sixteen-bit
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Chris Charla (Microsoft) seems to imply that PUBG is a timed exclusive
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Yes, which is why there arent many exclusives outside of 1st party titles.
Especially when it comes to games where western gamers are the primary audience.
Sort of. Something like Minecraft needs to be multi platform in order to reach that level of success. If MS were to buy PUBG/Bluehole they would need to allow the IP to continue to grow and that growth will only come from going multi platform.
GlenChivas
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I've never understood why there's so much confusion with this. Months ago, before E3, the devs gave an interview where they said it would be coming to Xbox first because of their Preview Program (Early Access) and then to PS4 after the final version was ready.
wesleyshark
Banned
Yep. It's been known for a while and confirmed multiple times. But I guess folks are still confused so this is just another confirmation.
If you ask me, it's because online narratives have changed. It's always pretty straightforward but it becomes another way to critique the move by saying something like "MS/Sony's messaging is horrible." It wasn't hard to understand before and it isn't hard to understand now.
The situation with this game has been pretty easy to understand since it is Early Access / Game Preview. I think people are still acting on how muddled the Rise of the Tomb Raider situation was.
bananafactory
Banned
I remember that but don't recall them actually saying it would come to PS4. Do you have a link?
Like how another company used the term "exclusive console debut"?
Hip Hop
Member
this gen is barely getting start it.
Were in for the long haul
idk where you guys keep getting that next gen is already coming.
Family Fry
Member
The Long Dark launched on Xbox One June 2015, it appeared on PS4 August 2017.
Sony won't allow indie developers early access. So as long as Xbox has the Game Preview programme for indies, Battlegrounds will remain exclusive to Xbox One.
Looking at The Long Dark as an example, that game took 2 years to make it from game preview (on Xbox) to a final game, at which point Sony allowed it.
Sony won't allow indie developers early access. So as long as Xbox has the Game Preview programme for indies, Battlegrounds will remain exclusive to Xbox One.
Looking at The Long Dark as an example, that game took 2 years to make it from game preview (on Xbox) to a final game, at which point Sony allowed it.
RichiRamjag
Member
Yeah, I dislike it. I'd rather these companies just be straight up from the start. I own all the systems, so I'll play on whatever, but it's the principle imo. That crash shit was a joke with all the its exclusive/it's not nonsense.
Duchess O'Death
Member
They said that during E3.
You think Sony will not let one of the biggest games of the year to hit PS4?
Mass Effect
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Crayon
Member
Oh like "charla-tan".
GlenChivas
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CrimsonEclipse
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AyaisMUsikWhore
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Yeah but it's also documented that some games do better on some consoles and or handhelds rather than others which allows some companies to make decisions in the future to not support one but the other. Since this is a online multiplayer game, in some vain, yes...having t multiplatform benefits it greatly...but yeah, we've seen how some SP games are kind of left in the dust on some consoles rather than others which eventually comes down to a business decision to cut down rather than spend more.
I for one wouldn't care if this was an Xbox exclusive because I believe that some games are just better for the audience a console is trying to foster...but it's up to them to make that decision. It will piss off a lot but that's not my problem I guess. More the merrier but okay if it does stay with one.
It's because a few days ago at the Microsoft Gamescom thing Green made a kind of big deal about them announcing that Microsoft was publishing the game on Xbox now. Creating some more confusion. It sounds like a Rise of the Tomb Raider situation.
Mr Moose
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Probably just for the duration of the game preview thing.
And it'll be in that for about 6 years lol.
Chobel
Member
Not really, Sony allowed ARK on PS4. They allow early access type games, it's just they're very selective about it.
There's definitely an exclusivity window here, otherwise MS wouldn't have said "fall 2017 exclusive" (or something like that).
Sony won't allow unfinished games, so early access games are out of the question.
PUBG is exactly that, it has a single map and is still in constant development.
It's the same reason why Ps4 didn't/won't get
Elite
We Happy Few
Conan Exiles
The Longest Dark
Ghost of a tale
Astroneer
Everspace
Pit People
until they were/are gold.
