Half of the 10 best-selling PlayStation games in the US during the month of April, 2025, are from Microsoft first-party studios.
Matt Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD), took to Blue Sky to share the best-selling games on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch during April, 2025. Interestingly, 50% of the titles in the top 10 best-selling PlayStation list are developed by Microsoft first-party studios.
Top 10 Best-Selling PlayStation Titles Of April 2025
The list of 10 best-selling PlayStation titles of April, 2025, of which 5 are from Microsoft first-party developers, can be seen below.
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Microsoft)
- Forza Horizon 5 (Microsoft)
- MLB: The Show 25 (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Microsoft)
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (Microsoft)
- Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (Ubisoft)
- Minecraft (Microsoft)
- WWE 2K25 (Take-Two Interactive)
- NBA 2K25 (Take-Two Interactive)
- Split Fiction (EA)
It’s worth noting other publishers like Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft, EA, and even Sony Interactive Entertainment itself have at least one title in the top 10, but it’s Microsoft that comes in with the lion’s share of 5 best-selling PlayStation titles during April, 2025, including The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Forza Horizon 5, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Minecraft. It appears that the company’s decision to port its first-party lineup on PlayStation platforms is paying dividends.
While Microsoft continues to make bank by releasing its first-party catalog of titles on PlayStation, certain game companies are reportedly “baffled” by the company’s multiplatform strategy. During a recent episode of The Game Business Show on YouTube, editor-in-chief and co-founder Christopher Dring mentioned that certain publishers and developers he has spoken to feel that Microsoft releasing games on rival platforms limits competition within the console space. They question why they should even bother developing games for Xbox consoles if this is the company’s strategy going forward. According to Dring, this a balance that Microsoft’s going to have to strike. He pointed out that the company needs its consoles to remain relevant, as they are they gateway to its premium game subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.
