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In 2025, Microsoft paved the best way for the highest Xbox franchises to make the leap to Sony’s PlayStation 5. Now, a report means that there was clear winner among the many Xbox ports: Forza Horizon 5, which hit PS5 4 years after its debut. Regardless of that hole, it reportedly outsold the following 4 Xbox on PS5 video games even when their gross sales totals had been mixed.
Alinea Analytics has shared its breakdown of the highest 5 greatest-promoting Xbox video games for PS5 in 2025. Forza Horizon 5 led the record with 5.1 million, adopted by Gears of Warfare Reloaded in a distant second place with 572,000 copies. Coming in third with 491,000 copies was Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, whereas Flight Simulator got here for a touchdown at fourth with 166,000 copies. Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2 rounded out the highest 5 with 50,000 in gross sales. Based on Alinea, there was solely a single PS5 console-unique sport that outsold Forza Horizon 5 in 2025. That title was Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which moved 5.2 million copies on PlayStation 5 final yr.
Here is how Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 stacks up in opposition to another 2025 Xbox-to-PlayStation ports.
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This strains up with Alinea’s earlier report that Forza Horizon 5 made $300 million in gross sales from PS5 alone. Assuming Sony took its commonplace 30% of gross sales, that would depart Microsoft with an estimated $210 million. It is a powerful whole, and it means that PlayStation 5 homeowners had been very desirous to get their fingers on that sport.
Again in September, Microsoft formally revealed Forza Horizon 6, which is the primary within the sequence to happen in Japan. Nonetheless, Microsoft is holding again on a PS5 launch for that sport till a later date. At launch, Forza Horizon 6 will solely be accessible on Xbox Sequence X|S and PC. Alinea’s report notes that it might be a mistake to make PS5 customers wait to play the sport. However given the efficiency of its predecessor, it appears possible that Forza Horizon 6 might be a success on PlayStation as properly.
Forza Horizon 6 might be launched later this yr, however a selected date hasn’t been introduced.