TxKnight7
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So you are saying all sony games that was released on pc with horizon/ TFW soon, are not "console exclusives" to playstation?
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Does this mean Blade is Xbox console exclusive?
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FrankWza
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AnotherOne
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I hope it is because xbox needs it
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
It's being made by an Xbox 1st party studio, it's console exclusive to Xbox S/X. Xbox is not going to go out of their way to make games for Sony. Nobody ever questions if a game being made by sony is going to be anything other than console exclusive to sony, why would a game being made by Xbox 1st Party be anything other than console exclusive to Xbox?
Get over it and quit port begging.
Hayabusabruh
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How come MS isn't allowed to have exclusives. Not even from their own studios? lol.
DrFigs
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they meant that about games no one wants, like quake.
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twilo99
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They were exclusive up to that point..
How can a game be exclusive to Playstation when you don't need one to play it?
Tsaki
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The simplest answer is they already have assets from Redfall (the artstyle is pretty much the same).
The only reason would be if they get a percentage based on sales and they would want to maximise that but I'm pretty sure that with a smaller IP like this MS would pay whatever Marvel would be asking anyway. They're just acting like a bit of an assclown about exclusivity so that it gets people talking and xbox fans talking about 'port begging' like this is the hot new thing when they know pretty much nothing about it.
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TxKnight7
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Console exclusive means it's exclusive to One Console without it being available to other consoles , like spider man PC is different platform.
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Did people forget about the leaked emails and internal memos already? They were only a few months ago!
If anything, they're just trying to associate it with their brand since they'll have marketing rights. But I doubt it's going to be console-exclusive when the Blade movie (and MCU in general) need all the help they can get, and locking the game to a console where a heavy portion are conditioned to access the games for "free" in a subscription service isn't going to convert towards getting those folks in the theaters. Mainly because their habits gaming-wise would bleed over to other entertainment (i.e they're likely already the type who don't go to the theater to watch movies).
If it IS console-exclusive, though...welp, that's potentially a W for bragging points for MS. Won't do much for converting people to go out and actually watch the films with their own money though.
It also proves they're 100% invested in console-warring, or stirring that pot, right at the top of the division. Which is why I have no respect for people like Phil Spencer or Aaron Greenberg (the leaked emails only helped re-affirm this).
It's really because they've virtue-signaled so aggressively about other companies being "anti-consumer" with exclusivity, and doing the whole kumbaya act when the brand was at its lowest point, and doing various gestures (most empty) to appear "pro-consumer"...all the while enabling some of the most toxic console warriors, enabling them in the press to console-war, and being hypocritical about various small things like reveal embargos among other stuff.
There's no respect in that. Not from me.
If anything, they're just trying to associate it with their brand since they'll have marketing rights. But I doubt it's going to be console-exclusive when the Blade movie (and MCU in general) need all the help they can get, and locking the game to a console where a heavy portion are conditioned to access the games for "free" in a subscription service isn't going to convert towards getting those folks in the theaters. Mainly because their habits gaming-wise would bleed over to other entertainment (i.e they're likely already the type who don't go to the theater to watch movies).
If it IS console-exclusive, though...welp, that's potentially a W for bragging points for MS. Won't do much for converting people to go out and actually watch the films with their own money though.
It also proves they're 100% invested in console-warring, or stirring that pot, right at the top of the division. Which is why I have no respect for people like Phil Spencer or Aaron Greenberg (the leaked emails only helped re-affirm this).
It's really because they've virtue-signaled so aggressively about other companies being "anti-consumer" with exclusivity, and doing the whole kumbaya act when the brand was at its lowest point, and doing various gestures (most empty) to appear "pro-consumer"...all the while enabling some of the most toxic console warriors, enabling them in the press to console-war, and being hypocritical about various small things like reveal embargos among other stuff.
There's no respect in that. Not from me.
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Puscifer
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Tell Sony spread the love with Spider-Man 2 then, you can't expect Microsoft to not do the same after Sony struck up similar deals. Anywho, it's obvious Spider-Man 2 and Blade are both coming to PC at some point so we stay winning I guess lol
Negotiator101
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What level is that then?
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Who's "we"? The 30% of the whatever percent of Steam users who actually buy games at full price?
Can you please show me who exactly here on this topic has complained why Blade shouldn't be exclusive?
Before attepting to answer, I suggest to Google the word why and make sure you don't mistake it for if. While at it, please Google the word complain.
Like above, can you please show me who here is port begging this (likely 2026 or beyond) game?
FrankWza
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Come on 3...you know Blade was always their favorite. Stop warring.
Is it their spider man? If it really is, then it'll just add more fueling onto console war, but I don't think so, cause they're dealing with multiple factors.
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StealthGoblin
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Because they didn't say. Didn't even have the Xbox logo..didn't even mention Microsoft. That's odd as you'd expect them to scream from the rooftops.
Additionally, Xbox consoles aren't doing so hot and we also have the complication of Gamepass. The two of those things combined likely mean low sales. And that's a difficult thing for Marvel to approve unless Microsoft have been Microsoft and backed up the truck full of cash.
They've also declined to comment.
It's all a bit odd.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Puscifer
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Why do y'all cheer about giving companies MORE money? That's such a weird flex lmao.
I bought Resident Evil 4 and TLOU PT 1 CD keys for 40 and 35 respectively this year Day 1, why pay full price for so many of these one and done games? Resident Evil 4 was great though, got 3 playthroughs out of that
ChorizoPicozo
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you should ask Nutella and Stuart.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Likely no one; just desperados wanting to act like they've got some hot stuff other people covet so much so as to port-beg. It gives them the illusion of being desired, that's about it.
