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[ManaByte]

One-time GAF member Gary Whitta claims that Sony paid for "Blocking Rights" to keep Cult of the Lamb off of Game Pass.

 

[Topher]

"SOMEBODY TOLD ME part of the reason why it isn't on Game Pass is because Sony paid them not to put it on Game Pass"

Seriously? That guy isn't even making the claim. Just says somebody told him that.

 

[xHunter]

"SOMEBODY TOLD ME part of the reason why it isn't on Game Pass is because Sony paid them not to put it on Game Pass"

Seriously?

 

[Topher]

Some nobody on Twitter is our source here

 

[lh032]

great, and now they are going to whine everytime when certain games not on gamepass.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

 

[GhostOfTsu]

And it's not even on PS+? Fake news.

Sony just released a trailer for A Plague Tale and it's on Game Pass. They did the same for Trek to Yomi. They are not blocking every game they advertise.

You guys need to find another bogeyman and blame someone else.

 

[manfestival]

Well maybe Microsoft shoulda paid them more! /s

 

[Bojanglez]

I don't see what the problem is here, It's nothing new and nothing underhand.

Sony are promoting Cult of Lamb pretty heavily, almost as if it is first party, as part of marketing deal the devs (or publisher) are probably receiving some decent money and there will be caveats to protect Sony promoting the game and other services 'giving it away'.

If you want to paint it as Sony paying to keep it off gamepass then

 

[Imtjnotu]

This is the tweet this dude ran with.... Two emojis at the end.

 

[phil_t98]

Well maybe Microsoft shoulda paid them more! /s

so its Microsofts fault Sony is paying to keep games off gamepass? I mean this is gamepass where people are saying isn't making money? but Sony paying to keep games off it?

 

[AJUMP23]

Whoever has the most cash gets their way.


But if Witta is just quoting some dude on Twitter.......What a moron.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

This is the tweet this dude ran with.... Two emojis at the end.

twice the emojis = twice the truth

 

[Clear]

So what if they did? No doubt a better deal for the devs than just dumping it out onto GP.

I mean, it seems to me that when it comes to Game Pass, its a "the service is the star" type situation. I don't see it building up anything, but itself.

 

[Kenshin775]

I don't doubt it. I wish they would actually use that money to make PS Plus better instead.

 

[ManaByte]

But if Witta is just quoting some dude on Twitter.......What a moron.

This is the same guy who quit GAF when he got hired to write the first draft of Rogue One, but quickly came back and edited all of his FUCK GEORGE LUCAS posts so his new bosses wouldn't see how much he hated them.

 

[Wohc]

Ah, the best and most trustworthy source of them all: Trust me bro!

 

[Punished Miku]

Not proof of anything, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me.

 

[SJRB]

...and?

 

[AJUMP23]

This is the same guy who quit GAF when he got hired to write the first draft of Rogue One, but quickly came back and edited all of his FUCK GEORGE LUCAS posts so his new bosses wouldn't see how much he hated them.

Are you jealous?

 

[Ozriel]

Who will save us from the plague of these 'insiders'?

Welp. A random on Twitter is his source?