game news Starfield on PS5, that was originally planned: a new document will appear on the exclusive Xbox
As you probably know, Microsoft is trying everything to get their hands on Activision-Blizzard. An acquisition that is not obvious since some predict the exclusivity of many of the publisher’s franchises with the risk of a monopoly on Xbox’s side. And this new statement adds some fuel to the fire.
Be continued
The soap opera continues. Even though Microsoft is working hard to complete the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King, the road is more complicated than expected: recently The FTC (Federal Trade Commission), the US state trade authority, simply suspended the buyback
In short, a real legal mess, the outcome of which is not yet clear: in any case, several documents have just been published on this (long) matter and we think so Statements from the famous FTC and they confirm… that Starfield was originally planned for PlayStation 5.
I can’t remember if they’ve said that before either, but the FTC understands that Starfield was originally planned for the PS5 as well (seems logical given the time it was in development). pic.twitter.com/Ce51btTs6j
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) June 22, 2023
A platform story
Basically, according to the American FTC, Starfield is actually planned for Bethesda’s PlayStation 5. Furthermore, we remember that in 2018 when the game was announced in a tenuous trailer, no platform was mentioned and therefore the door seemed open. Of course things have changedfollowing the announcement of Microsoft’s acquisition of the publisher in 2020, which took the opportunity to bring the site back exclusively to Xbox.
A case that inevitably brings to mind Redfall, another Xbox exclusive recently released and also published by Bethesda, where we had learned that the game was also due to appear there on PS5. “Microsoft’s actions after acquiring ZeniMax (Bethesda’s parent company, ed.) in 2021 speak louder than the words of the defendants.”
It is recalled that one of the main problems is this the Call of Duty franchise, with Sony fearing future games would be exclusive to Xbox platforms, which would look terrible against it. For its part, Microsoft has confirmed that this will not be the case, at least for the next decade: the manufacturer has even announced the arrival of future episodes on Switch to testify to its openness. An endless story, some would say.
