What PUBG Coming to PlayStation Means For Microsoft

PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds has been the talk amongst gamers for months now. Ever since Bluehole's announcement of an exclusive partnership with Microsoft, Xbox gamers are about to get a chance to play PUBG on their Xbox One this year. Though it seems PlayStation gamers will have to wait their turn to play this years hottest new thing. PUBG’s parent company, Bluehole is in talks with Sony to bring PUBG to PS4 as well. At the same time Bluehole is talking about extending their exclusive deal with Microsoft. So whats Bluehole's game here? What does this mean for Microsoft's game plan this holiday?

[WePlayDirty]

It’s quite hypocritical. Xbox claims to want cross-play with PS4, yet Xbox is trying to make it so that PS4 users can’t play a third party game. It’s also funny how Phil Spencer says he’s not a fan of ‘console exclusive content’.. but is totally ok making an entire game exclusive.

per the article

“What do you think? Is a 12-month timed exclusive deal somehow better than holding back a skin? Or is Phil playing silly buggers with this comment?"

[Poli_Games]

I think it's Phil trying to look good in the moment, but not thinking long term. So in the moment, it was good publicity at the time and made Sony look bad. Now it's come to bite him, but will it stop Microsoft? Sadly, probably not.

[uptownsoul]

I think this had a lot to do with Xbox having Forza 7 as its only larger game for this holiday. So Phil had to go for PUBG. And now he has to try and show a commitment to its exclusivity on a longer term. Its a good biz move & will help this holiday...

It won't help much in 2018 (when the attention will be on major AAAs RDR2, Anthem, Detroit, Dayz Gone, State of Decay, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, Spider-Man, God of War, etc)

[DillyDilly]

So Sony can make something like a Spider-Man game exclusive (previous games all third party) where its not even on PC & Microsoft can not make PUBG exclusive when at least its on PC ?

[thekhurg]

Only thing is, his comment about Sony didn't make them look bad. It made MS look like hypocrites even back then.

[-Foxtrot]

The guy just says anything to make him look like a good guy trying to "fight the good fight" for gamers and wanting to unite them together when really he's just saying anything he thinks we want to hear so more people will hopefully buy an Xbox One

People made him out to be a messiah for the Xbox One but really over the years his cracks have showed and strings are visible.

[WePlayDirty]

@RandomOne

The thing is, Sony hasn’t mentioned anything about not wanting third party deals, or thinking restricting content is bad for gamers. I’m calling MS hypocritical based off comments made by them.

[4Sh0w]

....except it's not hypocritical to say you aren't looking to make dlc deals for multiplat games, while still following long standing established business practices that have been done by your main competitor since gaming started= exclusive 3rd party deals.

Who on Earth really thinks what Phil said meant Microsoft will no longer look for 3rd party exclusive deals the rest of Xbox existence in gaming, that would be gaming suicide, with tons of 3rd party devs making up over 90% of the industry compared to both Microsoft and Sony 1st party devs, WHY would Microsoft be so foolish to limit themselves to ONLY 1st party exclusives??? (Dont worry I expect no answer because there isn't a logical one) -While Sony gets to make all the 3rd party deals they want, no criticism= nobody, but ps loyals would even fathom that because they hate seeing any 3rd party deals in favor of Xbox, that's all.

Just like the crossplay is being twisted too, lol so let me get this straight: Wanting to bring in exclusive games to make your platform more attractive (same as Sony does) means you can't possibly want the games that ALREADY ARE OR COMING to Xbox, ps4, & pc to have crossplay??? lmfao, thats some twisted n4psg logic, pffft try harder.

[uptownsoul]

@TheRandomOne - "So Sony can make something like a Spider-Man game exclusive (previous games all third party) where its not even on PC & Microsoft can not make PUBG exclusive when at least its on PC ?"

You have a valid question...But a horrible example:

Spider-Man, from the very beginning, started as a collaboration between Marvel, Sony & Insomniac (Its not like Insomniac's Spider-Man was already a thing being talked about and then Sony swept in).

PUBG was happening with or without Microsoft. In fact Microsoft didn't even enter into the equation until PUBG was already well on its way.

[Mr_Writer85]

@therandomone

Sony have bought the rights, and are publishing the game and paying for development.

Nothing like paying a publisher and developer to bring an already in development game to your platform and part of the deal stopping the development of another console version.

Not even slightly the same.

