"We didn't think enough people would be interested so we decided to cut it - but now it seems there's a significant part of the audience that is playing on both platforms," says Arrowhead Game Studios...
In its first two months, its digital sales were over three times higher than Control's in its first four months, while overall sales were 50% higher.
Remedy Entertainment's third-person shooter has sold an additional 1 million units since its last official sales update.
These single player classics can be picked up for shockingly low prices right now.
Microsoft has officially confirmed that four (currently unspecified) games will be coming to rival platforms, but more could also be in consideration.
The co-op shooter is continuing to move from strength to strength with a consistently growing PC userbase.
Though the action RPG is launching for the service next month, it won't be available for subscribers of its lowest tiers.
"When I look at a game like Helldivers 2, I’m not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox," says the Xbox boss.
Microsoft's annual summer showcase will return in 2024, and will bring new details on titles coming to Xbox and PC this year.
The Xbox boss also speaks about industry layoffs – including at Microsoft – and why he thinks the industry needs to grow.
The service's subscriber count has grown by nearly 10 million since Microsoft's last update in January 2022.
"Our biggest focus and absolute priority, both during and after the quarter, are the efforts needed to ensure that the game lives up to expectations," says Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren.
CEO Lars Wingefors says that though the company's restructuring is approaching its "final stretch", more layoffs may still follow.
The company announced a restructuring program last year, which has resulted in widespread layoffs, studio closures, and project cancellations.
"I personally think there are opportunities out there for improvement of margin, so I would like to go aggressive on improving our margin performance," says PlayStation chairman Hiroki Totoki.
Though Sony has said it won't be releasing any new instalments in major first-party franchises until next year, an Astro Bot game does seem to be on the docket.
The newest entry in Bandai Namco's fighting series is selling better than expected, the publisher has said.
Alongside PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, Bandai Namco's action RPG is also set to join Microsoft's subscription service.
Nintendo has revealed the Figure Skater Peach, Dashing Thief Peach, Mermaid Peach, and Might Peach transformations.
Patch 01.000.006 has gone live for the co-op third-person shooter on both PlayStation 5 and PC.
