Today is the day of Microsoft’s annual not-E3 Xbox Showcase, and by all accounts it’s going to be a big one. Of course, in addition to the usual selection of first-party games, you should probably anticipate a handful of third-party inclusions, as is customary for these kind of events. But one thing you should keep in mind ahead of time is that multiformat titles may not be announced for PS5 or PS4 until later next week.
You may recall Xbox tweeted a list of multiformat releases immediately after the PS Showcase last month, but history has taught us that Microsoft sometimes embargoes platform announcements until up to 48 hours after its livestream. This was specifically noteworthy with the announcement of Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden for PS4 last year: there was no confirmation of the ports coming to PlayStation until the following day. The same occurred with Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.
And, judging by Atlus’ leaked trailers for Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica – both of which are expected to be announced for Xbox platforms later today – you may have to wait 24 hours or more for confirmation they’re coming to PS5 and PS4. We’ll of course try to pin SEGA into making a comment as early as possible, but it’s something worth keeping in mind in the immediate aftermath of today’s event – some publishers may not be allowed to confirm all platforms yet.
Obviously this is frustrating, but the full picture will emerge fairly promptly, so unless Microsoft specifically describes a third-party game as exclusive, timed exclusive, or console exclusive, then it’s generally safe to assume it’ll be coming to PlayStation at some point. Our advice: pay close to attention to the language used and wait for further announcements next week – it’ll save you a lot of unnecessary bother in the long-run.
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This is one thing I really hate no matter who it is. Getting exclusivity to an announcement like this is fine. But holding it hostage for 24+ hours before they announce ALL platforms is ridiculous.
Well Nintendolife ran an article about a Spanish retailer accidentally listing the new Persona games for playstation and switch and included the cover art, before quickly removing them. So yeah they are atleast coming to playstation.
People just need to pay attention to the end of the trailers during the xbox showcase. If it doesn't say console exclusive or launch exclusive then it's 100% coming to playstation day one.
Imagine wasting money on keeping an announcement of a game exclusive for 48+ hours, only for the games to outsell on the other platforms. Unfortunately, they will likely be on Game Pass day one and that is where the majority of people will play it, so they won't buy the games.
Xbox shows have been great for multiplatform stuff since about 2014.
Every year since then I say to myself this will be the year I get excited about Xbox again.
I sit down with my tea and my biscuits to watch the show, and I come away hyped about games I can play somewhere else.
I got a Series X in March 2021 and haven't played anything on it yet. Just installed some old favourites like the Fable trilogy and Witcher 2.
This year though...
🤞🤞🤞
Just show me some Avowed gameplay.
I don't care about Starfield. I just want Avowed.
That's all I need.
Honestly, just hoping to see Indiana Jones from Microsoft. I'd love to see confirmation (sometime this week) that it either is or is not coming to PS5. I expect it won't and I'll be waiting to play until I eventually upgrade my PC in a few years. Still, with the new movie just around the corner, it would make sense for Microsoft to finally show the game.
@Shepherd_Tallon Well as someone else said on purexbox, the problem is they can show all these great games they have planned but they can't stick to a promised schedule. Last year they showed a lot do stuff yet 12 months later and most are still unreleased or released but flopped. After the Redfall, Crossfire and Scorn flops I'd reccomend people not get too hyped about what they show today until the reviews come out.
Not worried about the MS showcase, and neither should Xbox fans be worried about PS ones. Most games announced will be multi plat.
You mean Sony PR won’t put out a jpeg straight after like Xbox does?!? the internet loves the Xbox JPEG’s. -
I wonder if the potential benefit of press related to the announcements being focused on just their platform for like 24 hours is worth the price they pay for that "exclusivity".
Really hope Xbox has a great show, Sony needs pressure on them to show us their games.
@UltimateOtaku91 Painfully true.
I was just saying to a friend - Xbox need to earn my attention again, and then stick to a schedule once they have it.
For all the complaints about PlayStation not announcing more first party stuff, there's a lot to be said for keeping your mouth shut until you have a genuine release window.
Oh yeah remember that fable trailer from 3 years ago...oh wait
Let's hope they give us a reason to own an xbox.
Nope
Real talk i hope the Xbox showcase is great to put some pressure on sony
I'm really excited for the Xbox showcase. Sony had a lot of multiplat which was brilliant, but what really blew my socks off was the spiderman gameplay.
Can I just say though, why does Pushsquare mention Xbox so much, hardely happens over at Pure. Just wondering, seems odd. Maybe that's just my brain.
But yeah, I suspect a lot of games at Xbox showcase will be for Xbox for at least a year. Also, Sony do a good job at advertising games as if it's PS exclusive, so can't blame Xbox there really.
I'd say, like, if you only have a Playstation, then why waste your time wondering what's happing on the other side of the field?
