SNK Turned Down PC Exclusivity Deal
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SNK, the Japanese developer behind the King of Fighters series, has revealed
that it turned down a deal for PC exclusivity for its upcoming title Samurai
Shodown.
In an interview with Korean website Game Focus, SNK director Nobuyuki Kuroki
noted that a PC retailer approached SNK to offer a deal regarding exclusivity
for Samurai Shodown. He did not share the name of the company.
Kuroki elaborated on the reasoning behind his refusal, saying that the
retailer wanted to sell Samurai Shodown on its PC platform with the condition
of a pre-order of hundreds of thousands of copies in exchange for
exclusivity, but declined as he believed that the game would be a title to
sell more than a million copies. Kuroki also explained that he met with his
reports and said, “I know that there is a big expectation from the outside
as well as the company,” but he was “confident in the perfection of the
game.”
Exclusivity deals have been causing disruption in the PC gaming community
recently. Notably, the Epic Games Store has been snatching up exclusivity for
games such as Metro Exodus, Borderlands 3, Close to The Sun, Phoenix Point,
and most recently, Shenmue 3.
In another interview with Game Focus back in December 2018, SNK said that it
had turned down offers from platform holders, insisting on releasing Samurai
Shodown on all platforms, including Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and
Xbox One, so that everyone is aware about the revival of SNK. The company
also said that it is having ongoing discussions to bring its games to mobile
platforms.
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侍魂 晓的总监黑木信幸在接受访问时提到,有一家PC平台要以数十万的预定销量为价买
下侍魂 晓的PC平台独占。
黑木信幸拒绝了,因为他有信心侍魂 晓可以卖的更好。
至于是那家平台,他就没说了。