Microsoft projected huge sales of Starfield and Indiana Jones on PS5

A document related to the Federal Trade Commission’s legal battle against Microsoft’s merger with Activision Blizzard confirms that following the acquisition of Bethesda, the corporation predicted just how massive the games’ sales could be on PlayStation 5. The corporation is prepared to forfeit many millions from potential sales.

Microsoft projected sales of Bethesda games for the PlayStation 5. Starfield and Indiana Jones were expected to be a massive success – the company counted on sales of 10 million copies for each.

Axios editor Stephen Totilo reported on Twitter:

“I missed the testimony of Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, but the FTC says Microsoft had forecasted 10 million sales on PlayStation for Starfield and Indiana Jones before deciding to make them exclusive, believing it could recoup the money through Game Pass and additional Xbox console sales.”

Even if only a portion of the mentioned 20 million copies were sold at full price, Starfield and Indiana Jones would have still made a huge amount of money on PlayStation 5.