Absolutely mind blowing you think you know more than what the developers have stated
It doesn't blow your mind. This is why I get so tired of the gaslighting.
You aren't stupid. You are well aware that game companies don't put out public statements containing every piece of private info in their decision making processes. You know that to ever arrive at anything even close to the complete picture, you have to either wait for Schreier to leak some info and see if he has credible sources, or try and do your best to read between the lines. You know this is the case with literally all news from any corporation in any industry, any government, literally anything. So why are you trying to convince me this is mindblowing that I would try to make intelligent guesses at how they are arriving at their decision? You can't possibly think it is mindblowing. That, is what gaslighting is. You want me to think it's mindblowing, when you can't possibly think it's mindblowing. It's lying, and it's super god damn obvious.
It's really very easy.
What is the best possible day to launch on PS5? Sept 6th. What is literally the worst possible day to launch on XBox? Sept 6th. They can't publicly announce that they want to invest less dev resources into Xbox and give it to consumers late to maximize how much money they get. They have to come up with a way to say they are working hard on the issue and will get it to consumers as soon as they can. And the tech issues can be true, but they decided to not have this sorted prior to release. They knew Starfield was an opportunity for them to launch strong on PS5 and capture a new unfulfilled demand. EA said the same thing when asked about Call of Duty potentially going exclusive. They said it was a huge opportunity for them and they're in favor of it.
All this is basic common sense.