Sony will make exceptions but for the most part they are released as "full games". Fortnite even has a physical release.
Chobel
Member
Isn't that the point? Sony makes exceptions on select titles when it suits them, so I'm sure they'll make an exception for PUBG as well. There's too much money to be made here for Sony to ignore it.
Fbh
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Of course it's a timed exclusive.
You need no further confirmation than the fact that no one from MS or the developer is willing to confirm that it's a true permanent exclusive.
As soon as you start getting PR talk regarding the exclusivity status of a game it's basically confirmed that it's a timed exclusive.
You need no further confirmation than the fact that no one from MS or the developer is willing to confirm that it's a true permanent exclusive.
As soon as you start getting PR talk regarding the exclusivity status of a game it's basically confirmed that it's a timed exclusive.
With the exception of Ark, those are all F2P games, so they have made a single exception out of 20 or so games.
For reference, Ps4 got ark 18 months after PC and almost a year after Xbox One.
agreed, and thats exactly my point
Garrett Hawke
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Microsoft? They absolutely could lol. Not that they would.
OnionPowder
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I don't think the Xbox division has that much money to throw around right now.
PUBG wouldn't sell for less than $200 million at this point.
Partly due to the confusion caused by the two or three different terminologies that were used during the xbox E3 conference to refer to this game.
Partly due to the confusion that certain tweets caused when describing/replying to questions about this game's exclusivity.
Partly due to fanboys on both sides adamant on having this on/off the list for their list wars crap.
Darryl M R
Member
I just need to know how long. 1 month?
All the "why is anyone surprised" posts should go check out the latest PUBG threads
This is why MS do this type of language, and why people hate it here.
Wording implies an exclusive
This is why MS do this type of language, and why people hate it here.
Sho_Nuff82
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I thought I read here months ago that the PS4 version was coming early 2018.
Fake Edit:
It was on wikipedia when I was first looking the game up to see what the fuss was about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayerUnknown's_Battlegrounds#Release
https://kotaku.com/battlegrounds-producer-chang-han-kim-reportedly-told-in-1793809960
It's the latest of many timed exclusives this gen, surely people aren't surprised by this.
Fake Edit:
It was on wikipedia when I was first looking the game up to see what the fuss was about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayerUnknown's_Battlegrounds#Release
https://kotaku.com/battlegrounds-producer-chang-han-kim-reportedly-told-in-1793809960
It's the latest of many timed exclusives this gen, surely people aren't surprised by this.
Like Charlatan in English I would presume...
Complicated
Banned
We've known this to be the case for the past few months I believe, and nothing has come out to indicate any change so why are people confused?
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Deleted member 59090
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I thought they sad at E3 that it's exclusive to Xbox for the Early Access period.
Exactly.
Microsoft is doubling down on their old Tomb Raider inspired exclusivity language, making most people think the exclusivity is permanent by bending the truth as far as it can possibly bend without breaking. They're getting dangerously close to outright lying.
Thanks to Microsoft, we're now stuck in a world of corporate newspeak where honesty and decency has been sacrificed on the altar of profits, and from now on we apparently need to spend weeks deciphering their statements to decode their actual meaning.
It's shady as fuck and they suck for doing it.
Microsoft said console launch exclusives at e3 2017, I doubt PUGB devs want to be exclusive to Xbox anyway considering PS4 has a gigantic player pool. MS must have paid big bucks for them to remain launch exclusive to Xbox, they just lost 3 million monthy active users a few months ago and counting.
This way of competing sucks though and is pretty anti-consumer, I much rather open my wallet for companies who make great games or at least do a full measure and make it full exclusive. Whatever, this type of stuff is just the seedy side of the gaming industry, it's really gross.
This way of competing sucks though and is pretty anti-consumer, I much rather open my wallet for companies who make great games or at least do a full measure and make it full exclusive. Whatever, this type of stuff is just the seedy side of the gaming industry, it's really gross.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Yeah this is what I had imagined