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[Windows Central] Microsoft and Xbox announced 'Marvel's Blade' at The Game Awards — but could it also be coming to PlayStation?

Iced Arcade

Member
Downplaying..... BLADE?!?
LMAO
Talking smack of Batman or Superman could be considered downplaying, but Blade?

He should be lucky people are talking about him at all!
Last time I heard of him was 2004, nearly 20 years ago when the shitty 3rd movie was released.
That cast was completely obnoxious.
H i l a r i o u s
 
Of course it is to xbox/pc. It's just funny to see people sweat. And, it's kind of embarrassing to see xbox have to let this hang out there to heighten interest instead of letting the IP they're renting or the talent at their own studio speak for itself and garner the attention and overshadow it.
well, that's the point:

The lack of clarity and consistency in their messaging.

I will remind you of the masterclass in buffoonery from Phil Spencer in that Xcast damage control interview

He said something about reviewing internal processes, dev assistance and bringing Zenimax and Xbox in the same page. About how being FIRST PARTY HAS DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS.

this reveal just re-confirms how xbox is full of clowns executives. And as Rand said, the conversation around this game is going to be about it's exclusivity.

The more time it passes the more damage this uncertainty is going to produce to the game's discourse itself.

the other thing is that this game is going to be another Fable, Project Dark, State of decay, Hellblade 2, etcetera....Revealed way too early. In other words; we are going to have the same situation of "wait for next year".
 

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Post it here






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Mozzarella

Member
Arkane is dead to me, i can tolerate a failure due to mistake, but what i have been seeing from this studio for the past 5 years is nothing that gives hope, you could assume that one bad game is because of mistake but everything they have shown and they will show is proving to me that this developer has lost the plot.
Blade will probably be the game that will break them, either way unless it reviews really really good and the word of mouth is very positive im avoiding it.
 


This is why the messaging is problematic.

One of those dudes thought this was going to be a Play Station exclusive (how many "normies" are going to think the same way) also, this Blade game is going to be talked along side the Spider-Man, Wolverine games. (Just like the main dude did). So, the expectations naturally are going to be for this game to release on Play Station too (From the "normies"/ outside the gaming bubble). And again, MS is going to continue with their PR shitstorm around their games.
 

Darsxx82

Member



Not that it clarifies anything about whether the game is multiplatform or not, but look like are emerging reactions and tweets like this reaffirming the relationship of the announcement with XBOX with objective of at least help mitigate reactions (among user communities and even, embarrassingly, even media) that believe or conceive the announcement as if it were a PS5 exclusive🙃

Either because of a legal strategy against the FTC, or because it is multiplatform but they want to wait for the announcement for a better time, or because Marvel prohibits the announcement of exclusivity, or because it has not been decided yet.... In none of those cases do these prevent MS to proclaim the relationship of the Blade proyect with Xbox. That is surely why Aaron G. is being more active in this regard after seeing reactions 🙃
 

Darsxx82

Member
(Axios) Interview with a Disney boss where he may be shedding some light on the discussion about Blade's multipath or not. According to him, it seems that Bethesda (ergo MS) has the last word.
Regarding the conversion of Indiana Jones to an Xbox exclusive... that the market of Xbox users (Xbox console+PC+cloud) Is OK from a financial point of view.



PS.There are more about other games in the interview
 

Astray

Member
(Axios) Interview with a Disney boss where he may be shedding some light on the discussion about Blade's multipath or not. According to him, it seems that Bethesda (ergo MS) has the last word.
Regarding the conversion of Indiana Jones to an Xbox exclusive... that the market of Xbox users (Xbox console+PC+cloud) Is OK from a financial point of view.



PS.There are more about other games in the interview

And Bethesda refuses to comment.

What an amazing marketing mind that thought this confusing messaging was better than just revealing what platforms it's coming to during the 100m viewed TGA.

Greenberg should be teaching courses at Harvard.
 

Darsxx82

Member
And Bethesda refuses to comment.

What an amazing marketing mind that thought this confusing messaging was better than just revealing what platforms it's coming to during the 100m viewed TGA.

