We are less than a week away Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate hits theaters and the adventurous old archaeologist returns to our lives but, unlike other moments in video game history, No official video games are expected to hit stores. Another thing are franchise-inspired projects, which are appearing on the horizon thanks to a deal Bethesda has struck with Lucasfilm and Disney.
It was precisely this game that once again raised a certain amount of dust specifying that Microsoft has launched a crusade to obtain as many exclusives as possible. Given that it is the only language the market understands to win, it seems like the time has come to show some strength against the competition which, one day and another, is touting its own launches such as the imminence Final Fantasy XVI.
The whip has struck again
Anyway, the fact is in January 2021, the development of a new Indiana Jones game was announced, hand in hand with MachineGames who are behind the resurgence of Wolfenstein from Bethesda and that they are always able to do the best job possible. So the hopes that we will have a good game grow exponentially thanks to them.
Now when the teasing of the game more than two years ago, at the end of the video it was not possible to see the platforms for which it would arrive, although many assumed that it would be available on the first day of sale for PCs, Xboxes and PlayStations. Well, if you are a fan of Indiana Jones and you have a PS4 or a PS5 at home, we have bad news for you because you will not be able to experience the new adventures of the protagonist of In search of the lost ark.
This was confirmed by Bethesda itself and published in outlets such as The Verge, which talks about the fact that IndianaJones It will be an Xbox and PC exclusive. and that because it belongs to a studio owned by Microsoft, we will have it from day one in Xbox Game Pass. It is therefore to be imagined that this event produced around Indiana Jones will again serve to make Sony complain.
Why won’t it come to PlayStation?
No doubt this Xbox-exclusive Indiana Jones – albeit originally cross-platform – will allow Sony to continue to strengthen its position in court and deliver the image that Microsoft is only looking to stop franchises from reaching their consolesso thanks to this background, it would be clear that Phil Spencer would not have the slightest doubt to repeat something similar with Call of Duty and other Activision-Blizzard sagas.
Even so, from Bethesda they gave a reason why they made the decision to make Indiana Jones exclusive and the reasons they gave Disney for accepting the deal. Specifically, it was Pete Hines, global head of releases at Bethesda, who said that “the [motivo] Principal is what I said about reduce the risk and try to achieve a degree of safety [asumible]. In addition, you are dealing with a licensee [Disney] you will receive a lot of feedback in terms of what you’re doing, so you have to add a huge amount of time to the deadlines.
Either way, if you want to experience the next Indiana Jones adventure after the dial of fateyou know where it should be: on a PC or on an Xbox console.
