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[Punished Miku]

With how broken up he got about not getting GOTY at the Geoff's, maybe he invented a Sony exclusivity deal in his mind because he felt he deserved one

 

[Gaiff]

With how broken up he got about not getting GOTY at the Geoff's, maybe he invented a Sony exclusivity deal in his mind because he felt he deserved one

You know that's not true and a complete misrepresentation of what he said? The guy said he had prepared his speech two years in advance, before the game was even complete. This was him joking about the whole thing.

 

[Topher]

"Thanks, Sony. I'm just going to ring up Microsoft and let them know of this deal we just made that we are not going to tell anyone about...........except Microsoft. K. Bye"
-Game Science

 

[winjer]

Sony has never been shy about it's exclusivity deals. Even in this generation.
So having one single game being surrounded by the mystery of an exclusivity deal, sounds of nonsense.

 

[GrayDock]

 

[Punished Miku]

You know that's not true and a complete misrepresentation of what he said? The guy said he had prepared his speech two years in advance, before the game was even complete. This was him joking about the whole thing.

This was me joking about the whole thing.

 

[Astray]

Sony has never been shy about it's exclusivity deals. Even in this generation.
So having one single game being surrounded by the mystery of an exclusivity deal, sounds of nonsense.

They even tell you when the exclusivity expires too rofl.

I love the way life trolls Jez Corden though.

 

[Topher]

"believes"

 

[Gojiira]

So a Day after Game Science Director stated that they lack experience with optimising for Xbox…Yeah wish these stupid Xbots would just get it in their thick heads that Series S is the biggest problem and Microsofts shitty support for devs.

 

[Astray]

"believes"

This is fantastic.

2025 has its foot on the gas already.

 

[j0hnnix]

Another excellent post by an industry leading bullshitter. Obviously the guy is stirring the pot on information he does not have or even fully understand. If there was a deal in place it would be widely known as others have mentioned.

 

[Topher]

This is fantastic.

2025 has its foot on the gas already.

 

[Neolombax]

I don't understand. The game is available on PC yes? I was told that a PC is also an XBOX?

 

[Astray]

Lmfao I'm actually laughing out loud about this at the office.

Ass of Can Whooping get in here we need you.

 

[sainraja]

If there really is an exclusive deal, the only way it might make sense that Sony isn't speaking of the game and marketing it heavily is due to the political angle of supporting a Chinese dev and how that might look to the west. Then again, if that really was a problem, they likely wouldn't have entertained it at all?

Who knows.

 

[Dazraell]

New year, same Jez

 

[jm89]

This is gold.

 

[Astray]

If there really is an exclusive deal, the only way it might make sense that Sony isn't speaking of the game and marketing it heavily is due to the political angle of supporting a Chinese dev and how that might look to the west. Then again, if that really was a problem, they likely wouldn't have entertained it at all?

Who knows.

Sony has an entire initiative to support gaming in China and has had big booths in Chinese gaming conventions like China Joy.

The facts just don't support the idea of secret exclusivity.

 

[sainraja]

Sony has an entire initiative to support gaming in China and has had big booths in Chinese gaming conventions like China Joy.

The facts just don't support the idea of secret exclusivity.

Ah, gotcha. We can rule that out then... then this is strange all around, lol.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Why do we keep posing stuff from this guy? It's clear he has no idea about anything or how the industry works.

He literally thinks Disney saw loads of money from Indie the Great Circle and picked up their phone in the board room and dialled Phil "Hello, is this Mr. Xbox Phil? We'd like to order some more games please!"

 

[Dazraell]

Why do we keep posing stuff from this guy? It's clear he has no idea about anything or how the industry works.

He literally thinks Disney saw loads of money from Indie the Great Circle and picked up their phone in the board room and dialled Phil "Hello, is this Mr. Xbox Phil? We'd like to order some more games please!"

Yeah, I'm always surprised why this dumbass gets new threads. He often gets things wrong, tends to backtrack on what he says or just jumps on the bandwagon of what someone else said

 

[Astray]

Ah, gotcha. We can rule that out then... then this is strange all around, lol.

The only solution that makes sense is this:

Sony sent engineers to help the Wukong devs and largely succeeded in making it run on PS5/PS5 Pro (albeit imperfectly), Microsoft didn't do the same (or at least their engineers didn't have a solution for the Series S), and now they had to save face on why the single biggest new IP of 2024 didn't launch day 1 on their device despite being promised, so they sent in their PR reps and weirdos to cover their asses with this drivel. Now we're seeing chickens roost and idiots backtracking in real time.

Yeah, I'm always surprised why this dumbass gets new threads. He often gets things wrong, tends to backtrack on what he says or just jumps on the bandwagon of what someone else said

It's for the entertainment value of watching this process unfold over and over again.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Sony has an entire initiative to support gaming in China and has had big booths in Chinese gaming conventions like China Joy.

The facts just don't support the idea of secret exclusivity.

The idea is FULL retard and whoever entertains it should feel ashamed of it.

 

[laynelane]

If there really is an exclusive deal, the only way it might make sense that Sony isn't speaking of the game and marketing it heavily is due to the political angle of supporting a Chinese dev and how that might look to the west. Then again, if that really was a problem, they likely wouldn't have entertained it at all?

Who knows.

I don't think so. This has been an ongoing narrative to deflect attention away from the poor decision that was the Series S. As well, I believe you're right - if Sony was reluctant to show support for a Chinese dev, they simply wouldn't support them. To add to that, Sony has been supportive of Chinese devs and gaming for a while now too. So, this is either more MS astroturfing or Jez coping or both.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Jez (i could sell my mother for a romantic date with Phil Spencer) corden. doing damage control for MS?

