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Indiana Jones Game Deal Amended to Exclude Playstation (www.pushsquare.com)
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An Indiana Jones game, previously announced by Bethesda subsidiary MachineGames, was planned for multiple platforms – but the contract with Disney was amended following Microsoft’s buyout of the publisher. Confirmation comes as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing court case regarding the Redmond firm’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fuck microsoft

[–] andyMFK@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

yes, but also fuck Sony, let's not pretend there are no PlayStation exclusives.

[–] sub_@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

To be honest, fuck big companies, and the merger & acquisitions that leads to monopoly, and often the dissolving of the teams behind those acquired companies (look at EA, and now Embracer)

I wish the cost of game development hasn't ballooned so much that it's hard for medium size companies to stay afloat. Companies started by game devs / enthusiast, find buyouts attractive, got absorbed by publishing companies, CEO replaced with MBAs / Lawyers, downward spiral.

[–] delmain@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Literally final fantasy 16 is a Sony exclusive right now, so it's not like anyone can even claim it's a historical thing

[–] gk99@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They wouldn't be doing this if Sony hadn't kept doing it and the gaming community kept trashing the Xbox One for "not having exclusives." Phil Spencer has gone on record saying that he doesn’t like exclusives.

They're just playing the game by its rules.