Worst exclusivity deal ever

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It's Into the Breach/Netflix for me. Why should I sub to a lame video service just to play one of my favourite games on android? Make it free for Netflix users, but let me pay for the damn thing.
 
Dang, that sucks man.

(Anyway, thanks for letting me know, downloading it now!)
 
Alan Wake 2 is an easy pick. Epic funded Remedy's game at the end of the day, but still offering it only in EGS (on PC) and refusing to have a physical version was like shooting yourself in the foot twice.

Oxenfree 2 also started on Netflix, but thankfully it's on all normal platforms now.
 
Krispee Street

You have not lived until your eyes are destroyed looking at tiny graphics on what you thought was a large screen phone.
 
Rise Of The Tomb Raider - as a temporary exclusive for Xbox, it was such an incredibly stupid decision that not only did nothing for MS, but ultimately harmed SE and actually gave birth to the meme - "The game did not live up to expectations"
 
Wow that sucks. I can see actually wanting that ready to play on your phone too without having to carry a game system into the Dr waiting room.
 
Dacvak said:
Dang, that sucks man.

(Anyway, thanks for letting me know, downloading it now!)
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I hated Bayonetta 2 moving over to WiiU for a long time if that counts. WiiU was already flopping hard by the time it released so you had to buy into a dying system if you were a fan of the series or Platinum. Apparently wouldn't have happened at all without Nintendo helping fund it but still was annoying.
 
All third-party exclusives, unless the platform holder bankrolls development, and the game wouldn't exist otherwise.
 
The worst from a consumer perspective was Xenoblade Chronicles for the New 3DS.

From a financial/business perspective, it would be Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebeirth on PlayStation.
 
hemo memo said:
From a financial/business perspective, it would be Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebeirth on PlayStation.
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Oddly enough, Rise Of The Tomb Raider is worse, the game's budget was somewhere between 70-100 million + 35-40 million for advertising, Microsoft paid another 100 mill on top for this exclusive, while during the first year in 2015 they could hardly sell 1 million copies, the funny thing is that as soon as they released it on other platforms including PlayStation - the game had sold nearly seven million units by November 2017, sales of the game in 2021 jumped to almost 12 million. No other Square Enix game has seen such a boost in sales after losing exclusivity.
 
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cormack12 said:
Rise the of the Tomb Raider with its year os exclusivity really pissed me off.
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Yep that was annoying. I didn't have an XONE back then so instead I played it on PC (and then on PS4).

I kinda understand MS wanted to have a big third party exclusive, but there's no deying that Square Enix lost more than gained from that deal.
 
Yes, Crystal Dynamics is excited to be partnering with Microsoft to make the best game possible. As Darrell mentioned in his message, we have a long history with Microsoft and they have been a very strong supporter of the franchise. They will help us grow and nurture the Tomb Raider franchise more than ever before.
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We did not make this decision lightly. Our goal is to build the best game that we possibly can, and our relationship with Microsoft will help us realize our vision for the game.
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I guess that Tomb Raider as Xbox exclusive. Didn't help console sales nor didn't sold well as a game - wasn't that great either, so there's also that
 
xrnzaaas said:
Alan Wake 2 is an easy pick. Epic funded Remedy's game at the end of the day, but still offering it only in EGS (on PC) and refusing to have a physical version was like shooting yourself in the foot twice.

Oxenfree 2 also started on Netflix, but thankfully it's on all normal platforms now.
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whaaaaat there is a Oxenfree 2??? Did not know that (and I even have a Netflix account). I loved the first one.

Making a sequel to a game exclusive to a video streaming service so that you can only play it on a mobile device is indeed very ... questionable.
 
Starfield. Phil spend $7 billion to acquire what he thought would be a game of the generation level RPG joining Bethesda's Elder Scrolls and Falllout franchises, only for it to be received as mediocre and barely move systems and sell poorly. In all likelihood, it will get ported to PS5 where it will sell badly. $7billion for a mediocre timed-exclusive.
 
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When Avengers developer tell people to buy and play on Playstation if they want Spider-Man DLC

And then the game died at launch lmao

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Making Resident Evil exclusive to GameCube and selling barely a million games at each launch was a disaster when they had all the public and fame they had gained on PS, in the end they had to give in to the evidence and release RE4 on PS2.
 
