PlayStation & Xbox congratulate Nintendo after successful launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendohas received high praise from across the gaming industry after the release ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. BothPlayStationandXboxsent their rival well wishes for the launch of the Breath of the Wild sequel.

他们的Twitter账户,PlayStation和Xbox sent messages to the Japanese video game company to celebrate the release of the game. All three companies are currently competing in the home console hardware market with theNintendo Switch,PlayStation 5andXbox Series X|Sall on the market.

The three major gaming companies occasionally send messages of congratulations to each other withPlayStationand Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser congratulatingXboxon the launch of the Series X|S consoles back in 2020.

PlayStationmade reference to theTears of the Kingdomvertical gameplay in their message which read: “Have fun up there, Hylians!” which was received with high praise from both PlayStation and Nintendo fans. One Twitter user responded to the PlayStation tweet with: “As a PS5 and Switch owner this makes me feel happy. Thank you for being respectful.”

The message from Xbox however has received mixed feedback with many fans calling out the quality of their games, including their latest exclusive game, Redfall which has received high levels of criticism from both players and reviewers.

Xboxshared on their Twitter: “It’s good to be back in Hyrule. Congrats @NintendoAmerica on Tears Of The Kingdom!”. Many called out the gaming company for the quality of their own games with one player writing: “Stop congratulating the opps and give us better exclusives already.”

Despite the criticism targeted at Xbox for their congratulations to Nintendo, both PlayStation and the Microsoft owned gaming company received lots of praise from their fans for good sportsmanship during Nintendo’s biggest game launch of the year.