It looks like Microsoft's big decision to switch to a multiplatform policy could start paying dividends soon if the PlayStation Store pre-order charts are to be believed. As spotted by ResetEra user Red Kong XIX, two games that are due to launch in April, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5, are taking the top spots across various countries with their various editions.
United States
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #1, #2
Forza Horizon 5: #3, #4, #14
Canada
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #1, #2
Forza Horizon 5: #3, #4, #12
United Kingdom
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #1, #2
Forza Horizon 5: #3, #5, #12
Germany
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #1, #2
Forza Horizon 5: #3, #4, #17
France
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #3, #4
Forza Horizon 5: #1, #2, #11
Italy
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #1, #3
Forza Horizon 5: #2, #5, #22
Spain
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #2, #4
Forza Horizon 5: #1, #3, #13
Portugal
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: #1, #4
Forza Horizon 5: #2, #3, #11
It seems like PlayStation users are eager to get their hands on two of the best Microsoft games released in the past few years. Forza Horizon 5 might be the most surprising since it's now nearly four years old. Still, it's arguably the finest open world racing game ever made, having won several Game of the Year awards in 2021. Here on Wccftech, the game earned a 9.5/10 score in Chris Wray's review:
Let's keep it simple. Forza Horizon 5 is a fantastic game. It's outstanding, and I can unashamedly say that if it's not my favorite, it's in my top five games of the year. I recommend it for anybody and everybody.
When the game launches on PS5 on April 29, all users in the 40-million-strong community will be able to access the new Horizon Realms update that allows drivers to relive the post-launch Evolving World updates at their leisure.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will debut twelve days earlier despite being much more recent. Still, it's just every bit as great as Forza Horizon 5 in its own genre, as I outlined in my 9/10 review of the PC version:
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an excellent adventure/action game that features one of the best Indiana Jones stories, great level design that rewards exploration, and awesome ray traced visuals. This might just be the best game dedicated to Dr. Henry Walton we've ever seen.
It is perhaps a bit ironic that both games will be played best on consoles on Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro, but that's entirely on Microsoft for choosing not to make another mid-generation console refresh like they did with the Xbox One X.
Anyway, as The Verge's Tom Warren reiterated, this is just the beginning for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch users. Microsoft-owned studios are expected to release many more titles on 'rival' consoles throughout the year, including possibly Bethesda's Starfield, Obsidian's Avowed, and more.
