Could Marvel's Blade Come to PS5? Bethesda Declines to Comment

It’s more likely that it’s so far away. That they haven’t committed to bring it to the current generation of Xbox. Than that they are considering bringing it to PlayStation.

What happend to considering us like family? Anyway it all comes down to the money, like with cod, its going to be multiplatform. They don't really care about the game, its just a peace offering.

Why are we getting this with every Bethesda game?
They’re a 1st party Xbox Studio, so the answer is highly likely no.
Might as well ask is Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 coming to Xbox.

The silence tells it all.

“Insiders” have said that any Marvel IP licenses after 2022 has to be multiplatform. Wolverine likely tbr lays exclusive if true.

I do wonder if Microsoft has changed its approach to exclusivity after the ActiBlizz acquisition given that they were forced to make compromises. Maybe they've realised that it's not beneficial for them to make games exclusive to their own ecosystem, especially when considering that what matters most to them is Game Pass. So to me, it would make sense that henceforth, more games developed by Xbox would release on PlayStation, but not on services other than Game Pass.

It could also be temporary in preparation for future acquisitions in case organisations like the FTC would use it as an argument that Microsoft only releases games on their ecosystem. I believe that was one of their arguments, that Microsoft acquired ZeniMax and have since then made their games exclusive to them.

Either way, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Blade came out on PlayStation.

As Ryall states, its perhaps too early to commit to ANY platform(s) yet and no point 'promising' to release on platforms that may not be 'relevant' or 'cost effective' to port to.

It's up to MS and/or any 'licencing' agreement they may have with the IP holder. It makes much more sense for Playstation gamers to 'expect' ALL Bethesda new games to be Exclusive until they are 'confirmed' to be on PS too.

No-one expects Sony to release their 1st party games on Xbox - regardless of whether they 'own' IP's or Licence them (like Spider-Man or MLB). MLB 'forced' Sony to release its MLB games on Xbox or lose the Licence.

MS clearly stated that Zenimax purchase was about bringing Great 'exclusives' to Xbox, and whilst they stated they would continue to 'support' ALL games currently on PS, any 'new' release would be assessed on a Case by Case basis. Arkane are now an Xbox owned Studio, like Naughty Dog or Insomniac are now owned by Sony and 1st Party.

I’m sure we will find out before Marvel blade releases sometime in 2028 or 2029, probably the same day as hell blade 2

Personally I think the game is too far away and that Xbox hasn't locked it down yet. It may be made by an Xbox studio but it's not their IP. Marvel could be wanting it on PS too for that money.

I think that if MS was to have it locked down, then they may have to pay more to keep it exclusive to make up for the loss of PS sales or re-negotiate for it. Just because Spider-Man is exclusive to PS, it doesn't mean Blade will be exclusive to Xbox. Depends on the agreement they make

I'm sure if you asked Bethesda if they wanted to be multiplatform they'd say "yes! Please, God, yes!" I'm also sure Marvel will look at the amount of ps5s sold compared to Xbox series X/S and want a bigger audience.

But, yeah it's so far away there's no real answer here

I dont think Marvel will limited a game of this caliber to the least bought current gen console.
There are literally 2 PS5s sold for every XBOX that is being sold, meaning Marvel would limit themselves to only 33% of the potential buyers when going exclusive with XBOX.

It is strange that they didn't plaster Xbox marketing anywhere with the trailer. I would have expected to at least see an Xbox Game Studios sticker somewhere on it. If it's expected in 2025 at the earliest I still highly doubt it isn't coming in the current generation so I don't put much stock in the "it's too far out to announce anything" idea.

It's strange but still, I wouldn't hold my breath expecting it to be multi platform.

If it comes it comes.if not.no big deal.a lot of amazing games are coming.its all good.word up son

It is probably just because it isn't being released any time soon. No point committing to exclusivity or day-one game pass or anything when they might change strategies in a few years.

The games is probably late 2027? That’s a whole lot of time from now & the gaming landscape could be very different.