If you only own an Xbox, same question.
If you own both, welcome to the cool club for all the cool people haha
If you own a PC....I bow at your feet
@Uncharted2007 I would strongly think unless Disney have made it a pre-req to be working on one of their licences, it will be exclusive to Xbox and PC.
Premature panic is what we here in the pushsquare comments do best!
The industry does love to do their weird little exclusive deals. Though Microsoft does generally seem to be the only one that does "You can't confirm this is for other platforms until X amount of time has passed." deals.
It’s pathetic. I would say the same about PlayStation and Nintendo , if they made use of this practice.
I watch Microsoft's showcase to see what I'll be picking up on PS5 or PC. 😊
@IAmAshCohen17 Fully agree. Especially after Sony's interference with the Activision buyout. It would have to be something written in the licensing contract before all the drama occurred. I would just like an answer instead of being left in limbo like what MS did with the second Tomb Raider game around 2015.
@Zoidpilot4 as an owner of all three, (well 4 actually) I spend time on NL, PX and PS - PX are constantly talking about Playstation. It’s the way the Xbox only media deal with Sony and coverage that I find a turn off to the brand. Especially the JPEGs. Ugh.
Anyway….. I wish people weren’t “loyal” to a brand and held all three to the same standards. All three bring me joy and all three drive me cracker.
The steam deck keeps me sane. I can play a Sony exclusive and then a Xbox exclusive sat on sofa watching a movie.
That’s the future
Well, hope the showcase is good. At least can't be worse than last year I guess.
X box always does that.you think a lot of they're third party games are exclusive to theyre console but the games always come to PlayStation.x box in my kratos voice got to be better.word up son
What you are saying is to hold off on sticking your PS5 on ebay to change to Xbox until around a week after the show.
@Stocksy I think both sites do it, from what I have seen. It is a shame. Video games are fun, the way people make politics out of it is not
Sneaky way of telling us all “yes, this site is under embargo about some games we know will be announced today” without actually breaking the embargo. 😉
(Although that banner almost screams you are specifically talking P3R)
Ha! And so does Sony!
How desperate must you be to have timed exclusive on frigging announcements? 🤣🤣🤣
@Uncharted2007
I was very frustrated back then too, since PS4 was my primary platform, but let’s not pretend Sony does not do the same. Sony sings exclusivity deals and never ever caves on telling us when those games will be free to come to other platforms. We are left in the air about things like FF7R being lifetime console exclusive or not.
Hell, Nintendo does not talk either, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 seems to be lifetime exclusive, but the likes of Shin Megami Tensei V and Monster Hunter Rise end up being a year.
But for some reason, everyone is only angry about Xbox not talking about their timed exclusives… again, I understand being upset, just wish the standard was applied across the board. Same about game journalists. Don’t recall when was the last time most journalist expressed any issue with Nintendo or Sony timed exclusivity.
Edited to add quote for the benefit of those that need it.
Just give me a new motorstorm damn
Gotta keep all the immature fanboys in check. PushSquare knows its audience.
Also remember the FFXVI PC version getting deleted off the trailer? As if Playstation doesn’t have its own embargoes…
Edit: at least with what you are referring to with Xbox you only wait 24 hours or whatever. Playstation’s deals are a lot longer so that you buy the game there first. The impatience is unreal. Imagine a game getting announced for the original Xbox and everyone had to wait 24 hours for it to get announced for PS2. Im sure they were fine.
I find this really annoying just in principle but as long as they're coming to PS then I'm happy enough.
Timed exclusive announcements just seem so petty, no matter who's doing it 😂
The Xbox showcase can be great for third party announcements, so I'm very much looking forward to today's show. Plus I skipped the leaked trailers, so I'm eager to see the Persona 3 remake in action, assuming it's part of this show.
I really hope Xbox has an amazing showing and easily beats Sony's and Gamefest's showing! Sony is at it's best when it feels pressure from the competition
Wait a minute, I thought MS were the good guys, incapable of such things… 🤪
@Enigk if we did that how else are we supposed to play Spiderman2, Wolverine, Silent Hill2, FF, Ghost of Tsushima2 and many others. Funny
This is just one of those dirty tricks that both Microsoft and Sony play. Let’s be honest; neither platform holder plays fair.
@Toot1st
Sony doesnt do timed announcement, only Microsoft.
Sony does timed exclusives and so does Microsoft.
What? Microsoft does dirty business too? But the green fanboys say, they are the good guys? D:
Announcement exclusivity is the worst. Either pay for timed exclusivity or don't, but leaving fans of rival platforms in the dark about a release that'll be hitting their system is needlessly cruel.
