The confirmation that Machine Games' Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is releasing on the PlayStation 5 next spring is one of the bigger stories to come out of Gamescom this week. It's the latest Xbox studio game to go multiplatform, and the starkest example of the concept of console exclusivity fading into obscurity.
At a time when development costs are high, the stock of the Indiana Jones name is low, and players are less likely to part with their favorite games, making this tentpole release platform-agnostic is an especially wise move for everyone involved.
If Disney wants to justify the $4 billion it spent on the iconic character when it purchased LucasFilm, The Great Circle is arguably its best chance to do it.
Hindering the potential to reintroduce this character to modern audiences by bowing to the archaic rules of console exclusivity would be a pretty terrible move.
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