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Wait, what happens to Deathloop and Ghostwire PS5 deals now?
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Nothings changes i'd imagine, but stuff with no platform announced yet like Starfield is probably exclusive now depending on how close they were to finishing it.
Why isn't Sunset Overdrive on PS4?
(Well, besides a potential lack of interest in porting.)
Because Microsoft likely still have exclusive publishing rights for some time. Just like they did with Alan Wake, which they never owned, but was like a 10-year contract. Deals don't just disappear with an acquisition.
(Well, besides a potential lack of interest in porting.)
Because Microsoft likely still have exclusive publishing rights for some time. Just like they did with Alan Wake, which they never owned, but was like a 10-year contract. Deals don't just disappear with an acquisition.
Yet. Key word "Yet".
I don't think Sony would appreciate marketing a game with "Microsoft" in its branding.
Still in place, unless there was specifically a clause that would nullify the agreement if one of the parties were to be acquired.
I wonder if Deathloop was delayed because Microsoft will buyout the contracts and have both games be day and date now on both consoles.
Nothing happens? Contracts will probably continue as-is for now. It's future games which may become Xbox/PC exclusive.
My guess is nothing. They will still honor the agreements and this is a longer play. They will now release "free" with game pass when exclusivity is up though.
Why wouldn't they? It would still be a timed exclusive PS5 game, even if it had an Xbox Game Studios splash screen.
The only actual thing is, assuming this is a long term contract (like 10 years publishing rights for the deathloop IP), we're incredibly unlikely to see a sequel anytime soon.
Yes you can. You just have to be prepared to pay the (hefty) fine.
We've seen how this plays out multiple times now. Microsoft has acquired multiple studios when they're halfway through making games for other consoles and they've always continued to release them for all previously announed platforms. Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, Psychonauts 2 etc. They honour the contracts and announced platforms because that is what you have to do.
XGS acquired InXile a long time before Wasteland 3 released. The game came out with zero XGS branding, still published by Deep Silver.
This is only a clusterfuck if you haven't been paying attention.
XGS acquired InXile a long time before Wasteland 3 released. The game came out with zero XGS branding, still published by Deep Silver.
This is only a clusterfuck if you haven't been paying attention.
This statement from Todd Howard makes it sound like Bethesda games are staying Multiplatform:
It all depends on the contract. someone brought up there could be clauses if there are acquisitions but who knows.
yeah. We might just see some timed exclusivity but there is no way they arent selling on all platforms. paying 7.5 billion says that. To recoup that investment they would need a ton of software to move.
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