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Exclusivity deals wouldn't be insidious, though, at least not any more than every other such deal that is routinely engaged in. It is hard for me to believe anyone would be using Wu Kong's exclusivity status as the arbiter of whether or not Sony is bad rather than the 30 years of history of such things and Microsoft's 25 year history of the same.
If there was one it almost certainly wouldn't have stipulated that it's existence cannot ever be revealed nor would they have instructed game science to make cagey statements. But it is possible that there is one despite this. Sometimes companies behave strangely.
That's shocking. Corden is usually solid with his inside sources.
That thread title change....lol.
Now I agree with an earlier post...this is turning into a legendary thread.
Now I agree with an earlier post...this is turning into a legendary thread.
You will undoubtedly get people who will argue the difference between 'exclusive deal to keep the game on PS5 only for a limited time' and 'deal to make the PS5 version day and date with PC while Xbox comes out later' is semantics.
I'd think no. I'll be annoyed if I worked on a project and only got a Special Thanks mention.
Exactly how I interpreted that last tweet. The acrid smell of bullshit is hard to hide.
Who knew such an "average" game could create so much drama?!?! I'm keeping an eye on this one!
I thought it was likely them early on based on who would talk to Corden/Tassi and other American journos and who would benefit from pushing this cloak and dagger conspiracy.
That's a bit unremarkable, usually if engineers are involved their names would get credited.
Having seen a screenshot of their special thanks mention in the credits, they are lumped in with Weibo, QQ, Facebook, Discord etc.
Steam and Epic are in there too.
I am even less convinced of this story now.
This whole situation is basically this using wrestling gifs:
Imagine have this Insiders Civil War for fucking Wukong lmao.
Kyle is the most entertaining source
so i choose to believe him
because it's funny
It looks like it. This is the first time I've ever seen this forum just casually brush aside official IGN reporting. I assumed that there was an understanding that they're unreliable idk it's strange to see.
I think this is all a big confusion because there was the Wukong Xbox certification rumour. If that wasn't true, I can understand someone calling bullshit on it. And if Sony did anything to help port the game, that could also be interpreted as some sort of exclusive deal by others.
Corden gets a lot of things right, also gets a lot of things wrong.
I mean, if there was a technical issue, would it not be with porting the game to the Series S and not X anyway? To my mind that's the reason for the whole delay. And there have been similar cases in the past too.
Microsoft chose that console release strategy and now they need to live with it. But these supposed insiders are going to twist and milk the issue for all its worth.
Microsoft chose that console release strategy and now they need to live with it. But these supposed insiders are going to twist and milk the issue for all its worth.
Would be funny if in about 4 weeks an Xbox version gets released after optimization is done and all of this turns out to be nothing and just insiders clout chasing.
But i have to say the chance that secret exclusives are real would be funnier.
I expected a lot of threads that call almost every Japanese game release a secret exclusive of Sony that was payed for by them.
But i have to say the chance that secret exclusives are real would be funnier.
I expected a lot of threads that call almost every Japanese game release a secret exclusive of Sony that was payed for by them.
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Tassi yesterday
Tassi today
LMAO
I didn't expect this thread to get this fucking funny but goddamn wtf is even happening. Fucking disgruntled MS theories and everything now. 😂
So Sony basically provided additional aid to make sure the devs got the game out in time, while MS did not, and all this insider nonsense reporting otherwise is just them being misinformed at best and clout-chasing at worst. Got it.
So rumor is Aaron Greenberg is the leaker to IGN lol because he's pissed the game is not available on Xbox.
Also, how does MS/XBOX not have enough resources to send to Game Science to help with the Xbox version? They have one of the best if not game studios with UE5 knowledge. Makes no sense.
Also, how does MS/XBOX not have enough resources to send to Game Science to help with the Xbox version? They have one of the best if not game studios with UE5 knowledge. Makes no sense.
This whole situation is basically this using wrestling gifs:
Imagine have this Insiders Civil War for fucking Wukong lmao.
You guys have made my day LMAO. I love Era <3
That would just be rampant fanboyism. I wouldn't put stock in it.
I think the thing that seems to make the most sense to me is that Sony helped get the PS5 port done on time. This doesn't mean there is any special issues with Xbox. Just they didn't prioritize the port or didn't get the same resources from the platform.
Who is they? Do you know something that confirms this was a technical issue?
Because if this was just a technical issue delaying the Xbox release, I'm sure that some other journalist would come out and say something.
But right now, only one publication, IGN, has commented on this, and IGN is reporting that there was an exclusivity deal, which means something significant
Wait.. what evidence is there for the consoles being the reason for the delay. Did you just make that up?
I know that people say "there's has been other cases of shadow exclusivity deals" but not presenting any example of other games in the same situation in the past, so i call this bullshit. There's no way that Sony paid for a exclusivity and not brag about it everywhere with their "play it first on PS5 console" they usually do.
Sony wanted the game to release on PS5 at the same time than PC version and paid for it. Microsost did not.
Im more and more on team #IGNsourceisxbox
So, my guess was accurate--it's something more akin to the deal MS got with Like a Dragon's next gen port back during this gen's launch.
Basically the Hideo Kojima "You will be ashamed of your words and deeds"
Somehow I woke up and this got sillier. Twitter insiders trying to drag IGN too? This is a good case of maybe stop listening to insiders full stop. If you want to actually know what happened, IGN will update their story when available. Until then y'all still just speculating.
With Tassi backpedaling on if there is actually a deal and saying could just be part of a deal they made to helped with the port, it's now 4-3 I think.
We can probably safely say there is just no tech issue delaying the Xbox version at this point, as this is clearly coming from them after the random Twitter rumour blaming Series S. No way a probably very high up person at there would do this if not.
"The cable collection begins little by little...
When the truth about Wukong is finally revealed (which is what I mentioned on Sunday, without moving a comma)
Will IGN or someone apologize for using my name for... questionable purposes?"
Per twitter translate.
Lmao simmer down bro what is this.
Wait so Tassi is backpedaling now?
So it was a matter of Sony providing technical/development assistance that allowed Game Science to get the game out the door which Sony has been known for doing for years…..
Sometimes the true answers are the most obvious answers.
So it was a matter of Sony providing technical/development assistance that allowed Game Science to get the game out the door which Sony has been known for doing for years…..
Sometimes the true answers are the most obvious answers.
Pretty much.
Especially the "tech issues" angle which changes everything whether you're talking about "general tech issues that were quicker to solve on PS due to deal/arrangement/assistance from Sony" or "tech issues specific to the Xbox version" (
No matter what it's a real reporting mess on all accounts.
"little by little the backpedaling is starting.
in the end when the truth about wukong unveils (that i reported on sunday and haven't changed anything about it) Will IGN or someone apologize for using my name with... shady intentions?"
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