New Cuphead Update Skips PS4, Will Be Exclusive to Xbox, PC

So they dont appreciate those Players who bought it on Switch/PS4 lol

its a weird thing to do as while it was xbox exclusive for a while it was never on gamepass so no one got to play it unless they bought it on what ever format they chose to buy it on

Makes you feel really appreciated.

I other words: MS paid us not to release this documentary type update on PlayStation. Even though it would take no additional work for us to show the same love to our PlayStation fan base, we prefer the money.

Money is money. I paid the same amount as those on PC and Xbox. Since it was exklusive for some time i couldn't buy it before.

Not really that big of deal. The update isn't substantial in nature and is dedicated for their 6th year anniversary which was only playable on Xbox and PC at the time.

Outrage better served for real issues like terrible work conditions from publishers, exploitative microtransactions, and new Peter Parker face models.

Wah wah wah wah I’m really cut up about this.

Maybe they will do something for Playstation Fans too when it reaches their 5th+ Anniversary on their platform. Time will tell...

While this update isn’t anything particularly major, I do think it’s a bit of a slap in the face for those of us who bought Cuphead – and it’s DLC! – on PS4 and Switch.

Sure things are very fishy...

I will appreciate them by buying the game on second hand market when the price is around 2 pints of beer.

Funily enough i just bought this today. But i dont care about this 🤷

There’s no need to be upset.jpg

I'll just look up the art online if I ever get curious, so on a personal level I can't even pretend to care about the update.

Still silly to exclude two of their platforms, though. Switch especially so, because I bet Cuphead sold very well there. Honestly feels more like a Microsoft move than an MDHR one, but again, the content's largely irrelevant anyway.

Well I won't be supporting their future titles.

So we just have to wait 3 years for it to be on Nintendo Switch and PS4? That's fine.

This is a little bit like all the extra content PlayStation users get in some games that pc and Xbox players miss out on. The most recent example I can think of was the additional hogwarts missions on Sony's machines. Basically paying the publisher to cut content from other platforms. It sucks both ways and is very anti-consumer - you're essentially paying the same price for an inferior product.

@Gaia093 ya its sold very well outside the Xbox eco system given the delayed release. If they were disappointed by the numbers, it's because they shot themselves in the foot. Longer you delay a release on a platform for another the more interest fades. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a great example of this. Square lost money on that deal even after Microsoft paid for exclusivity. Sure they reached 11m, but only after heavily cutting the price in half. Wasn't long before we were pay 15 to 20 dollars for it a year after the Xbox launch on playstation. Prices were slashed after 2mo. The game quickly ended up as a freebie to boot. That isn't even getting into all the collectors editions of rise that were also discounted and inventory dumped because no one was buying for those platforms. Which was a real shame, it's the best statue of that trilogy. I personally got that CE for half the price for pc so I could have it. Wasn't likely we'd see a ps4 run. So now I have it for ps4 and pc. Never touched the pc version, at least I have my statue and other items. Liquidation was just brutal, square should have just recalled and sold with the playstation edition, there was so much hype around the ce. Its a win win if your game moves units and first party pays to subsidize the other platform. When the purchasing is something 60 30 in favor of playstation and you go Xbox with the remaining 10 being on pc. You're kind of shooting yourself in the foot. As much as Ms maybe able to pay they aren't willing to pay for 2 times that of what their audience will buy. In otherwords the worst your console is doing the more you have to pay. A real catch 22. Maybe if it was a launch title or earlier in the generation that have been fine, but for established franchises, no dice, you delay until the numbers are right.

@Neither_scene That's a fair assesment. It was a an Xbox timed exclusive for a year or so before hitting PC, Switch, Tesla (🤣🤣🤣), then finally PS. Only difference is that this is a developer just outright giving something away to a platform base versus a particular platform paying for exclusive content. That's still f'ed up from Sony. Nothing like all platforms getting a game on the same day just to have content missing due to some exclusivity agreement on a specific platform.

Why's everyone so mad? I'm a Cuphead fan, and I barely care about accessing this. When it is released elsewhere — I give it a year — I'll be sure to check it out and appreciate the craftsmanship behind the game.

Until then, though... I can't be bothered to be upset about this.

Don't care about the game, but the principle. Very cheap, Xbox, very cheap. Maybe the next Destiny expansion will have voice over only on PS xD

@Rafie I mean it's kind of irrelevant which platform it came to first, they're available on both PlayStation and Xbox right now and have been on Sony machines since 2020. There's plenty of people with PlayStation copies and no reason why the anniversary content couldn't also be on playstation to celebrate its 3rd year anniversary (a number equally as arbitrary as 6). Unless the content specifically contains the numbers 6 everywhere and has a new theme tune with the lyrics "6th anniversary edition content".

