“We have not taken any games from PlayStation”: Microsoft defends itself against Redfall’s controversial exclusivity – Redfall

It hasn’t finished coming in handy Microsoft the latest statements from the man who directs the next great exclusive video game that will come to their consoles. The director of Redfall assured just a few days ago that those responsible for Xbox scuttled the launch of the video game on PS5 to focus on brand products. Now, a representative of the company has wanted retract these words by ensuring that they have not removed any game from PS5. The situation, of course, will not help the company in the already extremely complex process of Activision-Blizzard purchase.

Microsoft responds to the accusations… with Minecraft

In addition to ensuring that no game was taken from the machine sonyMicrosoft defends itself against the accusations by ensuring that the first two games (Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop) released after the acquisition of ZeniMax were exclusive to PlayStation. The company tells the whole truth, although these launches are mainly due to agreements prior to the acquisition of the brand in 2021. Another example to which they cling, is more favorable to their interests, is that of Minecraft. The game originally developed by Mojang has been available on more and more different platforms.

“We haven’t taken any games away from PlayStation. In fact, we’ve expanded the number of titles we’ve shipped to Sony’s console since our ZeniMax acquisition, and the first two games released after the purchase were PS5 exclusives. We did the same. same when we acquired Minecraft, expanding the franchise. All the games that were available on PlayStation when we acquired ZeniMax in March 2021 are still available on PlayStation and PC. We have always said that future decisions on whether to destroy ZeniMax games for other consoles will be will be taken on a case-by-case basis”. Via Gamespot.

In this sense and although the situation is not convenient for Microsoft, the truth is that the company cannot be accused of lying. Already in the first information in this regard, those responsible for Xbox They assured that some of the brand’s video games would be exclusive on video consoles, although they would also appear on PC. If the company’s discourse after the acquisition had been different, perhaps redfall and Starfield yes they could have put the company in a difficult situation when defending the purchase of Activision-Blizzard.

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