Sony might have allowed for a version game pass by then, MS could be on the verge of dropping out of the hardware space or going 3rd party- especially if the sales continue to fall or Marvel could’ve mandated a multiplat release like MLB did.
A lot of ‘could’- so who knows?

I’m just going to assume it’s exclusive.

PlayStation gets Spider-Man and Wolverine.
Xbox gets Blade.
Multiplatfom gamers win as they get a high budget take on all these IPs.
Long live owning all platforms!

Could this be the first good Vampire game?!
Ok, I hate superhero stuff, so at least if it's more about vampires than superheroes .
So glad and interested to see first 3rd person game by that team.

I'm sure they just want to keep the Xbox exclusivity quiet as long as possible following the Activision-Blizzard acquisition.

@HeeHo MLB is developed by a FIRST party Playstation studio. And yet it is available on all platforms including Xbox.

Contrary to some of the previous comments, I’m not sure that the game si that far away from release. Arkane Lyon has always developed its games at relatively fast pace, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it release early 2025. Especially since Arkane Austin just released a vampire game as well, meaning Lyon could reuse a lot of environmental assets from Redfall, thus speeding the development process. A gameplay trailer could actually be shown as early as next summer to drive Xbox engagement during holiday 2024 using the Marvel brand.
As for its exclusive status, I can’t see Microsoft willing to release it elsewhere than on Xbox and PC. Blade is a massive franchise, and the fact that the game takes place in Paris could boost Xbox sales in Europe where it desperately needs it. As PlayStation players, we would be very surprised to see Wolverine, an Insomniac developed game, release on Xbox. PlayStation gets a strategic advantage for keeping it exclusive and the same applies to Microsoft and Blade. Surely they flooded Marvel with cash to make sure they compensated financial losses due to the game not releasing on PlayStation. Considering they paid 300 millions dollars to have Jedi : Survivor on Game Pass, a massive financial compensation seems the obvious method used here.
I’d be extremely happy with Blade releasing on PS5 but it seems so so unlikely.

@darkswabber long live owning PS5 & a high end gaming PC (RTX 4090) & ofcourse Switch.

Xbox has no place in my house.

Sony has owned the rights to the Spider-Man IP (including all related characters) since 1998. This gives them complete control over licensing, hence PlayStation exclusivity for their Spider-Man games (and Avengers).

Any hypothetical Marvel-mandated multi format clause Disney might impose would not have any effect on the Spider-Man IP.

Conversely, there has been talk that Bethesda renegotiated the Indiana Jones license to allow their upcoming game to be XBOX-only. If true, this would indicate that Disney may be open to the idea of platform exclusivity for at least some of their IPs.

Of course I'd be happy to see it on ps5, but if it's on cloud streaming and PC it really doesn't matter that much anymore. Get a month of game pass and even with a low to mid bandwidth you can have a fluent gaming experience on most devices if needs be.

Also, what happened to Indiana Jones Bethesda?

The only way I see it coming to PS is if Microsoft kills off Xbox or if Sony allows Game Pass on PS. The absence of platforms is likely about the release timing and it comes out Holiday 2028 at the earliest where it would be next gen Xbox if Xbox still exists at that point.

Look at Metroid Prime 4 for example, Nintendo announced that game for Switch in June 2017 and Switch 2 is seemingly fast approaching. If Nintendo made Metroid Prime 4 a Switch 2 exclusive there would be gigantic backlash because it was already announced for the current Switch. It's the same reason they didn't cancel BotW Wii U.

@Dr_ENT TBF you have a high end gaming PC so you get acces to all xbox stuff eitherway 😜

@croaker_1
Then why/how did Marvel take Spiderman games away from Activision and offer them to Xbox and PlayStation?

Will Marvel except their ip being put up on GamePass when they could be making the kind of money Sony bring them with SpiderMan games?

