And I remember also him saying that there was never a parity clause, if I remember correctly lol
Fake edit. It's in the same article someone linked:
Well...
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Gang Beasts can't commit to XB1 release due to parity clause, considering Switch
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And I remember also him saying that there was never a parity clause, if I remember correctly lol
Fake edit. It's in the same article someone linked:
Well...
"If you do not release first or at same time on our platform, you have to bring in more content."
Is generally how these go.
In MS's case it used to be even more severe, where they were threatening to not let you release -at all- on XB1 if you did not come first/ same time (but picking winners and losers, highly rated games being allegedly granted passes), it was later relaxed to just "add more stuff" (which can be a strain on small dev teams) and -supposedly- even "mostly gone" as a clause.
Apparently not.
Shifty
Member
Microsoft's obsession with Exclusive this and Exclusive that really needs to die.
lmao, am I the only one reading this as "our platform is so easy to port to that we had to introduce artificial roadblocks in case developers' heads explode"?
Phil says a lot of things.
lmao, am I the only one reading this as "our platform is so easy to port to that we had to introduce artificial roadblocks in case developers' heads explode"?
Phil says a lot of things.
Crayon
Member
Phil says lots of stuff.
Interfectum
Member
Play Anywhere bro!
Gang Beasts on Switch could be a hit. One of those games that would work well in tabletop mode.
I always thought that if it wasn't day and date with other platforms they had to add Xbox one exclusive content or something along those lines.
I always thought that if it wasn't day and date with other platforms they had to add Xbox one exclusive content or something along those lines.
PhantomThief
Banned
Yeah he seems like such a trustworthy PR man
Neuromancer
Member
"Yeah you can make an XB1 version but we're going to force you to also make a W10 version that no one will buy."
LordOcidax
Member
Damn.. I was thinking in a Switch version of this game a few hours ago. What a coincidence.
Before it was all or nothing then changed with exclusive stuff. Now I have no idea what it is
Please give me a quote of this because it's hilarious. This is 90s/00's era Nintendo thinking.
Interfectum
Member
He said the "Parroty" clause was gone.
giancarlo123x
Banned
But Phil.
Salty Rice
Member
Your first mistake was to believe something Phil Spencer said.
ShabbadooJr
Member
Why the fuck is this game still not out on PS4? What is taking so long?
Never believed him. Specially, when in the same interview he denied the existence of the clause and then says it's dead lol
According to the OP, it's not "out" on PC either.
Interfectum
Member
MS is probably going to push W10 on indies hard to pad their Play Anywhere numbers.
I never understood why people seemed to think this wasn't a thing any more. There's never been any actual indication it wasn't a thing any more.
Edit: What he said was that the clause doesn't prevent people releasing games. Because people can just comply with the clause and release one Xbox day one or develop exclusive content for Xbox. It's not the clause preventing games from releasing on Xbox, it's dev's decision not to comply with the clause.
Edit: What he said was that the clause doesn't prevent people releasing games. Because people can just comply with the clause and release one Xbox day one or develop exclusive content for Xbox. It's not the clause preventing games from releasing on Xbox, it's dev's decision not to comply with the clause.
hydrophilic attack
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Continue like this and Switch will have a larger third party library than Xbox.
What a world
What a world
Interfectum
Member
Yeah, that is what it sounded like as well. Wow, that is new.
Weltall Zero
Member
"Relic of the past" would imply there was a point in time where the clause made any sense or was anything but counterproductive, which isn't really the case. It was a monumentally stupid clause from day one.
Ricerocket
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So this is how they plan on padding the W10 store, gotta force it in some policy.
Play Anywhere. Which is stupid since all that will do is just shrink the number of games they get in the long run
Jaguar Victory
Member
This makes it seem like they're talking hypothetical. They're not sure if it's low friction but are checking with MS? Sounds like they may be going off what they're heard. Odd.
Well, he did became Two-Face in the end, no?
Parity clause never went away it just evolved from a flat out no by default unless in select cases(exception) to if you add content you're good to go(A.k.a you get an exception. So not surprised there are still cases where devs are affected. Sad to see.
Also lmaooo if "open Windows version" is referring to UWP/Play anywhere.
Edit - Just remembered also if you have an exclusive launch deal you were also exempt http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=92400277
Also lmaooo if "open Windows version" is referring to UWP/Play anywhere.
Edit - Just remembered also if you have an exclusive launch deal you were also exempt http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=92400277
InfiniteCombo
Banned
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Guess he lived long enough to see himself become the villain
MomoPufflet
Member
He gave a mealy-mouthed bullshit answer about it, like pretty much everything he's ever said. I don't know how anyone could interpret it was 100% gone from the words he chose.
It's a common typo for 'party clause', dictating that party games on a given platform must be sufficiently bodacious to be permitted.
Lys Skygge
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Phil really needs to stop dancing around Xboxs issues with his fancy PR speak. What he says sounds nice at the time he says it, but it always comes back to bite him in the ass when he doesn't deliver.