Multiplat AFL 23 - PS/Steam Releasing May 4, Xbox TBC

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

WHEN CAN I PLAY? READ BELOW:

• PlayStation (Physical): Thursday 4 May
• PlayStation (Digital): 8:01am AEST Thursday 4 May
• Steam: Currently 8:01am AEST Thursday 4 May, may be moved to 12:01am AEST
• Xbox (Digital or Physical): TO BE CONFIRMED, unlikely to be 4 May

Spoiler: Specific Big Ant quotes about the release:

Those that pre-ordered PS versions will be able to play on Thursday, disks will have already been mailed by retailers, they will also be available in-store.

Steam will also be available Thursday.

Stating the obvious, we are still having issues with XBox.

Seriously, anyone that looks hard knows there’s issues - why do you think there are so many exclusives for a particular platform that are not marked as exclusive, but are only on that platform.

If I took that road, life would have been a lot easier.

Xbox digital and retail will release at the same time - that is not a decision we get to make.

It applies now and I will no doubt pay a price.

Spoiler: Other Quotes

Re: commentary team

Spoiler: Other Quotes

Hamish is still there, Daisy didn't make it into the final version of the game.

We added Gary and increased the workload of Harf.

Re: game availability/release dates

I can never give 100% guarantee about anything in the future, but as it stands today, the statement I am prepared to make it that all stock that is at retailers on 4 May will be available for sale.

As to the amount that will be there for sale, and whether it is enough, that is a question I cannot answer.

It will be made digitally available on the various platform holder electronic stores.

Clarifying, the game will not release prior to 4 May 2023.

I am vague as there is one platform that has had sufficient stock at retailers and the other has not, and I cannot name them (contractual reasons).

The game will not be further delayed because of the numbers of units in stock.

Re: Steam listing

I've already put in a request for the screenshots to be replaced with current ones, they'll probably only be there for a day.

As much as the feedback has generally been positive, these are old, meant to be placeholder only and were not meant to go live.

Re: playing lists

All playing lists are accurate for the 2023 season.

Re: content creator footage

This is all prior to day one patch (as some have noted updates like numbers etc are apparent)

Re: Career mode

A head's up on Career mode.

At the AFL 23 Launch night I mentioned the non-team based Individual Career Mode in an interview with Dean (Twistie3). As alluded to at that same event, we were working with the AFL and AFLPA to include as many past legends in the game as possible.

The great news is that we have received approval for far more AFL legends than were previously envisaged, but this has meant that we had to make the tough decision to divert resources away from the Individual Career mode development. The individual Career Mode function will not make it into AFL 23, Career Mode will be entirely team based. I expect this mode to be include in future iterations of the game.

Re: microtransactions

You do not have to make purchases, things can be earned.

Re: general development

So fundamentally flawed, in so many ways, it’s bananas.

We are doing AFL as it’s a passion project, without us doing it there would not be one being made.

So much more upside with making games that are played internationally, let alone one that will not even be played in every state in this country.

 

[BigAntStudios]

Someone get the man a beer! Probs JNT BA

Still in India, photographing IPL teams… but mostly dealing with AFL23 every minute of the day.

 

[Bakesy]

Microphone had extra time already to get there stuff in order but failed... Why should Sony and PC have to wait even longer?



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Yeah. Not our fault Microsoft are the North Melbourne of the gaming world

 

[FearTheBeard13]

Still in India, photographing IPL teams… but mostly dealing with AFL23 every minute of the day.

The latter doesn’t sound too fun! Treat yourself to a beer when you can!

 

[Larry_Johnson]

Still in India, photographing IPL teams… but mostly dealing with AFL23 every minute of the day.

Get the man a Kingfisher then haha

 

[Coxy_]

Still in India, photographing IPL teams… but mostly dealing with AFL23 every minute of the day.

Reckon there’s any chance Microsoft or whoever walks back on holding a digital release back until the physical copies are here?

Scenes

 

[Cummdog3000]

It applies now and I will no doubt pay a price.

I’d sincerely hope not, sounds like you’ve been absolutely shafted by Xbox. One of the articles shared about parity clause the other week mentioned compromise for smaller dev teams, this surely applies to a niche game to a domestic market. Funny how they say they want Xbox customers to feel first class…. all of a sudden the people who own the digital only Xbox (me) all of a sudden are irrelevant. All they’ve done is convince me to purchase this one on PlayStation instead.

