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Phil Spencer confirms that some new future Bethesda titles will be Xbox and PC exclusive

hlm666

Member
They arn't gonna say everything is exclusive to a microsoft platform yet, they gotta get a few more acquisitions through yet and don't want regulators to have any reasons to say no.
 

Rikkori

Member
This is the kind of content I joined this site for. Gonna be hard for PS gamers to accept the truth that they'll need a PC or Xbox (or streaming).

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BeardGawd

Banned
People keep saying MS needs PS sales to recoup the investment. Phil has already answered this:

“Is it possible to recoup a $7.5 billion investment if you don’t sell Elder Scrolls VI on the PlayStation?” I asked.

“Yes,” Spencer quickly replied.

Then he paused.

“I don’t want to be flip about that,” he added. “This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: ‘How do we keep other players from playing these games?’ We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games. But I’ll also say in the model—I’m just answering directly the question that you had—when I think about where people are going to be playing and the number of devices that we had, and we have xCloud and PC and Game Pass and our console base, I don’t have to go ship those games on any other platform other than the platforms that we support in order to kind of make the deal work for us. Whatever that means.”

Also people are missing the bigger picture. MS has BIG plans for Series S. Phil has openly stated he expects it to be a great secondary console for PS5 owners.

Now imagine this.

Xbox Series S bundled with Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield or 6 months of Game Pass for $299. That would be an absolute killer deal.
 
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reksveks

Member
Amusingly, Luna is powered by Windows :)
The fact that they did that actually makes me think they at least understand the key fundamentals.

Each of the three major companies (MS, Google and Amazon) in the streaming space still are slow in getting ubisoft subscription service as an add-on channel to their own one.
 
They arn't gonna say everything is exclusive to a microsoft platform yet, they gotta get a few more acquisitions through yet and don't want regulators to have any reasons to say no.


There are so many videogame publishers, and studios, that not only this acquisition hasn't been a problem to approve, but also if/when MS acquires another publisher/studio, it will get approved too. Stop thinking this is a monopoly.
 

Banjo64

cumsessed
Are you lumping steam in with ms though just because they happen to be on ms platform ? That doesn't mean anything windows is an open platform as far as storefronts go and by that logic Sony could open a storefront on Windows and sell on steam and instantly dominate Xbox as it does in the console market .... You said it yourself steam has 120 million users a month that's a number Microsoft wishes it had but their titles sadly for you though don't sell to 99% of those 120m users though and gamepass is like what 20m subs at the moment it's minuscule and in its infancy still it will grow for sure I'm playing rise of nations right now on it , I also think you overestimate the importance of xcloud because no one's gaming seriously on a tablet/phone or any mobile device that isn't a gaming laptop that kinda deafeats the object of having xcloud then in that situation.
I’m not really sure about that, Horizon and Death Stranding have done well on PC but Sea of Thieves and Halo are constantly in and out of the top 10 on Steam. Even right now, at £54.99, Forza Horizon 4 is Steam’s third best seller.
 
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Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
However it does add something for Gamepass owners on Xbox, PC and Android. As they get access to the games on day one included in the cost of their subscription.
That's is true. No arguments there. But I don't think buying a studio is the only way to ensure GP games. They could probably have stricken a major deal for all future games to launch on GP day one for less than half the price and use the other half for new studio and IP development.
 

MilkyJoe

Member
People keep saying MS needs PS sales to recoup the investment. Phil has already answered this:



Also people are missing the bigger picture. MS has BIG plans for Series S. Phil has openly stated he expects it to be a great secondary console for PS5 owners.

Now imagine this.

Xbox Series S bundled with Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield or 6 months of Game Pass for $299. That would be an absolute killer deal.

It's all in this post.

MS can sell the games to 30% of the blue, 100% of the Green, and game pass can potentially be played on 100% of the purple. PS share is not required to make the money

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Riky

$MSFT
That's is true. No arguments there. But I don't think buying a studio is the only way to ensure GP games. They could probably have stricken a major deal for all future games to launch on GP day one for less than half the price and use the other half for new studio and IP development.