@croaker_1 this is completely and utterly false.
Sony only owns the movie licenses and nothing else.
Disney has full control over comic, tv, toy, merchandise and videogame licensing for spider-man and spider-man adjacent characters.

Sony pays disney for the videogame rights

I am pretty sure Marvel doesn't really have a word to decide wether Spiderman will or not go to other platforms. Sony owning Spiderman rights does the role on such decisions.

Otherwise, Xbox doesn't really own any marvels superheroes, so if they are ditching out licenses there is a chance one of the caviars is to make it multiple platforms. Maybe it's just a time release for Xbox and pc first, then other platforms later.

@Bamila like I mentioned prior. Sony does not own spider-man. Disney does. Sony only owns the movie rights and the rights to make merch specifically based on the movie incarnations.

Anything else, from videogames to comics to tv to toys is fully disney. Including insomniac’s spider-man.

@Atreus97 Microsoft didn't want the license the same goes for Activision Blizzard.

@darkswabber They don't own merch rights as far as i know only the movie license. I thought they made the Spider-Man available to Microsoft but they didn't want it.

@Flaming_Kaiser yeah spider-man ps4/5 is supposedly part of the deal that gave disney SM in the MCU. Although that’s hasn’t been confirmed yet and is purely based on insiders saying it.

@darkswabber well, to my knowledge Sony owns movies Spiderman with like every single spider verse character 900 of them or so.

Also, since marvel and Sony keep making agreements, both make billions of dollars off Spiderman movies and MCU it's obvious that Sony has an upper hand on making such decisions wether to make Spiderman playstation only or make it multiplatform since Marvel doesn't want to lose Spiderman in its Avengers movies MCU, which would possibly happen if they went wrong terms with Sony.

And Sony will do anything to keep dominating the gaming space, the way they have done for over a decade now, so obviously insomniac owning Spiderman license for games, and it being owned by Sony, Sony owning movies license and ditching it to Marvel's via agreements, then Spiderman being number one superhero in the world for forever now and all the popularity bringing merchandise sales up that goes to Disney does have impact.

It really depends on the IP owner, Bethesda obviously approached Disney about making a Blade game and Disneys terms were for it to be multiplatform, similar situation to the MLB game that Sony develops.

That coupled with the fact that Disney probably wouldn't find Microsofts Gamepass money profitable. They want mega bucks from actual sales.

The only way this makes it onto the PS5 is if Marvel tells them they have to. It's a genuine possibility, basically like MLB forcing Sony to put MLB the Show on other platforms.

I'd still bet against it not being an Xbox exclusive though. If Marvel doesn't care, it doesn't make sense for them not to keep it as an exclusive. It's not the first time they've been silent for no reason either.

@tameshiyaku This is specifically Machine Games, the Wolfenstein folks. I'd expect to see it unveiled in 2024.

I mean if Blade comes to PlayStation, cool. What I'd rather talk about is wasting Arkane's talents on a Marvel game. I have to wonder if they were mandated to do so because they consistently make great games - Redfall withstanding - that never seem to be big hits.

I guess if making a Marvel game gers people excited about Arkane then so be it. But they were one of the few AAA devs consistently making new and interesting IP, or at least reinventing them, like with Prey.

I'm sure they can make an awesome Blade, and if it's on platform I own I'll play it.

This could simply be down to Microsoft and Disney still trying to thrash out a deal to allow this to be Xbox exclusive, because it will hurt microsofts pride to have one of their owned studios having to make a game for the rival dominant platform. But there would have to be a huge compensation going towards Disney, because if Microsoft get their way, this will come to Gamepass, so the monitory gains will be far less if this were to come to PlayStation 5 also. That is why I thought that there may still be a chance for this to come to PlayStation. Money talks.
I think that Microsoft will definitely be banking that this could be their big exclusive system seller, on par with Spiderman, but I don’t think it will make too much difference in that respect.

@darkswabber True or not im happy Insomniac got the deal in the end.

Oh stop it. No there is no chance until MS leaves the hardware market.