 

[Cakeboxer]

Who cares if there is one more moneyhatted 3rd party from Sony? That shit will stop once Xbox goes full 3rd party anyways.

 

[Banjo64]

This is embarrassing for Microsoft. Why don't they just pick up the phone and say 'let us help you get the game running on Series S ASAP and then we can get a release fast tracked'. If they refuse, then MS can simply point to that fact.

It looks like absolute baboonery, and the fact that they are playing this out with people like Corden is incredibly disrespectful.

 

[Pedro Motta]

"believes"

 

[Heisenberg007]

This is embarrassing for Microsoft. Why don't they just pick up the phone and say 'let us help you get the game running on Series S ASAP and then we can get a release fast tracked'. If they refuse, then MS can simply point to that fact.

It looks like absolute baboonery, and the fact that they are playing this out with people like Corden is incredibly disrespectful.

Because even Microsoft can't help them run it on Series S lol. It'll take the time it needs.

Remember Baldur Gate's 3? Microsoft sent a specialized team to help them have the split-screen co-op on Series S. In the end, they also gave up, and the game launched without a split screen co-op lol.

 

[AmuroChan]

If there really is an exclusive deal, the only way it might make sense that Sony isn't speaking of the game and marketing it heavily is due to the political angle of supporting a Chinese dev and how that might look to the west. Then again, if that really was a problem, they likely wouldn't have entertained it at all?

Who knows.

If that was the case Sony wouldn't have initiated the China Hero Project at all.

 

[Interfectum]

Jez still gobbling that MS jizz.

 

[Topher]

The only solution that makes sense is this:

Sony sent engineers to help the Wukong devs and largely succeeded in making it run on PS5/PS5 Pro (albeit imperfectly), Microsoft didn't do the same (or at least their engineers didn't have a solution for the Series S), and now they had to save face on why the single biggest new IP of 2024 didn't launch day 1 on their device despite being promised, so they sent in their PR reps and weirdos to cover their asses with this drivel. Now we're seeing chickens roost and idiots backtracking in real time.

That's in line with what Jeff Grubb said that there wasn't any monetary deal in place, but there may have been technical assistance from Sony to get the game released on PlayStation.

Timestamped.

 

[Horseganador]

What a ridiculous thing Xbox and its media terminals are doing with this issue, insinuating that Sony was to blame for paying when the only problem is Series S, if Sony had paid they would be announcing it at every opportunity...which didn't happen.

 

[LordCBH]

Funny because that's Jo what JizzyPoopsikins said a while back. He said "Xbox believes there is one".

JizzyPop changing his story again to fit the narrative.

 

[skit_data]

This is hard copium for fanboys, Jez

 

[Ebrietas]

"believes"

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

That's in line with what Jeff Grubb said that there wasn't any monetary deal in place, but there may have been technical assistance from Sony to get the game released on PlayStation.

Timestamped.

Which has been the same with other games like Genshin Impact, Phantom Blade Zero or Stellar Blade. Sony assisted in their development so obviously got their port in due time. For all the money that MS has, they offer shit help to new devs so they should expect the same in return.

 

[BennyBlanco]

They had an Nvidia deal. Sony did no marketing for it as far as I can tell. I also bet it shows up at the Nvidia press conference for their next cards and wouldn't be surprised if it gets expanded RTX features like Cyberpunk did.

 

[Kerotan]

Why would they cut a deal to put it on one Xbox but not another?

 

[W11d]

The deal is so secret Sony have never even included the game in any of their State of Plays

 

[StereoVsn]

"believes"

 

[Elios83]

Idiots like Jez Corden played a good part in the Xbox downfall and failure. Complete denial and refusal to make Microsoft accountable has always produced the worst results.
He should push for Microsoft to rightly leave behind Series S and allow games to ship at least on Series X or cases like BG3 and Wukong will become the norm.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Idiots like Jez Corden played a good part in the Xbox downfall and failure. Complete denial and refusal to make Microsoft accountable has always produced the worst results.
He should push for Microsoft to rightly leave behind Series S and allow games to ship at least on Series X or cases like BG3 and Wukong will become the norm.

Even funnier is that Jez can't let go of Windows Phone dying an ugly death.

 

[Topher]

Even funnier is that Jez can't let go of Windows Phone dying an ugly death.

I've seen him mourn the demise of Mixer as well. lol

 

[TheGodfather07]

I want to like xbox but Microsoft and their shills get in the way. There's this kind of pathetic culture of brand worship around xbox specifically that is so cringy. It doesn't help that most of them are like middle aged too. It's embarrassing.

 

[mckmas8808]

If there really is an exclusive deal, the only way it might make sense that Sony isn't speaking of the game and marketing it heavily is due to the political angle of supporting a Chinese dev and how that might look to the west. Then again, if that really was a problem, they likely wouldn't have entertained it at all?

Who knows.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Jez still gobbling that MS jizz.

What the fuck

 

[Unknown?]

Jez still gobbling that MS jizz.

With that much jizz everywhere, there's bound to be a baby!

 

[SirTerry-T]

I want to like xbox but Microsoft and their shills get in the way. There's this kind of pathetic culture of brand worship around xbox specifically that is so cringy. It doesn't help that most of them are like middle aged too. It's embarrassing.

All three companies have their over zealous fans. The weird Cerny worship, Miyamoto being perceived as infallible...