[darthv72]

PUBG is already a PC game and what MS is wanting is to have the exclusive console version. That is not stopping the millions of PS4 people out there from playing it on their PC because.. you know, they all say they have gaming PC's when it comes to anything that is out for xbo and PC.... right????

If people think this is a bad move on MS part i ask them to look at the deal Sony made with Capcom over SFV. A game that only one other time was an exclusive and that was on the SNES but every single iteration in the rest of the entire franchise was multi platform. AND, it is Capcom's biggest $$ maker for fighting games. They came up with some BS lie (because it is a lie) about how the game had no budget and would never have been made if it weren't for sony helping out.

If capcom had a budget for other titles at the time then they sure as hell had a budget for SFV without needing Sony's $$. Sony paid to keep it off xbox and this is true because they sure as hell didnt stop it from coming to PC. the PC fighting market pales in comparison to the console fighting market. Last gen xbox was a significant contributor to the fighting genre being as robust as it was.

MS is looking to pay for the development of PUBG on the xbo, not pay for the development of it on the PS4 as well. That would be up to Sony to pay for.

[CaptainObvious878]

@Darth

Really darth? Really?...

So since "everyone has gaming pc's", MS's sh*tty practice of effectively paying money to block the game coming to the PS4, is ok?....

I can't even.

[XisThatKid]

@Randomone apparently marvel came to them

[conanlifts]

@the randomone "So Sony can make something like a Spider-Man game exclusive (previous games all third party) where its not even on PC & Microsoft can not make PUBG exclusive when at least its on PC ? "

Probably not the best example. Remember Sony until recently owned the film rights to Spider-Man. Their Spider-Man interest extends far beyond this game. If anyone should get a Spider-Man exclusive game then it is Sony. A better example would have been no mans sky or possibly even Hellblade, which is a timed exclusive. Although I don't know for sure if it is coming to xbox. Nioh is another timed exclusive that is coming to pc soon and could eventually make its way to xbox ( who knows).

[ClanPsi1]

@TheRandomOne Sony owns the rights to Spiderman and the game's development is being funded by Sony. It's completely different.

[Liqu1d]

@TheRandomOne Marvel chose them.

[Razzer]

“So Sony can make something like a Spider-Man game “

Microsoft is free to secure deals for licensed games exclusive to Xbox as well. Jesus....I wish they would. The fact is they are “making” less and relying on timed exclusives more. The exact opposite of what Phil Spencer said they would do.

[ElementX]

The console exclusive content refers to dlc and extras, not games. Everybody is taking that out of context.

[freshslicepizza]

Exactly. He was talking about content where gamers pay the same for a game but get less content. Destiny is a prime example of trying to give competing platforms the worse version.

You will never get away from third party deals but the way Destiny did it took things to a whole new level.

I hope PUBG does come to the PS4 then maybe some will stop attacking the game any chance they get.

[meka2611]

Lol you spout the truth and get downvoted.

[Razzer]

https://www.dualshockers.co...

"My Strategy is more around our own first party franchises, and investing in franchises that we own, and probably fewer exclusive deals for third party content. I want to have strong third party relations, but paying for many third party exclusives isn’t our long term strategy.

This year, the fact that we’re shipping Halo 5, Gears of War, Forza 6, Fable, we can only do that and build that best line-up we’ve ever seen really on the back of franchises that we own. It’s great to have Tomb Raider as part of our line-up, but investing in first party, you’ll see more of that at gamescom next week, is really core to our strategy."
~Phil Spencer, 2015

[ElementX]

Your quote isn't the quote I'm referring to.

"“I don’t know what deals get written. I’ve been pretty open about, I’m not a fan of doing deals that hold back specific pieces of content from other platforms. You don’t see that in the deals we’ve done with Assassin’s and Shadow. We’ll have a marketing deal on those, but I don’t say, hey, I need some kind of Strike or skin somebody else can’t play." -Phil Spencer 2017

https://www.vg247.com/2017/...

[thekhurg]

Who cares what you're referring to. His f***ing quote clearly spells out his comments of being against exclusive 3rd party EVERYTHING.

[Gh05t]

@Razzer and @thekhurg

I didnt know "fewer" meant never going to do this again?

Also said his "focus" was First Party... So if what you have been focusing on has literally fallen apart around you what would be your plan B?

The blind hate is getting tiresome.

[Razzer]

How many times did we hear "console launch exclusive" (translation: timed exclusive) at the last E3? If you want to believe that this is happening less and MS is focusing more on first party then you have no business calling anyone blind.