@darkswabber i am just stating a fact. I will gladly play it on PC.

@Bamila your knowledge needs some updating. Sony don't own everything to do with Spider-Man. Marvel sold Spider-Man MOVIE rights to Sony in the 90s. They have nothing to do with anything else. When it comes to gaming media, Marvel Entertainment still own the rights to Spider-Man. It was licensed to Activision for eons and then taken off after Activision released poor movie tie-in games repeatedly.

They took the IP to various studios and settled on PlayStation's worldwide studios because of their track record of delivering top quality single player games. That's basically it. Nothing to do with Sony having control of the movie rights. As much as PlayStation and Insomniac are reaping the rewards, it could've easily been an Xbox Studio but they were quoted to have turned it down to focus on their internal IP 🤷

@darkswabber it’s not part of the movie deal, it’s completely separate and it wasn’t even specifically a spider-man deal.

The situation is basically this(almost all info has been made public through one source or another) Activision had the Marvel licenses and Marvel(Disney?) weren’t happy with their performance so they explicitly took those rights away from Activision(Activision were not happy about this at all, famous leaked email “good luck finding your unicorn”).

Subsequently Marvel tried to find new developers for games, deals were struck with Square Enix and MS was offered the chance to make a deal, spider-man was not explicitly offered I believe, Ms declined it stating they wanted to focus on their own IPs.

It’s likely that other publishers were also approached and declined, you have to understand that none of these licenses were actually perceived to be valuable at this time. Sony was offered a chance to make a Marvel game at the same time(not explicitly Spider-man)and Sony offered the game to Insomniac(who were not a first party studio and only somewhat successful at this point, remember not a valuable license) and Insomniac were told they could make almost any marvel game with some exceptions(presumably the ones already agreed with other publishers)and they chose a Spider-man game.

It was only after this game released that anyone took the Marvel license serious(although the other marvel games all tanked) and Insomniac graduated into the big leagues.

@Atreus97 because sony/ own the ip fully despite others saying otherwise and part of the movie deal with marvel was exclusive rights for the games ip.

No it can,t because Spider man is also ps only. Nothing wrong with that. We have to stop whining at some point. If you want to play Blade, buy an Xbox and if you want to play Spider-man, buy a Playstation. It's simple. Bethesda belongs to Microsoft, accept it.

@Falkirk4life sony does not own the IP. I have no clue why PlayStations fans always parrot that unfounded lie. Disney owns the IP almost fully with the sole exception of movies. Disney puts him in everything these days and sony can’t do anything about it.

I'd be more than happy to see this as a multiplatform game. I think that Marvel should insist on all of their IP being available on all available platforms.

Imagine how bizarre it would seem if DC had an exclusive deal with a platform holder for Batman.

I don't think any major movie/comic book/TV/animation etc. franchise should be tied to a single ecosystem.

The fact that Sony and Disney just made a deal to bring Sony's movies to Disney plus likely means Spiderman will be staying a Playstation ip (for games) for many years to come.

Also anyone confused about who owns spiderman should give this a read which explains everything and the deals made between the two.

https://donttellharry.com/2020/01/04/who-owns-spider-man-sony-or-marvel/

Just to add some fuel to the fire......

https://n4g.com/news/2577918/rumour-marvels-blade-is-not-exclusive-to-xbox-formats-claims-ex-sony-dev

Both Arkane's Blade and EA's Black Panther and Iron Man are part of the same wave of Marvel/Disney contracts for their intellectual property games starting in 2022

*This is information I got from EA:
ALL Marvel games licensed from 2022 will have to be cross-platform*

*Many will wonder about Wolverine
Well...this game was licensed for PLAYSTATION/insomaniac before 2022*

I personally think Bethesda didn’t answer the question due to the FTC is still digging around in Microsoft’s backyard. I think Xbox is trying to lay low and since a good amount of what went on in the courts was arguing “Xbox will make everything exclusive,” I think they decided not to attach the console(s) yet. It’s not Xbox’s IP so announcing exclusivity would give the FTC more to argue about.

