Disney Stands by Decision to Exclude PlayStation from Indiana Jones Game

Disney's head of gaming, Sean Shoptaw, has stated that he doesn't see Bethesda's exclusive Indiana Jones game for Xbox as overly exclusionary. After Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda, Microsoft reportedly approached Disney to revise their business agreement for the game to ensure it remains exclusive to Xbox and PC, and does not launch on PlayStation.

Shoptaw noted that Xbox is a major gaming marketplace and explained that Disney did not want to exclude potential players. He added that they believed the game would still appeal to a wide audience and that it made financial and strategic sense at the time.

Machine Games, the studio behind the Wolfenstein series, is developing the Indiana Jones game with Todd Howard as the executive producer. Shoptaw mentioned that Bethesda's pitch for the game was very compelling and resonated with them. While not much information is available about the game and no release date has been announced, Howard praised Machine Games for doing an excellent job with the project, noting their expertise in the portrayal of Nazi-killing, a theme prevalent in the Wolfenstein series.

Indiana Jones is one of at least two Disney properties that Microsoft is working on now, as the company's Arkane Lyon studio is making a Blade game with Disney subsidiary Marvel.

Editor's P/S

As an enthusiastic fan of Indiana Jones, I am disappointed by Disney's decision to exclude PlayStation from the upcoming Indiana Jones game. I believe that this decision is unfair to PlayStation users and limits the potential audience for the game. Indiana Jones is a beloved character with a wide fan base, and many of those fans are PlayStation users. By excluding PlayStation, Disney is essentially telling those fans that they are not important and that their money is not worth as much as Xbox users' money.

I understand that Disney wants to make the most money possible from the game, but I believe that they are making a mistake by excluding PlayStation. The PlayStation user base is large and passionate, and there is a lot of potential revenue to be gained from releasing the game on PlayStation. I hope that Disney will reconsider their decision and make the Indiana Jones game available to all fans, regardless of their console preference.