If you had told the average Xbox or PlayStation player 15 years ago that one of the biggest PlayStation 5 games in April 2025 was the latest Forza Horizon, they probably would’ve pointed you toward the closest medical facility. But the actual big-picture truth in 2025 is even more bizarre than that already strange scenario.
In the first three months of the year, the biggest publisher on Sony’s mega-successful console is also their biggest competitor. Xbox Game Studios games accounted for more pre-orders and pre-installs via the PlayStation Store than any other, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during an earnings call this week. The impressive but peculiar stat was driven by the unprecedented run of games released by the console maker across multiple platforms over the last six months.
