You Won't Have to Wait Too Long for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on PS5 (2024)

But I thought xbox don't do timed exclusives.....
Seriously though this looks really good and a good replacement for fallout for playstation players.

I have next to no knowledge as to what the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games even entail, only ever hearing about S.T.A.L.K.E.R by name and not by description.

Can we just have every third party exclusive not published by the platform holder come with the following disclaimer:

This game is not being published by Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo/other platform holder and is a timed exclusive unless expressly stated otherwise.

At least it’s only three months, timed exclusives shouldn’t be a thing at all. Excited beyond all belief for this one though.

Looks great, keep scratching my grungy Metro itch

Its the day one game pass that makes this a no go on PS for me. One game on PS costs almost the same as one years game pass at launch.

Thank God. I loved the original games and for me this is the only Xbox "exclusive" I've felt at all disappointed about. So glad it could be coming sooner rather than later.

"...as opposed to your own PS5"

gets dogpiled

Oh dear God please don't suck. The trailer looked a bit too good to be true but I so hope to be wrong

@The_New_Butler The originals predate Metro by a couple of years and are sorta based on the Tarkovsky movie. They’re also Ukrainian so probably best not to get that mixed up with Russia given the political situation there 😂

That's great news because this and plaque tales were the only 2 games on Microsoft show that I have any interest on, cant wait to play it

@TooBarFoo
One it's rent, the other buy.

@TooBarFoo

Seeing how MLB and Outriders are on the top 10 best sellers of 2021 in the USA... not everyone wants to play that way.

AC: Valhalla sold millions of copies on consoles. That I can rent it for $15 (season pass included) with Ubisoft+ on PC did not matter.

I use to play the stalker series in PC back in the day, so when I heard they were remaking the 2nd one I couldn't help but be excited.

@UltimateOtaku91 I still remember when Rise of the Tomb Raider was a timed exclusive on the Xbone for like a year and a half. I wanted to play it but glad I waited cause getting the complete edition on PS4 was a good deal.

Sometimes I wonder if it is really worth it for the sake of 3 months, paying whatever was paid or deal was done.
For me it’s ok, gives me a chance to see reviews etc and maybe some patches to fix bugs etc.

Even if I had a PS5, and even if this game came on PS5 day one, it still is part of GamePass. Hard sell anywhere else.

@patronmacabre for what it’s worth, Microsoft says “console launch exclusive” to indicate just that.

As a big metro fan I'm keen to see how this pans out.

@Tharsman It is a hard sell?... if the game is good and people really want it, they will buy it in the platform of their choice, simple as that.

This BS about "if it is in GamePass, not one is going to buy the game elsewhere because they will decide to rent it by subscribing to GamePass" is pure BS. I'm tired of hearing that same nonsense over and over, especially when that hasn't being the case at all (time to wake up, the real World is calling).

I have really good memories from my childhood with stalker games. However, it's been so long now that I am sort of afraid to jump back to it, if it makes sense.

@uptownsoul "I see timed exclusives are ok again..."

No! they are a giant waste of money when Sony does it and they are a giant waste of money when Microsoft does it, difference is MS wallet has the infinity gems 🤷

Looks to be a fu king DOPE game. Either way tho, we have both current gen consoles here

I kind of expected it to be a short timed exclusive, I wouldn’t be surprised if others are only 3 months timed exclusive but what’s even better for me is I get to play this at no extra cost on Game Pass. If I like it enough to own for future play throughs I’ll either buy it with the 20% off before it leaves Game Pass or wait for a deeper sale.

@rpg2000 given I said very clearly that the context is even if I (the person writing this) had a PS5 (because I can’t find one), it should had been clear I am saying it’s a hard sell for me.

You should take your final sentence to heart.

@Juanalf Its always a waste of money.

This is good. It's coming out on Xbox first and then 3 months later, once it's all patched up and runs properly, it's coming out on PlayStation.

That's if they don't pull the same rubbish Sony did with FFVIIR and extend it last minute.
Timed exclusives annoy me so much, they're literally paying to keep it from one set of fans.

I went to this comment section to thank you for putting the '3 months timed exclusive' part in the sub-text to the article, instead of click-baiting. It's greatly appreciated.

I have a PlayStation 5,The machine is magnificent for gaming !!! All the titles from the ps 4 look amazing just can’t wait to see sum PS5 games for it👍

I will play it only on Gamepass if it gets no dual sense support. If it gets dual sense support I rather buy it. Let be honest, those kind of games are better to be own and replayable at any time without internet restrictions.

@Dezzy70 3 months does seem a little pointless. Unless it ensured Sony didn't buy the timed exclusivity as we keep hearing they're trying with a lot of third party games (and succeeding with a lot). This 3 month exclusivity deal ensured it's on gamepass day 1 too probably. Which is a far bigger selling point than 3 months exclusive...especially when you see the price of it on the PlayStation store.