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Death Stranding coming to PC in Summer 2020 (505 Games publishing)
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i haven't seen a lot of people here that are upset about it actually
wouldn't say it's rampant here
Bruh pretty much every neutral person who has spoken about this game has been saying that for years. It was the hardcore fanboys who spent long hours trying to convince everyone it wasn't coming to PC and it's not unexpected that some people believed them. If those fanboys didn't do that we wouldn't even be discussing this now. It's honestly pathetic that there are people who want something to be locked to one platform forever and will dedicate hours of their life trying to convince you of that.
This really shouldn't be that big of a surprise to people when the project was announced they said it was coming to PC. That fact has not been mentioned since but that's because Sony is marketing / publishing the PS4 release and have no reason to mention the PC version.
I don't agree. Some games deserve a follow-up in order to improve or perfect concepts premiered in the initial idea. That's not to say devs should only ever make sequels and never try anything new, but constantly jumping from new IP to new IP means nothing ever has a chance to grow or get better.
And honestly, I just plain don't like Sekiro after playing it, so I don't consider Sekiro a fair trade for a BB2.
This seems like a start of great japanese exclusive franchise for Sony which will most likely get multiple sequels.
You think all the investment and support Sony gave to Kojima was just for this one game? Come on.
Would not even be surprised if the acquired them.
I agree with you.
Sony was clowned in a sense with this game but I think it's because Kojima had too much leverage.
What a get for 505 Games. They went from slinging bargain bin dreck to publishing stuff like Control and a Hideo Kojima game in the span of a year.
You're nuts.
OK I suppose that using the proprietary tech does seem like it would be platform exclusive.
Fuck yesssss! Feels good dodging the bullet that was the inferior PS4 version. Day one for the inevitable Steam release.
Why do you care? How does publishing the game for PC affect you in any way?
I no longer have any faith in Sony as far as upkeeping Japanese IP goes. They've squandered every single one they've made the past couple of years, so unless they acquire KojiPro within the next couple of months I will be expecting some third party company like Kadokawa to snap them up instead.
It would be a shame if Bloodborne stayed locked to PS4.
Honestly I'm glad because this will mean the review thread will be a little more tolerable now that its not only coming to PS4.
I'll probably double dip but no way I'm waiting 7+ months to play this. imagine being spoiled. Hell I took the day off work, cant wait.
I'll probably double dip but no way I'm waiting 7+ months to play this. imagine being spoiled. Hell I took the day off work, cant wait.
Yeah I saw this on twitter and I knew I shouldnt have read the comments :P
I guess it's coming at some point.. but I could see a certain launcher being all over long term exclusivity for this one.
I guess it's coming at some point.. but I could see a certain launcher being all over long term exclusivity for this one.
Why did this announcement come about 10-11 days before the PS4 release? And not much earlier or a bit later ?
since people are enjoying those tweets, here's some more:
What the fuck did I just read
I'm confused, are you saying you wish developers would stay first party and never grow to expand a game's availability to as many people as possible?
Not trying to accuse, I'm just trying to understand the rationale behind wanting games and developers to stay first party rather than become cross-platform. I've loved Halo since CE but I feel like it would be great if others could experience it too without an Xbox (or even a PC).
Why are people arguing that Sony got clowned? They didn't. They licensed out one of their game engines to an extremely popular game dev. It's a smart move. They will profit off of the timed exclusivity of the game on their platform, I'm sure they profit off of the licensing of the engine while the game sells on PC, and they get to show off the capabilities this engine on another platform to other potential developers who may want to use it in the future.
The only other time I said it I got like 4 replies, demanding more receipts, even though it was very clear since the original announcement. I realized it wasn't worth it, tbh.
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They were plenty good reasons to think that such port wouldn't be released, among one strong argument for it (the first contractual statement made by SIE)..
Weird timing... Still great news, now i don't have to buy a PS4 Pro again if the game is good. Thanks Kojima.
First party games are a good thing. They provide differentiation between increasingly homogeneous platforms and allow the console manufacturers to deliver experiences tailor made for their machines.
Third party exclusives are a slightly different can of worms, but in my case I'm specifically talking about first-party titles, which at this point in time are literally the only reason one would buy ANY particular console. If the content isn't there, why bother?
Sony will profit off every copy of this game sold on PC because it's their IP. If anything this will benefit them more financially.
So the announcement timing is not that surprising. Buying the PC version instead of PS4? Sony still gets your money.
Ah a good o'l fashioned platform war melt down. Expect a lot more of these when new systems get officially unveiled
Seems unlikely, but maybe they're only just now ironing out the publishing deals and PC development goals and went straight to announcement? The timing is odd considering usual marketing agreements, but maybe this deal with Sony is different. KojiPro seems to have much more leeway.
Goddamn, Kojima must have really pulled some favors fo get the kind of funding he did from Sony for this to not even be exclusive. Will be playing on PS4 pro and then I might double dip for the PC version, depending on how good it is.
Agreed. Even more baffling as to why people here are acting like this was a bad move by Sony.
Because people like you who refuse to play on pc or get an Xbox will still buy a PlayStation and the game.
It's still exclusive to that console.
Wow can I see the publishing contract that you've obviously read?
Which is why I cautiously qualified with "inevitable." Any EGS exclusivity will be temporary and I'll have no problem waiting it out with my backlog.
A big publisher would've no incentive in investing ressource for this.
The more people get to play the better for everyone.
Who is this person? Someone prominent?
Who is this person? Someone prominent?
I don't see why Kojima wouldn't make a sequel if that's the game he wants to make next.
And if he didn't want to be locked into making sequels to this game, he wouldn't have agreed to any other type of deal in the first place.
Sony doesn't have the ultimate power of creators; they could buy long term exclusivity and end up w/ unhappy devs who leave companies anyways and then the sequels suffer. See: most of what MS has done over the years.
