PlayStation Exclusives Briefly Showed Up on Xbox Search, Likely Due to PC Game Pass Integration
Reports surfaced this week indicating that titles previously exclusive to PlayStation-including Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition, The Last of Us Part II, and Ghost of Tsushima-were appearing in Xbox store search results. However, the emergence of these listings doesn’t signal an impending shift in platform exclusivity, but rather a quirk stemming from Xbox’s integration with PC Game Pass and the Xbox app for Windows.
The appearance of these PlayStation titles is likely a result of “ghost pages” created when users play PC versions of these games through the Xbox app.Because these titles are available on PC, the system may be registering them within a user’s Xbox profile, triggering the search results. Similar, though less widespread, reports have occurred in the past, suggesting this isn’t an isolated incident. The recent release of Helldivers 2 on Xbox and Sony’s recent openness to a multi-platform strategy have fueled speculation, but currently, there is no concrete evidence to suggest PlayStation exclusives are imminently arriving on Xbox consoles.
These search results do not represent an official declaration or confirmation of any forthcoming releases on Xbox. The phenomenon highlights the complexities of cross-platform gaming and the potential for data to be misinterpreted as a sign of larger shifts within the industry. While sony has signaled a willingness to explore multi-platform releases, the appearance of these pages remains a technical anomaly, not a definitive indication of changing exclusivity policies.