Sony: Helps fund a game by an indie developer that never leave the PlayStation ecosystem
PS Community: I love how Sony nurtures relationships with third-parties to make the best games on PlayStation.

Microsoft: Helps fund a game by an indie developer that eventually gets released on all platforms, but then receives exclusive content as a thank you to Xbox.
PS Community: [Expletive] you Microsoft! [Expletive] you developer! You chose the wrong side!

I mean, It’s not a big deal and comes off as a bit petty for Xbox as it is an update way way down the line

@GamingFan4Lyf it's pretty funny

Brilliant game.

I don't know why people are getting upset about the exclusivity of this content though. As someone else has already said, Microsoft actually funded the development of the game. Without their investment, the game probably wouldn't exist at all.

@GamingFan4Lyf Exactly this! Brilliant comment.

Idk why but this reminds me of how Ninja Theory released the next gen update for Hellblade exclusively for Xbox and PC, even though the bulk of their initial sales and support came from the PlayStation community. I realize they'd been bought by Microsoft by that point, but still

Glad I never bought this on PS then. Id be pissed lol

Digital art books and soundtracks are stupid lol, I'm not going to turn on my console just to see a drawing that should be printed I don't even want to do that on pc. And my console is not a f*cking ipod lol.
I never bought this game mainly because of lack of time but thank you StudioMDHR to make it easier to just pirate the sh*t out of it if there is a moment where i want to play their game.

@McBurn not Destiny, but CoD Will have, Just like Hogwarts Legacy, Avengers, Control, and I'm sure I can add a dozen more without having to think twice.

@UltimateOtaku91 That's a little extreme. Not getting games from a developer just because of an update? A bit of a silly update, but not one that's unforgivable.

@GamingFan4Lyf this is pushsquare , anything not sony and single player is severely hated

I highly doubt that Microsoft paid for any exclusivity for this, @thefourfoldroot1. It's just not worth the money. If anything, Microsoft may have paid for it's production, but I doubt that too. The most likely thing is that the Developers are telling the truth. I know it's shocking to say such a thing, but just maybe they chose to produce this as some sort of thank you. Seems an odd decision, but I just cannot see it being worth Microsoft's money to make something like this as an exclusive. Exclusivity is all about bringing people into your ecosystem, and this just isn't going to do that...

@Fiendish-Beaver
I disagree. They paid for initial exclusivity for the game, and the most simple explanation is that this contract included such DLC or follow up content. It’ll probably release on PS at some point in the future.

@nomither6 Yeah, I know.

I guess, in my head, you can have preferences and be a fan of something without completely crapping on the competition.

I'm sure that it's disappointing to not have this Anniversary Update available across the board but one can also accept that the history of the success of Cuphead started with Microsoft's backing.

I feel like at least this gives Xbox fans the tiniest little fun thing to have for themselves and that’s fine. They need something, for goodness sake! Game pass is fine, I have it, and it’s a good value, but true exclusive content seems few and far between. They can have this😅

I don't think that was actually the case, @thefourfoldroot1. I believe Microsoft actually funded the development of the game. They now gain nothing from this. This looks much more likely to be a gesture of gratitude on the part of the Developer...

Oh well. As long as it isn’t gameplay content then no big deal. Systems get exclusive content all the time and it’s worse when it is gameplay content.

Kind of suck for playstation and nintendo player since they bought it with the same price..

I have the game on switch, pc, and xbox but I don't have xbox console anymore, do the steam pc version get this update too?

@Fiendish-Beaver
Whether it’s termed paying for timed exclusivity, or funding the game and gaining exclusivity as a consequence, is really not important. The point is that MS have a financial input and exclusivity of output and I’m sure the two will be related at a contractural level. At the very least they did it off their own backs to consolidate a relationship which they may hope leads to similar funding in future.

easily one of the best indi games ever made so this is easily forgiven. i recently purchased the japanese ps4 release from amazon japan since it had awesome packaging and art work by the great yoshitaka amano.

i do believe that the patch will hit ps4 at a later date (not confirmed but a hunch). don't forget that we were told cuphead would never see the light of day outside of the xbox and pc platforms... and sure enough here we are. no hard feelings that xbox gamers get the patch first since they were the first platform to have the game released on. this content is somewhat sentimental to coincide with the 6 year anniversary of the xbox release afterall.

What part of 'Microsoft funded the development' don't people understand?? It wouldn't exist at all without their backing!

