{"id":12100,"date":"2026-07-22T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=12100"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:10:16","slug":"update-stalker-2-dev-hits-out-at-founders-comments-on-xbox-exclusivity-insist-he-doesnt-know-what-hes-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/update-stalker-2-dev-hits-out-at-founders-comments-on-xbox-exclusivity-insist-he-doesnt-know-what-hes-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPDATE] Stalker 2 Dev Hits Out at Founder’s Comments on Xbox Exclusivity, Insist He Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> GSC Game World has taken issue with founder Sergiy Grygorovych’s recent comments about the money the company allegedly received for Stalker 2 Xbox exclusivity, insisting they “cannot be considered an accurate reflection of the actual state of affairs.”<\/p>\n

In a statement issued to IGN, GSC Game World said the company’s owner, Max Krippa, funded the majority of the development budget. GSC Game World did not detail the nature of the company’s deal with Microsoft for exclusivity, how much money it received as part of the deal, nor confirm Stalker 2’s development budget.<\/p>\n

Here’s the statement in full:<\/p>\n

Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World has said the game turned a profit before it even came out thanks to the money Microsoft paid for Xbox exclusivity.<\/p>\n

In an interview with YouTuber OLDboi, GSC Game World founder Sergiy Grygorovych said that Microsoft was so impressed by the number of views the debut Stalker 2 trailer received, that it soon got in touch with the Ukraine company to negotiate terms for exclusivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took more than the cost of Stalker 2,\u201d Grygorovych, who has since left GSC Game World to make a new game with a new studio, said. \u201cIt paid for itself before the first day.\u201d IGN has asked GSC Game World for comment.<\/p>\n

Xbox was heavily involved with Stalker 2, which was made amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It snapped up timed console exclusivity and a day-one launch on Xbox Game Pass, while also helping to produce and market the game, as well as a making-of documentary.<\/p>\n

After a series of understandable delays, Stalker 2 launched on PC and Xbox Series X and S in November 2024, as well as on Game Pass. It was released on PlayStation 5 a year later, in November 2025. Stalker 2 was originally due out much earlier, in Q4 2021, as per documents revealed in 2021.<\/p>\n

Stalker 2 was a sales success, hitting 1 million copies in two days. It has so far surpassed 6 million players. Cost of Hope, the first major story expansion for Stalker 2, launched in the summer.<\/p>\n

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