Legal disputes between large companies are very interesting because they share documents that reveal attractive details about their business. The case of the purchase of Activision Blizzard King by Microsoft is no exception and a new Microsoft document generated a misunderstanding regarding the exclusivity of bloodborne.
Thanks to legal documents from Sony and Microsoft, we have seen that both companies have used arguments that both fans of one and the other consider absurd and even pathetic in order to achieve their end. In a recent document, Microsoft took the opportunity to discuss the issue of exclusivities to defend its purchase.
What is striking is that Microsoft, apart from reiterating that Sony has more and better exclusives, mentions that Sony makes agreements with external publishers to prevent their games from reaching Xbox consoles and gives as an example Final Fantasy VII Remake, final fantasy 16, Silent Hill Remake Y bloodborne.
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bloodborne It is not from FromSoftware, but from Sony
With this, Microsoft implies that, like final fantasy Y silent hill, bloodborne It belongs to its developer, in this case FromSoftware, and that through an exclusivity agreement PlayStation prevents said company from bringing the title to Xbox consoles.
However, the truth is that unlike those franchises, bloodborne It is an IP that was born as the property of PlayStation and is not from FromSoftware. The difference, then, is that the project was originated (financed and published) by PlayStation and only asked FromSoftware to take over development. same goes for Death Stranding, franchise that although it is developed by Kojima Productions, is owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). Something similar happens with SIE IPs Beyond: Two Souls Y Detroit: Become Humanbut developed by Quantic Dream (formerly an independent studio), or elden ring Y Dark Soulswhich are owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment, but developed by FromSoftware.
On the other hand, something opposite happens with Armored Core VIwhich is developed and published by FromSoftware as it is a franchise owned by it.
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Having clarified this, with good reason PlayStation does not allow bloodborne coming to Xbox consoles, just as Xbox doesn’t release Xbox Game Studios exclusives on Sony consoles.
We take the opportunity to better illustrate and make the topic clearer to talk about Bayonettawhich is originally a SEGA franchise and in this case Microsoft’s argument could apply, since Nintendo is the one that decides whether to bring the games in the series (Bayonetta 2 and later) to PlayStation or Xbox, since, although it does not have the rights to the IP itself, it has been in charge of financing the projects.
Microsoft, for its part, is no stranger to these practices. just remember Sunset Overdrive, an exclusive title for Xbox consoles that did not belong to Microsoft, but to the external developer Insomniac Games, but thanks to an exclusivity agreement the game did not reach Sony consoles. Interestingly, after Sony bought this developer in 2019, by extension it also got the rights to Sunset Overdrive.
What do you think about the issue of exclusives that is giving PlayStation and Xbox so much to talk about? Tell us in the comments.
bloodborne is available on PlayStation 4. You can find more about it if you visit its file or if you consult our written review.
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