Jaybe said:
Starfield. Phil spend $7 billion to acquire what he thought would be a game of the generation level RPG joining Bethesda's Elder Scrolls and Falllout franchises, only for it to be received as mediocre and barely move systems and sell poorly. In all likelihood, it will get ported to PS5 where it will sell badly. $7billion for a mediocre timed-exclusive.
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Do you honestly think they bought Bethesda just for that one game? Also in what world is a 85/100 just mediocre? Sometimes i don't understand gamers.
 
As an Xbox owner I'm saying stellar blade. I was really looking forwards to it.

At least it's coming to pc, I hope my ancient system can run it.

Also the ff7 remakes.
 
The Capcom 5 on Gamecube. I doubt there will ever be an exclusivity deal fuckup like that.
Mikami promising to cut off his head, Capcom forced to announce the PS2 version of RE4 before they released the game on GC.

Distant second Rise of the Tomb Raider.
They pissed off the fanbase so much they were forced to admit it was just a timed exclusive, the game was mediocre as well.
 
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ArtHands said:
When Avengers developer tell people to buy and play on Playstation if they want Spider-Man DLC

And then the game died at launch lmao

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Completely forgot that it had a platform specific character. Why even try to sell an incomplete product to everyone else?
 
Indiana Jones

Microsoft paid Disney a huge amount of money to make it exclusive only to be forced to still release on PS5 thanks to them killing Xbox games sales.
 
Elios83 said:
The Capcom 5 on Gamecube. I doubt there will ever be an exclusivity deal fuckup like that.
Mikami promising to cut off his head, Capcom forced to announce the PS2 version of RE4 before they released the game on GC.
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Probably the one that comes to my mind first as well.
 
Jaybe said:
Starfield. Phil spend $7 billion to acquire what he thought would be a game of the generation level RPG joining Bethesda's Elder Scrolls and Falllout franchises, only for it to be received as mediocre and barely move systems and sell poorly. In all likelihood, it will get ported to PS5 where it will sell badly. $7billion for a mediocre timed-exclusive.
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7 billion did not just include Starfield and I would argue that deal looks like an absolute steal in comparison to several other recent acquisitions like Bungie.
 
Add MGS4 to the list.

We could have had a fantastic BC enhanced version right now, instead of the game being stuck in the PS3 purgatory.
 
Cakeboxer said:
Do you honestly think they bought Bethesda just for that one game? Also in what world is a 85/100 just mediocre? Sometimes i don't understand gamers.
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I think Starfield was the impetus of the deal. In fairness, rumors were Sony was trying to make it a timed exclusive following Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo deals. And citing Metacritic is hilarious when if you've paid any attention to Starfield's reception from players, "mediocre" is completely apt, if not kind.

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wipeout364 said:
7 billion did not just include Starfield and I would argue that deal looks like an absolute steal in comparison to several other recent acquisitions like Bungie.
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Sure but some large part of the $7billion was valuing Starfield being exclusive to Xbox. Bungie & ABK were also overpayments but I haven't yet seen exclusivity (this thread's topic) used on their properties, like what was done with Bethesda's.
 
Shenmue 3 on PS4. Sony at its absolute scummiest. Let's get exclusivity on the platform that has ZERO history with this franchise. And then it came and went and nobody gave a shit about it anyway.
 
LectureMaster said:
Not necessarily the worst exclusive, but I am just surprised that Sunset Overdrive hasn't been ported to Playstation since Insomniac now owns the IP.

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It was reported at some point that Microsoft still owns publishing rights to it and the next two sequels. Probably never see the IP again.
 
Jaybe said:
I think Starfield was the impetus of the deal. In fairness, rumors were Sony was trying to make it a timed exclusive following Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo deals. And citing Metacritic is hilarious when if you've paid any attention to Starfield's reception from players, "mediocre" is completely apt, if not kind.

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Microsoft could have simply outbid Sony in their moneyhatting attempts. I think the game was too complex, too ambitious and too complicated for casuals and i get those Steam ratings. The game needs some time and google research to fully show it's potential and the loading screens are annoying. But no way in hell this game is <80.
 
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