Hogwarts Legacy has a PlayStation-exclusive quest as if it were still 2010
In an August 26 Twitter thread(opens in new tab) clarifying the different versions of Hogwarts Legacy(opens in new tab) and what comes with them, the game's official account revealed that PlayStation editions of the game «come with an exclusive quest,» while pre-orders of PlayStation editions also get the vaunted «Felix Felicis Potion Recipe» of Harry Potter lore.
My knee-jerk reaction is to be frustrated with platform exclusive content, but you can almost guess the character of what's on offer. An NPC who maybe only has idle dialogue in other versions of the game will have some kind of collect-a-thon for you with quest rewards that are kind of OP in the early to mid game. Maybe they'll even send you to a bespoke dungeon if it's on the higher end of things. We'll know more soon, I guess.
Full-on console exclusivity is becoming more and more a thing of the past, but small bits of DLC tied to different consoles and promotions are still stubbornly holding on, remnants of 2010 in 2022.
Long before Bungie was acquired by Sony, Destiny had some exclusive goodies for PlayStation players—a great gun(opens in new tab) or two(opens in new tab) here, an okay Strike(opens in new tab) there. It was never anything earth shattering, and all of the exclusive stuff eventually made its way to other platforms a year or two down the line. Meanwhile, fellow live service game Marvel's Avengers has Spider-Man forever platform-locked to PlayStation.
The same year as Destiny, Konami double-dipped in platform exclusivity with Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes missions specially made(opens in new tab) for PlayStation and Xbox. On PS4, players got an extra side mission in which Big Boss recreates scenes from MGS1 on the Ground Zeroes map (kinda
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