Google Stadia Buys Lost Words: Beyond the Page Exclusivity, PS4 Version Pushed Back a Year

Not really disappointed, but I hate this particular business practice. All it does is push me further from stadia and this particular game.

I thought the article was going to be a sarcastic article.

Stadia is still a thing? Colour me surprised...

It’s not like you can blame the developers, it’s got them in the headlines and they’ll be getting a nice cheque from Google. Still, it’s a shame that we’ll have to wait until essentially next gen for it to come to PS.

LOL I'm getting EGS exclusivity announcement flashbacks.

This is the only way Google is going to be able to compete with Sony, MS and Nintendo so in that sense this isn't shocking. What will be interesting to see is if bigger games, particularly ones from Japanese studios, start going to Google as timed or possibly even full exclusives. I can't imagine a big company like Google failing to make some kind of splash. Whether it works or not is up in the air but Google will definitely give it a try.

No offense but this isn't a game that going to increase Stadia subscriber numbers. Not only that I now have no interest in buying the game when it does launch as I cannot support this kind of practice

No worries, there's enough coming along and enough to be having fun with in the meantime.

I cannot even pretend to care based solely on the included image. If I wanted to wear a raincoat and jump on stone pillars I'll just do it for free thank you very much.

I don't think streaming and console is direct competitor, google should make it that the game can't appear on others streaming service like psnow and xcloud rather than on console.

I don't mind this at all. If Google is stupid to to this, then good for the developers. I can wait.

Who?!

Let me know when they start buying Nioh2 or CyberPunk. This stuff is always for when nothing big to play anyway.

I finally got around to finishing GRIS. And that was because it showed up on PC Game Pass.

Good for dev. He clearly received more cash than what he would have earned from sales.

@wiiware has a good point about competing with streaming services rather than consoles. Also, an exclusive on Stadia won't actually prevent PlayStation owners from playing the game, e.g. on a browser (once Stadia Base is launched), so it's a bit different from console exclusives where you'd need to buy additional hardware.

Unless Google buys TLOU2, I don't care.

Better not try that with a bigger game. Ask MS about that.

Meh.

Good luck to the developers and everything but.....meh.

I dislike exclusives as they are anti-consumer friendly. The only people that are happy are those that own that system and those that don't are forced to buy that device (or in some cases wait weeks, months or even a year or more). Its like having to buy a different Bluray player for each different movie studio. Its getting that way with all the streaming services!!

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Enjoy your dose of irony, I guess.
"God damnit"
And awareness of irony is something you folks oughta work on.

lol They can keep this one

This practice always sucks for consumers but it is financially beneficial to the people who make the game. I understand this more with indie devs than AAA titles.

Although the first thing that popped in my head was stadia being supported long enough to have a year long exclusive game.

Seems to be a lot of fake outrage on a practice that all console makers have done at some point. There were even rumours the sony had paid a boatload of cash to have gta 6 as a timed exclusive on ps5. Maybe not true but if it was are there really people on here that wouldnt buy it on principle?? Personally I'd think sweet, another reason to buy a ps5 - if it really exists...😜

@BAMozzy This is always a ridiculous comment. Exclusives are why PS, Xbox and Nintendo exists. It was why Sega was able to compete. Companies who make rgeir own hardware, store or service should also make their own exclusive games. Paying for games they do not own is a bad practice however. Comparing it to movies is even more ridiculous and not just for the fact that movie studios do not make hardware. Only fanboys refuse to buy another platform and complain about exclusives. I bought a Genesis and SNES, same with the PS2, Dreamcast and GameCube and the PS4 and Switch. So make sure you say third party exclusives.

See this becoming more and more common with stadia , Google think it they throw enough money around user base will increase , but it looks like it's having the opposite effect.

Don't think any "console" has had such a terrible launch and drop in numbers.

Reading is for nerds! smashes empty Monster Energy against forehead

If a game is developed as an exclusive, then that's fine. If it's been devolped multi-platform and then gets an exclusivity lock, that's when the grumblings start.

M$ tried this with Rise of the Tomb Raider and all it did was damage the Tomb Raider brand/sales and M$' wallet.

Probably the last we'll ever hear of this developer anyway...

Problem with stadia is, its only available in a few countrys.
An exclusive for stadia therefore means a lot people has no chance to play it compared with ps or xbox exclusive where you could buy the console if really wanna play it.

@LaJettatura
but you could buy a ps4 if you wanted, but stadia is not available in my country, so no chance for me to get it^^

@GodGamer The sole purpose of exclusives, whether they are bought or made by a hardware manufacturer, is to get you to buy into their system. Its anti-consumer as its for the sole benefit of that platform holder. I know that historically its always been this way but that doesn't make it any less anti-consumer.

Sega dropped out of the hardware business and then made games for all hardware. There is nothing stopping Nintendo, MS or Sony making games for ALL platforms - except 'fear' that people will not buy their hardware and recoup all that R&D into building that hardware. Its so bad that aspects of games and even some games are locked behind a pay wall - the online aspects.

I too own multiple platforms as I am a Gamer first and foremost and have NO allegiance at all to any company. I want access to ALL games I want to play but having to spend hundreds to get access to a handful of exclusives is ridiculous. There is no reason (other than the Hardware manufacturer wanting to sell hardware and fear that you may not buy) to making and releasing games on all platforms. In fact, other than 'selling hardware', it would be more beneficial to sell more games. Unfortunately Fanboys get upset of other gamers get to enjoy the same games they do and use Exclusives as some 'justification' for their choice of platform.

If Sony are to release some of their games on PC (rumours of Dreams and Horizon: Zero Dawn for example), that benefits Sony because they sell 'more' games and benefits more gamers as they get to play more games without having to invest in yet another platform, pay yet another subscription charge etc.

If ALL games were available on ALL platforms, a consumer could buy the Platform they wanted. Sony, MS and Nintendo for example would get revenue as Publishers - like Ubisoft, EA, Activision, THQ etc.

I doubt it will happen - but maybe with streaming you could see a day when a single piece of hardware can play all games but you probably will need to subscribe to different publishers - like EA Access, Battlenet, PS+, Gold etc to stream games from those publishers...

Desperate times, require desperate measures. Money is all Google has to try and keep Stadia on life support.