The developers of the Bloober Team, responsible for The Medium, mentioned that their horror game would not have been possible on current generation consoles, due to its patented gameplay called [highlight] Dual Reality [/ highlight]. With regard to the next generation consoles, however, the horror title will not yet be available on all of them. To be released on PC and Xbox Series X | S as a console exclusive. Questions about whether The Medium will appear on PS5 have been asked regularly.
It was a question Gamingbolt recently asked developers, too, and their answer was what you would expect it to be - with their focus only on the PC and Xbox for now, they have no current plans to bring the game to the PS5. "For now, we are focusing on Xbox X and S and PC, so we currently have no other platforms planned," said the developer.
When asked why they decided to launch The Medium as an Xbox console exclusive, the developer said it was due to a number of reasons, including his relationship with Microsoft.
The Bloober Team also released Blair Witch as an Xbox One console exclusive last year, but ended up bringing it to the PlayStation 4 too, so it seems likely that they will do the same with The Medium. For now, it looks like the Xbox will be the only place where console players can get their hands on this horror game.
Originally scheduled to be released on December 10, after its recent , The Medium will now be released for Xbox Series X | S and PC on January 28, 2021. If you plan on playing on the PC, you can check your (quite robust) system requirements here .