Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media meant that some potential PlayStation ports were prematurely scrapped. but, hifi rush It wasn’t one of those titles because it didn’t have a PS5 version to begin with.
A port to Hi-Fi Rush PS5 didn’t seem to be in development
According to an interview with game spot, game director John Johanas explained that Tango Gameworks’ plans for an amazing rhythm-based action game in 2023 remained unchanged. Even though Microsoft didn’t buy the studio until late in Hi-Fi Rush’s development, the PS5 version of Hi-Fi Rush didn’t have to be canceled because it didn’t exist.
“[The team was] We hadn’t decided on a platform when this happened, but after that we were like, ‘Okay, Xbox, that was easy,'” Johannas said. “It’s not like anything worked, it’s just shelved or something like that. There was no legal change. We didn’t get any feedback, and at that point, realistically, our game pretty much stuck as it was, and it was kind of a finish, and everyone who saw it thought it was cool I thought.”
This is in contrast to other Bethesda Softworks titles. His PS5 version of Redfall has allegedly been canceled according to co-director Harvey Smith (though a Microsoft spokesperson claims Xbox didn’t).[pull] All PlayStation games”). MachineGames’ mysterious Indiana Jones game also lost its PlayStation version after being acquired by Microsoft.
PS5 versions of other Microsoft games currently in production are still rolling out. Whether or not to put ‘The Outer Worlds 2’ and ‘The Elder Scrolls 6’ at the top of PS5 appears to be still undecided, with Microsoft insisting it doesn’t want its previous multi-platform franchises to be dedicated to one console. are doing.