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Pete Hines: Starfield would be getting delayed again if it were released on PlayStation.
The FTC is arguing that game exclusivity is an anti-competitive move, but Pete Hines is under friendly questioning from Microsoft’s attorneys now, and he’s making the opposite case: that exclusivity lets you streamline a game. The anticipated Xbox exclusive Starfield, he says, wouldn’t be coming out on September 1st (it’s actually September 6th) if it were also coming out on PlayStation:
“We would not be putting this game out in nine weeks if we were supporting an entire additional platform, in my opinion.”
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