Bethesda, Xbox Played to the PlayStation Crowd with Indiana Jones PS5's Reveal

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We didn’t expect Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s full PS5 reveal to be quite so big budget. But credit to Bethesda and Xbox: it knew exactly what it was doing with this.

The trailer, for those of you who haven’t seen it, features Harrison Ford stand-in Troy Baker and Uncharted actor Nolan North. Throughout the full video, the pair make telling nods to Nate Drake’s motives compared to Indiana Jones.

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It’s a brilliantly executed clip which understands its audience extremely well.

While it’s been almost a decade since the last major Uncharted game, the Naughty Dog franchise very much remains part of the fabric of PlayStation. And while The Great Circle may be a first-person adventure game as opposed to a third-person shooter, it thematically hits the same beats as Uncharted.

Considering the appetite for great single player campaigns on PS5, we suspect this outing is going to perform extremely well on Sony’s console. And this ad can give itself a big pat on the back, because it’s certainly going to contribute somewhat to the port’s success.