After Phil Spencer confirmed that 4 games of Xbox Game Studios would reach competing platforms, the question still remained to be resolved as to what those four games would be that intend to make the leap to Nintendo Switch and PS5. Well, we already have the first two that will arrive on the Nintendo console, and the truth is that it is not a surprise.
The first Xbox games for Switch
At the time that Phil Spencer said that he was not going to reveal the games that would come to other platforms, we knew that any type of event that was announced from then on with the Nintendo or PlayStation seal was going to reveal the secret. Said and done, since the last Nintendo Direct held by the Japanese brand that focused on announcements from its partners has confirmed that Grounded y pentiment They will be the two games that will come to Switch.
The case of Grounded It is a very well made decision, since the game, which proposes a construction world where a group of miniature children must create their shelters and fight insects, fits perfectly into the Nintendo catalog. Unfortunately we will have to wait until the 16th to open to be able to get our hands on the convertible console.
Get ready for a great small-scale cooperative adventure!
Explore, build and survive together in the backyard when #GroundedTheGame I arrived at #NintendoSwitch the 16 for April. pic.twitter.com/gVa1sIlNR2
- Nintendo Spain (@NintendoES) February 21, 2024
On the other hand, pentiment It will arrive much sooner, so quickly that it will be available for Nintendo Switch tomorrow. This historical narrative adventure with artistic aesthetics garnered great reviews, so it is another great release that could do very well.
Are there more games coming?
Microsoft confirmed that there would be 4 games that would make the jump to other platforms, and with the first two revealed for Switch, it remains to be seen if they will also arrive for PS5, something that would be the most logical. The other two unresolved may simply be another commercial strategy with which to leave the other half of the spotlight to Sony, so that they can also announce the arrival of two other Xbox games on their system.
If we continue to pay attention to the information revealed by The Verge at the time, Grounded and Pentiment would follow in the footsteps hifi rush y Sea of Thieves, so it will be a matter of time until Sony announces a new event with the arrival of these games to its catalog.
What does not seem to happen is that more Xbox games will be released on other platforms, not at least in 2024, since the company made it clear that there would be four titles that they would launch as a probe balloon to see how the game responds. market to what they believe is a decision that will truly benefit consumers (and their coffers, of course).