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While the untitled game was originally set to come to PlayStation too, it was recently confirmed that it will be an Xbox and PC exclusive, and a day-one release on Game Pass.

The terms of Disney’s agreement with Bethesda were renegotiated after Microsoft acquired the studio’s parent company, ZeniMax Media, for $7.5 billion in 2021.

Disney’s head of gaming, Sean Shoptaw, told Axios: 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.”

Announced in January 2021, Indiana Jones is in development at MachineGames, the Swedish studio behind the modern Wolfenstein games.

Bethesda game director Todd Howard, who is serving as executive producer on the game, and whose favourite film is Raiders of the Lost Ark, said of its genre last year: “I would just say it’s a mash-up. It is a unique, it isn’t one thing intentionally, so it does a lot of different things”.

The head of Disney-owned Marvel Games has previously claimed that Xbox turned down an opportunity to make licensed games, shortly before Sony struck a deal to make Spider-Man for PS4.

Disney says Indiana Jones Xbox exclusivity deal ‘made financial and strategic sense’ | VGC

The company’s head of gaming thinks omitting PlayStation didn’t feel “overly exclusionary”…

www.videogameschronicle.com

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-gaming-9a183e82-b70d-4a29-afe6-7e089f58c49e.html

 

[DenchDeckard]

Fair play. It would look pretty bad if they said anything different tbh and would probably leave them open for some form of something.....

 

[RoboFu]

Why does this article even exist?

 

[Punished Miku]

Square Enix 'didn't intend to cause confusion' with Rise of the Tomb Raider announcement - MCV/DEVELOP

While Gamescom was a good platform to announce Rise of the Tomb Raider's exclusivity, it was not the place to go into detail. - MCV/DEVELOP

mcvuk.com

I was there, 9 years ago. Nothing changes.

 

[FunkMiller]

These cunts can never, ever be honest can they?

"It's only on Xbox because they paid the most."

 

[mansoor1980]

xbox a bigger market for games?
what is he smoking

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Translation: "we got a fat fuckin' check"!

 

[BosmerCulter]

“At this time” change the meaning.

It seems that they have take a look at the difference between Xbox and Playstation sales and now understand this decision doesn’t made any sense financially . Hope they will not make the same with Blade. Even more with the majority of Marvel fans on Playstation because of Spiderman and Wolverine exclusivity.

 

[Spitfire098]

I don't know if Disney gets off the same way as MS with engagement numbers. Also indy of all IPs, lol boomer franchise.

 

[lh032]

tbh, people still gives a shit about indiana jones?

 

[AJUMP23]

We took the money for the game before we made a movie to tank the franchise.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

What else are they supposed to say? It's the same story for Blade

 

[Bernoulli]

Disney’s head of gaming, Sean Shoptaw, told Axios: 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.”

 

[SportsFan581]

It's kind of a odd subject for them to even be asked about. Exclusives happen in console gaming all the time, even on the smaller platforms. Nothing new.

 

[cireza]

Common sense. Work on making your ecosystem bigger, rather than paying your competitors every time you sell a game on their platforms.

Are we going to get this discussion with every First Game Xbox will release in the future ?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 now say the same thing about Blade. and that drama will be over.

 

[FrankWza]

overly exclusionary

 

[lughnasadh123]

"and we felt, financially and strategically for the game, that made sense at the time."

It's weird reading that in past tense as if they may not be feeling that now.

 

[Pelta88]

Exclusivity is just semantics. I'm more interested in the game they produce under Phil Spencer's "leadership."

 

[Salz01]

Disney hasn’t been making good decisions. And it reflects in their stock price.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Game will be day one on PC, Xbox, Game Pass / streaming. Plenty of ways to play it. Sony exclusivity deal would mean PlayStation or fuck you.

No exclusivity deal would be ideal but then who would pay for and develop it?

 

[Toots]

PR are paid to say shit, but we aren't paid to read the shit they say so why do we ?

 

[SantaC]

Unlike most sony games it is atleast coming to PC

 

[RJMacready73]

"Todd Howard, who is serving as executive producer on the game, and whose favourite film is Raiders of the Lost Ark, said of its genre last year: “I would just say it’s a mash-up. It is a unique, it isn’t one thing intentionally, so it does a lot of different things”.

Corporate speak can just fuck off, you come across as a moron

 

[JohnnyFootball]

tbh, people still gives a shit about indiana jones?

Judging by the box office of Dial of Destiny, they sure don't

 

[Tomeru]

Why would Sony pay for indiana jones when uncharted is way bigger?

 

[Mr Moose]

"They paid us a lot of money".

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

If it wasn’t exclusive, then there’s something wrong inside the Xbox division.
How else are you supposed to attract potential new gamers to your ecosystem.

I have an easy solution for exclusives that I figured out decades ago.
Your just gonna have to purchase all the hardware to run them….yeah, It’s an expensive hobby.

 

[winjer]

Indiana Jones brand reputation is already bad enough, after 2 miserable movies.
I'm sure this won't help improve people's perception of Disney and the Indiana Jones IP.

 

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[Unknown?]

Poor Disney, bad decision after bad decision.

 

[FrankWza]

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"Todd Howard, who is serving as executive producer on the game, and whose favourite film is Raiders of the Lost Ark, said of its genre last year: “I would just say it’s a mash-up. It is a unique, it isn’t one thing intentionally, so it does a lot of different things”.

