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[Dick Jones]

Based on what they are talking about right now (regret) one title (= Minecraft) is because of the contract that forces them to release on PS / Nintendo. Phil regrets that.

I missed that. So the Notch contract is true that it must be multi-platform?

 

[jroc74]

omg Phil wanted Minecraft Dungeons to not be on other consoles too, they're showing a pattern of behaviour from the xbox leader

Oh Phil Spencer didn't want to ship Minecraft dungeons on PS/Nintendo

And I was joking saying we're lucky Minecraft is still multi platform.

Cot dayum....

 

[zapper]

so xbox rejected the agreements with activision which it then signed with ps? I remember such a story. It's hard to accuse another of making deals that you've rejected, if that's the case

 

[Heisenberg007]

Oh shit. This is a lot of dirt.

Phil regrets Minecraft multiplatform's existence (because of the contract). "I need us to find ways [to make Minecraft exclusive]". Conversation between PHil Spencer / Matt Booty / and one other unknow person.

 

[Hudo]

You think Sony have $30B down the back of the sofa?

I thought that's where they put all the Vitas.

 

[Bernoulli]

oof minecraft exclusive too

 

[dotnotbot]

I did not expect such a confession

Show that model to Pete, Phil

 

[Topher]

Phil Spencer blaming Sony for lack of Minecraft PS5 version

 

[Thirty7ven]

Oh shit, Minecraft not optimized for PS5.

Blames Sony for dev kits. Lawyer like "bitch been three years"

 

[Poltz]

Sony didnt send PS5 dev kits to MS for Minecraft.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I missed that. So the Notch contract is true that it must be multi-platform?

Yes.

Oh shit. This is a lot of dirt.

Phil regrets Minecraft multiplatform's existence (because of the contract). "I need us to find ways [to make Minecraft exclusive]". Conversation between PHil Spencer / Matt Booty / and one other unknow person.

 

[DeepEnigma]

"I agreed, but the game ended up on all platforms."

Considering he has the say in exclusivity, looks like he had a change of heart.

Must have just been a thought experiment.

 

[Elios83]

Oh shit. This is a lot of dirt.

Phil regrets Minecraft multiplatform's existence (because of the contract). "I need us to find ways [to make Minecraft exclusive]". Conversation between PHil Spencer / Matt Booty / and one other unknow person.

And he even admitted there were conversations about making Activision games exclusives.

 

[Dane]

This isn't about Sony

It is

 

[X-Wing]

So... Microsoft didn't optimize Minecraft for PlayStation 5 out of spite because PlayStation delayed the delivery of devkits.

 

[Gone]

"I don't remember. But it would seem like a normal conversation"

LOLOLOLOL

IT WOULD SEEM NORMAL TO SKIP PLAYSTATION WITH ACTIVISION TITLES

But then he added that they ended up presenting a model with the games coming to playstation as a final model.

But you wouldn't mention that here ig course

 

[jm89]

Thanks phil i can play my ps4 games on my backwards compatible ps5 that has nothing to do with you.

 

[BlueLyria]

Wait, was CoD ever released earlier on PS4?

Betas were available exclusively on PS4/PS5 a week earlier before the multiplatform beta for Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare 2022, not sure about MW 2019 bc I wasn't following that game

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Sony not giving you a dev kit hurts your ability to compete? Why do you need to have access to Sony's hardware to know what YOU want to build for developers in a next-gen console? Shouldn't you instinctively have a good idea of what devs will need, being a platform holder for 2 decades in this business?

Goodness gracious

 

[nani17]

The more I hear this the more Phil is pissing me off

 

[adamsapple]

Yes.

The regret line seems to have come in between the CoD segment ?

 

[Thirty7ven]

Psychonauts 2 is the same, no PS5 version.

Phil basically saying "PS users lucky we let them play PS4 version on PS5, minecraft community very important!!!!"

 

[tmlDan]

Is there no ps5 version of the game? I dont play minecraft lol

 

[nikolino840]

"I remember there were conversations with Activision for skipping PlayStation"
"I don't remember the conversations"

 

[Heisenberg007]

The regret line seems to have come in between the CoD segment ?