[butchertroll]

Yeah, denying a game to the other platform is different to denying a few armour and weapons to the other platform.

LOL.

Phil Spencer is a dumbass hypocrite. And anybody who will defend him are the same.

[ziggurcat]

games count as content, too, not just DLC and extras.

[Markusb33]

Nope, just you think that

[spreadlove]

moldy,

I hope it is exclusive to Xbox, just so the pendulum swings the other way. Hopefully people will get that exclusives is anti-consumer and shouldn't be something consumer ask for. It is even crazy that people ask to make multiplatform games exclusive as if that gives them something extra, as opposed to taking away choices.

[MattSomething]

You are exactly right. People are gonna hear what they want to hear though. It’s called confirmation bias.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Razzer wrecked all the misquoting in here by the Xbox camp in one swoop. Nice job bruh

[spicelicka]

It's a terrible practice both companies are guilty of. Just like the Destiny deal.

[zerocarnage]

Maybe you should of said only one company does that ie ms and that Sony have no hand in anything remotely similar, then the fanboy downvotes wouldn't of begun.

[KickSpinFilter]

Well having a 12 month deal is much better than a skin for MS.
Sony users will have to just wait, fine... we did for Tomb Raider.
It only really hurts the developer, sure they make a killing at first with MS deal, but at the same time there missing out on 60+ million users on PS4. A year later will that pan out in developers favor maybe. I sure didn't for Tomb Raider.

[ILostMyMind]

PS user should have refused to buy TR and shown that such agreements with MS are not worth it. It is very advantageous to sell temporary exclusivity to MS and after 12 months to earn double selling old games on PS4. PS users should be ashamed.

[darthv72]

What is stopping these users from gaming on their PC's? I see more PS4 gamers proclaim they will buy (insert xbo/PC exclusive here) on their gaming PC.

Do they suddenly no longer have those PC's when it comes to this sort of situation???

[XabiDaChosenOne]

@Darth what about those that double dip? I buy one copy on PC for graphics and another copy on my quad for trophies and friends.

[WilliamSheridan]

Wait I'm so confused. Do you think that Microsoft is wrong for buying a third party exclusive? Was Sony wrong for Street Fighter? So hypocritical...

[WePlayDirty]

Yes, Sony was wrong for the Street Fighter V deal. Just like MS was wrong for making RottR a timed exclusive. and Just like Sony is wrong for making Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Kingdom Hearts 3 timed exclusives.

[ILostMyMind]

@WePlayDirty
You are wrong. SFV would never exist without Sony. Sony did not bought the exclusivity, Sony paid for that game could be made. And i think FF7 is on the same situation.

Hypocrisy is wishing that a game does not exist just because it will not be on the platform you chose.

[darthv72]

@ILost... do you really believe the lie that was the situation with SFV? come on man... its Capcom's biggest and most profitable franchise. Do you really think there was NEVER going to the a SFV without Sony's $$?

If that were true then how do you explain the latest MvC game? It has a way smaller fan base than SF does and it seems to have had a budget to be made. Interesting... isn't it?

And all the legalities of them saying SFV will be exclusive "forever" leads me to believe that Sony didnt want xbox getting the game or a variation of the game (because it's how capcom rolls with updates and super and ultra editions).

Sony paid, capcom lied to cover it up and the game released half assed.

@weplay, at least when MS paid for timed exclusivity for RotTR it didnt stop the game from ever releasing. and improved no less. PS4 fans got the definitive edition you could say.

[Liqu1d]

@darth https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

[segamaniaco]

Now thats a good practice, for the players!!!
Trying to keep the game away from the ps4
MS is a saint

[HystericalGamez]

@TheRandomOne I mean....

Sony owns Spider-Man lmao.

[Kiwi66]

Of course Sony won't say anything about any of that as they will pay for timed content/exclusive content etc and leave it up to others to talk about it which is just as bad as what ms does

[Kiwi66]

OMG you say something truthfull and of course people don't get the point so i'll say it in terms anyone can understand, Sony themselves don't talk about deals they make but instead you hear about them from other sources, do people understand that or not and timed deals of any kind regardless of which side does it are stupid

[xsta1ker]

o'' know you didn't just use cross play against Microsoft... after all the sony fans just got through saying
no thanks we don't need cross play it's Microsoft tring to use this as a way to get sony fans on board
just because of the bigger install base of the ps4 talk about hypocritical.

don't even try that bs now. you don't get PUBG to bad for you guy's but you can still in joy your DLC for destiny
battlefront & call of duty... stinks when companys do this but sorry it's not just Microsoft.

