PS5 has secured ‘huge third-party games’ as timed exclusives, journalist claims

A prominent games industry journalist has claimed that Sony has secured “huge” third-party games as timed exclusives for PlayStation 5.

Kinda Funny’s Imran Khan claimed in a video on Thursday that the public will be “shocked” to discover the calibre of titles Sony has secured for its next-generation console.

“There are things you will be shocked to find out that Sony is moneyhatting, like they are locking up for timed exclusivity,” he said. “Like, ‘wow, that is a game that you’re choosing?’ Not because it’s bad, but because it’s huge.

“So I am interested to see what this conversation is going to be in a couple of months, because there are games that are widely accepted as multiplatform that Sony is locking up for a little while,” he added. “So I would not be shocked if they did something insane like [Avengers’ Spider-Man exclusivity].”

PlayStation has already announced one significant platform exclusive this month, in the form or Marvel Avengers’ Spider-Man character.

Crystal Dynamics confirmed this week that Spider-Man would be added to the Marvel’s Avengers roster in early 2021, “available at no additional cost to owners of the base game, exclusively on PlayStation”.

Publisher Square Enix had previously confirmed it had a global marketing deal with PlayStation, which includes early beta access for PS4 players and timed exclusive cosmetics for all characters.

Commenting on the Spider-Man deal, Crystal Dynamics studio head Scot Amos claimed it was specifically influenced by Sony’s relationship with Marvel. Asked how Xbox and PC gamers who want to play as Spider-Man should feel, Amos said they “have the option to do so on PlayStation.”

Another Square Enix that could potentially be aligning with PlayStation is Final Fantasy XVI, which a noted insider recently claimed would be a PS5 timed exclusive.

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ResetEra forum member Navtra had previously correctly revealed a large portion of PS5’s reveal event announcements.

In a new post this week, Navtra claimed: “XVI is real. It was supposed to get announced in June’s event. It’s supposedly closer than most people would think.

The user added: “It has some kind of PS5 exclusivity (it was vague back then but it seems to be full timed exclusivity now). And I have no idea why they haven’t announced it yet.”