Greenberg should be teaching courses at Harvard.
FTC legal strategie (the same reason why ABK games are not in Gamepass) can be de more plausible at this point in the movie for a game years away Of his launch.
 
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Astray

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FTC legal strategie (the same reason why ABK games are not in Gamepass) can be de more plausible for a game years away.
FTC can't use any new evidence in this appeal. Maybe if they win it and proceed to their administrative court, but that's a long shot.

Even if new evidence is usable, Microsoft can still use their new deal with Sony to indicate that they are now on board with the deal.

The FTC is not why we're not finding this out yet.
 

jm89

Member
That guy alex smith on twitter claiming to be a ex sony dev is a grade a bullshitter.
 
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Not that it clarifies anything about whether the game is multiplatform or not, but look like are emerging reactions and tweets like this reaffirming the relationship of the announcement with XBOX with objective of at least help mitigate reactions (among user communities and even, embarrassingly, even media) that believe or conceive the announcement as if it were a PS5 exclusive🙃

Either because of a legal strategy against the FTC, or because it is multiplatform but they want to wait for the announcement for a better time, or because Marvel prohibits the announcement of exclusivity, or because it has not been decided yet.... In none of those cases do these prevent MS to proclaim the relationship of the Blade proyect with Xbox. That is surely why Aaron G. is being more active in this regard after seeing reactions 🙃


Greenberg found out it's not exclusive so he's changed his PP

You can see in his facial expression he's just managed to calm down

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Darsxx82

Member
FTC can't use any new evidence in this appeal. Maybe if they win it and proceed to their administrative court, but that's a long shot.

Even if new evidence is usable, Microsoft can still use their new deal with Sony to indicate that they are now on board with the deal.

The FTC is not why we're not finding this out yet.
Blade's exclusivity may not be used as new evidence but is introduced into the allegations to influence a decision. The priority right now for MS is to avoid any possibility, no matter how small, that the FTC will be successful.

Therefore, yes, it is a plausible possibility and even more so if you look at how the arrival of ABK to Gamepass and other Bethesda announcements and even MS's own cloud strategy has changed or is paralyzed.
 

Astray

Member
Blade's exclusivity may not be used as new evidence but is introduced into the allegations to influence a decision. The priority right now for MS is to avoid any possibility, no matter how small, that the FTC will be successful.

Therefore, yes, it is a plausible possibility and even more so if you look at how the arrival of ABK to Gamepass and other Bethesda announcements and even MS's own cloud strategy has changed or is paralyzed.
You can't introduce any new info in an appeal!

That's literally the entire point of an appeal, to see if Judge Corley should have done differently given the EXACT SAME INFO.
 

Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
Blade's exclusivity may not be used as new evidence but is introduced into the allegations to influence a decision. The priority right now for MS is to avoid any possibility, no matter how small, that the FTC will be successful.

Therefore, yes, it is a plausible possibility and even more so if you look at how the arrival of ABK to Gamepass and other Bethesda announcements and even MS's own cloud strategy has changed or is paralyzed.
"FTC is useless; they have no case, and they should just drop it already instead of wasting tax-payer money."

Also

"Xbox is not revealing Blade exclusivity because of FTC."

This doesn't make any sense whatsoever considering games like Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Starfield have been launched as exclusives. And games like TOW2 and Hellblade 2 are scheduled to launch exclusively as well.
 

Three

Member



Not that it clarifies anything about whether the game is multiplatform or not, but look like are emerging reactions and tweets like this reaffirming the relationship of the announcement with XBOX with objective of at least help mitigate reactions (among user communities and even, embarrassingly, even media) that believe or conceive the announcement as if it were a PS5 exclusive🙃

Either because of a legal strategy against the FTC, or because it is multiplatform but they want to wait for the announcement for a better time, or because Marvel prohibits the announcement of exclusivity, or because it has not been decided yet.... In none of those cases do these prevent MS to proclaim the relationship of the Blade proyect with Xbox. That is surely why Aaron G. is being more active in this regard after seeing reactions 🙃

Not sure I follow. you're sayin Aaron added the pfp due to reactions of it being multiplatform or that he removed it due to reactions of it being associated with xbox?

