Wukong’s Exclusivity Deal Rumor Is Reportedly False

Key Takeaways

Xbox gamers are patiently waiting for Black Myth: Wukong’s eventual release on their platform.
Rumors about Sony striking an under-the-table deal with Game Science are unfounded, says Jeff Grubb, a renowned industry insider.
Black Myth: Wukong’s absence on Xbox is allegedly due to optimization issues with the console’s memory, hindering its performance.

The recently released Black Myth: Wukong title by the Chinese studio Game Science has taken the gaming industry by storm. However, it leaves Xbox players to hang out and dry as the game remains exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation 5 for an interim period.

This has also led to many rumors floating around among the players, with a few theorizing Microsoft might have been a victim of an under-the-table deal Game Science might have struck with Sony.

Addressing this exact rumor, Jeff Grubb, a renowned industry insider, shared his two cents on the matter in his recent episode of Game Mess Decides podcast.

Mentioning how Sony would have been boasting about an exclusivity deal if it were to be true, Grubb denied any possibility of a deal between Game Science and the popular publisher.

There is no like exclusivity deal, and I think if you look at it when has Sony ever made a marketing deal to keep something exclusive and not shouted to the rooftops about it? So it’s just strange, yeah exactly that’s what it is. It’s just strange I mean there could be a lot of different angles here.

Furthermore, he also accounted for the possibility that Sony might have provided value, or could have helped the studio on a more direct levelwhen it came to launching Black Myth: Wukong, making Game Science focus more on the PlayStation release rather than dedicating resources equally to both platforms.

Before the release of the potential Game of the Year 2024 winner, it was known that it wouldn’t be released on Xbox anytime soon.This was soon followed by news from another renowned leaker stating that issues with the memory used in the Xbox console lineupruined the game’s performance.

Black Myth: Wukong’s Absence on Xbox

Xbox missing out on the best-selling and most-played single-player game of all time has shocked some enthusiasts to the core, with many questioning if it is optimization issues hindering the game’s release on Microsoft’s platform.

Paul Tassi, another renowned journalist, recently came out and outright stated on his official X handle that Black Myth: Wukong’s absence on Xbox is happening because of an unknown exclusivity deal, according to their source.

At the end of the day, fans on Xbox patiently wait for the eventual release of the game on their platform, leaving them with no choice but to try out other titles like Black Myth: Wukong for the being.

Wukong’s Exclusivity Deal Rumor Is Reportedly False