[TheVetOfGaming]

I think I don't care. Phil will say one thing (cross play), to help the Xbox brand, then say another (our games), to help the Xbox brand. Before "being a gamer" he is a business man where money and his job matters. But he goes about it in a desperate and snake way.

[TheHan]

No it’s just business how many JRPGs that Playstation fans praise up and down about and say they will never come over to Xbox. But once Xbox signs a deal with a developer about a certain iP, you all go ape shit. How hypocritical is that...

[Rude-ro]

After the farse that was "the cloud", it just proves Microsoft delivers lip service more than anything else.
I am not against said deals persay... if said company is also providing more than just monopolizing what is "in" and popular to try gain a foothold on the market.

[xsta1ker]

you mean like sony ceo's handing a game case between one another and saying this is how we share games
lol when clearly they had the same DRM policy's in place but shut it Down after Microsoft got destroyed buy the media and gaming community.

talk about monopolization off your competitions mistakes all because Microsoft opened there big mouths 1st
but nobody talks about that because all you seen after Microsoft huge drm blunder
was 2 guy's sharing a game on every social media on this planet over and over again.

for the gamers... don't make me vomit

[Liqu1d]

You have no evidence that Sony had the same DRM plans in place so stop lying.

[xsta1ker]

@liqu1d no proff sony had the same DRM plans as Microsoft is not a lie andrew house himself came out and stated he rewrote the drm script after he seen the reaction Microsoft received so no its not a lie
you should check the facts before you call someone a Lier.

ps can't link post not on my pc anyone can look it up... just type goggle surch andrew house drm change
he said this at the sony conference in Brighton back in 2013 in you receive an upvote from some uninformed fanboy.

[Tko1111]

The paid for development for consoles etc shouldn’t they get something for it.

[generic-user-name]

So nice to see that others have caught Phil out on his hypocrisy.

[TheHan]

It’s not content if it’s a full game silly

[Liqu1d]

Yes it is, it's all the content.

[spreadlove]

I think it is one of them cases were, the other side is finally bitten by the exclusivity. If only everybody didn't chant exclusivity this entire time. Phil Spencer is delivering exactly what people asked for.

[GamingCentaur]

Phil is a liar, a hypocrite and a fake. This good guy Phil thing is obviously an act. I can’t believe Xbox fans fall for it.

[russo121]

(EDIT->Too much strong wording....)
Love for it's beloved Ms is so beautiful.

[BadElf]

So because Sony has exclusives, its the same as them being winey lil beeches to not let their gamers play Minecraft or Rocket League with others? haha ok

[Petebloodyonion]

"It’s also funny how Phil Spencer says he’s not a fan of ‘console exclusive content’.. but is totally ok making an entire game exclusive"

Phil mentioned that he will do a deal as a timed exclusive and such but was not a fan of deal that removes content or will make content exclusive to only one console like extra story DLC.
like some DLC for Destiny that will never appear on Xbox1.

[starrman1985]

How is trying to secure an exclusive 3rd party game bad? He's the head of Xbox, it's his job to try and secure games for the system. As for that cross-play comment, that's moronic.. How would PS4 players playing separate to Xbox players on their PS4 be any form of cross play?... Sony have already said they aren't playing ball with that so why on earth would he just drop trying to get exclusive games?

Console exclusive content is entirely different to console exclusives, the Destiny deal with Sony includes console exclusive content, trying to get a game exclusive on a system is just what happens, has done for years and years and years.

How your comment has gotten 93 upvotes astounds me, it's just flame-mongering, none of it makes sense.

[Angerfist]

Oh shut up - its Sony that is really preventing it with Games released on BOTH platforms. Only on N4G your Comment gets more upvotes.

[headblackman]

@ WePlayDirty

now that was the dumbest load of bull i think ive ever heard from a playstation loyalist in my life! 1. playstation is the has been hording exclusive deals this entire gen, locking xbox out at every step of the way while it's been ms who's been freeing up the games and the marketing for everyone to enjoy because phil doesn't really care for keeping a game or content from other gamers (that's why there's cross-buy, an opportunity for ps to have a chance to buy exclusive marketing rights to games like call of duty, destiny, and many other games) but you carefully omitted that in your comment.
2.when it comes to cross-play, it's no secret that sony is the only company that's holding that back! xbox is on board with cross-play, pc is on board with cross-play, and nintendo is on board with cross-play. so cut the bull with he xbox is hypocritical mess when it's very clear that sony is who you really mean based on everything that you just vomited onto your comment. so fix your amnesia with a little google searching before you speak and before you loyalists start clicking the agree/like tab for a dumb comment! stop being dumb loyalist sheep for a dumb comment that fits your agenda. right is right and wrong is wrong.

