Confusion over Gloomy Delusion: Wukong’s missing Xbox originate follows claims of PlayStation exclusivity

Rumours of a PlayStation exclusivity deal for Gloomy Delusion: Wukong fill arisen, inflicting confusion around its forthcoming Xbox originate.

Gloomy Delusion: Wukong released earlier this month across PC and PlayStation 5, with an Xbox model peaceable waiting for a originate date. Succor in June, developer Game Science said it became “optimising” the Xbox Sequence X/S model of the game “to meet our quality requirements”.

As such, Gloomy Delusion: Wukong became not released on Xbox simultaneously with PC and PlayStation. “We apologise for the prolong and way to minimise the wait for Xbox customers. We are going to most seemingly be capable of advise the originate date as soon because it meets our quality requirements,” Game Science said for the time being.

Experiences fill since circulated the clarification for this ongoing prolong is thanks to technical concerns with Gloomy Delusion: Wukong’s Xbox model.

Earlier this week, leaker eXtas1s claimed to fill spoken to Xbox builders all the way by Gamescom, and reported the game is “suffering from a worm is named ‘reminiscence leak’, which is able to trigger major crashes that can possibly well well compromise the performance” of Xbox consoles. As a consequence, eXtas1s said Gloomy Delusion: Wukong “has not passed Xbox’s worm detection tests and has attributable to this truth been indefinitely delayed till they manage to optimise the game for Sequence X/S”.

On the opposite hand, following phrase of technical concerns with the Xbox model, heaps of sources fill said the clarification for the prolong is truly attributable to an undisclosed exclusivity deal made between the Gloomy Delusion: Wukong developer and PlayStation.

The exclusivity deal has been corroborated by Forbes and IGN sources, though the precise phrases of this alleged deal remain unknown. Old claims of tech concerns inflicting a prolong to the Xbox originate are “unsuitable”, IGN became suggested.

The exclusivity agreement became attributable to this truth disputed by journalist Jeff Grubb. Talking as part of Enormous Bomb’s Game Mess Decides podcast, Grubb said “Sony has no money advertising and marketing and marketing deal to abet [Black Myth: Wukong] off of Xbox” consoles, as per his sources.

“Now, is there some heaps of thing that’s took establish here, the put Sony showed up and said ‘hello, here is about a assist to acquire this sport on PlayStation’, and most most seemingly there became an trade of value on that facet of issues? I wager that’s imaginable,” Grubb said. “Or perchance it is extra easy than that… and it is adore, well, you put the game on PlayStation even as you are Game Science because there are extra PlayStations in China than Xboxes.” Grubb great the majority of the game’s sales and participant unsuitable is from China. “Presumably Xbox would not even occur to [Game Science] on first blush.”

Whereas Grubb said he became speculating on whether Sony did give Game Science a hand with Gloomy Delusion: Wukong’s originate, as “far as [he] may possibly possibly well well uncover” and from what his sources fill suggested him, “there will not be the kind of thing as a exclusivity deal” in establish.

XboxEra’s Reduce “Shpeshal Reduce” Baker also believes this to be the case. Resharing Paul Tassi’s post referring to Gloomy Delusion: Wukong’s alleged exclusivity deal, Baker wrote: “I heard there became a misunderstanding around these items. I heard Sony most productive paid to assist obtain the port performed. No exclusivity.”

Windows Central’s Jez Cordon then replied merely: “No misunderstanding here.”

Game Science, Sony and Microsoft fill all refrained from confirming or denying these reports. On the opposite hand, reduction in June, Microsoft seemed to hint there became some roughly Gloomy Delusion: Wukong exclusivity deal in establish with Sony.

In a press originate shared with Windows Central earlier this summer, a Microsoft spokesperson said: “We’re mad for the originate of Gloomy Delusion Wukong on Xbox Sequence X/S and are working with Game Science to raise the game to our platforms. We are capable of not touch upon the deals made by our partners with heaps of platform holders, but we remain centered on making Xbox the staunch platform for gamers, and great games are at the centre of that.”

Eurogamer has reached out to Game Science, Microsoft and Sony for additonal touch upon Gloomy Delusion: Wukong’s Xbox originate and alleged PlayStation exclusivity.