In June, developer Sport Science introduced that the discharge of its extremely anticipated motion RPG, Black Fable: Wukong, had been delayed on Xbox, with the developer suggesting on the time that the delay had been attributable to optimization points. Lately, recognized leaker eXtas1s claimed that the technical situation in query that had resulted within the recreation’s delay was a reminiscence leak on Xbox {hardware}– although it appears that evidently may not have been correct info.

That’s, at the very least, as per stories printed by Forbes and IGN, each of which declare that Black Fable: Wukong didn’t skip Xbox Sequence X/S at launch due to technical points, however due to an exclusivity deal between Sony and Sport Science, one which neither publicized, that retains the sport as a PlayStation console unique at launch.

Microsoft itself had beforehand alluded to the identical, stating that it was “working with Sport Science to deliver the sport to our platforms”, however that it couldn’t “touch upon the offers made by our companions with different platform holders”.

If an exclusivity settlement is certainly in place, it needs to be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy it lasts and retains the sport off Xbox. It’s additionally value questioning why the deal wasn’t publicized and, if it was certainly in place, why Sport Science’s statements appeared to counsel that the sport’s Xbox launch had been delayed on account of technical points.

Black Fable: Wukong is at the moment out there on PS5 and PC. It has bought over 10 million items already.