Summary
Xbox appears to be moving away from exclusives altogether.The Outer Worlds 2is launching day and date on PS5 and Xbox, whereasIndiana Jones and the Great Circle is enjoying a few months of timed exclusivitybefore making its way to Sony’s platform sometime in “Spring 2025”. Microsoft has been candid about its case-by-case strategy — what games will launch when and where — but there’s no word yet onAvowed.
One fan,u/Blacktuth_, claims to have asked Obsidian Entertainment’s supportteam to try and finally get an answer. They were allegedly told, “Unfortunately, your attempts to bribe, kidnap, enchant, charm, and intimidate have all failed. I do appreciate the effort! There are no plans to launch on additional platforms at this time, but if that changes we’ll be sure to let players know.”
There are no plans to launch on additional platforms at this time.
It’s worth taking this with a grain of salt for a couple of reasons: a) this message could have easily been faked, and b) the support team wouldn’t announce a PS5 port even if it was in the works. But we reached out to Xbox to try and verify the validity of u/Blacktuth_’s post all the same.
“Avowed is available on Xbox Series X/S, the Xbox app for Windows PC, Steam, Battle.net and with Game Pass. We have no other platform announcements," a representative told TheGamer.
So, It’s Still Up In The Air
No “announcements” is a key difference from “no plans tolaunchon additional platforms”. It leaves more room for that to change in the future, which, in fairness, is Xbox’s M.O. right now.
Phil Spencer said last year thatthere are no “red lines” around flagship titles launching on rival consoles, and there have even been murmurs ofGears of WarandHalomaking the leap. Avowed andStarfieldare the two big question marks left lingering right now.
Xbox games such asDoom: The Dark Agesand The Outer Worlds 2 were confirmed for PS5 far in advance of their upcoming release dates, so it seems unlikely that we’ll see Avowed ported to the platform anytime soon. But as with any Xbox game, that could always change.