That wouldn't give them the flexibility of deciding which games are then to be exclusive though, which they have now.
 

Banjo64

cumsessed
That course will really help then 😂 Btw, I also have an accounting and business major.
I too studied business in the prestigious Business School of Normandy and can categorically state that both of your business acumen is comically underwhelming compared to mine (much like your manhoods).

gym gf
 
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J_Gamer.exe

Member
This is possibly the weirdest take yet... Who exactly do you think is making the decision over exclusivity?

Microsoft will decide whether anyone will get to play these games outside of Xbox and PC because, you know, they own the whole company...

They have whatever they want here, and it’s quite desperately sad to see Sony fanboys trying to both beg and mock at the same time.

So this thread titled "Spencer confirms that some new Bethesda titles will be xbox exclusive" will be funny when some new Bethesda games are xbox exclusive?

Whatever floats your boat man.
Are you for real....

Since day 1 we've seen xbox fans on here and across the Internet bragging about this deal and why would Microsoft buy it for 7 billion if all games weren't going to be exclusive.

Suddenly only some games will be exclusive an some celebrate and mock like this is what they claimed. So what, if there's 10 games 7 come to ps5 also and 3 for xbox and this was worth all this bragging and celebrating and 7 billion?

This isn't what the fanboys said would happen. They should be mad if it comes to ps5.

You only have to look in this very thread first page for memes of PlayStation fans sticking a fork in a plug because of such apparent despair. 🙄

Let me ask you this had PlayStation bought a big studio and PS fans were bragging no games will come to xbox, you then learn that they still mostly will.

Is that a win for PlayStation? Or would xbox fans be laughing saying why spend 7 billion only to secure a bit of exclusivity.

Its hilarious the shifting positions. There's a reason they kept being so vague.
 
Are you for real....

Since day 1 we've seen xbox fans on here and across the Internet bragging about this deal and why would Microsoft buy it for 7 billion if all games weren't going to be exclusive.

Suddenly only some games will be exclusive an some celebrate and mock like this is what they claimed. So what, if there's 10 games 7 come to ps5 also and 3 for xbox and this was worth all this bragging and celebrating and 7 billion?

This isn't what the fanboys said would happen. They should be mad if it comes to ps5.

You only have to look in this very thread first page for memes of PlayStation fans sticking a fork in a plug because of such apparent despair. 🙄

Let me ask you this had PlayStation bought a big studio and PS fans were bragging no games will come to xbox, you then learn that they still mostly will.

Is that a win for PlayStation? Or would xbox fans be laughing saying why spend 7 billion only to secure a bit of exclusivity.

Its hilarious the shifting positions. There's a reason they kept being so vague.
Bruh, you'll get to play Fallout Shelter 2 on your Playstation and you're gonna be happy. The real games are gonna be Xbox and PC exclusive.
 

Snake29

RSI Employee of the Year
This is the kind of content I joined this site for. Gonna be hard for PS gamers to accept the truth that they'll need a PC or Xbox (or streaming).

TwedqmD.jpg

No worry most pc gamers or PS gamers have PS and PC if they own 2 platforms. For years people say PC and PS are the best combo with some Nintendo unit for the kids.
 
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by Phil Spencer, Head of XboxMar 9, 2021 @ 6:30am

Publisher of iconic gaming franchises will expand Xbox’s diverse portfolio on Xbox Game Pass