@__jamiie I do agree that 3rd Party Licences - as in those NOT owned by a Platform manufacturer who also is a Game Developer/Publisher should never be 'exclusive' to a Single Platform.

However, that isn't 'Always' possible - Star Wars: Jedi Survivor perhaps wouldn't work/run well enough on Switch to force them to 'release' a version on that hardware for example. It maybe 'better' to develop games with the 'right' Studio (like Star Wars/Marvel games being made by different studios best 'suited' to that genre) or develop games for specific Hardware - like VR or Kinect (when that was a thing).

As for MS, I must admit that their business model is very different to Sony's - not necessarily better or worse, just different. Since they acquired Mojang and changed management (Mattrick left and Spencer took over in 2014), they have really changed. Mojang are a 'multi-platform' developer and continue to make/release 'Minecraft' games on everything - inc Dungeon/Legend spin-offs and Minecraft is the 'biggest' selling game ever. ABK 'group' of Studio's too look like they could remain 'multi-platform' too - certainly Call of Duty will be.

Maybe by the time Blade releases, Game Pass 'could' be on Playstation and PS+ on Xbox or maybe 'Xbox' hardware may not 'exist' - maybe Asus or other 'PC' manufacturers make a PC/console hybrid (like the RoG Ally is a PC/Handheld console Hybrid) and pull out of making their 'own' Hardware when all their games are on PC's anyway. Maybe it isn't worth all the R&D costs, prototyping etc when more and more move to the more open and much larger gaming libraries on PC.

You already see many PC gamers choosing 'not' to buy a Series S/X because it has 'no' games they can't play on Game Pass for PC - it makes more sense to own a PS5/Switch and a PC because PS5 and Switch have 'exclusives' they can't play day 1. Maybe they'll 'licence' Xbox so Asus can make an Xbox branded 'Console/PC Hybrid' instead of making their own 'Series X Elite' to rival PS5 Pro...

I wouldn't mind if it's exclusive but if it isn't that is going to be VERY funny lol.

@BAMozzy Of course if the hardware itself isn't capable of running a game then it shouldn't be forced onto it. I think the Switch port of Arkham Knight shows that very well.

But between PS5 and Xbox, there should be parity in the release of games in major franchises which aren't their own IP.

Could spiderman go to Xbox? Seriously let xbox have this.

As a gamer on ALL platforms and also as a Sony fan, we really need to stop with the copium/hopium. It'll probably be an Xbox exclusive and if it is, we can't be mad as PS has Spidey and Wolverine. And as someone who owns an XSX, I'm good anyway...

@UltimateOtaku91 What kinda broken ahhh website is this lol.

Also, that Alex guy is a highly unreliable "leaker" who also said Sony was buying Take Two amongst other insane claims.

We've seen the MLB force Sony's hand into releasing The Show on Xbox. I could see a similar situation here. Particularly because it is Marvel, a massive entity in it's own right, who's owned by Disney. The bigger the fanbase and bigger the company owning the IP the more likely they'll want to see their product available everywhere possible. And considering how poorly games sell on Xbox compared to Playstation I could easily see Marvel/Disney requiring them to release it on other platforms. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they wouldn't have done the deal otherwise.

Is unfair that PlayStation can have unlimited exclusive Marvel games and Xbox is not allowed one! "well Xbox has a small install base so it wouldn't be worth it" good thing it will also release on PC which has a install base bigger then PS5 & Xbox combined!

Not to sure why announced the game so early.
I mean it’s probably around 2026.
I think even GTA 6 went a bit early but that’s 2025 and GTA so it’s sort of ok.
Anyway who wants to release a game in 2025 once GTA 6 releases.

@Dr_ENT Because of a contract issue with MLB.
Spider-Man being exclusive to PS prove no such issue exists with their games.

