Microsoft Reveals Sony Is Prohibiting These Iconic Playstation Games’ Release on Xbox

Published 12/23/2022, 9:30 AM EST

Microsoft is trying hard to convince the CMA and FTC that buying Activision is its way to stay relevant in the market and not put unfair pressure on its competition. There have been accusations that Microsoft is buying Activision so it can make big games like Call of Duty exclusive to their platforms Xbox and PC.

It has maintained that there’s no such intention. It wants to keep releasing Call of Duty on PlayStation and even Nintendo Switch.

All this talk of exclusives has sparked a conversation about how Sony has kept a number of games exclusive to PlayStation.

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Microsoft says Sony prevents games from coming to Xbox

In a recent statement to FTC Microsoft claimed that Sony has over the years prevented numerous third-party games from coming to Xbox consoles. This is not even surprising, there have been a number of games that haven’t been released on Xbox consoles even after several years of their launch on PC and PlayStation.

Bloodborne, was developed by From Software in partnership with Sony’s Japan studios and released for PlayStation 4, years ago. There have been numerous rumors of its PC release lately. But no one ever mentions that there’s a chance of it releasing for Xbox.

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Final Fantasy VII Remake was also released exclusively on PlayStation consoles a while ago. This game was called a timed exclusive by Square Enix and it was eventually released for PC too. But there’s no indication that Xbox players would ever be able to play it.

And now a similar thing is happening with Final Fantasy VI. The latest game in this long-running Japanese role-playing series would be released exclusively for PlayStation 5. It might launch for PC in a while. But there’s no news regarding its Xbox version ever hitting the market.

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Exclusives have been Sony’s main strength for years

Sony’s Playstation has been surviving this console war for so long only because of its exclusives. Games like God of War, Uncharted, the Last of Us, and Gran Turismo, are only a few of the numerous exclusives that Sony worked on over the years to make their platform stand out.

The same goes for Nintendo, they have only survived the gaming Industry for so long thanks to their high-quality exclusives. Exclusives matter so much that even an underpowered console such as Nintendo Switch has been defeating Microsoft’s Xbox in sales.

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So it makes sense why Microsoft is eager to get its hands on Activision. Let us see how all this plays out.

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Originating from Delhi, Rohit Sejwal is an Esports writer at EssentiallySports who has done MSc in filmmaking. Academics aside, he is an Avid Gamer and has been writing about them every now and then. While RPG games are his forte, Soulsborne games are the ones that he cherishes the most.

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Gideon Mathson

Microsoft Reveals Sony Is Prohibiting These Iconic Playstation Games’ Release on Xbox

Microsoft says Sony prevents games from coming to Xbox

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Exclusives have been Sony’s main strength for years