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Comment on Xbox pulls Gears video featuring a PS5 logo, 24 hours after announcing it as an exclusive
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Some additional developments not captured by this article: Jeff Grubb says a source tells him there is a finished PS5 version of this game sitting on a drive somewhere that will now go unused. And second, an Xbox…sorry, XBOX exec said that (paraphrasing), “No, this decision wasn’t made last minute. We decided this over a month ago but just wanted to keep it secret so it would be a fun surprise for gamers.” So they definitely made this decision last minute.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 days ago
SatyrSack@quokk.au 5 days ago
A sense of pride and accomplishment
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You can’t spell ‘fun’ without ‘eff you’!
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
According to their recent feedback hub, what gamers really want is exclusives.
Why do consumers want so badly to be abused?
big_slap@lemmy.world 5 days ago
a “fun decision”? what’s so fun about gatekeeping a video game smh
Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
“Fun surprise for gamers” is a wild statement to make for something that removes choice from gamers.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It was my paraphrase, which I made somewhat facetiously. I don’t think a lot of replies here know what paraphrasing is.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I know what it is but, NGL my eyes glazed over the word when I read it originally, although I defo could see a major corporation actually saying that so I would believe it regardless.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The full quote is:
Hey Tom [of The Verge], I can confirm this is not true. We just limited the knowledge of this news to a very small internal group. Intention was to share this news first with our players and everyone watching showcase.
A lot has changed since Asha came into role 107 days ago. We are moving fast and it’s frankly pretty energizing inside the hallways here. I was made aware of these exclusives roughly a month in advance. Hope that helps!
MurrayL@lemmy.world 5 days ago
A devkit with that version is absolutely gonna show up on eBay at some point in the next 20 years.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
“Over a month ago” for a product that took 6+ years to develop basically means “we had 72 opportunities to clarify this and decided to forego 71 of those”.
Also, not a marketing expert, but learning that my console or other players won’t be able to play this game doesn’t seem like a “fun surprise for gamers” to me. But then again, I don’t get paid six figures for a marketing job, so what do I know.
Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 5 days ago
Exactly. When the process takes 6 years, throwing it all out a month before release is essentially last minute - and that's assuming you take them at their word, which I really don't.
Its just a shame to know the devs will have poured so much time into the PS5 version just to have the finished product sit on a drive somewhere unreleased (assuming it hasn't been destroyed instead to prevent it ever being leaked).
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Even from a capitalist perspective, this is such a waste.
If they had done this earlier, they could have better allocated the team working more on the Xbox version than wasting their time, money, and passion on something that won’t see the light of day.
It’s a massive failure and waste from every perspective…