@__jamiie I couldn't agree more - and that goes for ALL 3rd Party Publishers IP's in my opinion. I can just about get behind a 3rd Party Studio making a game 'exclusive' for a Platform if that game is basically funded and/or published by the Platform holder. Spider-Man was 'funded' and 'Published' by Sony and Avalanches 'Contraband' is funded and Published by Microsoft.

But games like Final Fantasy or 'Tomb Raider' - both Square Enix IP's, Published by Square Enix should never of been exclusive - timed or otherwise. If Sony bought SE, I would NEVER expect to see FF on Xbox Consoles again despite it history being much older than Playstation. It becomes their IP - just Fallout, Minecraft, Call of Duty, Doom or World of Warcraft are Microsoft owned IP's.

I don't have an issue with a 3rd Party dev making a Marvel/Star Wars game exclusively for PSVR or makes use of the DS5 that won't 'work' on Xbox controllers, maybe exclusively for Xbox Cloud - but what I do object to is Multi-platform games having extras - like Spider-Man in Marvels Avengers or Extra content in Hogwarts.

Multi-platform should have Content Parity and should release on the 'same' day. However with many games getting 'assistance' from Platform holders - whether that's help of a financial, marketing, technical or even Publishing 'help' (ID@Xbox for example) then I can 'understand' why those Platforms may want 'something' in return - timed 'exclusivity' or 'extra' content as much as we 'hate' it as consumers.

@get2sammyb Still, I feel anyone hoping it’ll come to PS5 will be very disappointed Bethesda’s recent releases is anything to go off of.

Honestly, why not be an exclusive? Or at least a timed exclusive. Sony has Spider-Man, so why not have some friendly competition? I think it would be fine to have an exclusive for Team Green, and this is coming from someone who doesn't own an Xbox.

What I've read is Marvel two years ago mandated there licensed games to be multiplatform. Spiderman and Wolverine were deals done before this mandate. So yes I do believe Blade will come to Playstation.

Have Sony/Insomniac/Marvel actually said that Wolverine is a PlayStation exclusive? Insomniac’s website just says it ‘is currently in development for the PS5 console’.

@darkswabber probably has windows too lol

@Falkirk4life they don't own the IP no just the movie rights

@croaker_1 Noop, Sony Only owns movie rights for everything else belongs to Disney, Spiderman games with Sony are Just a licensed, like Wolverine and Blade.

@BusyOlf Yes, cause Marvel gets the check during IP licensing

@get2sammyb The same goes for Indiana Jones, also not on the Xbox Channel, but we Stills know that It is a Xbox exclusives, thanks to the renegotiation of the agreement by Microsoft with Disney, everything revealed during the FTC case, if they did this for Indiana Jones, why in a new agreement, made under Xbox Wouldn't they negotiate exclusivity? Why not comment? I don't know, but it's serving as marketing for the game, the same applies to Indiana Jones before the leak.

@UltimateOtaku91 The same guy who claims Sony bought Bandai Nanco, right?

I remember when SONY didn't bought Marvel because of "no one cares about other characters than Spider-man"...

I would rather have this be an Xbox exclusive. Also its coming to PC too so there is that. PS has Spider Man and Wolverine. Let Xbox have Blade.

@LordVile Bethesda hasn't had any games come PlayStation except deathloop after the buyout. Microsoft is not bringing any games to PlayStation except cod. Greed.

@anoyonmus 👎

I think people forget that it'd be Marvel helping make these decisions nowadays and Spider-Man is an EXTREMELY unique case as a Marvel property, because of how many rights Sony (big Sony, not just videogame Sony) owns from back when they first bought the movie rights (they got a lot of other multimedia rights along with the film ones).

Marvel will want its titles selling as many copies as possible, and therefore want them on every platform it makes sense to have them on.

Microsoft owns no specific rights to Blade the way Sony owns Spidey rights, therefore it's almost assured that the game will release across platforms. I'm sure Microsoft may get marketing rights and maybe even be allowed to put it on Game Pass day one, but I HIGHLY doubt it is exclusive to Xbox.