This is an exciting day for Xbox. Today we officially complete the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks. It’s an honor to welcome the eight incredibly talented development studios – Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios – and their passionate global communities to the Xbox family. Now that everything is official, we can begin working together to deliver more great games to everyone. At every step building toward this moment, I’ve been inspired and motivated by the creativity, insight, and community-first approach of the talented people at Bethesda. Our goal is to give these teams the best foundation for doing their greatest work and to learn from them as we continue to build Xbox into an inclusive platform for all players.
This is the next step in building an industry-leading first party studios team, a commitment we have to our Xbox community. With the addition of the Bethesda creative teams, gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players.
As we shared previously, it’s vitally important that Bethesda continues making games the way it always has. We look forward to empowering Bethesda’s creative teams to reach even more players around the world, helping make future Bethesda titles the biggest and most popular games in their history. Xbox and Bethesda have long shared a common vision for the future of gaming. Both as fans and as creators, Bethesda understands the potential of Xbox Game Pass.
We would also like to honor the life and memory of my close friend Robert A. Altman, founder of ZeniMax Media. Robert believed deeply in the power of gaming and we are privileged to be able to continue his work by joining forces with the teams he built and led for many years. I will miss the opportunity to work directly with him on the future of our combined teams but I know that his spirit will live on in the shared work we do and motivate us to make this partnership all he envisioned.
Thank you to all our players for joining us on this incredible journey and to the millions of Bethesda fans around the world. Now that we’re one team, we can start working together on the future ahead. We will have more to share about what’s next for our teams later this year. In the meantime, to properly celebrate this special moment, we are bringing additional Bethesda games into Xbox Game



"continue to build Xbox into an inclusive platform for all players."
none

I don't see Sony here.

"This is the next step in building an industry-leading first party studios team,"

Not here.

"a commitment we have to our Xbox community."

Not here.

"gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games,"

Wow Not here.

So why would you think they will be putting games on PS5, has less games than xbox now.
 
The only reason it's vague is because they gotta release Deathloop and Ghost Wire on Sony consoles.
And Doom PSVR.

I suspect whatever is in their pipeline now, before he acquisition, will still be released on whatever platforms they targeted.

The exception to this should be Starfield, which will release only on Xbox/PC. They obviously thought breaking contracts on Ghostwire and Deathloop isn't worth it when everyone knows its going to be on Game Pass a year later. I suspect they will have a different opinion on Starfield.

We'll see.
 

Caio

Member
Wake me up when Fallout5 will be released, and I will buy the Game of the year Edition a year later and enjoy it on a RTX 6090/7090, not kidding.

I hope Microsoft will help Bethesda to improve and develop better games, better game engine, etc. I'm still wondering if Microsoft need Bethesda more than Bethesda need Microsoft...
Bethesda need new strength and a breath of fresh air, new ideas and some added talent at key points. MS have the resources to make this happen, better for them they start immediately and make this deal productive.
 

Shmunter

Member
And Doom PSVR.

I suspect whatever is in their pipeline now, before he acquisition, will still be released on whatever platforms they targeted.

The exception to this should be Starfield, which will release only on Xbox/PC. They obviously thought breaking contracts on Ghostwire and Deathloop isn't worth it when everyone knows its going to be on Game Pass a year later. I suspect they will have a different opinion on Starfield.

We'll see.
Will Starfield be next gen only like Deathloop and Ghostwire or will MS make it crossgen to feed gamepass wholesale?
 

[Sigma]

Member
I Dont Care Whatever GIF


I've never cared about this much outside the fact that I like the games Shinji Mikami makes and his company is under ZeniMax(and now MS). I'll at least be getting Ghostwire Tokyo under Playstation 5 but we will see after that. But this deal as a whole doesn't move the meter for me.
 
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keram

Member
Is there really anyone who thought Micorosoft would have paid 7.5 billion of USA dollars to then not secure exclusivity?

Well MS paid already $2.5 billion to purchase Minecraft and it's still a multiplatformer.
Yes I know it's not $7.5 billion, but this investment was done for more games, not like the $2.5 billion only for one game.

I think there will be for sure exclusivity (content or timed or even whole games) but MS will also need to publish (some) games on other platforms to get the $7.5 billion investment back.
 
I’m not really sure about that, Horizon and Death Stranding have done well on PC but Sea of Thieves and Halo are constantly in and out of the top 10 on Steam. Even right now, at £54.99, Forza Horizon 4 is Steam’s third best seller.
Halo+sea of theives have done well definitely no doubt horizon 4 has aswell I know Sony's exclusives get massive exposure to the public aswell , once the balls rolling I can also see them charting really high especially a Spiderman or Gow or something .
 

