{"id":1098947,"date":"2026-07-19T15:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1098947\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:34:19","slug":"it-isnt-something-carved-in-stone-xbox-still-unclear-on-future-ps5-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1098947\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It Isn’t Something Carved in Stone’: Xbox Still Unclear on Future PS5 Ports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'It<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Xbox\u2019s decision to return to console exclusivity was one of the defining stories of June, but it\u2019s been somewhat overshadowed by Sony\u2019s physical discs debacle<\/a> and layoffs in Redmond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, a big story published by GamesRadar<\/a> has tried to \u201cmake sense of Xbox\u2019s messy return to console exclusivity\u201d \u2013 although, perhaps unsurprisingly, it doesn\u2019t provide any meaningful answers.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has vaguely indicated that live service games will continue to ship on PS5, while single player titles may not.<\/p>\n

The company was quizzed specifically on Ninja Theory\u2019s Senua<\/a> at Summer Game Fest<\/strong><\/a>, as this appeared to show an inconsistency in its strategy.<\/p>\n

Of course, we now know the firm was trying to find a buyer for the Cambridge-based studio, which is no longer an Xbox first-party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with boss Matt Booty, Microsoft\u2019s mealy-mouthed approach has continued.<\/p>\n

He described exclusives like Gears of War: E-Day<\/a> and Clockwork Revolution<\/a> as \u201crewards\u201d for Xbox players, but indicated that some single player games could still come to the PS5 after all.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wouldn’t overly fixate on single player. I think that’s a good rule of thumb, but it certainly isn’t something that’s carved in stone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So Xbox could still bring single player games to the PS5, in addition to live service ones. Then what exactly is its approach here?<\/p>\n

Booty continued:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are the stewards of over 20 game franchises that have made a billion dollars in their lifetime. There are a lot of different games in our portfolio, and we have to think about how different games serve different purposes within it. We have a framework for these selections, including how we evaluate them. I recognise that this approach is not obvious to all of our players, and we are committed to making this clearer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What does that mean for the glut of new Fallout<\/a> games announced earlier this week<\/a>, for example? Your guess is as good as mine \u2013 it really does seem like Microsoft is making these decisions based on which way the wind is blowing on any given day.<\/p>\n

One anonymous studio source for Clockwork Revolution dev InXile Entertainment told GamesRadar it hopes Microsoft\u2019s decision \u201cdoesn\u2019t put a target on our back\u201d.<\/p>\n

Given the scale of the recent layoffs within Xbox this month, nothing would surprise me less.<\/p>\n

[source gamesradar.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Xbox\u2019s decision to return to console exclusivity was one of the defining stories of June,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1098948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[513,566,55,53,16,15,54],"class_list":["post-1098947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-activision","tag-bethesda","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xbox-game-studios"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116947379882623045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1098947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1098948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1098947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1098947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1098947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}