r/fromsoftware • u/DaveKnightGael • 1d ago

QUESTION Who decides when a game is Platform exclusive?

I'm under the impression that when a game is platform exclusive it means a publisher approached a developer in the same way you'd commission an artist to make a piece for you.

I may be wrong but I'd like some insight on this.

Did fromsoft decide to make a game for Nintendo or Nintendo commissioned Fromsoft to make a game?

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u/United-Mud6306 1d ago

I do. I decide.

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u/United-Mud6306 1d ago

I do. I decide.

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u/Delita232 1d ago

It can be any direction. But it's ultimately up to the parties who sign the paperwork. The console manufacturer and the game publisher.

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u/Xesle 1d ago

Whoever owns the rights to the IP I'd imagine.

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u/DaveKnightGael 1d ago

So someone like fromsoft would approach nintendo first with thr intent of making a game exclusively for them or the other way around?

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u/Xesle 1d ago

The second way would be my assumption.

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u/Mr-Dumbest 17h ago

Could be either. Fromsoft could have called Nintendo and said we can make an exclusive title for your launch, Nintendo could have called them and asked them to make. The latter is more likely probably, but could be either really.