RGB'D

Member
Why are they going to announce it all in a blog post only the nerds are going to read instead of at a big show that’s going to get the word out?

Did you see any games mentioned or their release dates mentioned there?

Why would they mention platforms before those items?
Phil literally always gets so excited to say "only play exclusively on Xbox and PC" and hear the applause, he's not giving that up for a blog post! I would imagine that they are waiting for a more impactful way to deliver the news (such as E3 or a big promo Xbox video conference)
 
We hope to see something cool soon.
It is an excellent opportunity for Bethesda to improve some aspects and for Microsoft to learn something from a great in the industry.
What matters is that the players will benefit the most (I hope)
 

phil_t98

#SonyToo
“Dev kits are typically PCs or specialised hardware running a specific set of specs that platform holders believe mirror the specs of their upcoming consoles.”

Domt you read before posting... Xbox has these “DevKits” too.

They are not final.


Still waiting for the proof lol

see this is where a lot go wrong, it was like when you called out the guy who worked on making the xbox you have an opinion but dont back it up with evidence. I provided storys of xbox dev kits getting out late but you couldn’t provided anything on them getting out at the same time.

now the new dev kit you provided for ps5 looks cool and good shots, anbd i look forward to getting my ps5 in next few weeks
 

DaGwaphics

Member
Are you for real....

Since day 1 we've seen xbox fans on here and across the Internet bragging about this deal and why would Microsoft buy it for 7 billion if all games weren't going to be exclusive.

Suddenly only some games will be exclusive an some celebrate and mock like this is what they claimed. So what, if there's 10 games 7 come to ps5 also and 3 for xbox and this was worth all this bragging and celebrating and 7 billion?

This isn't what the fanboys said would happen. They should be mad if it comes to ps5.

You only have to look in this very thread first page for memes of PlayStation fans sticking a fork in a plug because of such apparent despair. 🙄

Let me ask you this had PlayStation bought a big studio and PS fans were bragging no games will come to xbox, you then learn that they still mostly will.

Is that a win for PlayStation? Or would xbox fans be laughing saying why spend 7 billion only to secure a bit of exclusivity.

Its hilarious the shifting positions. There's a reason they kept being so vague.

Dude. Most of us are just gaming fans here and don't have industry experience. We can't be expected to understand the underpinnings of every move or the machinations driving the companies behind the scenes. Thus, we are all going to speculate in the wrong direction a lot. In this case especially, the industry norm would be for a first-party company to make everything exclusive, so I don't find it unreasonable for people to assume that automatically. But then the size of this deal is unprecedented and maybe there is a reason for that (maybe in a traditional sense a first-party would never look to increase their size this dramatically/quickly). Xbox fans that are GP users just received a huge new batch of games in GP, why would they be mad about that. Also, Sony can't play keep-away with these titles now, which we know they having been doing at an aggressive rate recently and were trying to do here, we supposed to be mad at that?

I'd hope the "console warz" are just a joke or a send up to the past for most of the older posters here. If you really derive some kind of self-worth from the company that makes the plastic box under your TV, I don't know what to tell you.
 

FrankWza

Member
Are you for real....

Since day 1 we've seen xbox fans on here and across the Internet bragging about this deal and why would Microsoft buy it for 7 billion if all games weren't going to be exclusive.

Suddenly only some games will be exclusive an some celebrate and mock like this is what they claimed. So what, if there's 10 games 7 come to ps5 also and 3 for xbox and this was worth all this bragging and celebrating and 7 billion?

This isn't what the fanboys said would happen. They should be mad if it comes to ps5.

You only have to look in this very thread first page for memes of PlayStation fans sticking a fork in a plug because of such apparent despair. 🙄

Let me ask you this had PlayStation bought a big studio and PS fans were bragging no games will come to xbox, you then learn that they still mostly will.

Is that a win for PlayStation? Or would xbox fans be laughing saying why spend 7 billion only to secure a bit of exclusivity.