[isa_scout]

PlayStation IS doing exactly what MS did last generation. Why is it all of a sudden bad? I had to wait for darn near every multiplayer DLC for over a month. I had to wait a year for BioShock...Sony is doing exactly what the market leader is supposed to do. The only difference is Sony has always had strong first party titles as well. MS has relied too heavily on Forza,GOW, and Halo and now gamers are getting bored with the same 3 franchises on repeat. The reason Phil says he's not a fan of "3rd party deals" is because its hard for the company 25 million behind their main competition to secure those deals anyway. MS wasn't interested last generation in cross play, I wonder why? Because they were in the drivers seat, and it wasn't financially in their best interest. If Sony thought there was money to be made in cross play they'd embrace it. At least they're not making excuses. Just like MS didn't have to answer for their 10 year deal with Call of Duty. That's the benefit of being the market leader. I know how crappy it is being on the receiving end of these deals. I remember it sucked coming on this site as a launch PS3 owner. This is good for MS though. If Sony learnt from their disastrous PS3 launch then it makes me excited to see what changes MS makes with the generation to come. Its a nice back and forth Sony and MS seems to have.

[MattSomething]

Actually the quote from Phil was that he didn’t like “timed exclusivity” deals so looking to get the exclusive makes sense.

Also the team at Xbox have been helping Bluehole develop the console version of the game so it make sens that they want to publish the game as well.

[zerocarnage]

Why is it when ms do something all the haters and fanboys so boringly come out of the woodwork. I mean come on Sony have done stuff like this too.

And above it does state bluehole is talking about extending not ms, so bluehole are the ones starting this.

I mean I personally am not bothered so much about pubg.

I'm more bothered about monster Hunter world in January but you don't see me complaining about the extra vanity items PlayStation has for the game over Xbox , I'll just be happy to play the main game on my Xbox.

I think haters and fanboys this gen are setting an all time record for bitchyness..

[WePlayDirty]

To Microsoft, it means having that chance to make their console relevent again.

[spreadlove]

Which is sad that this is what gamers see as needed, but hey, it works for PS4.

[rainslacker]

Not really. Any one game isn't likely to do that. Maybe early in the gen a standout title can make that happen, but not 4 years in.

All it means is that Xbox players will get to play PUBG, and what it means for MS is that they can promote the title and make money off the licensing fees incurred from it's purchase. Not a bad thing for MS, but there is no real need to read more into a single game.

If it was part of a larger collection of games to entice gamers, then that would be a different story.

[zerocarnage]

I got a say that the Xbox is living proof that a console can exist without the need of exclusives.

This whole exclusives lark is a crappy attempt by fanboys to downplay what they don't own and some how justify why there console or why they think there console is better.

[Antnee534]

Thing is just go play fortnite till this comes to ps4 and even if it don't come to ps4 at least you don't have to pay for it lol

[MegamanXXX]

Nothing since Fornite Battle Royale is a better game imo. TBH I'm having more fun with Star Wars Battlefront 2 beta than PUBG and Fortnite BR

[Tripl3seis]

How's the star wars battlefront 2 beta btw bro

[MegamanXXX]

Amazing

[Rimeskeem]

How does one get the battlefront beta?

[MegamanXXX]

Pre order the game

[Gh05t]

Also you can wait until later this week and play it for free with no preorder.

[KickSpinFilter]

I can not wait for this game looks soooo awesome, all ready per-ordered for $37.99 lol
Oh BB, how you save me so much $$$

[ONESHOTV2]

MegamanXXX---while you can only play one i can play both games so what is a PC or a Xbox guy missing out on?

[MegamanXXX]

I am a PC gamer and I already played both🤔😊

[ecchiless]

owned

[HighlyDoubtful]

Does typing it out help you believe it? Fucking hilarious that anyone thinks fortnite is even remotely as good as pubg. You're lying to yourself. I feel bad for you.

[generic-user-name]

PUBG has better shooting and it has vehicles. Fortnite has the ability to build, craft, is 100% free and runs better. Other than these factors, they're pretty much identical.

