How it could be with no formal agreement? Of course they have it with SQUARE ENIX and they just extended that period of timed exclusivity until at least December with INTERGRADE release.
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Major Nelson on podcast today talked about “if we get the contract work done” and “top lawyers on the case” there may be a special guest on the show next week. It’s Acquisition Season again boys…though Jeff referenced Jason Roland as well, so maybe MN was just joking.
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you forgot the rest of the sentence which is important. Which adds “at this time.” Intergrade is a separate next-gen version of the game. As the ps4 exclusivity window was one year so it expired already. Hence why no agreement at this time.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Intergrade is a separate release and sku and has its own entitlements and agreements. I specifically said Final Fantasy 7 Remake eluding to that specific version.
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Every exclusive game from Devolver Digital is just timed exclusive. A few examples below.
- Pikuniku ⇨ first on PC and Nintendo Switch, almost year later on Xbox One
- Ape Out ⇨ released on PC and Nintendo Switch on February 28th, 2019, added to Xbox Game Pass for PC on August 22nd, 2019
- Katana Zero ⇨ first on PC and Nintendo Switch, one and half year later on Xbox One
- Observation ⇨ first on PC and PlayStation 4, one year later on Xbox One (it was on Xbox Game Pass as well)
- Gato Roboto ⇨ first on PC and Nintendo Switch, one year later on Xbox One (it was on Xbox Game Pass)
- My Friend Pedro ⇨ first on PC and Nintendo Switch, 6 months later on Xbox One (it was on Xbox Game Pass), released on PlayStation 4 in 2020
- Exit the Gungeon ⇨ first on Apple Arcade (2019), later on Nintendo Switch (March 2020) as console timed exclusive (they announced like that on Indie World Showcase), released 8 month later on Xbox One and PlayStation 4
- Carrion ⇨ first on PC and Xbox One (it’s on Xbox Game Pass)
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout ⇨ first on PC and PlayStation 4, coming to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this year
- Serious Sam 4 ⇨ first on PC and… Stadia, coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this year
Similar or even the same is with Annapurna Interactive
- Gorogoa ⇨ first on PC, Nintendo Switch and iOS, 6 months later on Xbox One and PlayStation 4
- Donut County ⇨ first on PC, PlayStation 4 and iOS, 4 months later on Xbox One (it’s on Xbox Game Pass) and Nintendo Switch
- Ashen ⇨ first on PC and Xbox One (with Xbox Game Pass on day one), one year later on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch
- Outer Wilds ⇨ first on PC and Xbox One, 5 month later on PlayStation 4, coming to Nintendo Switch
- The Pathless ⇨ first on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Apple Arcade
- Maquette ⇨ first on PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
- 12 Minutes ⇨ first on PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
- The Artful Escape ⇨ first on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Apple Arcade
- Stray ⇨ first on PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
- Solar Ash ⇨ first on PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
- Neon White ⇨ coming to PC and Nintendo Switch
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My explanation and understanding for that is SIE just extended that agreement locking original FF7R with INTERGRADE from other platforms for another extra months.
It’s starting to look like Xbox has already adopted the Direct kind of thing for games. We had one for SoT and now FH5. Awesome.
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amazing, can’t wait!
Those interiors look great and the shot with the buildings too. Kinda reminds me of a part in Halo2. Campaign.
I truly hope this kind of stuff is in campaign too.
I dont wanna cause histeria but does anybody have the slight feeling that Infinite might not make 2021? Read through that and doesnt scream like its super ready to me. I get flighting could start next week but still.
No
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Just me having an average day then
its like we read two different articles. I didn’t get that vibe at all. It sounded like to me all the ducks were in a row.
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Nah, the game is beyond ready, this is the MP balancing part.
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It is just that 343i is operating differently than alphas and betas. They are using flights to test out all the systems and gameplay elements on a large scale playerbase to make sure as many bugs as possible are corrected before launch.
Also something that pleased me with bots is that at higher difficulties, they seem to have made great work on the AI, the intelligence instead of upping damage.
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I don’t have that feeling, but at the same time I’m not holding my breath until it actually has landed on Game Pass and we’re all playing it.
I know some don’t agree and that’s ok, but I still find it odd how briefly they brushed through showing campaign, it was a flyby, it was a cinematic and that was it for campaign. Now I know Grubb said 343 just wants to work on the game and not take out that time to make a demo, but the game has been content ready since last year. Can’t at least have a trailer ready actually showing campaign gameplay with these much improved visuals?
It’s really all just very unusual, but a lot with Infinite has been unusual compared to previous Halo games and how they were announced, revealed and shown. I’m not afraid for another delay , I don’t think there will be one, but if it does…still not the end of the world. But it’s 343, and I’m sorry , I’ll just wait and see here.
I’m the same way in regards to timed console exclusives. I consider them to basically be multi-platform games.
Not expecting Halo Infinite to get delayed but at the same time, if it was to slip into 2022, I wouldn’t be surprised.
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wait so if i want to fly out of Ohare on the standard edition I still can it will just look worse? or I just cant with the standard