Poll: Will You Be Playing Any Of Xbox's New Multiplatform Games On Other Consoles?

Personally, I don't mind them coming to other consoles. Heck I'm a die hard nintendo fan. But, it might be a slippery slope. So im more inclined to buy their first party stuff on their own system before buying it elsewhere. I kind of feel dirty if I play games on GP, love them, but then buy them elsewhere lol. Probably a ME problem though.

Well, at least I'll be able to platinum Sea of Thieves on PlayStation (screw those legacy Arena achievements).
I'll stick to everything else on Xbox. For me, it feels better to play games on their released platforms (Halo on Xbox, Helldivers on PlayStation etc.), I still have that traditional console mindset.

I'll be playing most all of these on PS5.

Everyone should buy at least one of these games, if you want more from ms that is

If Hi-Fi Rush comes to a Nintendo platform in the future, I'll pick it up there but as that's currently not happening it'll be nothing at the moment.

I have more friends on PS than Xbox so I’m hoping to rope a few of them into Grounded or Sea of Thieves however I’m not going to hold my breath. It’s difficult to get regular gaming time in with your friends in your 30s. I couldn’t really get into Hi Fi Rush and Pentiment on Xbox.

Might've missed it btw but do these games support haptics n all on ps?

My PC is well beyond the capabilities of the consoles, so I'll stick to playing Sea of Thieves and all my games on that

No because I've played them already. If they actually go ahead and start putting everything there I could see myself buying Indy (I know they've said no but the way they talk you can never really believe anything MS say).

I only have an Xbox 🤣

I don't care that these games are coming to other platforms; but since I get Game Pass Ultimate for free, I don't see a need to buy them elsewhere.

I have no reason to 'buy' these games on Playstation 5 and I don't own a Switch anyway as I have a RoG Ally. As I have Game Pass Ultimate, I see no reason to play elsewhere.

It's the same with games like High on Life, Plague Tale: Requiem, Back4Blood or Lies of P for example - even though these were 3rd Party developed games, I see no reason to buy on PS5 when I can play as part of my GPU Subscription on my Console, Gaming Laptop and RoG Ally for 'free'.

I don't begrudge these games coming to other Platforms at all, it makes NO difference to me at all that 'others' can now play these - if anything, I actually think it could be great for the Grounded/SoT communities to grow and for games like Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush to reach more gamers....

I already played most of those Day 1 on Game Pass.

@NintendoByNature Same here! Xbox and multiplatform games on Xbox and Nintendo games on Nintendo, obviously 🤣.

The chance I play some of these games on other platform is just price, as I got Minecraft dungeons on an affordable price back in the day for switch and hi-fi rush on steam. Multiplayer games on other platforms is not a big deal for me since I can play from Xbox/pc with them.

now this site is just trolling xbox console fans lol. but my answer is no to playing on any other platform. its 100% series x/s for me but im likely to switch over to ps6 next gen. im just sick of team xbox being misleading.

Ill be testing grounded on Xbox but if I like it I will pick it up on switch. Otherwise the rest i can play on xbox.

Would've played SoT if it had gone to Switch. Not interested in Grounded and I think Pentiment is actually more suited to playing handheld, so I'll likely pick that up on Switch at some point. More likely to play Hi-Fi Rush on Xbox than Switch.

Why would I when I already own them on Xbox?

@dmcc0
There is absolutely zero chance of Sea of Thieves being on Switch. Maybe when they release the Switch 2. But the current Switch is not remotely suitable for Sea of Thieves.

Definitely not. Grounded and Pentiment are wholly unintering to me and played enough SoT and Hi-Fi Rush to know they aren't for me either.

I will hopefully play grounded and sea of thieves with people that are on other platforms but I will remain on xbox/pc using my gamepass sub.

I'll pick up Sea of Thieves. My two kids play it on the two xboxes upstairs so i will grab a copy on the PS5 in the living room so I can join the pair of them.

I'd play Pentiment or Hi-Fi Rush on Switch, as the performance of those games won't suffer on lesser hardware. They'd definitely have to be on sale though. I have an ROG Ally, so not a lot of reason to purchase any game pass games on anything else.