PUBG is probably better (although everyone has a right to their own opinion) but Fortnite is not far behind and it is quickly improving as the updates roll in. Fortnite's BR has really taken the wind out of PUBG's sails, on console anyway, I know I care less about it coming to PS4 now because I have it to tie me over.

[Deathdeliverer]

I hate to break it to you Highly doubtful.... but I agree with him. I’ve been playing PUBG, H1Z1, and others since they were mods. If you’re judging Fortnite because of the light hearted colors and nature you are greatly mistaken. While PUBG has bigger maps because you have more traversial options, and as a whole is more realism based, Fortnite wins hands down in fun. The building system and destructible structures set it apart from anything. Not to mention that, like PUBG, it’s still getting new features like DUOs, Supply drops, new maps and the like. Difference is Fortnite has such a solid foundation that it can’t go anywhere but up.

[Aries83]

But yet, you spend time commenting on a PUBG article just to say you could care less about it...

[MegamanXXX]

Yup since it first came out on PC I didn't really like the game. Way overhyped in my opinion. Now everyone thinks Bluehole is a great developer now lol

[nitus10]

When you have Battle Royale games like Fortnite (which is free and available now) and even the Smugger's Run update to Grand Theft Auto V (available now), games like PUBG start to become irrelevant the longer they take to come to the PS4.

[nowitzki2004]

Dont worry, once you get those hands on PUBG you will forget Fortnite ever existed.

[guywazeldatatt]

I just want my cross-platform play...

[ShadowWolf712]

@moldybread
Well given MS asked Epic to shut it off between XBone and PC in Fortnite...

[rainslacker]

I had to laugh at moldy's comment considering that the game isn't available on PS4.

I'm not sure, but I'm going to assume darklink is referring to PC and X1 cross play, which apparently isn't available yet from the developer,although he's willing, but no word from MS on how they feel about it with this game.

I'm curious why moldy thinks Sony would have any say in that being a thing or not.

[solderman]

The fact that Fortnite Battle Royale is free and available everywhere and runs like a champ is more problematic for PUBG. They are going to have to offer PUBG for free if they want it to snowball like Rocket League or Fortnite.

[bluefox755]

Couldn't care less tbh, I'm finding Fortnite to be way more fun.

[ONESHOTV2]

lol, I don't want to sound like a troll but that is some salt man wouldn't it be better if you had the choice in playing both games right now rather than 1?

[generic-user-name]

I do, I have PUBG on my laptop and Fortnite on my PS4.

I play way more Fortnite, he's not missing out on a whole lot more than what Fortnite gives him for free.

[nitus10]

There are two Battle Royal games available now for the PS4 (Fortnite which is free and GTA5 Smugglers Run) and from what I can gather the feature will also be available in other online shooter games. Basically, the longer PUBG takes to come to the PS4 the more irrelevant it becomes.

[rainslacker]

Whether it's more fun or not is kind of moot to the console player at this point in time. But if people get engaged in fortnite on the consoles before PUBG comes out, then it's going to make it more problematic for PUBG to make as much headway.

They've done quite well on PC, but as we can see now, people are already dismissing fortnite, and if I had to guess, a lot of the people saying it's not that good, probably haven't actually played it.

[leeeroythe3rd]

So sony exclusives arent withdevelopers that could publish on multiple platforms... like spiderman or detroit. This is gaming business 101... sony brags about exclusive but every single time their is a financial incentive for doing it. Nothing wron g with it.

[Razzer]

Sony paying Insomniac/QD to develop Spider-man/Detroit for PS4 is the same as Microsoft paying Reagent to develop Crackdown 3 for Xbox One. Those games were funded and developed explicitly for those platforms.

With PUBG, Microsoft is paying Bluehole to NOT release the game on PS4 for whatever time period. Thus, timed exclusive. So right or wrong....there is a big difference.

[Razzer]

Which games are you talking about? Sony had a deal for Street Fighter V. MS had one for Titanfall. What others?

[Aries83]

But you neglect that fact that the main reason PUBG is even coming to consoles is because MS has been funding them and sharing tech resources (like Rare's Water Tech from Sea of Thieves). Sony has put no such effort into helping this developer. Why shouldn't MS reap the benefits of their efforts? For what they have done for Blue Hole, I say they at least deserve a console launch exclusive for a year.

[Razzer]

That is all true but entirely beside the point. He was comparing it to first party exclusives being developed by a third party. Not the same thing at all.

