{"id":218264,"date":"2023-03-24T07:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=278739"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:44:38","slug":"redfall-development-playstation-5-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/redfall-development-playstation-5-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Redfall: How Microsoft Canceled a Promising PlayStation 5 Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We well know that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/sony-xbox-game-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waters are not calm for Microsoft<\/a>, as it is waiting for the various authorities to give the green light to the purchase of <strong>Activision Blizzard King<\/strong> that it made during the past 2022. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/xbox-playstation-call-of-duty-ps-plus-day-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">does not stop making statements of intent<\/a> to show that it does not want to keep anything exclusive, hence this news is pouring gasoline on the fire: <strong>Microsoft canceled the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/redfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redfall<\/a> for PlayStation 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Redfall\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/ac9bf794-eff7-4aa6-8bd4-db38cfa56e2a\/953366870\/redfall-RedFall-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Redfall<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/redfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACCESS HERE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/redfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not a &#8220;might&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;ve been told by someone close to&#8221;, but comes from the mouth of the game&#8217;s creative director himself, <strong>Harvey Smith<\/strong>. In a recent interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.ign.com\/redfall\/64224\/news\/oui-redfall-etait-initialement-prevu-sur-ps5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">IGN France<\/a><\/strong>, the boss had this to say: &#8220;We were bought by Microsoft and it was a big change. They came in and said: &#8216;<strong>There&#8217;s not going to be a PlayStation 5 version<\/strong>, we&#8217;re going to focus on Xbox, PC and Game Pass'&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These statements have caused a stir on Internet forums and social networks, as it is fuel to the fire at a time when the authorities are waiting to resolve the purchase. In this sense, Smith stresses that it was a <strong>&#8220;good decision&#8221;<\/strong>, as this way the studio had to worry about one less version, that is, there was a complexity removed from the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Redfall - Official Story Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jRvIH4pVlHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, in an interview to the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.es\/arkane-esta-trabajando-activamente-en-eliminar-el-requisito-de-jugar-online-a-redfall-para-partidas-en-solitario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Eurogamer<\/a>, Smith points out that they are trying to eliminate the permanent online in the game, something that has received a lot of criticism when it was announced: &#8220;We are listening. <strong>We&#8217;ve already started working to fix this in the future<\/strong>. We have to do things like encrypt your saves and work on the UI to support it. We&#8217;re looking at it, I can&#8217;t promise you anything, but we&#8217;re looking at it and we&#8217;re actively working to fix it in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Redfall\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/ac9bf794-eff7-4aa6-8bd4-db38cfa56e2a\/953366870\/redfall-RedFall-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Redfall<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/redfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACCESS HERE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/redfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These words come from Harvey Smith, the game&#8217;s creative director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9091,"featured_media":218267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-218264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321489,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218264\/revisions\/321489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218264"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=218264"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=218264"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=218264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}