Last fall hackers stole from servers Capcom a large array of confidential information about the plans of the publisher for the next few years, game sales by platform, financial costs and agreements with platform holders. Much of the documentation has already been confirmed. For example, it was these files that revealed the existence of PC versions. Monster hunter rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2 long before their official announcement, and also declassified Ghosts’ n Goblins Resurrection and online component Resident evil village… Today, enthusiasts continue to study the documents and find new data there, but since the leaks are not officially commented on, we will write about them under the heading “rumor”.
Today the players got to the file, from which it supposedly follows that the company Sony Interactive Entertainment paid Capcom to delay the PC version of the action RPG Monster hunter worldannounced at E3 2017, for half a year… At the same time, Sony did not see a competitor for the PS4 version of the project in the Xbox One version – Western users of the Microsoft console received a hit on January 26, 2018, along with the owners of the PlayStation 4. At the same time, Monster Hunter World was initially available exclusively on the Japanese console for Asian gamers. Sony helped Capcom promote the long-awaited release as its exclusive in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other countries in the region.
Monster Hunter World didn’t appear on PC until August 9, 2018.
Also, if the documentation is to be believed, Sony paid Capcom for missing Monster Hunter World crossplay – as a result, none of the versions supported it – even PC and Xbox users can’t play together… The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
A few years ago, as you know, Sony strongly opposed the possibility of playing the PlayStation and Xbox users on shared servers.… Sony began to change its position only against the background of the scandal surrounding the lack of full-fledged crossplay in Fortnite on the PlayStation 4 after the release of Monster Hunter World.
Hackers who previously stole Capcom documentation stated, what Google paid by Capcom $ 10 million for the release of Resident Evil VII and Resident Evil Village on the cloud platform Stadiaand Sony bought a temporary VR exclusivity for Resident Evil VII for PlayStation VR and an exclusive release of the Resident Evil VII demo on Playstation 4 for $ 5 million.
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