I prefer to play PS5 when given a choice, and my misses wont play the Series X at all unless she has to (she hates the controller with a passion), so I might play sea of thieves with her on PS5.
I played before and didnt get hooked, but that was some time ago now. Given how awful skull and bones is, and the fact that we have 2 ps5's and two tellies in our main room, I feel we could have fun teaming up in SOT and seeing how its evolved since my last try!
Such a game should benefit from the influx of new players.

The other games I've already tried on Xbox, no need to play them anywhere else for me.

If Hi-Fi Rush has very good use of the Dualsense I might pick that up.

No, but that's because I already have an Xbox.

My PS5 is strictly for Sony exclusives

I’m actually really curious how Hi—Fi Rush will use the PS5 Dualsense. There’s a lot of opportunity for that game to leverage haptics. It’d make a second playthrough worth it for me.

Honestly, it depends on whether or not PS SoT players can opt out of console crossplay. If they can "PS5 Only" it is well worth the investment to say "hello."

...assuming a single one is not on "Safer Seas," which is probably unlikely.

Wow, Hi-Fi Rush is skipping Switch? Seems like a wasted opportunity, but whatever.

If I play any of these at all, it'll be on my Steam Deck.

I'm hoping the fantastic Pentiment gets some attention now. I was sad to see Nintendo bury it in their direct. It's a great fit on Switch.

@Ralizah I think Hi-Fi Rush would have to be stripped down to work well on Switch, but I'm not sure.

@jesse_dylan @Ralizah Hi-Fi Rush is also skipping PS4, unlike Grounded and Pentiment, so I'm sure that it's skipping Switch because of the hardware, just like Sea of Thieves that also leaves PS4 out.

I think pentiment is a good fit for the Nintendo switch.

@Banjo- Good point!

@GeeEssEff This to me is why we have console wars. Because Microsoft and Sony can't get along we have divided bases. Half my friends play on one half on the other. It bad for gaming.

Pentiment on Switch for sure. I started to play it on Game Pass and decided that 1) it’s brilliant but 2) I wanted it in my hands. So now that it is available for me to do so, I’ll be playing it on Switch.

@Banjo- Just seems like they excluded ports that would require anything more than the bare minimum of dev time. You're not gonna convince me Hi-Fi Rush couldn't run well on a PS4. And Switch obviously enjoys ports of far more demanding games, although those also probably had a good deal of effort poured into their conversions.

I do wonder at this point why the Ori games still aren't on Playstation.

@Ralizah Why do you think I was trying to convince you of anything? I just gave you the most likely reason 🤦‍♂️.

@jesse_dylan Yep, they decided to port the most demanding games, Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush to PS5 and the less demanding games, Pentiment and Grounded to PS4, Switch and PS5. This means that the only logical reason for Sea of Thieves and Hi-FI Rush to skip Switch and PS4 is hardware limitations and what they entail in terms of development. There is no other logical explanation.

If Halo ever came to Switch I would buy that in a heartbeat. But it's Xbox for me all the way. Although I am a little bummed out that PS5 is getting the best version of Hi-Fi Rush because I read they're going to implement the haptic triggers into the gameplay.

@Utena-mobile I don't know,.I have tried the PS5 controller and got tired of the gimmicks after a while. I think it's more suitable for technical demos such as Astro's Playroom, so you're not really missing that much 😉.

@Banjo- I wondered about that. Some people say it works really well, like with racing games, or using sniper rifles in other games etc.
But I think you're right because I've heard a lot of people also say they don't like it and turn it off. lol.

I have Hi-fi Rush on Game pass, but I do plan to buy physical editions of Xbox and PS5. I have more friends on PS so Sea of Thieves would likely be another game I'd dip into on there (even if its cross-play, I can do party chat setup easier there).

@Utena-mobile There's been talks of Xbox releasing an updated controller with the same features since there's been a demand. Mainly for Steam players since the Xbox controller layout is the default one there. The feedback is nice on some games and other games like @Banjo- says it's no more noticeable than the dualshock controller's vibration feature from my experience.