@darkswabber Xbox doesn't own marvel though.

@HeeHo it's not as black and white nowadays though, ActiBlizz is owned by Microsoft, Bungie by Sony, but both are multiplat. Add to that, the leaked emails that Bethesda is extremely pissed that ActiBlizz will get to remain multiplat while their releases are forced to be exclusive. Then most odd, if Xbox has an exclusive, they love to put bright neon signs on it, but this trailer claimed none of that. So yes, I'm assuming that that this would be exclusive, but there is some room for doubt too.

@MFTWrecks You know that Microsoft can pay you to have control over these aspects, right? Remember Sony doesn't have any rights to Wolverine, and Microsoft has already renegotiated Indiana Jones as an exclusive, a deal already made as a multiplatform before the acquisition, why would they accept to make a deal after the acquisition that won't be exclusive?

Remember, Marvel is coming in with the IP and supervising it to see if it matches the expected quality, everything else comes out of Microsoft's pocket. They don't need a profit-sharing agreement, an upfront payment licensing agreement is very common. Microsoft even licenses Shadowrun in this way to Paradox.

@ThorsHammer Indiana Jones is still not announced as an exclusive and is not on the Xbox channel, even though the renegotiation for exclusivity has already happened and been leaked thanks to the FTC.

Also we don't know if all of ABK will continue as multiplat, they've already stated that there may be some exclusive games, but COD will never be one of them. And that is the only IP that they promised to keep as multiplatform, especially after the end of this generation.

@Defcon5 Still they paid for the development and probably for the licensing of the IP, all the cost and risk is with them.

Don’t get people’s hopes up like this with this clickbait. We all know it isn’t gonna happen.

Sony has the Spiderman film rights as bargaining chip to get them a special deal on Spiderman game rights.

@knowles2 And Wolverine? And How did Microsoft convinced Disney to change the Indiana Jones contract from multiplatform to exclusive? Maybe $$$$$

@ThaBEN "a game of this caliber" man a lot of you gotta be the biggest hypocrites I've ever seen, what happened to "starfailed" and "redfail" , all the hating on Bethesda because they didn't release the games on sony system but now Bethesda is making a title for your precious marvel and suddenly you guys are acting like it's gonna be good because there is a miniscule chance it will be multiplatform?

@Dr_ENT Only because nobody plays it and sony wants that money, if people played it then it wouldn't come to game pass, Sony allow this because it gets them more money than it would if they just had it lingering on the store unpurchased.

Who outside of USA is gonna play Baseball game? So this is weak game to throw in that guy's face

@DuncanMcleod Jedi survivor isn't on game pass and never will be, it will eventually come to ea play which is just included in a game pass subscription. So i don't know where you got this "300 million" figure from

@Defcon5 Please tell me this is sarcasm.

By the time the game comes out, Xbox consoles will be gone. Out of the market. Kaput.

It's a Marvel game, so who cares really?

@Deityjester

Only because nobody plays it

What are you talking about? MLB the Show was the 18th best selling game in NA in 2020, the 9th best selling game in 2021 and the 10th best selling game of 2022.

The only Microsoft or Bethesda published game to make the top 20 in all those years was Forza Horizon 5 at 20th position in 2021.

It might only sell well in NA but it makes an absolute ton of cash there, the franchise has sold more this gen than all MS games combined in NA probably.

Well it's actually a marvel decision and not an Xbox one so we'll see 🤷

@__jamiie I said several comments. I have no idea what you are talking about.

@Defcon5 This comment you made. Please tell me that this was sarcasm.

Bethesda hasn't had any games come PlayStation except deathloop after the buyout. Microsoft is not bringing any games to PlayStation except cod. Greed.

@__jamiie What games have Bethesda recently put on PlayStation? If I am out of the loop please let me know. You could have skipped all of that and got to the point.

@EvilSilentFrame Exactly the FTC is watching them. I think Microsoft will be back in court in the near future.