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-video-game-called-cuphead-202306606.html

@tallythwack Wow. What a childish and pathetic comment. 🤣

@tallythwack

The developer obviously decided that way, since the game was first released for PC and Xbox. Stop blaming Microsoft for everything because the developer would have released an exclusive update only for the PlayStation version if it had been released for the PlayStation first.

@wiiware

Yes

@thefourfoldroot1

Sony do the same thing as Microsoft, so don't just blame Microsoft

@UltimateOtaku91

It's not Microsoft's fault at all because the developer probably decided that way since the game first came out for PC and Xbox. Rest assured that the PlayStation version would also have had an exclusive update if it had been released for the PlayStation first.

@RichterBelmont
lol, who’s blaming anyone for anything? Reactionary much?

@thefourfoldroot1

What I wanted to say is that in this story for the exclusive update, Microsoft is not at all to blame because it must have been the developer's decision that the PC and Xbox version get an update for the 6 year anniversary since it first came to PC and Xbox. The PlayStation version would certainly have received the same update if the game had been released for PlayStation on the same day as for PC and Xbox.

Look, I get that people do not like Microsoft, @thefourfoldroot1, and sometimes, that's with good reason, but all we know about this is what the Developer has said, which is that it is a 'thank you' to Microsoft for all their help with a game that may never have existed without said help. All we can do is to take them at their word until we find out otherwise.

If you look at what you said in your last comment, the cynicism shouts loudly. Effectively, what you have said it that the Developer has only said thank you because they want something in return. That's a really sad statement when you think about it. You cannot go through life thinking that people always want something in return when they show gratitude, and it's entirely possible that all the Developer is doing is showing how grateful they are...

@Fiendish-Beaver
People? We are talking about commercial companies here, lol! I honestly don’t think they are keeping development / promotion open on the game in order to say thank you to the fans for buying the game. And if they were so good as to do that, I don’t think they would leave out all their players on other platforms without having to hold up a previous exclusivity contract or making the business decision to suck up to a big player like MS for future gain. But I doubt we’ll ever know for sure what is said at their business meetings, so this conversation has become somewhat pointless.

@Fiendish-Beaver

They support when PlayStation has exclusive content in the game, eg exclusive content in COD, additional mission in Hogwarts Legacy not available in PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch version, etc.

I do find it amusing when someone replies to even the possibility of a small implied criticism against their platform holder of choice with a tonne of whataboutsism. The reaction is far more revealing than anything else, especially when no such criticism was even meant.

Who cares… i sure don’t

@pyrrhic_victory Ninja Theory did not work on that, Xbox hired a third-party studio to do the update for their platform, marketing.

Ninja Theory only works with their projects related to mental health at the moment, 2 being games (Hellblade , Projecto Mara) the other a partnership with the people who helped in the development of Hellblade.

I cant see why would Microsoft pay for a update on PS5 WHILE Sony was charging PS users for updates on their first-party games.

@MaikonCSGarcia Because it was Ninja Theory's IP, and again, it sold well during it's initial PS console exclusivity. One could argue that had it tanked on PS4, Microsoft may have been reluctant to even acquire Ninja Theory.

My point is, going along with the topic of this article, why not thank initial adaptors - or those who purchased the game on PS/Switch in the case of Cuphead - with the same updates across the board? I'd be saying the same thing if only a PS5 upgrade was released and not a Series X/S one. Microsoft could've even charged a small upgrade fee if they wanted to, for the Hellblade update.

Plus, Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 continue to receive the same expansions as the other platforms, even though Microsoft owns them

Absolutely, @RichterBelmont. It is hypocritical, to say the least. Thing is, those you mention are fairly substantial DLCs paid for by Sony, to keep as an exclusive, and maybe even have had Sony pay to ensure that they do to not appear on the Xbox. This is potentially completely different, because if you take the Developer at the word, this is them giving some very inconsequential material as a thank you to Xbox. In other words, this may not, and if you believe the Developer (and there is no reason not to) has not, even been paid for by Microsoft...

First off, @thefourfoldroot1, I don't understand your highlighting the word 'people', because if you read what I said, I said 'people do not like Microsoft'. Where does the companies not liking companies fit in with my comment? In fact, how does a company dislike in the first place?

Secondly, this thoroughly inconsequential DLC (which is not playable, by the way) is timed to release with the 6th anniversary of the games release on the Xbox. It only released 3 years ago on the PlayStation, so who knows what will happen at the 6 year point?

If the DLC had been something that truly added to the game, then I can understand there being a possibility that Microsoft might have paid for it. However, with what is being offered, I just cannot see Microsoft wasting money on it. I get that they're a very rich company, but they still have shareholders to whom they are indebted, and who expect their investment to be spent wisely. I just cannot see Microsoft being able to justify paying for this, which is something that probably 95% of Cuphead gamers would simply skip...