Its hilarious the shifting positions. There's a reason they kept being so vague.
You’re right. Comments about how Sony fans with beefy pc and why doesn’t Sony make GoW multiplat. I still think all games will end up exclusives but their fans are obviously nervous because they haven’t made an absolute statement and the FoBoB comment still lingers. Could be that Microsoft is setting up a big reveal to appease their base. After the gold doubling reversal they have set a precedent that they can be made to change their minds if enough people revolt. That was some bad public relations that happened not too long ago. Having another happen this soon would be a mistake imo. They’ll make all games exclusives but let’s not pretend that the expectations here were almost unanimous that it would be ridiculous if even one game other than the prenegotiated games end up on PS.
Remember, you don’t spend 7.5 billion dollars to release games on your competitors platform.
 
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ethomaz

Banned
Still waiting for the proof lol

see this is where a lot go wrong, it was like when you called out the guy who worked on making the xbox you have an opinion but dont back it up with evidence. I provided storys of xbox dev kits getting out late but you couldn’t provided anything on them getting out at the same time.

now the new dev kit you provided for ps5 looks cool and good shots, anbd i look forward to getting my ps5 in next few weeks
Final devkits were out for both in June 2020...

And the MS guy never replied the question... just keep the PR... I tried even explain to him that it was not the feature set (because the GPU can do everything RDNA 2 can) but the silicon parts choose to made the GPU not being all RDNA 2 but old parts and he started the “I’m expert” lol

I just laughed and left because if he won’t reply the question why he come to talk with me? To spread the same PR nonsense? He should have better things to do instead to waste my time.
 
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Darius87

Member
That's definitely Darius87 Darius87 / @Darius1987. Ignored the guy/girl a while back, wonder if they are still active though?
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This is definitely DonJuanSchlong :messenger_tears_of_joy:
how your search for me on reddit and instagram going Doni? any success?
btw i don't care about any bethesda game never played never will, even if you payed me from your moms account i would not bother.
again don't derail threads no one cares with your odd obsession with me.
 
Are you for real....

Since day 1 we've seen xbox fans on here and across the Internet bragging about this deal and why would Microsoft buy it for 7 billion if all games weren't going to be exclusive.

Suddenly only some games will be exclusive an some celebrate and mock like this is what they claimed. So what, if there's 10 games 7 come to ps5 also and 3 for xbox and this was worth all this bragging and celebrating and 7 billion?

This isn't what the fanboys said would happen. They should be mad if it comes to ps5.

You only have to look in this very thread first page for memes of PlayStation fans sticking a fork in a plug because of such apparent despair. 🙄

Let me ask you this had PlayStation bought a big studio and PS fans were bragging no games will come to xbox, you then learn that they still mostly will.

Is that a win for PlayStation? Or would xbox fans be laughing saying why spend 7 billion only to secure a bit of exclusivity.

Its hilarious the shifting positions. There's a reason they kept being so vague.
Putting the childish console wars aside, I note you completely ignored the content of my reply?

Coming back up to adult level and hopefully bringing you with me... You seem awfully sure that this is a ‘win for PlayStation’ and that most games will still come to PlayStation? Not sure where you are getting that info from. I suggest a deep breath and more of a wait and see attitude. Microsoft is totally in control of what happens here, not your wishful thinking, that’s the only thing that is certain.
 

Cyberpunkd

Gold Member
They arn't gonna say everything is exclusive to a microsoft platform yet, they gotta get a few more acquisitions through yet and don't want regulators to have any reasons to say no.
Regulators do not give a damn about Microsoft buying videogame companies.
 

Kataploom

Gold Member
History? Microsoft released Minecraft Dungeons last year.

Come On What GIF by MOODMAN
Minecraft brand is a different situation for MS, specially when they've been putting more of their games on other consoles (see Nintendo). That's because they want to attract people from other platforms to theirs or at least that's what I think they've been doing bringing some games to Nintendo Switch. It wouldn't feel odd to me if they decided to start keeping even those as exclusives... If MS see a good reason to keep all games exclusive they will.
 

