Microsoft Predicted Big Numbers For Starfield & Indiana Jones On The PS5

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Microsoft has been gunning for a major purchase. We all have been waiting to see if Microsoft could proceed with its astonishing $69 billion bid to acquire Activision Blizzard. Of course, this has sparked plenty of discussion over previous investments by Microsoft. Thanks to Stephen Totilo, who recently posted a document from Microsoft’s gaming CFO Tim Stuart, we learned that Microsoft had some big numbers in mind for ZeniMax games back in December 2020. This all comes from the recent FTC court battle with Microsoft which Microsoft had come out with a massive victory.

According to the document that was shared on Twitter by Stephen Totilo, we know that Microsoft viewed Starfield and Indiana Jones would bring in ten million units for the PlayStation 5. That was before the projects were canceled for the platforms. Instead, Microsoft believed they could offset the losses by increasing sales through Game Pass and the additional units of Xbox Series X/S sold at retail. Of course, we will have to see how well these games actually do in the marketplace once they are available. Although, we’ll only see the results of one of those games this year.

Had missed this from Xbox CFO Tim Stuart's testimony, but FTC says Microsoft had forecasted 10 million sales on PlayStation for "both Starfield and Indiana Jones" before taking them exclusive, deciding it could recoup through Game Pass and extra Xbox sales pic.twitter.com/5KdpDzKDZD

Starfield has become one of this year’s biggest releases and a massive exclusive launch under Microsoft. Thanks to a recent deep dive highlighting more insight into the game, it’s been hyped up over the past month. But it’s also a Bethesda game, and they are known for bringing out some thrilling RPG