

According
to
reliable
insider
Nate
the
Hate,
Microsoft
is
going
full-steam
ahead
on
its
multiplatform
plans
and
intends
on
being
a
“big
supporter”
of
the
Switch
2,
or
whatever
Nintendo
decides
to
call
their
new
machine.
Speaking
on
the
latest
episode
of
his
podcast,
both
The
Master
Chief
Collection
and
Microsoft
Flight
Simulator
will
launch
on
PS5
and
Switch
2
this
year.
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“So,
games
I
have
heard
will
be
released
multplatform
in
2025,
beyond
the
obvious,
include
Microsoft
Flight
Simulator
will
come
to
PlayStation
5
and
Switch
2,
and
Halo:
The
Master
Chief
Collection
will
be
coming
to
PS5
and
Switch
2
as
well.”
Nate
did
also
comment
that
if
the
long-rumoured
Gears
of
War
collection
was
to
release
in
2025
he
would
expect
that
to
come
to
PS5
as
well.
However,
he
did
not
say
this
as
having
any
insider
information,
but
more
as
a
simple
prediction
based
on
everything
else
happening.
Nate
went
on
to
say
that
Microsoft
“…is
going
to
be
a
very
big
supporter
of
the
Switch
2
when
it
does
come
out.
They
will
be
porting
and
patching
the
current
Switch
lineup,
so
games
like
Grounded
and
Pentiment.
The
Ori
games
will
eventually
find
their
way
to
Switch
2,
will
be
patched
with
4K
support,
and
I
wouldn’t
be
surprised
if
you
see
Sea
of
Thieves.
Maybe
Hi-Fi
rush
will
find
its
way
over.
Just
expect
a
lot
of
Microsoft
games
on
Switch
2
and
PS5
going
forward.”
These
would
be
the
latest
in
a
slow
trickle
of
titles
that
began
last
year
when
Microsoft
decided
to
put
Hi-Fi
Rush,
Grounded,
Pentiment
and
Sea
of
Thieves
on
competitor’s
platforms.
Of
these,
Sea
of
Thieves
wound
up
being
the
biggest
success,
doing
very
for
itself
on
PlayStation.
Since
then,
more
Microsoft
published
games
have
been
announced
for
other
platforms.
Indiana
Jones
&
The
Great
Circle
will
hit
PS5
this
year,
and
Doom:
The
Dark
Ages,
due
to
be
shown
off
at
this
month’s
Developer
Direct,
is
scheduled
to
release
on
PlayStation
on
day
one.
The
Outer
Worlds
2
will
also
come
to
Sony’s
machine.
Seeing
the
Halo
franchise
on
PlayStation
or
Switch
would
be
a
massive
moment.
After
all,
while
Halo’s
reputation
may
not
be
what
it
once
was,
the
name
is
still
iconic
within
videogames
and
the
franchise
is
inexorably
linked
to
Xbox
and
vice
versa.
I
cannot
help
but
think
the
day
Halo
comes
to
another
console
will
be
the
day
when
we
finally
accept
that
Xbox
as
we
know
it
is
gone.
Nate
the
Hate’s
claims
have
seemingly
been
backed
up
by
Windows
Central’s
Jez
Corden,
another
big-name
leaker
with
a
good
reputation
for
getting
solid
information.
Jez’s
own
stance
on
Xbox
exclusives
has
changed
considerably
over
the
past
year,
as
he
initially
reported
that
Microsoft
was
planning
on
launching
a
few
games
on
other
platforms.
way
more
than
that—
Jez
(@JezCorden)
January
10,
2025
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Since
his
initial
reports
though,
Jez
has
began
reporting
that
more
and
more
games
are
being
considered,
indicating
that
plans
have
been
changing
quickly
at
Microsoft,
perhaps
buoyed
by
their
successes
and
driven
to
radical
action
by
declining
hardware
sales.
Relying
to
an
outlet
reporting
on
Nate
the
Hate’s
words,
Jez
replied
by
simply
saying
“way
more
than
that”
is
going
to
arrive
on
PlayStation
and
Switch.
Jez
has
expanded
on
his
own
words
in
an
article
on
Windows
Central
where
he
states
that
he
can
corroborate
Nate’s
claims
with
his
own
sources.
But
he
then
goes
on
to
say
that:”…I’ve
heard
that
in
addition
to
the
above
Hellblade
2,
Age
of
Mythology,
and
potentially
Gears
of
War
1
Ultimate
Edition
are
all
also
slated
for
PlayStation
5
this
year
too,
although
I’m
unsure
if
that
includes
the
Nintendo
Switch
2.
I
would
expect
that
it
most
likely
does,
if
I
had
to
guess
that
part.”
In
some
ways,
Nate
the
Hate’s
prediction
feels
like
a
very
safe
bet
at
this
point.
Microsoft
continues
to
be
vague
and
evasive
about
its
plans,
ut
also
keeps
hinting
and
making
decisions
that
point
toward
it
becoming
the
world’s
biggest
third-party
publisher
rather
than
a
company
focused
on
producing
its
own
hardware
and
exclusive
software
for
it.
While
it
would
still
be
a
momentous
occasion
to
see
Master
Chief
on
PlayStation,
would
it
really
be
a
surprise?