According to the latest data table from market research firm Circana, Microsoft's recent strategy of porting some of its first-party game works to the PlayStation 5 (PS5) platform has achieved remarkable results, which further explains why Xbox's games have shifted to a multi-platform strategy.

Microsoft's ported games are king! Sony's PS5 games account for six of the top ten sales!

Data shows that in the U.S. market (including physical and digital version sales) in the second quarter of 2025 (April 6 to July 5), six of the top ten best-selling games on the PS5 platform were published by Microsoft.

The specific rankings are as follows:

  1. Forza Horizon 5 (Microsoft)

  2. "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered" (Microsoft)

  3. "MLB Major League Baseball 25"

  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Microsoft)

  5. Doom: Dark Ages (Microsoft)

  6. Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Ancient Circle (Microsoft)

  7. Minecraft (Microsoft)

  8. "Assassin's Creed: Shadows"

  9. "Give Him Love 5"

  10. "WWE 2K25"

  11. Microsoft's ported games are king! Sony's PS5 games account for six of the top ten sales!

"Forza Horizon 5" has become the best-selling newly released game on the PS5 platform so far this year, with sales exceeding 3 million copies on the console alone. In addition, "The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered" ranked second on the PS5 game sales list this quarter, followed by long-term best-selling works such as "Call of Duty" and "Minecraft".

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