FrankWza

Member
Microsoft is totally in control of what happens here, not your wishful thinking, that’s the only thing that is certain.
They’re not. They are contractually obligated to release certain games that we know of and possibly some we don’t. They can go into their pockets and break those contracts but they’re not doing that. Meanwhile, Sony gets at least 2 new releases exclusively on their system courtesy of Microsoft and zenimax. When you factor in how covid has put the clamps on game development and people are clamoring for new games, those 2 games are an even bigger get for Sony. Microsoft had an opportunity to flex their financial muscles there too and they didn’t so I’d ease up on the total control narrative.
 

MonarchJT

Banned
Exactly. I've been saying exactly this, and this is what MS will likely do with "most" games (not all, as some will definitely be pure exclusives). And that + free DLCs or exclusive expansion packs will ensure that the "best" version will be on XBox.

And not sure what the "enjoy" in the end means, but sure ... yeah, I will "enjoy" these games if they are good.
It wasn't directly aimed at you, I read a lot of Sony users who are trying to downplay the fact that Bethesda is First party studio in the same way as naughty dog is for Sony. They will make it realize themself that the games that will be platform defying will remain exclusive as soon as they are presented. And what they won't be ... like Deathloop Tokyowire, ESO, or fallout76. ..it will cost 70 euros (maybe after 1 year,) vs 9.99 $ at launch and surely and we can bet that the Xbox versions they will ALWAYS run better.
So I smile and I don't understand what they have to downplay) that's all.
 
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Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
As I said 100 times (and I will repeat for the 101st) the Xbox user base is now much higher than what the ps5 can hope to have during the entire gen.
are you crazy? you think ps4 or ps5 have greater userbase than steam alone? really? add to that whatever console number and you won

www.pcgamer.com/amp/steam-had-120-million-monthly-users-in-2020/
Wait, what? Steam userbase =/= Xbox user base.

You know Xbox earns the same amount of money from Steam that they'd earn when they put games on Nintendo and PlayStation?
 

Heisenberg007

Gold Journalism
It wasn't directly aimed at you, I read a lot of Sony users who are trying to downplay the fact that Bethesda is First party studio in the same way as naughty dog is for Sony. They will make it realize themself that the games that will be platform defying will remain exclusive as soon as they are presented. And what they won't be ... like Deathloop Tokyowire, ESO, or fallout76. ..it will cost 70 euros (maybe after 1 year,) vs 9.99 $ at launch and surely and we can bet that the Xbox versions they will ALWAYS run better.
So I smile and I don't understand what they have to downplay) that's all.
Yeah I don't think that was ever the argument.

So far the argument has always been that Bethesda games will be 100% exclusives to Xbox/PC. As time goes by, it is becoming more evident that not all games will have 100% exclusivity.

As far as 'best place to play Bethesda games', I agree it will be on Xbox because of GamePass day one availability + the likelihood of a more optimized version, exclusive content, and/or DLCs.
 
They’re not. They are contractually obligated to release certain games that we know of and possibly some we don’t. They can go into their pockets and break those contracts but they’re not doing that. Meanwhile, Sony gets at least 2 new releases exclusively on their system courtesy of Microsoft and zenimax. When you factor in how covid has put the clamps on game development and people are clamoring for new games, those 2 games are an even bigger get for Sony. Microsoft had an opportunity to flex their financial muscles there too and they didn’t so I’d ease up on the total control narrative.
Just because they chose to not use their total control in order to pull Deathloop and Ghostwire from Playstation, it doesn't mean they don't have it. They still do.
 

Mattyp

Gold Member
Are you for real....

Since day 1 we've seen xbox fans on here and across the Internet bragging about this deal and why would Microsoft buy it for 7 billion if all games weren't going to be exclusive.

Suddenly only some games will be exclusive an some celebrate and mock like this is what they claimed.

This isn't what the fanboys said would happen. They should be mad if it comes to ps5.

Not once did one of us say PS5 wasn't getting Ghostwire and Deathloop. That's your 'some'. Enjoy it, by enjoy it I mean thanks for funding future Microsoft exclusives after purchase.
 
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