Because that profile picture thing was removed less than a day later for whatever reason. It's probably to drive their engagement bullshit to get people talking because I refuse to believe the head of marketing is running around like a headless chicken with regards to marketing for this game.
 

kaizenkko

Member
Well, some days back Phil have said that Playstation/Nintendo are part of the Xbox community... I think going third-party it's something iminent. Maybe don't happen with Blade, but will happen eventually.
 

Darsxx82

Member
"FTC is useless; they have no case, and they should just drop it already instead of wasting tax-payer money."

Also

"Xbox is not revealing Blade exclusivity because of FTC."

This doesn't make any sense whatsoever considering games like Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Starfield have been launched as exclusives. And games like TOW2 and Hellblade 2 are scheduled to launch exclusively as well.
You have not then pursued the appeal to the 9th Circuit. Otherwise you would know what the entirety of the FTC's arguments have been based on, which, in their entirety, has been Bethesda and how MS is making everything exclusive and how that will be their treatment with ABK games. It is clear that MS does not want to give any option for the appeal to achieve something because that would mean having to at least agree to new measures with the FTC and delay the strategy over time. You could say the same about the reason why the arrival of the ABK games has been postponed to 2024 without a specific date when nothing prevents them from already being there. Even more so when ABK games have reached other third-party services (GForceNow).

If you want to deny any possibility that that may be one of the reasons OK, but there is certainly a lot of basis for, at least, taking it into account as a possibility.

P.S. Indiana Jones is judicially confirmed exclusive, but however there is no official announcement of platforms or exclusivity. What is your reason to explain it?
 
If it is in Bethesda hands, then maybe they made the contract before the merger with Xbox. Xbox would then made a deal with Marvel about Indiana Jones, who was already in production, but waited for whatever reason( not sure to do this game for example) for Blade. Then after some time they go back to marvel and find them more greedy than expected?
(Axios) Interview with a Disney boss where he may be shedding some light on the discussion about Blade's multipath or not. According to him, it seems that Bethesda (ergo MS) has the last word.
Regarding the conversion of Indiana Jones to an Xbox exclusive... that the market of Xbox users (Xbox console+PC+cloud) Is OK from a financial point of view.



PS.There are more about other games in the interview

IF true, the fact that Marvel don't mind about the Xbox+PC is good to hear.
This is the link for the interview for those who want to see it.
This is the parts that for me are the most relevant to this thread, but the interview should have a separate thread as it has more info than just that.
  • On renegotiating the Indiana Jones game's terms at the request of Microsoft to make it Xbox/PC exclusive, after Microsoft bought its development studio: With "Xbox still being one of the bigger marketplaces for games, we didn't feel like we were going to be overly exclusionary. We felt like it's still going to reach a broad set of folks, and we felt, financially and strategically for the game, that made sense at the time."
And, but earlier in the article:
Between the lines: Shoptaw leads a gaming group of about 100 producers, business development executives and others, primarily in Glendale, California, who are largely divided into teams to work on licensing games tied to Star Wars, Disney, Pixar, Marvel, 20th Century Studios and more.

  • The games they agree to are born from dialogues with top studios, he said, noting his team is leery of simply shopping a top Disney franchise to studios to see who'll bite. "You're probably going to get to an outcome that's not where we want to be."
  • In some cases, studios win Disney's favor with the right pitch. Microsoft-owned MachineGames and Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard pushed to get a deal to make an Indiana Jones game. "They pitched us a really compelling vision for Indy, and that resonated."
  • As projects get underway, Disney designates release windows to avoid having games in similar franchises stepping on each other. What if partner A is running late and at risk of colliding with partner B? "Everybody's running late," Shoptaw quipped, before saying that lateness is often no one's fault and something Disney tries to accommodate with all affected partners. "We do a lot of air traffic control," he said.
It was Bethesda and Tod Howard who made a good pitch about Indiana Jones. This made me even more interested in this project.
Going back to Blade, I think that they are still negociating. It was probably easy to negociate for Indiana Jones because loosing the Playstation but gaining the PC would mean not that much of a loss, and that Xbox probably gave them a good deal to make them accept fast. But Microsoft would feel less inclined to "overpay" again for Blade, a weaker IP. And Marvel can see the huge PS5 userbase and want more, and if they already made a contract with Bethesda a few years ago it would be Xbox fault to not secure exclusivity back then. Of course if they just don't want to say so for now, it would be logical for Marvel to wait for their partners to talk first. But that would be weird if true.
 

Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
You have not then pursued the appeal to the 9th Circuit. Otherwise you would know what the entirety of the FTC's arguments have been based on, which, in their entirety, has been Bethesda and how MS is making everything exclusive and how that will be their treatment with ABK games. It is clear that MS does not want to give any option for the appeal to achieve something because that would mean having to at least agree to new measures with the FTC and delay the strategy over time. You could say the same about the reason why the arrival of the ABK games has been postponed to 2024 without a specific date when nothing prevents them from already being there. Even more so when ABK games have reached other third-party services (GForceNow).

If you want to deny any possibility that that may be one of the reasons OK, but there is certainly a lot of basis for, at least, taking it into account as a possibility.

P.S. Indiana Jones is judicially confirmed exclusive, but however there is no official announcement of platforms or exclusivity. What is your reason to explain it?
If your argument is that "so the court doesn't know" then it's useless from MS's POV because the court already knows. That's how we came to learn about Indiana Jones' exclusivity in the first place.

They haven't publicly announced it yet because they haven't shown the game since they revealed it before the acquisition. The next time it appears -- the first time it appears the first time since Xbox's acquired Bethesda -- it will have the exclusive tag for sure.
 

Darsxx82

Member
Not sure I follow. you're sayin Aaron added the pfp due to reactions of it being multiplatform or that he removed it due to reactions of it being associated with xbox?

Because that profile picture thing was removed less than a day later for whatever reason. It's probably to drive their engagement bullshit to get people talking because I refuse to believe the head of marketing is running around like a headless chicken with regards to marketing for this game.

What I believe is that these movements even fit with the possibility that they are "subjected" to the legal strategy against the FTC. They do not want or are in a position to talk about exclusivity but they also do not want the idea to spread that the game is not connected to Xbox, that it cannot be on or even that it was exclusive to PS5 as it has been possible to read and hear among communities of casual and even media users.
Indiana Jones is exclusive and there is no official confirmation either.

That said, my question for you then is whether you rule out the judicial situation with the FTC as a reason or whether you rule out the possibility of exclusivity. Because it's curious that you only question when that possibility is speculated and not the rest 🤔..

P.S. Idas de Era has a great post explaining and pointing out the effects that the judicial process has had on the entire strategy of the gaming business, starting with game announcements.
 

Darsxx82

Member
If your argument is that "so the court doesn't know" then it's useless from MS's POV because the court already knows. That's how we came to learn about Indiana Jones' exclusivity in the first place.

They haven't publicly announced it yet because they haven't shown the game since they revealed it before the acquisition. The next time it appears -- the first time it appears the first time since Xbox's acquired Bethesda -- it will have the exclusive tag for sure.
If MS does not declare the exclusivity of Blade then the FTC cannot include this situation in its alegations . Easy to understand.

If you followed the court hearing, you will remember how that argument even caught the attention of one of the judges who asked MS's lawyer to respond to whether it was true that MS intended to make Bethesda games exclusive and harm Playstation users. ...It was the moment where the MS lawyer was most hesitant in his response and limited himself to distinguishing between SP games and massive MP games as a basis for deciding exclusivity or not.🤔🤔

What MS does not want right now is to put at risk that the judges of the 9th Circuit may agree or even partially agree with the FTC and that the process will be delayed. Not only thinking about this appeal, but also the FTC process itself from January and subsequent ones....

Again, as Idas summarizes in his ERA post, there are many indications that the judicial process has changed MS's strategy in many ways to mitigate or nullify the FTC's arguments or the idea that the acquisition will produce imminent negative effects. to the consumer. To list:

-ABK games have not reached Gamepass and there is no date for them to do so other than the vague "2024".
-ABK games reaching 3rd services before the Gamepass itself.