[rainslacker]

I thought they were funding the PC port of the game. Not sure if they explicitly paid to keep it off the other platforms, although I'm sure that was a requirement to fund the port. ROTTR would be an example of MS actually paying to keep it off the PS4. Not enough details were made known to know if PUBG was in development for either console before MS decided to pick them up.

[rainslacker]

Sony bragging about their exclusives is usually with the exclusives that they actually produce in some way. I'm not aware of any timed deal for this gen from Sony outside the MP timed content things. They may have some though. But most of the stuff that Sony itself markets directly is the stuff that they have a hand in creating. Spider-Man and Detroit in particular are two games which were started with Sony. Full production resources provided by Sony. Publication by Sony, etc, etc, etc.

Sony does get a lot of other exclusives because of the whole Japanese market and what not, but they don't spend an inordinate amount of time talking about it.

The financial incentive is to make a profit off the games themselves, like many games are. The other incentive is to attract users to the PS brand, which in turn, brings in more potential ongoing sales from more software and service purchases.

[DillyDilly]

I would not be surprised if Microsoft gets this as a Console Exclusive. They can pull a Sony & offer to fund next game / DLC or something like that

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

Bluehole don't need the money though, any money they get be small change compared to PS4 sales.

[DillyDilly]

It is what it is Microsoft can also play the Exclusive game if they wanted to

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

Just not the 1st party exclusive game, keep doing what you MS. You can't fix stupid.

[Relientk77]

Means less sales for Xbox consoles and Xbox version of the game

[343_Guilty_Spark]

I don’t think it’s coming. Blu and Microsoft are in talks to extend the partnership.

[WePlayDirty]

Time will tell. Who knows if the previous deal was only for 6 months... this ‘new’ deal might be for a year. who knows.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

If Microsoft is smart they’d just buy them outright. They don’t have enough IPs.

[SilverDemon]

343
Microsoft IS smart, so they aren't going to invest more in this failing platform

[ZeroX9876]

Sony is also in talks with Bluehole to bring it over to PS4.
Maybe MS will pay a sum to extend it as an exclusive, but this also means lost of sales on the PS4 during that time.

Business wise, multi-platform would be the best way to go for a small third party corp like Bluehole while the game popularity is at it's peak. But again, Microsoft is in desperate mode right now since they need titles for the X, so an extension of the original deal wouldn't surprise me.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Talks don’t mean a whole lot. Ms already has a partnership

[Razzer]

Then talks of an extension with MS don't mean much either.

[Liqu1d]

"I don’t think it’s coming. Blu and Microsoft are in talks to extend the partnership."

"Talks don’t mean a whole lot."

[Segata]

For MS it would be huge to lose. For PS4, it's just another game added to an already impressive library. If it never came to PS4, it wouldn't hurt it at all.

[Fist4achin]

Does it translate to more fun for everyone?!

[cfc83]

Games arrive from pc to ps4, and not xbox quite often. Sometimes it's timed, sometimes console exclusive. Why are fellas getting pissed off all of a sudden ?

[pyroxxx]

So people finally hyping flashpoint/minecrafrt mods good,...

[subtenko]

Microsoft and bluehole f****d up!

Also, thanks Epic Games from throwing Fornite Battle Royale into the mix :D that really helped stir the pot.

Also I still want to point out...if PUBG comes out on ps4 before H1Z1 and The Forrest (Did they cancel those for ps4 or something?) Then good for ps4 owners.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

"So whats Bluehole's game here?" The answer is obvious ....they are looking to leverage their position as the new hot thing to get the best deal they can.

[Atticus_finch]

It would be another game to PS library but it would really suck for MS to lose the exclusivity of this game. Either way my brother keeps telling me how good fortnite is so I will jump in tonight.

[nitus10]

Fortnite is free and available for the PS4. In addition, the Smuggler's Run update for Grand Theft Auto V is also available if you want to play a Battle Royal game so unless you really need (debatable) to play PUBG then you have the option of two similar games now and more to come.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I wonder what happen to the "I don't like withholding content from other platforms" comment? Was Phil speaking with his fingers crossed behind his back?

[Tko1111]

Phil said content exclusivity is bad not games.

[ziggurcat]

a game is content, too.

[darthv72]

A game is not content. A game may contain content though. Last gen there were several games with exclusive content not found in other versions.

[ziggurcat]

yes... a game is content. content isn't strictly limited to DLC.

