Rumor Xbox Games Are Skipping PlayStation Because they Didn't Have The Time To Finish The Port In Time

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Jez Corden says he’s heard from multiple people that if an Xbox game is skipping PlayStation at launch it’s because they either didn’t have the time or resources to make it in time​


I know from the language used by sources that I speak to that...exclusives are gonna be an exception...When they're talking about case by case basis, the case to keep a game exclusive is gonna be a catalog of incidentals...like the dev didn't have time, they didn't have the resources, we didn't have a support studio...some kind of incidental reason why it hasn't been ported. It's not gonna be a result of we wanted to keep this for Xbox fans.

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Thats a shame to hear to be honest. I have all the consoles this generation so it doesnt bother me, but it will make me consider buying an xbox next generation if everything I want to play will be elsewhere
 
Makes sense to me. They probably where told to late in the pipeline to get both versions out at the same time or didn't want to mess with the work flow to work on a 2nd version.
 
If the games skip PlayStation at launch, then that means the disc prints of the PlayStation versions will effectively have updates, maybe DLC on disc. Great for game preservation.

Unlike those fake discs they release over there where there's nothing on disc and is actually just a download.