Microsoft will launch Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025, according to a recent report, and that might not be all.
NateTheHate revealed this on his podcast recently, adding that Final Fantasy VII Remake is coming to Xbox as well in 2025. Windows Central reporter Jez Corden corroborated this and said, “Microsoft isn’t stopping there.” Corden reported that Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Age of Mythology, and Gears of War Ultimate Edition are scheduled to come to PS5 this year. Whether or not they show up on Nintendo Switch 2, however, wasn’t mentioned in the report.
Tom Warren of The Verge recently said that he was “willing to bet” that Microsoft would have some Xbox games “ready for the Switch 2.”
Of course, plans can change at any moment, for any number of reasons, so while these reports claim to have accurate information, nothing is locked down for sure. GameSpot has contacted Microsoft in an attempt to get more information.
This report comes not long after an analyst said they expect 2025 to be the year that Microsoft begins to bring “all their big games” to PS5. None of this should be terribly surprising, though, as Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer himself has said any Xbox game could come to PS5.
One of the next big Xbox games to come to PlayStation is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which launches for PS5 in Spring 2025. Beyond this, there are ongoing rumors of a Halo: Combat Evolved remaster project that could launch on PS5. Looking further out, experts have said that the Halo franchise changing engines to Unreal would make it theoretically easier to bring the series to PlayStation.
In May, it was reported that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood are mandating increasing margins at all divisions, including Xbox. At the time, it was reported that Microsoft might look to release even more of its first-party games on PlayStation to help increase revenue. There is said to be an internal plan within Microsoft called “Latitude” that is focused on formulating plans to bring more first-party Xbox games to rival systems.
In other Xbox news, Microsoft is holding the next Xbox Developer Direct event on January 23, and the broadcast will feature a “brand-new” game.