[darthv72]

A game is comprised of content. content makes up the game but it is not the game itself. The game is the finished product of said comprised content and content is anything from audio, video and the likes thereof.

hence why it is called a video game and not a video content.

[ziggurcat]

The game is the content... nice try, though.

[ILostMyMind]

I hope Sony does not waste money on this game.

[WelkinCole]

Bluehole is feeling the heat from Fornite and their recent PR misstep. Now they are trying to play both side to get the best deal they can possibly get. They would have tried to ride out MS as long as they can otherwise.

[Elda]

Let MS have it Sony doesn't need it.

[kevnb]

I can’t see the game having the same impact as it does on pc, just not a game that lends itself to console.

[rainslacker]

It's always hard to tell how well a game will do on consoles. While PUBG currently is receiving a lot of hype, most of that hype came from the exclusivity deal. Before that, I never saw console players talking about it, and I wouldn't be surprised if most of them had never heard of it. I think the more casual crowd certainly wasn't likely to. So for all the bluster that is surrounding this game, there is no gaurantee that it will do well on the console, and it's performance on PC is only good for marketing purposes.

Minecraft was pretty well known when it came to consoles, and it was playable in a lot of places before coming to consoles, and already had casual appeal. I don't think that PUBG has the casual appeal, and without that on consoles, it can be hard to get traction in the console market.

What it comes down to is that the console and PC market are entirely different markets. PUBG could flop big on consoles, or it could be the next big thing. It could have legs like Minecraft has had, or it could last 6 months and people grow bored with it when the next big thing comes along, like what happens with a lot of games on console.

[kevnb]

I think casual pc players are playing it since it peaks at 1.6 million concurrent players at a time, it’s just that the game feels designed for pc.

[pyroxxx]

Nothing,.. they were dead long before PUBG

[jlove4life]

I want it on ps4 but it is what it is i have x1 xboxx preordered and pc so playing the game not my issue I want to see Phil of the future handling he claim he doesn't like 3rd party exclusive content deals yet pubg is launch exclusive atm if he was a boss i would buy bluehole adding another studio to xbox camp and 6 months from now sell it on swich and ps4 like Minecraft win win he doesn't look like a liar everyone can play and over time hopefully return on investment Boom

[Pancit_Canton]

More nails in the coffin...

[ocelot07]

It dosen't mean much to be honest. Might mean more sales of PUBG. Some people who own both a PS4 and Xbox. Might prefer to own it for PS4. But will buy the XB1 version to tide them over until the PS4 version releases.

[MattSomething]

Fanboys say the Xbox is underpowered so microsoft makes a better console and they say power doesn’t matter, it’s about the games.

Fanboys say that Xbox has no games so they work on partnerships with other studios. Now people are losing their minds over PUBG on Xbox like it’s not out already on PC. This is all hilarious to me.

[kevnb]

the xbox one is underpowered, releasing an upgraded version for about $100 too much and about a year too late wont help that much. Heck the intention of the pro is to keep hardcore gamers buying games for ps4 instead of moving to pc, it had nothing to do with xbox. The xbox one x should serve the same purpose, but its too late and $100 more than the comparable playstation offering. What microsoft did is completely reactionary yet still makes no sense. The one x needs to be the same price as the pro, especially since the pro will probably drop in price. People are getting frustrated by all the dirty marketing and misleading microsoft is doing, thats where the criticism comes from.

[WilliamSheridan]

who said it's coming to PS4?

[Antnee534]

It doesn't mean anything special it's just another 3rd party game coming to all the platforms right?

[leeeroythe3rd]

So they signed a deal? Oh wait this is just another troll to sway pubg players from considering xbox.... sonys social pr game is the best exclusive they have

[MetroidFREAK21]

-I mean I probably will still play this more on PC than Xbox... The only reason I am double dipping and getting this for Xbox is for my friends who do not own a PC that want to experience this game. I think the better experience will be done on PC than Xbox... As a person who owns an Xbox, let Phil talk the hot breath talk... he is trying to make console sales increase by bringing a popular game to the console... Honestly, I do not think it will be as successful as the PC version.
-As for PlayStation owners, I hope they get to play this game sooner rather than later. With gaming becoming more and more infectious with "timed exclusives" (something I do not agree with at all, but I understand business deals happen) I want everyone and anyone to experience this game and any other game/content that may be locked away to due time exclusive. Sadly, the trend seems to only show it will continue to grow as gaming progresses... I hope that changes soon