@UltimateOtaku91
"That coupled with the fact that Disney probably wouldn't find Microsofts Gamepass money profitable. They want mega bucks from actual sales."

Keep in mind that games available on gamepass can be bought and not all Xbox owners have gamepass. There will also be PC sales.

@ThaBEN but MS brings it games to PC day and date and there is way more PC’s than PS5’s. So MS will have to work a deal out that benefits both them and marvel. But i don’t think it or any game has to come to PS5 for money when you included PC and cloud i your release date. However it’s just good to see more marvel games coming and good games coming out in general. Exclusive or not it was a good announcement for gamers.

That's good to hear. But either way, considering Bethesda is somewhat involved, my expectations are already low. They have been disappointing me since Fallout 4...

@Deityjester I'm not talking about game lenght or production value, but about brand recognition. Marvel's Blade is an more recognizable IP than the other titles you mentioned. Starfield is as far as I know just one single game and I honestly dont even know what Redfail is.
The character Blade has been around for decades anf appeared in dozens of comics, cartoon series, multiple live action movies and games.
That brand recognition is what is going to drive sales right of the bat.

If it's a good game, they could probably negotiate with Sony to bring this to PlayStation if they bring Spiderman to xbox hehe.

Dumb and dumber one of the greatest movies of my generation 😂 and please be Wesley snipes version please be Wesley snipes version!

Considering Bethesda makes mostly middling games, I'm not too worried about it either way, but Microsoft and Marvel both know if they want the game to sell well, it'll need to be on PlayStation. By the time this game would come out, Microsoft would have had a few more years to train their gamers to not buy games.

@ThaBEN What about Indiana Jones, thanks to the FTC we know that game is a Xbox exclusive.

@TheCollector316 If Microsoft trains its players not to buy games why would it want the game to sell well? Your logic is flawed.

I always find it bratty how, on the rare occasion a Sony game gets announced other gamers don't care yet when a good one for xbox gets announced its 'will it come to ps5' etc. Its a Microsoft game, it won't be on Ps5 just like Spiderman won't be on Xbox. Common sense.

Again this nonsense? Bethesda is Xbox, their days of publishing games on Playstation are over. It's not happening, not with The Elder Scrolls and not with this either.

@get2sammyb

ah that way. I didn't know (yet) that there was no Xbox branding attached to it. Thanks for the clarification!

Well this is what I heard, in short NOT an Xbox Exclusive (if true)

https://twitter.com/AlexSmitk/status/1733146505094087058

@get2sammyb

I have a friend who is working on the game, the game isn’t exclusive yet and is currently planned for PC and Xbox.

But if PS pay enough they can also have it. There’s a story here.

As much as I don't care about the sides to the console wars one thing about this in particular is amusing me. Xbox has been hit with 'you don't need an Xbox it's all on pc' by so many and yet people in these comments are saying it HAS to come to ps5 as it's sold so much more than Xbox.... The same people who say they don't need Xbox they have a pc... So why would it also need to come to ps for these people to play it.

Microsoft are building a platform and the Xbox consoles are simply not the priority for this platform anymore. Game pass and inevitably cloud gaming is microsofts goal. They simply don't want to pay the 30% fee to Sony to put the game in Sony marketplace

Assume it is only xbox/pc until you hear otherwise. This should be the approach for all xbox games except call of duty.

@themightyant Fallout 76 released on PS4 in 2018, several years before Bethesda were acquired by MS, so I don't see how that is relevant.

@ChrisDeku "north America" exactly didn't you read my whole comment i clearly said who outside of USA plays baseball ergo nobody plays it unlike FC.

Also don't see why you're bringing up Microsoft or Bethesda what have they got to do with mlb having no players outside of the USA 🤔

@Deityjester the point is that enough people play it in NA for it to be an absolute hit, doesn't even matter about the rest of the world. The comparison helps build perspective, can't think of a better example. It probably charts higher than almost every Ubisoft game, that better?