Nintendo and Microsoft won’t allow horror game Christmas Massacre, dev claims

A developer has claimed that it is unable to release its upcoming game on Nintendo and Xbox platforms because the companies won’t allow it.

Christmas Massacre, a PS1-style horror game, will be released on PlayStation later this month, but when asked by fans if it would come to other platforms, developer Puppet Combo responded “Only PlayStation will allow it.”

[Jin_Sakai]

This definitely gives Life of Black Tiger a run for its money.

https://youtu.be/QSXbld8fqa...

[isarai]

I get why you would say that looking at the surface, but puppet combo games are infamous. They're almost like the A24 of the gaming industry. Love their games, they're not all bangers but a lot of them ooze atmosphere if you're into the retro aesthetic. But it's not everyone's thing

[MrBaskerville]

Puppet Combos games are fire. Loved Murder House and BLOODWASH.

A lot of the games are surprisingly spooky.

[Relientk77]

This game gives me Manhunt vibes but Christmas

Wow lol

[Destiny1080]

xbox & nintendo fans would never make it past the first level without mummy holding their hand

[staticall]

I would be scared to death if some old decaying mummy was holding my hand while i was playing

[Angyobangyo]

Oh you mean like Atreus telling the player how to solve every damn puzzle in GoW Ragnarok.

[ZeekQuattro]

Nintendo allows H games on the Switch so the dev must really of fucked up to get blocked. 🤣

[shadowT]

honestely, Sony should block this "game", too

[MrBaskerville]

You're not a man of culture I see. The entire oeuvre of Puppet Combo needs to be available on console.

It's trash horror of the finest caliber. Genuinely scary stuff, solid mechanics but also made with the same mindset as 80s horror movies directly released on vhs.

[1nsomniac]

Love that fanboys will protect Sony for not allowing 3D movies on PSVR “because Sony wouldn’t allow that on their platform” yet they’re here chanting them on purely because Microsoft and Nintendo won’t allow this on their platforms hahaha.

Really is bottom feeder mentality.

[Kneetos]

Welcome to psN4G

[StormSnooper]

So now MS is censoring games … wonderful

[kneon]

This isn't new. For example, I recall that they didn't want Heavy Rain because of the child kidnapping

[Gamer75]

So the character that you play as goes around and kills children and he wonders why its not on Nintendo or Xbox consoles

[phoenixwing]

Child killing shouldn't be on anything honestly. There's a reason the children on skyrim were off limits

[DarXyde]

Also, I suspect, why children aren't walking the streets in GTA games—an entire population of adults.

But you know... If we're being consistent, it's hypocritical, don't you think? Platforms allow violence, but that is likely because no one in their right mind would reenact the violence depicted (i.e., "video games don't cause violence"). That is my position, but then why not against children? Is there concern that it will cause violence against children?

They don't keep the same energy, which is a bit odd. My guess is that they wouldn't want to be accused of anything. It's a liability matter, most likely.

That aside, I'm guessing Microsoft and Nintendo are actively looking to avoid a Fox News "War on Christmas" segment because there's actually a proportion of the adult population that thinks there's a war on Christmas.

Ridiculous? Yes. But I don't blame them either because institutions like WBC and US representatives like MTG exist. People are strange.

[Barlos]

But it's not real. Anyone that can't differentiate has big problems.

[Barlos]

It's a game though. And it's not for kids.