I'm just dispelling a narrative that PC is somehow "bigger than console", as I've seen some people try stating the past year or so, when numbers don't support that. Especially when in lots of those comparisons Nintendo and Xbox are excluded to try making the point.
Also you just contradicted yourself; how is RE4 a "one and done" when you've played it 3 times already? Not like being a "one and done" is inherently a bad thing; a lot of times it's about the experience.
Some of my favorite movies ever, for example, I've only watched maybe once or a very small handful of times over a period of years. I don't have to rewatch them every week or every year to consider them amazing films.
A level that can make a superhero game sell 2.5 million copies in 24 hours, and get a 60% completion rate for the full campaign among all players.
You know, metrics that are actually tangible and/or matter to a significant degree. If there's one big thing the Blade game has working against it, it's the IP. Blade simply isn't as well-known as Spiderman, Batman, Superman, the Avengers etc. Modern folks probably don't know what a great Blade film is because they weren't around when Blade 1 & 2 came out, they may not even know those films exist.
The new film has had all sorts of problems, and it's anchored to a film brand in decline that needs a couple big lifelines to resurrect it. So needless to say, the game has its work cut out for it.
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BigLee74
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“Oh no! They haven’t said if it’s Xbox exclusive or not yet. They are being childish and stringing us along with their ambiguity”
This forum really is something special!
It’s an Xbox studio. You can assume it will most likely be console exclusive. So nothing to worry about if you have an Xbox or a gaming PC.
This forum really is something special!
It’s an Xbox studio. You can assume it will most likely be console exclusive. So nothing to worry about if you have an Xbox or a gaming PC.
ProtoByte
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I don't even know why this is a discussion. It's obviously not going to be on PlayStation.
If it's any consolation, it's probably not going to be good.
If it's any consolation, it's probably not going to be good.
Iron Man got taken by EA (ugh) and Doctor Strange requires a lot of research between the comics, understanding the first movie, and probably doing a lot of new things.
Bernoulli
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Ronin_7
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DenchDeckard
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It ain't exclusive. Aaron's a clown.
Or if it is exclusive, they've gone some weird way of announcing this. Their has to be some legal reasons or something is still being worked out.
Or if it is exclusive, they've gone some weird way of announcing this. Their has to be some legal reasons or something is still being worked out.
ChorizoPicozo
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Exclusive or not, aaron is a clown.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Maybe. The FTC already know what MS's foreclosure plans with Zenimax are, though, they have the documents where Phil Spencer and Pete Hines were discussing it (and in disagreement).
So announcing Blade as Xbox console-exclusive wouldn't be additional ammo for the FTC IMO, just reaffirming what they already knew. I think the reason it hasn't been announced as console-exclusive is because they simply haven't or can't get that deal from Disney/Marvel. It'd come down to them, and I'm sure they know the gulf in market share and viability between PlayStation and Xbox globally.
Basically, Sony can justify making Spiderman and Wolverine console-exclusive because of PlayStation's market share and the success of their 1P software sales. Microsoft would have a significantly harder time doing the same for Blade, particularly with where the MCU is ATM, because they simply don't have that type of success in the console space. And, Disney/Marvel may not want an upfront moneyhat for console exclusivity if they want as much exposure for the game as possible, in getting B2P customers who are (IMO) more likely to go watch the films in the theaters vs. someone just getting access to the game for "free" in a subscription service.
Or hey, maybe it's just as simple as MS really are going more fully 3P. Time will tell.
It's either not exclusive because they're still working out details (and having trouble doing so; see above), or it's not exclusive because they intend it to be a fully multiplatform release.
The game also just started dev very recently, so they could be waiting to see how it shapes up before deciding to pursue exclusivity or not. But very likely, it is not currently console-exclusive hence no announcement of such.
All this drama is just to make people talk about blade and Xbox and boost the engagement
Phil and Aaron,...hell, Xbox as a whole, REALLY care about optics. Much more in ways that ultimately matter little, than Sony or Nintendo. It's been that way for a while now, very wierd.
Although in this case they do want to associate a potentially big superhero game with their brand, which would be meaningful optics-wise. But they're doing it without having any proof of things like exclusivity or even what the game looks & plays like (to show if it's quality or not), which is the kind of thing I mean where they're "weirdly" obsessed with optics at any cost.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Horseganador
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It seems that here the game itself is the least important thing, seeing the Xbox spokespersons on Twitter, the only important thing is to get the "if it is officially exclusive" to have one more card in the console war.
FrankWza
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You mean calling it out? Did I make you guys have an emergency meeting this morning? Got some new marching orders?Worked didn't it? You're here propagating it
Mr Moose
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Minecraft spin-offs.
FrankWza
Member
He's still trying to pretend, like many on here, that MLB was going to take the license from Sony. That was never going to happen. It's just a way to chest beat and insinuate Sony was muscled into anything. They weren't. And they never once had exclusive rights to the MLB license.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
I don't need to. You see it like everyone else.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
All this engagement is getting me engorged.
Mr Moose
Member
Exactly, so why no "coming to Xbox & PC" or "XBOX EXCLUSIVE" stuff in the trailer and why are they refusing to say if it is or not?
We know Indiana Jones was going to be multiplat and was renegotiated, is this a similar case or have Disney said no to this one?
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FrankWza
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They need my help to hype this game? Interesting strategy.
The studio and IP can't speak for itself I guess.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It's increasing and throbbing with every new thread.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
The irony is that the xbox shills are the ones saying this.“Oh no! They haven’t said if it’s Xbox exclusive or not yet. They are being childish and stringing us along with their ambiguity”
This forum really is something special!
It’s an Xbox studio. You can assume it will most likely be console exclusive. So nothing to worry about if you have an Xbox or a gaming PC.