-Bethesda game announcement delay.

-Indiana Jones without official confirmation of exclusivity.

What is your reason for explaining these situations? Do you deny the possibility that there is any connection?

As I said, if you deny the possibility that there is a basis for not ruling out that possibility and you only see that the game is multiplatform, then OK for you, but of course that basis exists whether you like it or not.
 
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Three

Member
That said, my question for you then is whether you rule out the judicial situation with the FTC as a reason or whether you rule out the possibility of exclusivity. Because it's curious that you only question when that possibility is speculated and not the rest 🤔..
wtf are you talking about? Where have I only speculated one way? I've even put forth evidence that it is not out of the ordinary for it to be related to the ftc if you look at my reply to GHG regarding this subject. Are you trying to get some engagement out of me with this crap or what?
 
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Darsxx82

Member
Are you trying to get some engagement out of me with this crap or what?


Bro, I can't try to get you to commit to what you call "this crap" when it's something you've already done by participating in this thread and questioning the opinions, arguments and speculations that are being made.

wtf are you talking about? Where have I only speculated one way? I've even put forth evidence that it is not out of the ordinary for it to be related to the ftc if you look at my reply to GHG regarding this subject.

1- You are linking to a thread other than this one. Of course I am not following every thread or every comment that is made.

2- It is curious that you insist so much on questioning people who speculate in that sense when you yourself, supposedly, give certain possibilities to that reasoning and meanly you dont want "engage with this crap" .🤔
 

IDKFA

I am Become Bilbo Baggins
So if this is true (extremely doubtful), Insomniac's output will need to be on Xbox. Good trade if so. :messenger_beaming:

Don't Sony have Disney by the balls with Spider-Man because they still hold the film rights? Wasn't the Spider-Man game part of the deal to bring Spider-Man into the MCU, or did I dream this?
 
So if this is true (extremely doubtful), Insomniac's output will need to be on Xbox. Good trade if so. :messenger_beaming:
No it won't. It's not apples to apples. Sony has a large install base and the base buys $70 games in large quantities. If Blade is Xbox/PC exclusive, it would only sell probably about a million or two on steam with most of the rest playing on GamePass. Different equation for the pocketbooks.
 

NickFire

Member
"FTC is useless; they have no case, and they should just drop it already instead of wasting tax-payer money."

Also

"Xbox is not revealing Blade exclusivity because of FTC."

This doesn't make any sense whatsoever considering games like Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Starfield have been launched as exclusives. And games like TOW2 and Hellblade 2 are scheduled to launch exclusively as well.
It is entirely possible that the FTC case makes them slow walk announcing exclusivity as soon as they could. I have seen comments about not introducing new evidence in appeals. Those comments are valid, but the appeal relates to the injunction that was denied. The FTC can still go after the merged entity separate from the appeal. By no means am I saying they should or would win. Just saying they haven't completely gone away and MS could be keeping its house in order in case they don't.

All of that said, does it really matter at this point? Slapping an IP onto a game doesn't mean much.
 
No it won't. It's not apples to apples. Sony has a large install base and the base buys $70 games in large quantities. If Blade is Xbox/PC exclusive, it would only sell probably about a million or two on steam with most of the rest playing on GamePass. Different equation for the pocketbooks.
Dude posted ALL Marvel games. I still don't think it's true, but it this case it would in fact be apples to apples.
 

bxrz

Member
There is if Marvel expects a certain number of sales and isn't confident in Xbox providing that.
Doesn't really matter who's making it when it's Marvel's IP, they have the final say over this stuff. They're probably negotiating.
1. Recoup dev costs by releasing on the current leading console worldwide
2. Ensure its not another mid MS exclusive

Why would marvel want to tie their IP to a fringe console?
Tired .

This will come to PS5 , Disney and Sony have a very strong relationship. But mostly it makes business sense and Phil Spencer made comments what like 2 weeks ago that they will be making games available on all platforms. They’d love to have game pass on PS5 it’s only Sony stopping it. So this will come to Sony machines.

