dottme
Member
Yeah, it was pushed back quite some time ago.
To be honest, I wasn't expecting that much news due to the push of the release. But I'm happy with what I'm seeing.
ComputerBlue
Member
Can't wait, still my most anticipated game.
HotSauceEnema
Member
looks so damn good
dottme
Member
I feel this trailer show more the tone they are going for this game and I like it.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Can't wait for this.
ColonialRaptor
Member
Making quests and actual game content available as a platform exclusive is a really crappy thing for any developer to do.
I mean it has to be a throw away quest that means nothing to the story or it would have to be included with the main game? Cosmetics and maybe exclusive items I can accept, but a whole quest? I'm not sure I've seen any other game do this before and I'm surprised there is not more outrage.
More and more this game falls away from my desire to play, the timed base building stuff like a mobile game really turns me off. I will reserve judgement but I was originally quite hyped for this but not so much anymore.
I mean it has to be a throw away quest that means nothing to the story or it would have to be included with the main game? Cosmetics and maybe exclusive items I can accept, but a whole quest? I'm not sure I've seen any other game do this before and I'm surprised there is not more outrage.
More and more this game falls away from my desire to play, the timed base building stuff like a mobile game really turns me off. I will reserve judgement but I was originally quite hyped for this but not so much anymore.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
This has been going on for a while now. I remember being pissed about this back in 2013 (almost 10 years ago)
Assassin Creed IV Black Flag: Exclusive PlayStation content showcased, DLC plans detailed
We've got a bunch of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag announcements for you this week PlayStation Assassins! Let's get right to it with the announcement on our single-player DLC: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Freedom Cry! Over the course of AC4, you will get to know the Jackdaw's Quartermaster...
blog.playstation.com
And Assassin's Creed Syndicate followed suit in 2015 with more of the same.
Lately we've had stuff like Spider-Man being exclusive to the PlayStation version of The Avengers game.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Yeah, exclusive missions are old hat by now. And yes, because of the exclusivity of said missions, they DO largely turn into shitty filler nonsense that means nothing. I'm actually curious about examples of games that have had a meaningful experience with exclusive missions.
This has been going on for a while now. I remember being pissed about this back in 2013 (almost 10 years ago)
Assassin Creed IV Black Flag: Exclusive PlayStation content showcased, DLC plans detailed
We've got a bunch of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag announcements for you this week PlayStation Assassins! Let's get right to it with the announcement on our single-player DLC: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Freedom Cry! Over the course of AC4, you will get to know the Jackdaw's Quartermaster...
And Assassin's Creed Syndicate followed suit in 2015 with more of the same.
Lately we've had stuff like Spider-Man being exclusive to the PlayStation version of The Avengers game.
chilleverest
Member
The game seems to just shrink in its scale since its first reveal for some reason.
So it is a playstation only Quest in the game or is it a pre order only quest ??. . . what bullshit
Road of Ease
Member
Well, just go back to the Hogwarts Legacy's State of Play to be reminded of its actual scale. Problem solved!
What people don't seem to understand is that this trailer and the last one are sidequest trailers. They only show small optional slices of the game. The main quest (goblins and top-hat dude) is still there, but if you choose to have Sebastian Sallow as a buddy, or if you have a PS5, you may want to try these quests.
You can debate whether that's a good marketing strategy or not (the new Zelda is also keeping a lot of cards close to its chest and didn't even have a full Direct about it!), but to claim that these trailers make the game look worse is silly imo.
I actually like the buddy sidequest trailers because having friends and helping each other out is a big part of the ~Harry Potter Experience~. And keep in mind, we still don't know who the Ravenclaw buddy is...
SCB3
Member
To be fair in Destiny's case they were timed for a year and after that promised to never do that again, which they havent so far, but I agree my Wife was interested in this but only plays Xbox so she misses out
Anyway, what is with the camera directions for these trailers, its always at a angle for some reason
BigbyTheSheriff
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Kokoloko85
Member
MS did a nice job of starting this trend when they started getting COD DLC timed exclusive on 360 lol
A month is a lot less than a whole year. The COD map packs were a month earlier on 360.
Kokoloko85
Member
This game will live or die on how good the combat is. But maybe the Harry Potter fans will make it succeed regardless
Kokoloko85
Member
Im just saying they started it with Cod DLC Lol.
