Rumor: Bethesda's Upcoming Indiana Jones Game Might Not be an Xbox Exclusive - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 June 2022 / 2,741 Views
Bethesda Softworks and MachineGames announced in January of last year it had partnered with Lucasfilm Games to develop a new Indiana Jones game with an original story.
Windows Central's Jez Corden on the Xbox Two podcast said he heard the Indiana Jones game was not an Xbox exclusive. However, he said that was a while ago and plans could have changed.
"The only information I’ve had on Indiana Jones is that it wasn’t exclusive, but that was a long time ago, maybe something has change," said Corden.
Bethesda previously said it would not be sharing more information for some time as it is very early on in development.
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Surprised anyone thought it was. It was announced before MS went on their spending spree right? when it was commissioned, Disney probably wanted it on as many consoles as possible as that is what Bethesda at the time was doing with their games. MS buying them won't change the terms of that deal.
I actually could see this one going either way. I'm sure you are right about how when it was commissioned, it was probably for PS5/Xbox Series/PC; it is likely last-gen was left out from the get-go since this is a 2023/2024 release. Depending on how far into development it was when the Bethesda deal went down, it is possible for platforms to be renegotiated at someone's discretion (Disney's maybe). If dropping PS5 dev at that point will save X amount of costs, while predicting that having only Xbox/PC platforms left will still amount to a satisfactory X amount of sales, and everyone signs off on it, then it could become Xbox-console exclusive.
Well, who started to even think it would be exclusive? It makes no sense.
Indiana Jones was started by Bethesda BEFORE they got acquired so the contract was very likely for all platforms (I doubt very much Bethesda would have gone the exclusive way before that).
And Microsoft would have to pay a truckload of money to make it happen after that which is doubtfull.
Also, people need to stop taking/quoting all of those fake "insiders" seriously; the Jez, Jeff, and companies are always coming up with random stuff and the majority of them are always false. But again, people stick to the few things they "guessed" right like everybody.
If bethesda are making it and it ends up being a 1st first person game, then this game is going to be shit. Indiana jones should be an action 3rd person, it would be a perfect fit.
I originally was thinking that it wasn’t exclusive since it’s a licensed deal and was probably signed prior to the Microsoft purchase. Either way, I’m excited for a modern Indiana Jones game! Last IJ game I played was Fate of Atlantis from the LucasArts point and click adventure days xD
There are some licensed games that are exclusive. But those are when well the company developing those games are platform holders, which in Bethesda case at the time of the deal wasn't yet.
Well good on them, multiplats is good for everyone
So similar to MLB the show case then
You can pay out contracts but why would MS want to? They make more money releasing multiplatform
All contracts have an exit plan. Especially if a company owns all stakes within the company, its even easier.
If their is a contract, MS wont cancel it because they will milk the money it will make on its multiplatform release instead of spending money only to make less money long term. Would make zero sense for a buisness.
Also there might not even be a contract, MS arent afraid of having some games go multiplat which we have seen in the past.
And the exiting plan could be don't make the game instead of turn it exclusive. Again you haven't seem the contract and is just speculating.
MS for the purchases have keep contracts intact for all we know as well.
For your "they make more money by being multiplatform" there are many. many, many of their games that won't show in competing console, which well seems to contradict your statement. Unless of course you think MS choses options that make less money (which would make them liable towards their stockholders).
As a business stand point, the money is in the software and the more software they sell, the more money they make. Software > Hardware.
The only reason MS don't release all all their games on opposition platforms is due to the service wars.
Did you forget MS wanted GamePass on PS4? They have no issue putting their games on PS4 if the service comes with it.
They need some sort of collateral to push their service.
PC gives no colateral. You will have to face it one day, exclusives help push sales of HW or subs.
PC is a universal market not controlled by any brand. MS clearly see the benefits of PC gaming which is exactly why all day one exclusives release on PC and Sony isn't far behind that plan.
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We have no idea. Anyone saying, "Well it was announced before the Acquistion." They announced it during the acquisition phase and never stated any platforms, so it certainly leaves room for discussions between Xbox and Machine Games to decide how they want to go about it. Also, it hasn't stopped Xbox from making games that were originally planned as a multiplatform into a console exclusive ie Starfield and Redfall. This is a bit different since Indiana Jones is a licensed IP, but that hasn't stopped games from being exclusive in the past. We'll just have to wait and see.
Before an acquisition is approved and done the company is still independent.
We have no idea and making a claim like, "It was announced before the acquisition" doesn't mean much when we never were told any platforms. Plenty of games released or will release as Xbox console exclusives that weren't planned too originally.
Sure it is a possibility. But don't remember Bethesda in recent time making their games exclusives to Xbox, do you?
Starfield and Redfall.
You mean games for which she had no license deals or with Sony so changing to exclusive (and well not even released) didn't change it. Bet you would look funny at me if I listed Deathloop and Tokyo Ghostwire as since they were exclusive for PS then Indiana Jones is certainly PS exclusives.
Makes sense.
Licensed games should always be multi platform imho.
It is possible that the deal for the game was signed before the purchase and had multiplatform on the contract.
