Square Enix’s Forspoken isn’t coming to Xbox until 2025. Earlier this month it was confirmed that Square Enix’s upcoming action-RPG Forspoken had been delayed. This was “As a result of ongoing discussions with key partners.”
Square Enix’s Forspoken won’t come to Xbox until 2025
Now we know what exactly this meant. It meant that Sony felt that the earlier release date of the October 11, Forspoken it may have collided with the release of God of War: Ragnarok in November. Hence Forspoken’s delay to January 2023 despite the game’s almost complete development status.
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Now also keep in mind that Sony has a temporary 2-year exclusivity deal with Square Enix for the game. This means that Forspoken is coming to Xbox in January 2025, at the earliest.
Also, Forspoken was going to be the first game to demonstrate the capabilities of DirectStorage technology on Windows 11. Whether this latest delay will affect DirectStorage on Windows 11 remains to be seen.
The issue of temporary exclusivities, at the moment we are in, the truth is that it is anything but an advantage for the consumer. Obviously, companies find it much more profitable and can even make someone buy the competition’s console to be able to play the game before.
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