When the game releases on Xbox almost no one will remember it was a timed exclusive.
Deathloop 2 or whatever will be an Xbox exclusive.
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Why wouldnât they
Then Deathloop 2 will be an xbox game but as of now the game has zero presence or anything related to Microsoft beyond the studio name.
Literal facts arenât important, only perception and mindshare matter of course.
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Do yall honestly think xbox had anything to do with Deathloop beyond owning Arkane for like 5 months? Come on.
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I think when Deathloop will release on Xbox nobody would even notice, it has had all its media and public feedback this year. Then yeah, Deathloop 2, if ever made, will be an Xbox game.
Other than paying the bills? No, because they couldnât, or better, they didnât want to.
The game is literally NOT available on Xbox, thatâs not mindshare, is hard reality. XD
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Xbox purchased Bethesda before Deathloop released and during the development of the game, so semantics aside its an XGS game.
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About as much as they did for The Outer Worlds, Psychonauts 2, Wasteland 3
Where did I say they shouldnât? If you read more than one post you will discover that it is in relation to how little Xbox had to do with the game (0).
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That is just wrong.
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This is just plain wrong Proven
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Beyond giving the company more money what realistically do you think Xbox did for The Outer Worlds that they didnât do for Deathloop
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Deathloop is as much an XGS game as The Outer Worlds or Wasteland 3. All three are releasing on Xbox and Playstation and were in the ends of development when Xbox acquired them. Semantics aside Deathloop is an XGS game because Xbox owns the studio that developed the game. The only thing you could argue is that Sony was more helpful because they funded Deathloop via a big bag of cash when they moneyhatted the game.
Iâm done with this conversation because itâs way off topic.
I canât way to see another Xbox game not playable on Xbox in Ghoswire: Tokyo, lol and then end this charade. I still canât fathom why MS didnât at least enforce a multiplatform release. Going with some people argument here, we should also count it for Xbox 2022 lineu-up, no? XD
They got the game exclusively for 1 year, mate, the other stuff is pure semantics for corporate people and pr speech. XD
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I donât see a reason to argue about whether a game produced by an Xbox owned studio is an XGS game.
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Case closed!
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I think Redfall has the potential to be really good or it could end up being Arkaneâs weakest video game that was encouraged to be developed by the board at Zenimax, filled with micro-transactions and games as a service junk.
Xbox money literally made Psychonauts 2 a bigger game than it was, helped polish The Outer World while got it on game pass and funded 2 dlc and next gen upgrade for series x, helped Inxile with Wasteland 3 and also got it on game pass day 1 with all its dlc and fps boosted it.
With Deathloop if you feel happy that the Xbox name is associated to It then ok but its not mentioned anywhere in the box or game. Xbox had little to do with that game and thats it. Saying they did the same as the 3 above is plain wrong and easily refuted.
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Iâm sick of list wars and totally agree with you. People need to take Xbox Game Studios exclusively as Xbox Game Studios sometimes when on this board discussing Xbox and stop making ridiculous technicality lists to make it seem as though Xbox is advertising Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop. <------This isnât happening, Microsoft isnât involved with these two titles.
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Well, it doesnât have that need anymore, if they ship it with a ton of microtransactions thatâs on them.
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