Stellar Blade might make the leap from PS5 to Xbox Collection X/S or Nintendo Change 2 someday sooner or later, developer Shift Up has steered. Console exclusivity has been waning throughout the board, though Sony has remained a bit slower to carry its titles to competitor platforms than Microsoft. As issues proceed to pattern within the route of cross-platform releases, Stellar Blade may very well be the following Sony-published recreation to department out from PS5 to different consoles.
Initially a PS5 unique, Stellar Blade became an immediate hit on Steam after coming to PC a yr after its preliminary launch. Alongside Helldivers 2, it was one among simply two PlayStation video games to ever break the 100,000 concurrent participant mark on Steam, despite the fact that Sony had already introduced iconic franchises like God of Struggle and The Final of Us to PC. Now it appears Shift Up and Sony might wish to hold that success going with a fair broader platform enlargement.
Stellar Blade Is Eyeing Extra Console Releases
Shift Up’s Q3 2025 financial report highlighted the continued success of Stellar Blade and talked about the studio is “contemplating extra platform expansions” to succeed in a bigger viewers. The corporate notes that upcoming seasonal promotions for PC and PS5 will assist greater gross sales within the subsequent quarter and past, but it surely’s nonetheless taken with a launch on a brand new platform, which might possible imply both the Xbox Collection X/S, Nintendo Change 2, or each. Some followers have already suspected that Stellar Blade may be getting a Switch 2 version, as Shift Up has reportedly acquired a dev package from Nintendo, and these new feedback might add credence to these rumors, though the assertion makes it sound like nothing is settled but.
Given Stellar Blade‘s success on PC, an Xbox or Change 2 launch would appear like a secure guess for Shift Up. There’s loads of motivation for Sony, as a writer, to agree to a different console launch as properly. It took lower than every week for Helldivers 2 to become the top paid game on Xbox when it jumped to Microsoft’s platform, and that Xbox launch has continued to show a profitable determination since. Whereas Helldivers 2 had the benefit of being a multiplayer recreation, serving to it generate engagement throughout all platforms by crossplay, Stellar Blade has the essential and fan acclaim to pique Xbox or Change 2 gamers’ curiosity.
Wanting past a possible enlargement for Stellar Blade, Shift Up’s newest report additionally revealed the corporate is concentrating on a launch after 2027 for its subsequent flagship title, codenamed Venture Spirit. Earlier in 2025, the studio additionally confirmed that Stellar Blade will get a sequel, probably launching someday in 2026. Shift Up did not point out the sequel in its Q3 report, selecting as a substitute to concentrate on the primary recreation, however there may very well be thrilling information coming down the pipeline no matter when the second recreation releases.
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April 26, 2024
- ESRB
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M for Mature
- Developer(s)
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Shift Up
- Writer(s)
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Sony Interactive Leisure