Just want to point out to whoever keeps bleating on about PC being VERY popular in Europe, it’s popular but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s in single digits in comparison to consoles for market share of gaming. PC is way more expensive in Europe than the states.

You 4 couldn't have been anymore wrong. :messenger_loudly_crying:.
(Axios) Interview with a Disney boss where he may be shedding some light on the discussion about Blade's multipath or not. According to him, it seems that Bethesda (ergo MS) has the last word.
Regarding the conversion of Indiana Jones to an Xbox exclusive... that the market of Xbox users (Xbox console+PC+cloud) Is OK from a financial point of view.



PS.There are more about other games in the interview
 
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What are you talking about? The guy is talking about NEW licensing.

Sony's licensing re Spider-Man predates Disney's ownership of Marvel and gives them a unique negotiating position.
You're assuming they've already licensed more than 3 Spider-man games and 1 Wolverine game.
 

SaucyJack

Member
You're assuming they've already licensed more than 3 Spider-man games and 1 Wolverine game.

No, I’m not.

Sony outright owns the movie rights to Spider-Man, OWNS not licenses, and Spider-Man is by a long way the most popular Marvel character. This is the basis for their negotiating position in gaming.

The fact that their games also sell in the tens of millions does no harm to their position.
 

DenchDeckard

Moderated wildly
I actually really hope it's on every platform possible after this.

It's the best way the game gets a fair shake. If it's xbox exclusive after this mess it's going to get dragged becuase of microsofts stupid messaging again, the conversation won't be about the game and it won't catch any positive traction.

If its on every platform I'm sure there will be plenty of "lolz" and laughing at xbox but it willmgive the game the best chance to be discussed in genuine excitement and not anger.
 
No, I’m not.

Sony outright owns the movie rights to Spider-Man, OWNS not licenses, and Spider-Man is by a long way the most popular Marvel character. This is the basis for their negotiating position in gaming.

The fact that their games also sell in the tens of millions does no harm to their position.
I was responding to a tweet about ALL Marvel games.
 

Varteras

Member
I actually really hope it's on every platform possible after this.

It's the best way the game gets a fair shake. If it's xbox exclusive after this mess it's going to get dragged becuase of microsofts stupid messaging again, the conversation won't be about the game and it won't catch any positive traction.

If its on every platform I'm sure there will be plenty of "lolz" and laughing at xbox but it willmgive the game the best chance to be discussed in genuine excitement and not anger.

Personally, I think those that invested in Xbox deserve a chance at a great exclusive. I just don't know what the situation is that Microsoft isn't offering any clarity here.
 

Three

Member
Bro, I can't try to get you to commit to what you call "this crap" when it's something you've already done by participating in this thread and questioning the opinions, arguments and speculations that are being made.
You've lost me. "This crap" is referring to your idea that I'm speculating only one way and dismissing any other theory when that's not true.
Of course I am not following every thread or every comment that is made.
So you decided to jump to stupid conclusions instead. Got it. 👌
2- It is curious that you insist so much on questioning people who speculate in that sense when you yourself, supposedly, give certain possibilities to that reasoning and meanly you dont want "engage with this crap" .🤔
I don't want to engage with your nonsense argument that I'm dismissing any theory. Nothing else. So have a nice day.
 

Darsxx82

Member
You've lost me. "This crap" is referring to your idea that I'm speculating only one way and dismissing any other theory when that's not true.

I repeat, in order not to want to get into this crap, it is clear that it is not that you are doing your part to avoid it. Because OK, you say that you are not positioning yourself towards one theory or another but it is clear towards whom you emphasize your questions more...😉
So you decided to jump to stupid conclusions instead. Got it. 👌
LoL. In this thread you have only questioned the theories in one sense and with important emphasis..... Look at yourself and assess if there is no fault of yours in this situation.😉

I don't want to engage with your nonsense argument that I'm dismissing any theory. Nothing else.

I repeat again, you say you don't want to do it, but of course as you enter the thread and question it they certainly say the opposite. It's not my fault that you regret it later.🤗
So have a nice day.
I wish you the same.
 
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