We have quite a rumor when it comes to the big upcoming licensed Microsoft Gaming title, Indiana Jones And The Great Circle.
NateDrake, AKA NateTheHate2, shared this information on his Twitter:
“MachineGames’ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will release on Xbox & PC this holiday (Dec) as a timed console exclusive.
After this timed-exclusive window expires, Indiana Jones & the Great Circle is planned to come to PlayStation 5 in the first half of 2025.”
If true, it may upset Xbox fans, but can you imagine how PlayStation fans will feel? This has certainly been a confusing new cycle.
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, was, in fact, originally announced as a multiplatform game, that was also coming to the PlayStation 5. A few months later, Microsoft revealed that Phil Spencer renegotiated the contract for the game to make it an Xbox exclusive. Rumors that it would once again be brought to the PlayStation 5 surfaced last February.
It certainly seemed strange that Microsoft would want to renegotiate that contract in the first place. What would have been the point of making it exclusive then? PlayStation gamers may not also be entirely satisfied in this state of affairs either.
While some hardcore PlayStation users will swear not to buy it unless it comes to PS5, we know that both Xbox and PlayStation users alike also amass game libraries on PC, mostly on Steam. So now some of those PS5 users will be wondering if they should get the game at launch, so they don’t’ miss out. But then, if the game comes to their console anyway, they will definitely feel like they were cheated.
In other words, it’s actually an outcome that leaves no one who actually wanted to play the game satisfied. As far as Microsoft games coming to PlayStation come and go, this really isn’t going to smart that much, compared to if a real lynchpin of Xbox branding like Halo comes to the rival consoles.
To add, Microsoft already set expectations that certain games their studios make, like many of Bethesda’s and MachineGames’ other titles, will continue to be multiplatform.
Microsoft already opened the proverbial Forbidden Door, and this may rile up people online. But if we’re talking about making these games as successful as they can be, for the sake of the people who worked hard to make them good, maybe Microsoft should have never renegotiated that contract anyway.
If this port doesn’t happen in the end, some people may get embarrassed online, but what’s really important ultimately is if the game is successful enough to revive what people forget is one of the venerable video game movie licenses of all time.