This is the first time in years that I believe it will be a great showcase for Xbox first party titles. That said, I can't help the feeling that there will be a lot of promising footage and the end results will be disappointing yet again. Not because I want that to happen, quite the contrary, but Xbox has done this to themselves. Maybe I'll "trust" them again once those games have come out and turned out great.
@Tharsman
This isnt same as timed exclusive games, this is timed announcement which is big differrence.
Sony doesnt do that only Microsoft has done that.
If a game is timed exclusive than ofcourse game studio cant say when game comes to other platforms.
After timed exclusive deal is up then it is up to game studio and not Sony or Microsoft to announce when game comes elsewhere.
@MasterChiefWiggum
Still Sony doesnt do this only Microsoft.
@K1LLEGAL on timed exclusive it is differrent since when timed is up then it is up to game studio and not Sony to announce game.
On FF16 Square has come out that game will take longer to port to pc and has nothing about timed exclusive deal.
@Neverwild
Funny, because no one still has a clue if the Metal Gear Collection is indeed coming to any platform other than PlayStation. No one claimed exclusivity, but no platform other than PS has been revealed yet. Not even MS shower it in its chart.
Edit: also not sure why you replied to me about that. I was replying to someone that was talking specifically about Tomb Rider time exclusivity.
@Neverwild a contract is in place to not announce other platforms even though they may very well be in development ; so ultimately it’s the same thing.
@Tharsman
Replied to you since you said Sony does same thing and that is not the case.
Until we know of any announcement embargo on those game you cant say Sony does same thing, since we dont know.
But Microsoft does announcement embargos and has so far been the only one.
@K1LLEGAL
No big differrence when it is not timed exclusive.
When games drop day one on all platforms but Microsoft pays for timed announcement is just sad.
Microsoft wants people to think it is exclusive to them when it is not.
@Toot1st nope. Only ms stoops so low
@Neverwild by “the same” I mean not be clear as to when a game is permanent third party exclusive or timed exclusive and for how long.
When replying to a reply to someone else, helps seeing what it was replied to to get the context.
Hell should had been obvious that’s what I meant by the comment alone still.
@Uncharted2007 personally think it would have been exclusive regardless of ABK. I can't remember if they announced it post acquisition.
I'm looking forward to it. I hope Xbox do well, and they show off more of what we know coming from their first party, and some new reveals.
I know a few on here have this weird vendetta against them for some reason, but should want all companies to do well. It's what drives good competition and innovation.
It should be noted that Sony aren't embargoed and Sony knows who they have been selling or giving development kits to and who they have been helping out behind the scenes.
An after Microsoft stunt last month, surely they are under no obligation to not let that info leak out about 5 seconds after Microsoft Xbox show ends.
@IAmAshCohen17
the Indiana game was announced after the acquisition was announced, but before the acquisition had closed.
I’m on the mind the game will be xbox exclusive unless it’s a licensing contract requirement for it to go to all platforms. Not extremely unlikely, but I highly doubt it’s in the contract. So far Disney has not mandated Sony to make their games available on all platforms either.
1000% this. For some reason a lot of console “warriors” want other platforms to simply fail. The sentiment feels stronger against Xbox, but I only think it feels that way because of the size of the fan base. There are a handful of Xbox fanboys that also want to see PS just stumble and go away, as well as Nintendo fanboys that want everyone else to vanish.
I just want everyone to be on a good even ground. We all win when no console is the absolute market leader.
@MasterVGuides Majority will play it on PS5 and if they are coming to the PS4 that console as well.
The announcement of the Persona 5 Royal port set a new level of lame in my book: tell me you are desperate without telling me you are desperate.
@Stocksy You aren't suggesting Sony will break their confidentiality agreements studios now are you? Now if one of sony janitors happens to pick up a piece of paper listing all these games and confirm that they are coming to PS5/4 and that info happens mysteriously make it way to a major online leaker, well these things happen, what can Sony honestly do about it!
All I know is, the Xbox stream is worth loading up just for all the Gollum puns right now 😅
I'm just hoping it's the game show that starts to excite people, as one is due. Considering how many games could be revealed, announced or given dates on all platforms, it has been a bit of a slow summer. A good Xbox show might just kick off the year, with Sony coming back late summer with some more stuff, with all the other E3 deserters in-between 😄
Other than Zelda releasing, the wonderment has been lacking recently. It's mostly just been corporate sh**housing 😫
@Tharsman
You are right. I personally know an Xbox fanboy that was so happy about the Xbox ABK acquisition (which seems mercifully blocked) because he wanted Xbox to make all the games exclusive and attempt to bleed PlayStation out. He's obviously not a bright or forward-thinking person.
When it comes to console warrior stuff, he reminds me Destin from IGN, sadly.
Well the show is already better than Sony's showcase and it's only 20 mins in.
Mostly been cgi up to now, was supposed all gameplay lol.
