Microsoft gamers on Xbox and microcomputer are presently enjoying the brand new Indiana Jones and the Great Circle game , while PS5 users are on the outside look in .
As this is a Bethesda biz and Bethesda is possess by Microsoft , this would n’t unremarkably be considered outside the norm . However , given Microsoft is pretty much abandoning the decades - longsighted practice of using first - company exclusive games to repel ironware sale , it ’s not entirely without surprisal .
PS5 gamers will get the plot eventually , but not until next Spring , at least four month from now .
Microsoft says the conclusion to hold off on giving PS5 gamers access to this AAA title , which has earned rave reviews thus far , was down to insure Xbox owners have a great experience out of the gate . He called it a “ production decision ” rather than one grounded in console politics of yesteryear and the potentiality to push Xbox sale in advance of the busy Christmas menstruum .
“ We are very much making the [ exclusivity and windowing ] decisions on a game by game base , ” Matt Booty , the Microsoft chairman of biz depicted object and studio , toldVariety .
“ And each of our studio apartment is in a little second of a dissimilar position . There ’s also the production timeline on a game , so the decision on spatial arrangement comes there first .
“ We want to make certain there ’s a great experience for our Xbox players , and then the gap between [ when it becomes available on PlayStation ] is as much a output decisiveness as it is anything else . This is a secret plan that was in yield before we acquire Bethesda , even . ”
Just this year , Microsoft hasspread the riches of its first - party exclusiveswith the likes of Sea of Thieves , Grounded , Hi - Fi bang , and Pentiment scotch the heavy console table divide .
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is usable outside of PC equipage and Xbox consoles via theGame Pass Ultimatesubscription , which permit games to be streamed from the cloud without the source ironware .
So , PS5 owners can play it , just not on their console . A modern Samsung TV or an Amazon Fire TV equipment will do the trick .
