Lorne Lanning, Studio Manager Inhabitants of a strange worldpublicly complaining about PlayStation Plus from Sony. According to the designer, screenwriter and head of development, the decision was made prefix 5 version Weird World: Soulstorm through PS Plus is devastating. The company had to lose a significant amount.
He spoke about the situation on the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast. Due to skyrocketing production costs, the studio sought financial help and eventually agreed with Sony in exchange for the PS5 version of Oddworld: Soulstorm being made available to PS Plus subscribers.
The problem is that the contract was concluded at that time when the game was supposed to come out in january 2021. The studio assumed that at this time the circle of owners of the PlayStation 5 would be limited and the number of downloaded copies of the game from PS Plus will be from 50,000 to 100,000. But then the coronavirus pandemic came, the team was forced to work from home, and this led to a postponement to April 2021.
Source: SonyAll major games will be available on PlayStation Plus.
It is assumed that the delay of three months is the main reason for the refusal. Oddworld Soulstorm has replenished its digital bookcase almost four million players and the game became the most downloaded on PS5. Usually the creators rejoiced at such success, but for these it meant the loss of a lot of money.
In an interview, Lanning blames only PS Plus. Others see the problem in the underestimation of the popularity of the game by the developers themselves. Moreover, at the time of the signing of the contract, no one could expect the impact of covid-19. The question is also how successful Oddworld Soulstorm would have been if it had only been released as a pay-to-play game. And it’s purely because of this. the title arrived in the worst condition.
It’s unclear how the game worked on PS4 and PC, where it also released on April 6, 2021. We don’t even know how the situation affected the Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One versions, which went on sale on November 30, 2021. At that time, it was released Extended edition. In addition to fixing bugs and issues, it also brought new content.
Recall that this summer Sony will launch a new version of the PlayStation Plus. More information.
Source :Indian TV