(article may have said Indy not small developers but that doesn’t suit my argument)

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Still in India, photographing IPL teams… but mostly dealing with AFL23 every minute of the day.

Must be difficult over there dealing with this.
A lot seemingly out of your control.

 

[Michaels]

Get the man a Kingfisher then haha

 

[Rowdoss]

Crazy to me that this applies in April but doesn’t apply in May

“To provide equity and fairness between all purchasers, regretfully, the release of AFL 23 will be postponed”

It doesnt even take the minimum amount of reading between the lines to have a bit of an idea what has gone on here.

 

[jdoggdrool]

Then stick with it and delay it for another month. You will shoot yourself in the foot having xbox users potentially wait a month before they can play it, it's hardly a new release then, reckon you'd lose a lot of pre orders in that month.

Why are you campaigning so hard for all platforms to be delayed? I know it sucks you don't get it, but you need to give up this pipe dream that others will be denied.

 

[Xtreme]

I'll shout the mods a (virtual) drink of their choice and/or let them beat me at the game upon release.

Hasn't been easy to read and I imagine painful to moderate (delete posts, smack users over the head with a newspaper etc etc).

 

[Sewelly101]

Thanks Ross for the info, as an Xbox player I’m disappointed but at the same time I understand the predicament, and how it’s out of the company’s control. Any chance we can get an ETA on the Xbox copies though? I’m sceptical that it will be mid June as that’s over a full month away.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

There was a post on the series x reddit the other day about the way Xbox was treating physical versions and how there wasn’t retail copies for some of their own games

I get MS is trying to go all in on a digital world but shouldn’t be done this way


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[Dannnnnnnnnn]

I'll shout the mods a (virtual) drink of their choice and/or let them beat me at the game upon release.

Hasn't been easy to read and I imagine painful to moderate (delete posts, smack users over the head with a newspaper etc etc).

TBH, I am at home pretty sick at the moment so it has been nice to have others to take my misery/grumpiness out on.

 

[archercrockford]

Can someone confirm for all unsure Xbox users. Is there absolutely no chance that the game is released digitally on Thursday?

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Can someone confirm for all unsure Xbox users. Is there absolutely no chance that the game is released digitally on Thursday?

No chance


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[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Can someone confirm for all unsure Xbox users. Is there absolutely no chance that the game is released digitally on Thursday?

No confirmation one way or the other - but it seems very, very unlikely.

 

[tastiger]

Then stick with it and delay it for another month. You will shoot yourself in the foot having xbox users potentially wait a month before they can play it, it's hardly a new release then, reckon you'd lose a lot of pre orders in that month.

It's been explained... Move on.

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[gunbarrelstraight91]

Why are you campaigning so hard for all platforms to be delayed? I know it sucks you don't get it, but you need to give up this pipe dream that others will be denied.

This.

Hate when people have an I can’t have, so neither can you attitude. Makes no difference to their own situation whatsoever. Why wish other people be dragged through the mud too, when there is no personal benefit.

What a toxic mentality

 

[Tacomix41]

Michaels thanks for the update. Another midnight stream on the cards or are we a bit earlier than that

 

[Coxy_]

Can someone confirm for all unsure Xbox users. Is there absolutely no chance that the game is released digitally on Thursday?

No chance as of this moment unless someone does a backflip

 

[tastiger]

Someone get the man a beer! Probs JNT BA

I'm definitely buy 2 copies, 1 for Sony and 1 for PC... Ross need to be rewarded as he'll cop some backlash

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[NimFromSudan]

Appreciate the shithousery of calling the delay on xbox after PS has already been posted and cannot be recalled, thus getting around the equity clause.

Happy for you PS users.

Xbox, AFL and retailers all going to crack the shits at BA for it though.

Looking forward to Xbox vindictively cancelling the launch or Cricket24.

 

[OhDustinMartin]

It applies now and I will no doubt pay a price.

Ross if you're ever at the Napier it's my shout

 

[tastiger]

A big middle finger to Microsoft from Ross then .

I think it microsoft giving you the middle finger mate

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