Google Stadia Exclusivity Delays Serious Sam 4 on PS4 Until 2021

It would be much nicer for everyone if Stadia tried to get people to play their console because they WANT to play exclusive games that they have developed and put work into, and not just because they’re paying loads of money to deprive us of another experience for another year.

Sony do the same thing so I've no sympathy for anyone crying foul about someone else doing it if they don't also hold Sony to the same standard.

However I do hate the practice overall, no matter who does it.

Got a gimped version of FF7R because of Sony money.

Wow, Google's got a real heavy hitter there! I'm sure the masses will immediately flock to stadia now.

In all honesty, this 100% bomb.
Probably mid range rating at the very most.

Always thought of this as a PC series anyway. Didn’t think it would even come to PS4.

@Miles_Edgeworth couldn’t agree more. Though I also believe that in the case of Bloodborne or Astral Chain, those were examples of Sony and Nintendo investing into the IP, which to me makes more sense for exclusivity as opposed to Google just trying to hoard something to be the first mover. I actually am less inclined to support Google seeing this kind of hoarding they’re doing as they don’t appear to have any interest in SS4 aside from wanting timed exclusives to artificially give value to Stadia.

Meh... They can have it.

Serious Sam is a heavy PC series anyway,and it seems tgat platform is unaffected. The fanbase won't be missing out really.

I keep forgetting Stadia exists until I see stories like this.

Even tho its a recognisable name I dont see people flocking to the stadia for this game. Especially as the main fanbase is on PC

I really don't get why they are so clumsy about those exclusivities. Why announce it in advance for all platform with a forced delay? This just annoys everyone. Instead they should only announce it for stadia and later on other platforms. It would feel like a port rather than a forced delay

This is not how you get people to buy your console or device. When you can't sell people of convenience, gotta strong arm them with exclusives. I'll go back to forgetting this thing exist.

@Menchi you didn't get a gimped version because of sony. it was always going to be released in parts. so thats a false assumption you made there.

@DarkLloyd Sony money prevented it coming out on more powerful systems, like the PC, which hasn't got texture memory issues.

Or maybe even Xbox One X.

It's a visuals/hardware thing, not game being sold in parts thing.

Money bought timed exclusivity, just like this.

Serious Sam is usually a pretty fast reactionary type of FPS isn’t it? I wonder how the latency issues with Stadia might possibly affect a game like this.

Well, you have to be very hypocrite if you complain about this, but not when Sony (or MS) do the exact same thing.

I personally have no problem with exclusives or timed exclusives, actually i have very strong opinions againts 1º party studios doing the opposite. With the exception been cases like Metro Exodus or Phoenix Point on Steam/EGS.

Exclusivity deals don't bother me but if people have a problem with it, thay need to thank Microsoft for normalizing exclusivity deals last generation. Which oddly people didn't have a problem with it, it's odd how things work isn't it? especially now the shoe is no the other foot.

I love Serious Sam. I'll be getting this for my ps5 day one.

Won't get anywhere near Staadia.

I serious-ly don’t care

@banacheck actually Sony were pulling this nonsense long before Microsoft ever did but Nintendo basically started it

I quite like timed exclusives. It means we get to play a properly ported game on the day we’re expecting it. I think we get better results if developers focus on one platform and then have a decent amount of time to make a proper ports the other ones. Trying to produce ports for a quarter of a dozen consoles day one is just a recipe for bugs and patches.

So... no one will be playing this until 2021 then, basically. 😉

Does Google know that Stadia sucks? No amount of exclusivity deals is going to change that fact.

"Here's something we're sure you're delighted to read."
Do I even need to state the obvious?

At least its on pc I guess. Just wait to download on pc try out a demo.

Stadia... is it still alive?

@Miles_Edgeworth
you can say the same for PS and XBox

So by the time it become avaliable to buy no one will care about it, I think this was a bad move unless stadia paid well.

How good is serious sam anyway? Having seen its the 4th I would hav elikely sampled the series, now they can have it plenty of developer to support. By the time its on ps4, the ps5 will be well under way. So most will hopefully have moved in and croteam will learn there lesson.

@Menchi I blame SE for the textures thing as well as it being a problem with Unreal 4, the game is doing nothing what is pushing the console and plenty of more demanding games don't have this issue at all.

Stadia is not the future of gaming. They're throwing good money after bad buying exclusives. They can beta test it for the rest of us 😁

Meh, who cares.

@Menchi Sorry, but you fail to understand the reasoning that people are annoyed with Google. It's the simple fact that they buy out exclusive deals to make up for the lack of 1st party offerings that actually makes a console more appealing. No one is really bothered about the exclusive practice in general, because that's just simply business. Blame the developing studios for taking the money, as they are the reason for the practice in part. All in all, the practice exists for fair enough reasons, but it puts Google in a bad light when they are simply buying out timed deals instead of developing their own games for their own platform. Never a good thing to appear lazy to the consumers.

Stadia is going to fail miserable because nobody wants to play streaming games only. The physical games are the best and is here to stay traditionally!

@Menchi they didn't prevent a pc version from being made, square works on all versions at the same time. all sony did is pay square for a year headstart.

if you want to blame someone blame square for accepting the money otherwise you need to stop with this false information you are doing.

@DarkLloyd Thanks for agreeing with me and proving my initial point. Sony money prevented a better version being released on April 10th