A month or a year, it still started the money hat journey of timed exclusive DLC content
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Nintendo started the money hat journey in the 80s by banning people from the NES if they dared publish a game on a competitor's system. Sony continued that in the 32-bit era by money hatting the Tomb Raider franchise exclusively on PlayStation. All of that was long before Call of Duty was even invented.
Kokoloko85
Member
Lol I know about Nintendo, Sega and PS. Tomb Raider was also on the Sega Saturn so its not the right example, it was a bit different to what Nintendo was doing.
Im talking exclusive DLC content/Timed DLC like what was mentioned with Destiny PS etc. Microsoft started moneyhatting timed exclusive DLC trend 1st, pretty sure COD was the first, maybe another game?
Road of Ease
Member
Knowing HP fans (and being one myself), many would be happy just hanging around the castle and doing homework lol
legacy24
Member
Playstation owners get:
- Exclusive quest "Haunted Hogsmeade Shop"
- An Extra Dungeon
- Cosmetic Set
- Exclusive Shop to Sell items
- This shop allows you to "sell items and gear at better rates than anywhere else"
- Recipe for Felix Felicis Potion to temporarily show location of chests
Dude Sony bought the franchise exclusivity right after the original game was released. They paid Eidos to make the franchise PlayStation exclusive through the year 2000. The deal was finalized right before the release of Tomb Raider II.
Sony Computer Entertainment America Signs Exclusive Deal with Eidos for Tomb Raider Franchise; Lara Croft Videogames to Be Exclusive to the PlayStation for Game Consoles
Official Press Release - September 18, 1997
Released in November 1996, the original Tomb Raider game from Eidos Interactive and Core Design, was one of the best-selling videogames of all time with more than 1.5 million units sold for the PlayStation game console worldwide. Marking its one-year anniversary with a highly-anticipated sequel, Tomb Raider 2 is scheduled for release in November 1997.
"Core Design and EIDOS have created the most successful original product in years that became a number one hit on PlayStation in the U.S. and Europe last year," said Phil Harrison, vice president, third party relations, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "The PlayStation console is the undisputed world-leader in videogaming and it is appropriate that two leaders in their field should partner up in this way for Tomb Raider."
"Given the worldwide domination of the PlayStation system, it's a natural for Eidos to partner with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe," said Mike McGarvey, chief operating officer, Eidos Interactive. "We want our best-selling franchise to reach the greatest number of consumers and the PlayStation and its powerful CD-ROM software format satisfies this demand. The fact that the PlayStation will be the only game console on which you can enjoy the Tomb Raider franchise is a great statement for the platform."
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3liteDragon
Member
Timed exclusive game makes sense, what the fuck's the point of a timed exclusive quest in an open-world game?
Roman Empire
Member
Learned that lesson back with Silent Hill. Fuck the mannequins.
The_Observer
Member
This game looks cool. The only problem I have with it is that it obviously won't include the characters from the books. But it seems it will be a good AAA single-player game, of which we don't have many nowadays.
prinz_valium
Member
Nice. Now we get Pay2Win in Paid games. Not just F2P anymore.
Well the GTA 4 expansion lost and damned came on PS3 more than 12 months after the X360 version for example. So long period exclusivities are not a Sony exclusive modus operandi.
Kokoloko85
Member
Cool, must have gone exclusive after the first game, kinda pointless as Saturn was dead after 6 months. Playstation did loads of exclusives anyway, like Silent Hill, Persona, MGS and FF7,8,9 etc. Sega did the same with certain titles. MS also with loads of titles too, one of the main reasons why the Xbox OG and 360 had great games.
I was just saying the whole timed DLC, exclusive DLC, was started by MS in the 360 era, not sure if it was Cod or Something else
COD was a month before it went to PS. Exclusive DLC was started by Sony in the PS3 era with the PS3 release of BioShock. They had a policy at the time that if a game didn't release at the same time as on the 360, it had to offer exclusive PS DLC when the PS3 version came out. BioShock was the first game to fall under that.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
My memory might not be as good as when I was a teenager, because I don't recall playstation get any Tomb Raider games the PC didn't.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
Its exclusivity deals like this which makes jimbos comments regarding COD pretty rediculous. Who is he to try and dictate what level of competition is acceptable?
Kokoloko85
Member
How come bioshock came out a year later on the PS3 than the 360?