The next game from Journey developer thatgamecompany will be exclusive to Apple devices. Sky was revealed for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV during the tech giant’s big briefing earlier today – and it sounds like it won’t be launching anywhere else for the foreseeable future.
The title looks gorgeous, as expected – but it does seem the teensiest bit derivative. Don’t get us wrong, thatgamecompany will always get our pulse racing, but seeing as this is a studio that went from flOw to flower to one of the greatest games of all time, it’s a bit strange to see it spend five years settling on what (on the surface, at least) appears to be the same thing.
We suppose once you’ve reached the top of the metaphorical mountain, there’s nowhere else to go.
Update (19:30 BST): thatgamecompany has posted a Tweet with slightly different language to what was used on stage: "Sky is a multi-platform game about giving, first coming to iPhone, iPad and Apple TV," it said. Timed exclusive, then?
[source youtube.com]
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I don't know what to make of this. It literally looks like Journey 2, which is fine... But I guess I expected more, maybe?
There's an interview with Geoff Keighley where he makes it sound like more than that, but... Eh.
Here's the interview in case anyone wants to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z51kIKNyc6M
@get2sammyb Yeah, that initial shot, I thought I was looking at a Journey prototype or something! Given thatgamecompany's history, I'm sure the title'll end up being something more, but with such a small sample size so far, we'll hafta wait and see.
Definitely sounds like a timed exclusive from the wording.
@ShogunRok They literally announced it as an exclusive on the Apple stage, and then tweet out "coming first" afterwards. I wished they'd just get the terminology right from the start.
I mean, they could mean "coming first" because there'll be an Android version later — doesn't necessarily mean it'll come to consoles.
EDIT: Having said that, I suppose the word "multi-platform" suggests more than just mobile. God knows!
@get2sammyb Sounds like they've been to the M$ school of exclusive terminolgy.
@get2sammyb "But I guess I expected more, maybe?"
Well it's already called "Sky", so they have all of that "No Man's Sky" didn't deliver on their promises going against them, so I say the less they say about it now the better, show more later when they know what they will actually release. Under promise, over deliver.
As for "Exclusive", that word needs to be banned from gaming, it doesn't mean anything anymore. 3DS and Switch exclusive, Xbox and PC exclusive, PS4 and Vita exclusive. Timed exclusive, launch exclusive. Just ban it.
£42.99 and it includes sky movies, the premium edition is £68 and comes with sky sports.
Believe in better.
@get2sammyb I though Abzû was made by them too? Or is that a different company?
It definitely looks good. But I'm not selling my soul to Apple to play it.
@IanDavid Abzû was developed by Giant Squid, which I think had some ex-thatgamecompany staff in its ranks.
Will buy it when it's eventually released on a ps console. I don't mind the exclusivity as long as it's timed. I hate when companies do it (yes, when Sony does it, too), but if it's free money for struggling company, good for them.
Good! Keep that fake game nonsense on tablets where it belongs!
::RAISES FLAME SHIELD::
No huge loss. Journey and Flower were both thoroughly mediocre video games, and weren't even terribly memorable as "experiences."
Man I'm glad it's not exclusive to ios, I want to play it with a ps4 controller, not touch screen.
Journey almost sunk this dev, so I'm betting they're sticking with a safe mobile release first, then ramping up to consoles if things go well.
It could also be coming to Switch since Nintendo and Apple have a small partnership going. We'll see in today's NDirect.
I think they are probably playing up the Journey similarities as Apple will want to flout it to customers if it is an exclusive (timed or not).
@Quintumply hmmm. I wonder why they left. Abzû was very Journey-like, which makes me think Giant Squid has some of the more important ex-employees of thatgamecompany. And if that's true, can this sequel be any good?
They said on the youtube comments that it's timed exclusive
https://imgur.com/dMDVSkx
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