@JSnow2

Sony does the same stupid things as Microsoft, for example, both block a game from coming to other platforms. It's not right for PlayStation to have exclusive content in Call of Duty, exclusive extra missions in Hogwarts Legacy, etc. All games on all platforms must have the same content, not for PlayStation or Xbox or Nintendo console to have exclusive game content even although everyone pays the same for a game. Both Microsoft and Sony should be criticized when they do something stupid.

@Fiendish-Beaver

You can't prove to PlayStation fans that Microsoft didn't pay for a PC and Xbox game to have an exclusive update for the 6th anniversary of its release on PC and Xbox because they will never accept the fact that Microsoft is not to blame for this exclusive update.

I know, @RichterBelmont. But at least I tried... 😂

@Fiendish-Beaver
“ You cannot go through life thinking that people always want something in return ”

This was the use of “people” I was referring to. Which in this context was about a company, the devs you claim are providing this purely altruistically. I can’t see a developer doing this without a view to gaining from it, and am confident that they would have done it for all their players without some reason not to. But I’m somewhat envious of your optimism.

You seem to think for some reason that I’m saying MS signed some type of exclusivity specifically for this meaningless content. I’m not. That, of course, would be silly. But it’s quite possible that their original exclusivity agreement, that led to the game not coming to other platforms for a long time, simply covered all content coming to Xbox first. That would not be unusual. I’m not even saying that is a bad thing nor criticising MS doing such a thing, so I don’t know why people get so defensive. As I said, that’s what I find amusing.

@pyrrhic_victory ESO and FO76 are live service games, just like Minecraft they have always received updates, it is not a case of a single-player game that has a sequel announced as Xbox exclusive scheduled to be released in 2024.

@thefourfoldroot1 There have been a lot of people in this thread blaming Microsoft to be fair.

Wait, @thefourfoldroot1, you do realise that Developers are people, yes? At the moment, anyway...

As for my optimism, @thefourfoldroot1, I think naivety would actually be the word you are looking for. I accept, I maybe entirely naïve, but I guess seeing the good in people is a better way to go through life than believing that everyone has an ulterior motive. I mean, if you hold the door open for the person behind you, do you have another reason beyond its the right thing to do? In other words, if someone does you a good deed, isn't it right to be thankful?

You say you are not criticising the move, yet it's difficult your original comment, to which I duly replied, as anything other than a criticism. For ease, here it is:

I other words: MS paid us not to release this documentary type update on PlayStation. Even though it would take no additional work for us to show the same love to our PlayStation fan base, we prefer the money.

As for a first on Xbox clause, yes, I guess that is possible, and if that is part of their contractual agreement in order to secure funding for the game, then where is the problem? And again, how does that fit in with your original comment?

Finally, was I being defensive? That was not my intention. I was simply offering up an alternative opinion in response to your own. But, if nothing else, the back and forth has been interesting...

@Fiendish-Beaver
lol, I admit that was the word in my mind, but I didn’t want it to be taken in a negative way.

I think, again, you are viewing this through a different prism. You see them simply as individuals, whereas I see them as part of a business where everything will absolutely be measured in terms of the benefits to the business. In my mind they thought this would bring a benefit in their relationship to MS, who helped fund the game (perfectly valid), or they were being held to an exclusivity contract, which again is not a bad thing, but they (mistakenly in my opinion) tried to get PR points by saying it’s in appreciation, which is bad form when you only “appreciate” certain paying customers…

But again, I don’t think it was anything other than part of an existing or desired exclusivity deal with MS. Which they should simply have said straight out rather than indirectly insult people for something few people actually care about 🤷‍♂️

Full disclosure: I have never played the game, don’t intend to, and honestly don’t care as much as this lengthy post would suggest, lol.

@thefourfoldroot1 TBH It Just looks like u ARE not happy that this time PS IS not the one getting exclusive content as It usually does.

@MaikonCSGarcia
I just looked at your post history to see if it’s worth getting into an adult discussion with you. Every single post for well over a year, and I suspect before that, (dozens) is about Microsoft. Every single one. Not one post about a PS game, what PS games you are playing or like, nothing on PS games other than the one about Sony lying about Rift needing an SSD. You are clearly way more invested in the whole MS/Sony thing than I am, and everyone else here is, so I’ll leave you be on this one.

Lol, a love letter is a pr way of saying exclusive. Hahaha.

Funny thing is, @thefourfoldroot1, I haven't ever played the game either. And like you, I'm not sure I ever will... 😂

@__jamiie wow...get a grip hypocrite

@RichterBelmont nonsense