The voice behind Deathloop’s protagonist jokingly asked Twitter for a PS5, only for Bethesda to actually send him one.
Everyone knows that the PlayStation 5 is still difficult to get hold of. It’s not just the general public either, even voice actors are struggling to buy one – which in some cases can mean they can’t play the games they’ve appeared in.
For instance, Jason Kelley, the voice of Deathloop’s protagonist Colt. In a special message on the game’s official Twitter account, just ahead of its launch, he said he’d appreciate it if somebody could get him a copy of Deathloop and a PlayStation 5.
He later admitted that he was just doing a bit and didn’t really expect anyone to fulfil his request. But, in response, Bethesda’s senior vice president of communications Pete Hines said ‘I can probably help find you a PS5 so you can play it. You deserve a chance to play as Colt and enjoy your own amazing performance.’
Just over a week later and, in an interview with JumpCut PLAY, Kelley says that Hines was true to his word, ‘I made an announcement, I was doing a bit and said that I didn’t have one and it turns out, I was just notified by Bethesda that a PS5 was made available and is going to be shipped to me, and they’re going to be getting me a game as well.’
There’s an extra element to this in that Bethesda is now a Microsoft first party studio, even though Deathloop is a PlayStation 5 console exclusive for a year. Which means that Bethesda effectively bought its main competitor’s product.
As a reminder, Deathloop will no doubt release for the Xbox platform in the future, as its trailers mention its PlayStation 5 console exclusivity ending next year. In the meantime, the only other way to play it is on PC.
The exclusivity deal was made before Microsoft acquired Bethesda (obviously) and may even have been one of the catalysts to Microsoft making the purchase. The same will happen with Ghostwire: Tokyo, although that game has been delayed to early 2022, meaning the Xbox version probably won’t release until 2023.
When Deathloop does arrive on Xbox it will immediately be added to the Game Pass service, since at that point it will be a first party title.
Deathloop is available now for PlayStation 5 and PC.
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