I still believe that there is part "truth" and part "lie" and that is the cause of so many contradictory accounts.
Part of my doubts about the "innocence" of the situation are in the fact of how and where the cancellation of the XBOX version of Wukong was announced.
There I believe that there is a clear complicity between SONY and GameSciencie to advertise the game at the expense of the announcement of the cancellation of the Xbox version.
-Less than 2 months before the release date. Delays like this are announced much earlier.
-Do it at one of the most important event of the year (SGF) The idyllic situation for Sony in terms of advertising impact and the worst blow to MS with the total complicity of the Studio...
Too strange in a situation supposedly of good faith. Of course it is not usual, even less so if there is no agreement of any kind and your desire is to look good with one of your partners to whom you have caused reputational damage.
Therefore, the line of facts that would most connect with the contradictory stories would be:
Therefore:
-Can it be said that there is no temporal exclusivity agreement in itself? YES
-Can you say that the cancellation of Wukong on Xbox is due to an agreement between the Studio and Sony? Also YES
-Can you say that Studio is NOT lying when it says it needs more time to optimize the XSeries version? YES
No one lies, but no one tells the complete truth, surely because it suits no one.
MS looks like an ass because it has once again succumbed to Sony's 4D Chest game and is left it's users without the bestseller of the year on its platform.
SONY does not want to stain itself again with the image of arrogance and foul play to harm the competition.
The Studio would lose the image of a serious company that meets its partners.
Whatever it was, in a serious world and in the face of so much noise, the parties should come out and explain the situation point by point. But as I said, I believe that the complete truth as it suits no one.