Did you miss the 2nd part of the Microsoft statement? "We can't comment on the deals made by our partners with other platform holders,"
Maybe I'm dead wrong on this, but I find it be WAY too much of a risk for IGN to just throw a tweet out into the wild like this if it's just random speculation and weak sources. There's so much potential for blowback.
And most likely Kat is very confident in their source(s), so unlikely for Sony/Game Science to deny it.
I know the usual culprits will deflect this and say this doesn't mean Series S isn't a pain, and sure that's probably true, but using it as your default reason for studios that can accommodate the conditions for Series consoles is proving to be poor judgement. Digital Foundry straight up said its highly unlikely to be the Series S. We find that to be the case, once again.
IGN reported pretty much this exact same thing in June, and they withdrew the report because…? It was wrong, probably.
It's from IGN and Game Science/Sony hasn't denied anything, it's 99.99% true.
Wasn't that because it was based on a Jez tweet and they couldn't corroborate it at the time in addition to Game Science saying they're still working to optimize the game on Xbox? I don't think that discredits them having new reporting on it today.
It's not in Sony's best interest to be silent about this and it doesn't fit their exclusivity MO so yes, until it gets confirmed I will remain sceptical.
IGN asked Sony for comment. If they don't respond or respond "no comment" that's all the confirmation needed really.
They reported it as news that they sourced, then deleted the whole article? Does anyone have their statement on that? That's a mess.
Others in this thread have shown pictures that Sony is advertising it a lot in China.
I'm still sus that it's the same source saying this to Tassi and IGN, and forgive me if I don't trust IGN as the bastion of journalism. I trust Kat Bailey, but at the end of the day, IGN has every incentive to post this for clicks.
IF they made this deal, then they most certainly are not maximizing their opportunity. You take the groundswell that the game has gotten, and you push ads EVERYWHERE. Not to mention a roadmap of marketing beats up to launch. It's malpractice to not have done so.
It's happened with 1 game because of 1 mode not working.
I really hope they say they don't have an agreement of any sort just for the pure chaos and fuckery
Companies typically do not comment on rumours so it would be bizarre to take that as confirmation of anything.
No. Ryan tweeted something in reaction to the news that the game was skipping Xbox at launch, and then deleted it in reaction to the Game Science statement.
Considering it is against their editorial policies to wholly delete a published article, I am going to assume that's not accurate.
Nah, the two valid answers to a direct "Did you pay for exclusivity" question are "No" and "No comment". They would say no if the answer is no.
Well XSX and XSS were advertised as platforms in the trailer 8 months ago.
Game Science. Sony has made exclusivity deals public in most of the deals they've signed.
Dear lord... you could show Sony printouts of PS5 Pro developer documentation and photos of it being manufactured and they will still decline to comment. It's not confirmation of anything.
Mhhhmm! Imagine being a gaming fanboy in 2024...it's just...weird.
