video games on its archirrival platform. In April of last year, Microsoft had already highlighted that it had more games than Sony herself in the best -selling top 25 playing games. Of course, at that time he had also included titles such as Overwatch y Call of Dutythat when they debuted they were not their property. Anyway, statistics was valid.
Three Xbox titles, the most downloaded PS5 games in April
That the three most downloaded PS5 games are from Microsoft/Xbox may be explained in some temporal factors. That Minecraft It is one of the most popular games in the world, it is not novelty. However, its reach has surely been revitalized by the global rage by A Minecraft moviethe film adaptation with Jack Black and Jason Momoa.
Forza Horizon 5Meanwhile, he debuted in PlayStation this year after being one of the most popular Xbox sagas. As with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remasteredits premiere in the final part of April allowed fans of the original game of 2006 to enjoy it in all its splendor in the PS5.
But the presence of Microsoft in the list of the most downloaded PS5 games in April is not limited to these titles. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 He held the 10th place in Europe and the 7th in the United States and Canada; while Indiana Jones and the big circle He also won adepts quickly among the public (8th in Europe and 11th in the US and Canada).
It will be interesting to see what happens Gears of Warwhich will soon be added to the PS5 games catalog with its version Reloaded. And there are still great expectations to know what will happen with Halo.