@Banjo- fully agree. My rule of thumb though is if the game is on both Xbox and switch, I buy on switch for the portability aspect. Unless of course it's on GP, then I play on xbox. Any first party or 3rd party stuff not on switch, xbox all day.

@NintendoByNature Good plan, too 😊.

I think I’m going to buy that limited run of pentiment. I hate to say it but I’m sort of leaning toward getting ps5 copy as I’m not sure about Xbox future physical support

@Isoph0451 Good point - pentiment in the hands might be a good fit.
I'm now considering picking this up for play on the PS portal because I can imagine that will work well for this title...

HI FI Rush when its a fair bit cheaper than £27, and IF MS bring out more XB games down the line, I'll double dip into Halo and Forza Horizon IF they appear on Playstation.

@Phantasystar77 I couldn't agree more. Microsoft trying to play nice while Sony wants a monopoly. Microsoft needs to get a backbone and to grow a pair.

If I were to play them, it would obviously be on Game Pass. But, I think all of these games have zero appeal for me personally. So, go ahead Microsoft, spread the mediocrity.

@AnVold And this is why Microsoft has the number one gaming platform on the planet.

@Romans12 This is why at the end of the day, not many people are upset about this. I can see how these couple titles might get someone to buy an Xbox console, though like you, none of them appeal to me. For those that do play those games though, it gives Microsoft users more people to play with, that's always a plus.

I don't have another console, as I bought my Series X, and the other Xbox consoles before it, to counter my twin brother's PlayStations(which is why it's EERIE seeing him on an Xbox console now). As such, it's impossible to buy it on another console, but even if I DID have one, I'd likely still not do it, especially if I'd already played it on the Series X.

@Banjo- I agree! Or, it was too much effort to port it down to Switch (which would be incredibly difficult for Sea of Thieves and I guess just not worth it for either)

I all ready have access to these games on Xbox via gamepass. The two I would buy are Hi-fi and SoT but getting them on PS5 doesn't really add anything to me. Maybe if they come to Switch 2? At least then I'm getting a native way to play them off the TV instead of streaming to another device.

Already pre-ordered Hi Fi Rush on the PS5 and bought Pentiment on the Switch.

I will play Hi-Fi rush again on any console that gets a Physical version

@AnVold
So that would put Playstation at number 3?

@NintendoByNature Playing games on Game Pass and then buying on other platform is the strategy Microsoft is going with that, so I guess that's fine.

Didn't care about them when they released Xbox and/or gamepass. I still don't.

Family member tried Grounded a while back. Pentiment I know a family member will buy it on PS5.

Hi-Fi Rush I would have but unless in EU/AU it's physical I'm not interested. I'm not buying up a Limited Run games copy, they sell out, so few copies as obvious. I'm not buying it digital just because it's on other platforms now.

I have access to a PS5/Xbox Series and Gamepass or PS+, but I play PS4/Xbox One and buy up some new games but mostly old and don't do subs/digital. So yeah. I could access them. I don't want to.

I don't use that access to the current gen because there isn't a single thing I can for on them. Ratchet was eh, every other first party on either console hasn't appealed to me (don't appeal or series were ruined by their game design) and while third parties (on both or exclusive) they haven't impressed me (load times, FPS counts and Ray Tracing/visuals aren't exciting) or I can wait years or doing more research on if the games are difficult or not (many racing games could be as annual but pro player mindset, Ride 4 threw me off 5, WRC 2023 could be, many like Aveum/Forspoken are flops and fine but I bought Balan on PS4 and enjoyed it).

Games, enhancements, PSVR2, Portal, Smart Delivery (I have some games that are but still play them on Xbox One X instead).

I bought up Demon Turf because it was only Xbox physical, digital PS/Switch. I did Valkyrie Elysium PS4. I do buy physical exclusives but if it's not available easily physical I'm not that fussed.

Pass. Got a large backlog, even of certain hack n slashes, I am good. I'd watch a let's play otherwise.