Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Doing So Well on Playstation That I’m Not Even Worried About Doom: The Dark Ages

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Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Doing So Well on Playstation That I’m Not Even Worried About Doom: The Dark Ages

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first announced that it would be releasing first-party Xbox titles on PlayStation, we called them crazy. But the decision is no longer controversial now because it has proven to be wildly successful. During the company’s Q3 FY25 earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that

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had become the top publisher on the PlayStation Store.

This is based on pre-orders and pre-installs from January through March 2025. I don’t know how they did it, but this is an incredible way to come back into the market. And with Doom: The Dark Ages confirmed for a PS5 release, it’s clear

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’s pivot from hardware to content-first strategy is paying off handsomely.

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has found the path to success with Xbox

From January through March 2025,

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topped its own charts, but it was also the number one publisher on PlayStation in terms of pre-orders and pre-installs. CEO Satya Nadella noted this during the company’s Q3 FY25 earnings call.

Satya: We ended the quarter as the top publisher on both Xbox and PlayStations store for pre-orders and pre-install

PCGame Pass increased over 45% yoy

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We can attribute this success to the success of key games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5 that recently arrived on PS5. Aside from this, the company’s gaming division is also on a positive momentum. Gaming revenue was up 5% year-over-year in Q3, largely due to a big 8% rise in Xbox content and services.

We already knew

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was shifting its focus to accessibility instead of exclusivity, and now, the ecosystem extends far beyond Xbox hardware. Much of this momentum can be attributed to the success of Game Pass, a subscription service that now defines

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’s gaming business. Simply put, players are subscribing and staying, and

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is reaping the benefits.

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— Brad Sams (@bdsams)

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If there were any doubts about this approach, Q3 FY25 shut them down. Xbox Cloud Gaming surpassed 150 million hours of playtime for the quarter, setting a new record. Xbox has gone from a box under your TV to a platform across console, PC, and cloud. And this new data tells us that even Sony fans are buying in. It’s no longer a battle of consoles; it’s a battle of services, and

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is winning.

There’s no stopping this train with the new Doom game releasing in May

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Looking to May 2025, the stage is set for Doom: The Dark Ages to perform just as well, if not better. And there’s no reason to believe it won’t. Set to release on May 15, the game is available day one on Xbox Game Pass and is also launching on PlayStation at the same time. We’re seeing

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further commit to accessibility, and it looks like it’ll work big time.

Interestingly, all of this success was followed by the news that the Xbox brand is going to see price increases across the board. As of May 1,

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raised prices on Xbox Series consoles, controllers, and accessories globally. The company also announced that select first-party games would cost $80 starting this holiday season.

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has framed these changes to be necessary due to rising development costs and market conditions. We’ll have to wait and see how this affects the company. People were buying Xbox consoles even less, and with increased prices, it might go down even lower. But why would

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intentionally do that? What do you think is going on?

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