Could PlayStation benefit from Xbox games going multiplatform?

In less than one day, we’ll all know the future of Xbox — Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty plan to make an appearance on the official Xbox podcast to discuss the topic. This comes after days of chatter following the supposed leak of Xbox multiplatform news. Specifically, some of Xbox’s formerly exclusive titles are set to launch on other, ostensibly “rival” platforms. Since Spencer et al will either confirm or deny that very shortly, there’s no point yarning about that — but perhaps we should be asking how PlayStation is doing?

Sony released its quarterly sales report for Q3 of FY2023, in which it confirmed two things. First, it missed its sales targets for the quarter by almost one million units and has reduced its forecast for the year from 25 million units sold to 21 million units. Second, it confirmed during its presentation that it will not release any new titles in its existing first-party franchises in this coming fiscal year — meaning, not before April 2025 at the earliest.