Different regrets. 2 Regrets.

 

[Ar¢tos]

"I agreed, but the game ended up on all platforms."

Considering he has the say in exclusivity, looks like he had a change of heart.

More like the shareholders feet up his ass...

 

[wolffy66]

The FTC siding with a foreign company over an American company is shameful imo.

 

[Banjo64]

So all the chatter around ‘CoD is the same as Minecraft’ chatter from plebs like DarkMage619 - they don’t even want to ship Minecraft games on PlayStation

 

[Iced Arcade]

could have brought up psychonauts 2's PS5 version

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Oh shit. This is a lot of dirt.

Phil regrets Minecraft multiplatform's existence (because of the contract). "I need us to find ways [to make Minecraft exclusive]". Conversation between PHil Spencer / Matt Booty / and one other unknow person.

He should, there is no point in spending tons of money to not get exclusive games because people will just continue to buy the games on other platforms.

This is why I think its stupid for them to buy activision if they can't make Call of duty exclusive or at least day one for game pass.

 

[T-Cake]

Is there no ps5 version of the game? I dont play minecraft lol

I couldn't believe my ears! Three years after launch and it's still not got a native PS5 version. Naughty MS.

 

[Topher]

The FTC siding with a foreign company over an American company is shameful imo.

This post is shameful

 

[adamsapple]

Psychonauts 2 is the same, no PS5 version.

Phil basically saying "PS users lucky we let them play PS4 version on PS5, minecraft community very important!!!!"

could have brought up psychonauts 2's PS5 version

Psychonauts 2 Treated to a PS5 Patch

Better resolution and stability

www.pushsquare.com

 

[tmlDan]

it's showing intent, if there is a pattern of intent they have a higher likelihood of doing it again.

As shown by this minecraft conversation

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Is there no ps5 version of the game? I dont play minecraft lol

There's no PS5 version of regular Minecraft, just the PS4 one that's backwards compatible.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Yes.

Wow this is a huge revelation

They always use Minecraft as an example of their “goodwill” to maintaining communities

Turns out they never had a choice

 

[Banjo64]

The FTC siding with a foreign company over an American company is shameful imo.

xenophobe.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

The FTC siding with a foreign company over an American company is shameful imo.

I hope this is sarcasm.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Psychonauts 2 Treated to a PS5 Patch

Better resolution and stability

www.pushsquare.com

It's not the same as Xbox version, don't play the fool please

 

[Rossco EZ]

phil after this

 

[Poltz]

Psychonauts 2 Treated to a PS5 Patch

Better resolution and stability

www.pushsquare.com

Not native.

 

[Elios83]

Phil is coming out as desperate to make whatever he could exclusive.....that's precisely what FTC wanted to prove with the risks of this acquisition about foreclosure. The good guy image is getting destroyed.

 

[NickFire]

So... Microsoft didn't optimize Minecraft for PlayStation 5 out of spite because PlayStation delayed the delivery of devkits.

I mean, that seems to be the implication. But I would guess the implication is grade a horse .

 

[XesqueVara]

Funny thing is that Minecraft don't even have a Series X/S version.

 

[icerock]

Sony pay developers and publishers a lot of money to keep content off our platform. We never do this (trust me bro). However, let us buy the publishers so we can make ALL the catalog exclusive. That's totally the lesser of two devils.


The logic is absolutely astounding!

 

[Pelta88]

Damn damn damn

Phil Doesn't want PlayStation to compete.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Psychonauts 2 Treated to a PS5 Patch

Better resolution and stability

www.pushsquare.com

well nm then lol

 

[Heisenberg007]

Now Fallout 76. Joining PS Now / PS Plus.

"We have not allowed Minecraft on PS Now because that competes with Game Pass." -- Phil Spencer. [slight paraphrasing maybe}

 

[X-Wing]

Apparently also admitted that they didn't put Minecraft on PlayStation Now because it was competition to Gamepass.

 

[BlueLyria]

The regret line seems to have come in between the CoD segment ?

Nah, it was after the COD talks, and after the Minecraft Dungeons questions