Other recent indie announces that appear to be skipping PS (at least at launch):
- Anuchard - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/453063/anuchard-arrives-april-21-for-xbox-series-xs-xbox-one-switch-and-pc/
- Cursed to Golf - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/453029/cursed-to-golf-headed-to-xbox-series-xs-xbox-one-switch-and-pc-this-summer/
- Rogue Legacy 2 - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/453203/rogue-legacy-2-arrives-april-28-for-xbox-series-xs-xbox-one-and-pc/
- Loot River - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/453349/loot-river-arrives-may-3-for-xbox-series-xs-xbox-one-pc-and-xbox-game-pass/
Seems like the list of indie games skipping PS continues to grow. Though this may be a trailing indicator, as these games may have been green-lit for the platforms they're coming out on (Xbox and/or PC and/or Switch and/or streaming) a year or two ago. Perhaps games being green-lit now are more likely to include PS, with Sony acknowledging they could/should be doing more to promote and support indies? But it will come down to sales, if indie games continue to sell better on Xbox than on PS, they'll continue to come out more frequently on Xbox than PS. A wildcard here is the degree to which Microsoft funds indie games to get Game Pass exclusivity, vs. Sony funding them to get PS+ exclusivity.
My other prediction, that Xbox One game support will die off sooner than PS4 support, hasn't appeared to come true yet with third-parties, but appears to have come true with first-party titles. I can't think of any Microsoft first-party titles releasing in 2022 that are cross-gen (though some will be accessible to Xbox One owners through Xcloud streaming), whereas Sony recently releases GT7 and Horizon Forbidden West.
Last edited by scrapking - on 25 April 2022
