- Excluding Black Ops 7, 11 titles published by Xbox on PS5 last year sold 8.7 million copies combined.
- Forza Horizon 5 accounted for the majority of these sales, with Oblivion Remastered also shipping over a million copies.
- Gears of War: Reloaded, Indiana Jones, and Doom: The Dark Ages were mid-sized hits.
The Xbox multiplatform strategy has been bearing fruit so far, especially on PlayStation 5. Forza Horizon 5, a 2021 title, sold over 5 million copies on the console after launching in April last year, bringing Xbox hundreds of millions in revenue.
The company has also published several other games on the PS5 in 2025, including AAA big shots like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Doom: The Dark Ages. But analysts say other Xbox first-party titles have failed to match Forza Horizon 5’s success.
Why it matters: Xbox has collected a hefty share of revenue from porting its first-party titles to PS5, but these games could have sold more with a day-and-date launch.
According to data from Alinea Analytics, out of the 11 Xbox games published on PS5 last year, Forza Horizon 5 accounted for 60% of the total sales. For this report, the analysis firm included only titles that sold over 100K units on the platform and excluded Black Ops 7.
All of these games combined shipped over 8.7 million units according to the data, with Forza Horizon 5 accounting for 5.1 million of these sales. Bethesda’s Oblivion Remastered was the best of the rest, being purchased by 1.1 million users on the PS5.
However, 50% of the players left the game before putting in 15 hours and making any real progress. Gears of War: Reloaded was also a decent-sized hit, as the shooting title sold 572K copies on PlayStation 5, which was more than its sales on Steam and Xbox combined.
Furthermore, Doom: The Dark Ages and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sold around 500K copies each but underperformed, especially given the brand recognition of both IPs.
The rest of the titles on the list, like The Outer Worlds 2 and Ninja Gaiden 4, shuffled between the 100K-200K mark, failing to create any real motion. Hence, besides Forza Horizon 5, no Xbox first-party game really punched above its weight on PlayStation 5 in 2025.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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