Perhaps the biggest example of this is Sony’s deal with Activision for exclusive Call of Duty content. When the publisher has bought into the marketing rights or exclusivity of a franchise, a much longer-term focus has been applied instead. It should be noted that Sony has historically made exceptions to its one-year deal preference, though. For example, both Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo won’t release on Xbox until 12 months after their PS5 debuts because Bethesda’s new owner has decided to honor Sony’s contract. Players only have to look at the deals it agreed with Bethesda before its acquisition by Microsoft, for examples of this in action. In recent years and console generations especially, one year deals have become the platform holder's preferred purchase when it comes to third-party content.
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Even though the game was set to release initially in May 2022, the timed console exclusivity period that Sony has paid for won’t start counting down until Forspoken hits store shelves across the globe.Įven though Sony has been known to purchase marketing rights and windows of exclusivity, ever since the early PS1-era, Forspoken is something of a unique case study. As it stands right now, the fantasy-themed adventure will be locked to the PS5 until at least 2025 at the very earliest. That means Nintendo and Xbox only players will likely have a long wait on their hands before they can even think about playing Forspoken. Even though Sony has developed a slight reputation for messing up its adverts of late, as demonstrated recently by God of War: Ragnarok, evidence suggests that the fine print is accurate on this occasion.
One piece of marketing material for the game has seemingly revealed in its small print that it's set to be a PS5 console exclusive, for at least two years. After Luminous Productions had finished showing off Forspoken at last year’s Game Awards, one of the key aspects of Square Enix and Sony’s deal that reinforces this assertion was made public knowledge.
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