The Medium was perhaps the first 'big' exclusive for Xbox Series X|S owners. It showed off the power of the SSD, as it simultaneously ran two game worlds side by side. It was technically impressive, although we found it a little shallow in its gameplay. It was always confirmed to be a timed exclusive, but that contract may be up sooner as expected.
As spotted by Gematsu, the Entertainment Software Rating Board has rated The Medium for PlayStation 5. This signals that a release of the game may be fairly imminent for Sony owners, as typically games rated by the ESRB are a sure fire for release. Many believed the exclusivity for Xbox players would remain for a year, but it looks as though it could just be six months.
A physical release of the game was announced back in March, but no platforms were confirmed at the time. It could be that the physical launch will see its release on PlayStation 5. On June 11, Koch Media - the team behind the physical release - is planning to air a presentation on upcoming releases. With many games confirmed not to be attending, it could be possible the Xbox exclusive will be announced to be reaching other systems then.
Xbox fans may also be getting a PlayStation console exclusive earlier than anticipated, too. Just this week Oddworld: Soulstorm was spotted being rated for Xbox. Again, many expected the exclusivity agreement to last for at least a year, but it may also be six months. No doubt we'll find out soon enough.
What do you think about The Medium heading over to PlayStation 5? Let us know in the comments down below.
[source esrb.org]
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Xbox timed Exclusives seem to make a jump very quickly. Yet still no news on Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Oh? That’s cool.
@Chaudy depends on the agreement. Cuphead took two years (Longer for PlayStation). And I think we are getting Oddworld Soulstorm. That’s a pretty recent release. FF is something I think Sony paid for more time with because of some games getting delayed and needing to pad the year out.
@mousieone ah okay that makes sense. Fall Guys taking forever to come to xbox aswell. It's not a good sign because it means it'll be a while till we get Deathloop, Ghostwire Tokyo, Kena and Stray. Considering they are not even out on PlayStation yet.
That's longer than Blooper Team's previous game, Blair Witch.
Think that was only 3 months exclusive.
@Chaudy
Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo are 12 month timed exclusives, so for example, it will be September 2022 before that hits Xbox and Game Pass.
This was known all along though, more worryingly though is that was the series only exclusive at this point, hopefully E3 has some announcements of games that are releasing this year
@UltimateOtaku91 It wasn’t always “known” and in fact there were talks to acquire Blooper Team from someone because they Announced they declined https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gamesindustry.biz/amp/2021-03-30-bloober-team-withdraws-from-acquisition-talks
Anyway, MS Flight Sim was rated recently for Series Machines.
@Chaudy Fall Guys was delayed but was suppose to come out earlier.
Glad it’s going to other platforms. Very well done game that everyone should enjoy.
@Meehanuk Pretty much the same case with PS5 as well. All their major games are cross-generation other than Returnal, and Ratchet & Clank. It's the way it is with the supply shortage. Should be some good stuff this fall. Next year is going to be insane for Xbox.
@Trmn8r i'd certainly hope so. Been enjoying my time overall, but not being able to play something like Returnal because I chose xbox is a pain. Also because last year it was said that 2021 would be a great year for xbox. I have high hopes for E3 though.
@Halucigens I agree 100%.
@Cherip-the-Ripper It was said that before COVID crap delayed everything. God of War even got pushed to 2022. I think they'll still be some solid stuff for this fall. I was hoping Starfield would be this fall but sounds like that'll be next year. 2022 has to be big because there's just too many games in development that have been pushed. They gotta come out eventually lol
I liked this game's atmosphere a lot and the technical aspect of running two worlds simultaneously and how it works for puzzle solving is very cool. Wish it had more action and gameplay variety though. I'll eventually go back and beat it, because the story is very interesting. I really thought Xbox was going buy Bloober Team, but I guess they backed out.
I enjoyed quite a lot this game. Though not sure if we can call it a game, since you are able do so little in it. The atmosphere and story is what kept me going.
barely a game... belongs on PS4
The Medium for Oddworld isn't exactly a fair trade. 😒
Some websites are talking about Sony backpedalling in regard to the we believe in generations mantra and all that hypocritical marketing against Xbox's philosophy. Remember also all their big exclusives being delayed. On Xbox the only delayed big game is Halo Infinite. It's been quiet on both platforms this far but Sony has made a 180 degree shift and delayed most games while Microsoft is focusing on backwards compatibility and FPS Boost until the new studios finish their projects. The cross-platform games also play better on Series X than on PS5, that was also very much doubted.
I don't see anything that Sony is doing better than Microsoft. What, paying Square Enix for more timed exclusivity? That's not funding a studio or a project, is just preventing a game from being on other platforms for as long as they're willing to pay. Indie exclusivity is different because it usually includes publishing deals and funding, e.g. The Medium, Super Lucky's Tale. The latter is not available on PS4 nor PS5 and its 2019 remake is not available on PS5 (UK & EU) yet.
https://www-techradar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.techradar.com/uk/amp/news/sony-is-playing-games-over-ps5-exclusives-and-its-not-fair-on-fans?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16229324714040&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techradar.com%2Fuk%2Fnews%2Fsony-is-playing-games-over-ps5-exclusives-and-its-not-fair-on-fans
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-06-04-will-sonys-cross-gen-u-turn-hold-ps5-games-back-its-the-eurogamer-news-cast
@magicismoney As if it could even run it. 😂
@Meehanuk Significantly better load times and frame rates, along with upgraded graphics on some of course.
You're lucky to have one at the moment. Enjoy it for the advantages it gives you, and obviously the games are coming.
@gingataisen Exactly. Like it or hate it, the game still wouldn't have been able to run on anything but a new gen system given the multiple dimensions or whatever that end up running at the same time.
@The_New_Butler I don’t disagree with you but MS did warn people sort of beforehand. I feel like hardware wise MS was ready to launch and Covid pushed the games out a lot.
That said I think they have a few things up their sleeve. Plus what we do know about… Psychonauts 2; yes it’s multiplat but it looks soo good.
There hasn’t been a stunning Next Gen game yet maybe Flight Sim? Granted that’s a very limited crowd.
@Meehanuk you really would like to play with those load times again? And and sub-30fps?
Personally I can’t go back. I didn’t even want a PS5 because I was not planning to play much else than a few exclusives, but after playing XBOne games oj XSX, I really want to play all the PS4 backlog on a PS5, if only for the load times (because we all seen they not as good at boosting older games.)
@gingataisen Yea. Xbox is coming way ahead on that. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed The Medium, but Oddworld games have always been some of the best out there.
@mousieone I remember reading about Ms acquiring Bloober. Didn't even know it fell through. So yea, agreed, definitely not well known at all.
@BlueOcean Returnal? Demons Souls Remake? Ratchet and Clank?
this is the real problem that has plagued Xbox for years. and the vary reason Xbox still has no 1st party excusives or legacy to speak of to date
@AgentGuapo Nothing compared to all those PS5 "exclusives" and deceptive marketing or are you the only one not seeing that?
@InterceptorAlpha Not from what I've read. Looks like PlayStation won this one.
@gingataisen @InterceptorAlpha It's always going to be subjective, but having finished both I MUCH preferred Oddworld.
Yes it's gameplay is a little old fashioned, but being old fashioned and having played them back in the day I really enjoyed it. (It could have been better mind!)
Whereas (to me) The Medium was mediocre in nearly every way.
Regardless gamers win
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