Xbox games take over PlayStation's top downloads charts in US, Europe

Oblivion Remastered was the most-downloaded game on the PlayStation Store in the US in April 2025, Sony reveals in a PlayStation Blog post. But that's not the only Xbox game on the PS Store's top downloads list.

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Sony today published the list of the most-downloaded games on the PlayStation Store across North America and Europe for the month of April 2025. The results are interesting to say the least, underlining Microsoft's cross-platform success. The rankings show that not only did Oblivion Remastered hit #1 on the PS5's top downloads section, but first-party Xbox games also comprised 4 out of the top 10 slots in North America (Oblivion Remastered, Minecraft, Forza Horizon 5, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6).

Xbox had an even bigger impact on the PS Store's European charts, with 5 out of the top 10 most-downloaded PlayStation 5 games being first-party Xbox games (Forza Horizon 5, Oblivion Remastered, Minecraft, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Call of Duty Black Ops 6).

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Microsoft's decision to break exclusivity on key first-party Xbox games has worked well so far, at least from the public-facing communications given from the company.

Revenues are at an all-time high at Xbox, with a record-breaking $5.721 billion earned in Q3, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also made note of our coverage that Xbox games had likewise taken over the PlayStation Store's global pre-orders charts at the tail-end of March.

The move to break exclusivity and release practically all first-party games on PlayStation and Nintendo platforms is primarily aimed at expansion of operating leverage. Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart.explains what that entails in this coverage.

Check below for the full list of top-downloaded PS5 games for the month of April 2025:

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