You'd think that being part of Deathloop, it would be pretty easy for you to play the game when it launches, right? Apparently not, as Jason Kelley, the voice of protagonist Colt, has been unable to play the game due to the lack of a PlayStation 5 to play it on. Thankfully, the Xbox-owned Bethesda has swooped in to save the day.
When Deathloop launched earlier this month, Kelley took to Twitter to share his excitement for its release but also mentioned that if “anyone can get [him] a copy and a PlayStation 5, [he] would appreciate it”.
This plea didn't fall on deaf ears, as Bethesda's senior vice president of global marketing Pete Hines offered to find him a PS5 to enjoy his "own amazing performance".
It appears Hines' comment was no empty promise, as Kelley later revealed in an interview with JumpCut PLAY (thanks, The Gamer) that Bethesda is shipping a PS5 and a copy of the game to him.
"I haven't played the game yet, I don't have a PS5... yet. I'm breaking an exclusive with you. I made an announcement, I was doing a bit and said that I didn't have one and it turns out, I was just notified by Bethesda that a PS5 was made available and is going to be shipped to me, with the game as well. So, I'll be playing the game... I'm super excited."
It's fantastic to see an Xbox owned studio come out to save the day. Having played the game ourselves, we can note Kelley's performance is fantastic and we can't wait to see his reaction to the game once the console is in his hands.
As for Deathloop arriving on Xbox, we imagine sometime around September next year will be when we see it surface. It's also fair to assume it will be a day one Xbox Game Pass title too, considering Xbox now owns Arkane Studios.
Have you managed to check out Deathloop yet? Let us know in the comments below.
[source thegamer.com, via youtube.com, twitter.com]
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Oh boy here we go.... On a serious note though, good on Bethesda to save the day. Wondering why Playstation didn't do this. I mean seriously.
Playstation 5 is pretty easy to get in the UK. I was able to get one after spending 4 days searching for it. Got it from a retailer. I think those that really wanted the console have now got it hence why it's not as difficult as it was when it launched.
Yeah in Mexico is very easy to get one also. Seems in the US is where they still have so much scarcity.
Mr. Hines seems a bit strange to me.
First he apologize to the ps fans, that the future games will be exclusive, then he buy a ps5 for this ps-fan.
Did he ever feels sorry for all the xbox fans who has to wait 1 year for ghostwire tokyo or deathloop?
@Murray Business is business sir. Do you hear any dev that has done any business with time exclusivity apologize to other platforms about not getting the game at the same time other have?
@Rafie
did you ever hear of a first party studio kind of apologize to be exclusive, like he did?
Classy move Pete Hines.
@Chaudy not true at all. Have loads of mates still searching for a PS5 and Series X here in the UK. You probably just got lucky. Enjoy it!
@Rafie "Wondering why Playstation didn't do this."
Well based on the timestamps they had about 6 minutes between when Jason first posted this and Pete replied
But more sensibly PlayStation likely won't have had any integrations with him on Deathloop, whereas Pete and Bethesda likely have.
Slightly surprised they didn't send him a PC though
Or ... He could've tried the game on his PC
Ugh, what do I say to something like that? Absolutely nothing!
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