Nioh 3 Could Mark The Series' Xbox Debut As Sony Confirms 6-Month PS5 Exclusivity

@Fiendish-Beaver They have a link, but its honestly not critical to enjoying the games at all. They did release a PS5 collection for the originals so I imagine they could port them easily enough if they wanted to.

The question would obviously be is it worth it as the original games have been available for a while (2017/2020) and are on PC, which could limit sales a bit for the older titles if people played them elsewhere.

Played the demo not for me.
I prefer Assassin creed shadows over this and over Ghost of Yotei.
Different folks different strokes.

Would be pointless, it's not an attractive enough IP to make a sales dent on xbox 6 months (minimum) after the fact. We got wo long and ninja gaiden stuff anyway.

They can keep it. Sick of developers not wanting to release on xbox. Stick it where the sun doesn't shine!
In a recent Gamescom 2022 interview with VGC, Team Ninja told the outlet that PlayStation exclusive Nioh isn't coming to Xbox platforms anytime soon, if ever.

Honestly the only thing on Playstation that I'm interested in. This and Rise of the Ronin, because I love Team Ninja.

@Fiendish-Beaver I wonder if it will be similar to Stalker & Monster Hunter Stories. Sequels are announced for Xbox first. Then in time the prequels drop before the later launches.

Not interested in this series, but it's yet another franchise that will no longer be exclusive to PlayStation, among many others. All third-party publishers are releasing their games on multiple platforms now — the era of exclusives is over.

@Fiendish-Beaver The first game had you play as a real-life British samurai guy named William Adams, while the sequel took a create-your-own-character approach instead. They were barely related story-wise, and I imagine this third game won't be dependent on the first two games either.

That said, if Nioh 3 does come to Xbox, I think it's likely that they'll announce Xbox ports of Nioh 1 and 2 during like Tokyo Game Show or something

I 100% Wo Long and its dlcs. I have also finished all Ninja Gaiden games. I am a fan of Team Ninja and their games. But i am curious how this will work? Will they release Nioh 3 also for Xbox without the previous games? Or will they do also a port for the first two games? Anyways, it will be a welcome addition, but i think it's a special game because of their difficulty. They are very hard games to be appealing to a mass audience.

It isn't guaranteed to be 6-month though. Ff16 has the same 6-month exclusivity window but it only released on Xbox 2 years later, FF7 remake has 1-year exclusivity window but only released 6 years later on Xbox. Forspoken has 2-year exclusivity but never coming to Xbox

@fatpunkslim The IP has been multiplatform since 2017 when it released on PC, the same year the original game released on console.

I'm gonna be totally honest: all of these games are starting to look the same to me.
I don't know if it's the setting, the combat, or whatever... it's all a blur.

@rhyno_888 Exactly they always list any exclusivity deals on the advert and when it is currently set to end. None of this stops the deal being extended or means its a 100% port once the deal ends.

That would be nice.

@Fiendish-Beaver If you are a fan of souls like games then you need to play them as they are probably the second best series out there. The combat is miles ahead of anything Fromsoft and is also easily the best combat from KT have in any of their games. What I like is that each game also adds enough to refresh the system.

Not sure if you played Wo Long but that was a good game and Nioh is much much better. Its just so good.

@Fiendish-Beaver lool, Everything I say, you feel the irresistible need to contradict me. You claim that “Sony will continue to bolster their own exclusive games with AA and AAA third-party exclusives.” But that’s not up to Sony — that’s the problem. Just look at Square Enix, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, Konami, and others: all the major studios no longer want to make PlayStation exclusives, for obvious reasons — production costs and the simple fact that it’s not worth it anymore, given the low sales on PlayStation. All the Resident Evils, Final Fantasies, and many more are multiplatform now. There’s no need to defend your beloved PlayStation — this is just the raw reality. Everyone has noticed, except you, that Sony has fewer and fewer exclusives, whether first-party or third-party. No need to invent a parallel reality.

So no, even if PlayStation wanted to, Sony is not going to keep pushing for AA and AAA third-party exclusives like before, and inevitably much less than before.

Third-party publishers are increasingly reluctant, and it’s getting more and more expensive for Sony. Case in point: 6-month exclusivity deals. It’s ridiculous that Sony is still wasting money for just 6 months of exclusivity.

It’s just the reality of the video game industry, bro.

This may come to Switch 2. I don’t know about Xbox though but it could happen

@Fiendish-Beaver yes indeed. Exclusives do matter in such a way and Sony still does the 3rd party timed exclusives. The era of timed 3rd party exclusives hasn’t ended because Sony and to an extent, Nintendo both engage in this. Nintendo still has their 1st party exclusives line up which is why people buy those consoles. Same with PlayStation consoles (but they put games on PC a few years later but it still works and Sony keeps their PS player base growing despite this)

@fatpunkslim

“Everyone has noticed, except you Sony has fewer and fewer exclusives, whether first party or 3rd party”

That is indeed true but tell me how many exclusives does Xbox have? 1st and 3rd party?

@fatpunkslim you're right that some of the biggest Devs like square have said they won't be doing exclusives, but it was literally last Tuesday that this very website had an article talking about games that been cancelled for Xbox.
So playstation might not be getting big hitters like ff anymore but they are getting exclusives now without spending a penny because of their install base. Some of the playstation exclusives are also coming from their own initiatives like china hero project (phantom blade zero) which I personally am fully behind. Would love to see Xbox do something similar.
So it's very much a case of yes and no dependant on the semantics chosen.

@Llamageddon which article was that btw?

@anoyonmus Tuesday 27/01/26 talking about 1348 ex voto and Nickelodeon splat pack.

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/01/two-games-have-quietly-been-cancelled-for-xbox-over-the-past-week

Played the demo. Got stuck for a while on the first boss. It eas so hard to tell when I got damaged. There's barely any feedback on getting hit. So I payed attention to the boss and suddenly im dead because the attack I thought I had blocked wasnt actually blocked. It just feels off for me. Then again I didn't like the first 2 games so yeah. Controls themselves feel good atleast and the design of the world is fantastic

@Fiendish-Beaver That ignore button has got to be looking pretty tempting by now.

While the biggest franchises did bother with ports (Final Fantasy and Death Stranding) I worry that these slightly more niche ones won’t, even after the exclusivity period expires. Where are Stellar Blade and AI Limit for example? Still not bothering with Xbox. I really don’t like this annoying inconsistency with third party ports and with sales of Xboxes flatlining this situation is very unlikely to get better anytime soon. We’ll see what happens, but I won’t be surprised if six months pass and there’s still complete radio silence — hopefully I’m wrong on this prediction.

WOW, 3rd time to see 6 months in SONY trailer.

Hopefully a Summer showcase or TGS announcement for this and the first 2 games, play anywhere added as well I expect

Nioh 4 will probably release on PS and Xbox at the same time.