Corporate speak can just fuck off, you come across as a moron

It sounds like jedi fallen order maybe? I always felt they spread themselves too thin by not focusing on one area of gameplay in that. But puzzles definitely fit Indy and they can sub a whip and gun for a saber

 

[SantaC]

Judging by the box office of Dial of Destiny, they sure don't

Because the movie was shit.


But the game can still be good.

See Riddick.

 

[Punished Miku]

Judging by the box office of Dial of Destiny, they sure don't

I don't think the IP is all that important. Tomb Raider and Uncharted are both basically just retreads of Indiana Jones. No one really cares that much about any of the story in any of these series. All the IP does is slightly increase recognizability for casual gamers. Gamers like playing this type of game just fine, as seen in Tomb Raider, Uncharted and many other long running, successful games. No one is going to be playing Indiana Jones hoping for the next movie. They're going to play it if its a good game. Literally all they need is just an excuse to send the player off on an adventure, and then game needs to be good. That's about it. Obviously the studio making this also has experience with Nazi villain stuff, so that fits. It will probably be seen as a Wolfenstein spin-off more than anything.

 

[Godot25]

Breaking story: Having 25 million customers on Xbox and 300+ million potential PC customers is big enough market and you can survive not releasing your game on PlayStation platform with 50 million consoles sold...

Truly shocking.

 

[Lupin25]

"and we felt, financially and strategically for the game, that made sense at the time."

It's weird reading that in past tense as if they may not be feeling that now.

Sounds like they regret it.

Keeping the game off of the most popular platforms (halfway through the gen) doesn’t help improve the state of the IP whatsoever.

 

[midnightAI]

Breaking story: Having 25 million customers on Xbox and 300+ million potential PC customers is big enough market and you can survive not releasing your game on PlayStation platform with 50 million consoles sold...

Truly shocking.

If it's on gamepass do they really have that many customers? They certainly won't have that many sales.

 

[Švejk]

Being a Didney license, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it up and gets cancelled. If there's no trailer come next Summer, consider it dead.

 

[SantaC]

Sounds like they regret it.

Keeping the game off of the most popular platforms (halfway through the gen) doesn’t help improve the state of the IP whatsoever.

But xbox need this as theyre lagging way behind ps5 atm.

 

[MiguelItUp]

It's kind of a odd subject for them to even be asked about. Exclusives happen in console gaming all the time, even on the smaller platforms. Nothing new.

Yeah, I'm not quite sure why there's been this new uproar regarding exclusives. It's nothing new, why is it being treated like it is? We're not suddenly going to enter a gaming space where exclusives don't exist.

Judging by the box office of Dial of Destiny, they sure don't

Bad/below average/incredibly mediocre film, show, book, or other source material =/= bad game. I know it's already been mentioned but Riddick is one of the most known examples. But there are plenty others out there that put out games that were "better" than their original source material.

 

[midnightAI]

Bad/below average/incredibly mediocre film, show, book, or other source material =/= bad game. I know it's already been mentioned but Riddick is one of the most known examples. But there are plenty others out there that put out games that were "better" than their original source material.

Oy, Riddick is an awesome film (as are Pitch Black and Chronicles)

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Makes sense.

I'd rather a MS exclusive than Sony any day because at least I'm not forced to play it on console and they don't delay the pc version like FF.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Breaking story: Having 25 million customers on Xbox and 300+ million potential PC customers is big enough market and you can survive not releasing your game on PlayStation platform with 50 million consoles sold...

Truly shocking.

Yeah! An additional potential 50m "purchasers" is absolutely worth nothing! We're good with trying out this devalued brand on a user base who only wants games on Games Pass! That way we make more money!

Spoiler

bruh.....you have to know that MS check was fat.

 

[Lupin25]

But xbox need this as theyre lagging way behind ps5 atm.

They’re gonna put it on gamepass though…Plus isn't it SP?

They’ll be relying mostly on that & the strength of the IP, which nosedived after the recent movie.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Mickey would give out blowjobs on the subway platforms for $20 at this point. No shit Disney took the bag of cash.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Oy, Riddick is an awesome film (as are Pitch Black and Chronicles)

A lot of people enjoyed them, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. But they were never truly highly acclaimed or anything like that. The games ended up getting a lot more praise and positive reception.

 

[balls of snow]

Was this before or after the latest entry become one of the biggest bombs in cinematic history.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Breaking story: Having 25 million customers on Xbox and 300+ million potential PC customers is big enough market and you can survive not releasing your game on PlayStation platform with 50 million consoles sold...

Truly shocking.

Yet that same numerical advantage couldn't even get Starfield to outsell Spiderman.

Truly shocking people can't figure this out. What's even more truly shocking is that you seem to be implying that all 300M PC users will be able to run Indiana Jones.

Truly shocking indeed.

 

[saintjules]

I think we will hear more about Jones next month..

 

[Darsxx82]

If it's on gamepass do they really have that many customers? They certainly won't have that many sales.

If it is due to the number of players, in fact it can only be positive for the IP that the game is more accessible and has the power to reach more people.
Let's remember (Xbox+PC+Xcloud+ GForce + all other third-party streaming subscriptions).

That said, it is said that MS will not also pay the license owner a percentage of the subscriptions.