microsoft says it hasnt pulled any games from playstation shortly after arkanes harvey smith revealed that a redfall ps5 version was in development before xbox purchased the studio and canceled itin case you missed it smith said recently that redfall was originally in development for ps5 alongside xbox series xs and pc but that the playstation version was canceled as microsoft was keen on focusing on xbox pc and the game passnow in an impressively vague nonstatement shared to gamespot microsoft has responded to smiths words without directly refuting themwe havent pulled any games from playstation in fact weve expanded our footprint of games that weve shipped on sonys playstation since our acquisition of zenimax and the first two games we shipped after closing were playstation 5 exclusives said a microsoft spokesperson referring to deathloop and ghostwire tokyo the spokesperson goes on to point out that minecraft which xbox owns has expanded to other platforms and that all of the games that were available on playstation when we acquired zenimax in march 2021 are still available on playstation and we have continued to do content updates on playstation and pcthats true but the statement skirts around the topic of ditching plans for a playstation release before the games launch which seems to be what happened with redfall of course xbox has been clear from the beginning that its bethesda buyout was about delivering great exclusive games on platforms where game pass exists so it shouldnt come as a huge surprise that one of its first orders of business was to take redfall from ps5 after all there was once a time when starfield mightve launched on ps5 but thats very much not the case anymorewe have always said that future decisions on whether to distribute zenimax games for other consoles will be made on a casebycase basis the spokesperson addedcheck out our indepth handson preview to learn how redfall puts arkane storytelling and design in far crys open world