Nothing original too, apart from the nice guitar playing skeleton.
And Subs like gamepass are a cancer.
@Tharsman Fully agree. I don't think there should be 3rd party exclusivity at all, regardless of platform. I would hope that Xbox and Nintendo fans are angered at Sony when they pull something similar as seen with FF7 Remake. I would hope they let their voices of concern be heard.
@Jtheripper salt
@Vacuumator careful, some on here will close their eyes and let cognitive dissonance type for them haha
Xbox show isn't bad so far.
The only thing bugging me is they talked about gameplay a lot during the week, but so far it's mostly in engine cinematics mixed with brief clips of gameplay.
Edit: Cyberpunk looking nice though.
@TheCollector316 not the topic here but I assure you, the ABK deal will go through (with or without the UK), AND CoD will stay multiplat.
Wanting ABK to be part of Xbox games studios “to kill Sony” is stupid console warfare, though. I roll my eyes every time someone demands MS make CoD exclusive.
@Shepherd_Tallon I've seen a lot of gameplay, in game footage and cgi. Which is what they confirmed.
@Zoidpilot4 Fair.
I guess I just listened to the internet too much during the week.
Edit: When I hear "gameplay" I picture something like the Spidey 2 sequence from the PS show.
Edit 2: Starfield. This is more like it.
@Tharsman
Hopefully, you are wrong about that.
They certainly paid for a lot of exclusive trailers 😁 it's made it the best show so far, but it kind of explains why Sony and Gamefest was a bit meh at times.
You children just need to chill! There just video games 😂😂😂
@Shepherd_Tallon I agree too =) I translated gameplay to mean full on gameplay
Inxile clockwork revolution looks like could be cool, but again not much gameplay to get what its like to play.
Starfield is my style, environments look good, space too, just wish human npcs looked better in global povs, thwy dont look any better than previous gen best games in roaming gameplay, hopefully better in close-in convos.
Also hope you can select a 60fps mode.
Phantom liberty i thought was kinda cool, looking forward to it and what upgrade/updates come with it.
Path of the goddess looked nice, from capcom.
@TheCollector316 keep in mind ABK left China, potentially their second biggest market, over what has been simply described as a disagreement. If it takes leaving the UK to get that payday, Kotick will do that.
I just hope it goes through clean because leaving the UK and delegating UK publishing to a third party would result in many people losing their jobs.
Got to admit that was a great showcase and starfield looks amazing.
Talk about damage control lmao
Timed exclusive on another platform can work for us as well because you most of the time get a better complete version a little later at a reduced price.
Gotta say the Xbox showcase was very good, they beat Playstation for once!! Starfield looks incredible, Flight Sim, Fable, Hellblade, Forza Motorsports, etc. might actually get to play my Series X more than a couple of times a week!!
Just watched the showcase from xbox ,probably their best in years, starfield is gonna be great ,the rest the majority will be available on ps but free on gamepass ,ms has really been throwing the cash about, 2024 is gonna be really interesting, we know sonys studios are the best in the business ,they need to show us what their other studios have been working on,I wanna see naughty dogs new ip,thats gonna blow everyone away I feel.
@Neverwild garbage how many times did you see the Xbox logo at the Sony showcase not once they will never say if it's on Xbox only it's coming to playstation
@Beerheadgamer82 PS5 owners don't want those and instead want sub par third party titles that they are too impatient to wait for a PS5 announcement for.
@Uncharted2007 to be fair there's no way ff7 remake would run on a switch
@Toot1st
Wow you really dont understand.
Ofcourse other platforms exept pc will be on a showcase.
But after games has been shown, game studio post on their websites which platforms games are coming to.
So all games on Sonys show that isnt exclusive directly had in written that it will be on Xbox or Nintendo.
When Microsoft does a showcase they pay for 48-72 hour release embargo so game studios are not allow to do post which platforms games are coming to.
Microsoft post a few minutes after playstation show which games will come to Xbox.
Hope you understand now.
@rawzeku even worse is exclusive demo’s for a game coming to both platforms. That makes no sense and is money hatting at it’s worse.
@Ralizah @Lando_ @MasterChiefWiggum @Loamy @WallyWest @BadPlayerOne @MasterVGuides @rawzeku
I 100% agree on this matter. What they're doing shouldn't be okay imo, but for whatever reason it's perfectly legal?
Hopefully such practices will eventually be banned in the future.
@crimsontadpoles @ATaco @AndyKazama Oh definitely! That always seems to be the case.
This week's showcase has five PS5 games I'm gonna play eventually, with one of them being a pre-order (SW: Outlaws).
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Persona 3 Reload
Star Wars: Outlaws
Still Wakes the Deep
@KidRyan CAPCOM made the easiest money in their existence with that Kunitsu embargo, that was less than 24 hours 😂
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