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Sony: 'No plans to dial back third-party deals in 2016'
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Brutalitops
Banned
Possibly Battlefield 5? Both Hardline and Battlefront had Sony deals.
……forgetit
Member
Personally I like exclusives, they breed competition.
Give War A Chance
Member
Yes, I agree. Great for the people who get it "early," but annoying for the rest.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Means no more money for marketing their own smaller games again :/
travisbickle
Member
3rd party titles sell consoles, and I think it was Jack Tretton or Jim Ryan said "when you've got the sales, it's easier to get yes responses for internal projects."
Their wording has changed over the last couple of (weeks, months?)
Ghost Slayer
Member
Maybe the deal changed I guess.
Bolivar687
Banned
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Lol early.
More like getting it on time while everyone else has to put up with an arbitrary delay.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Which first party studios are focusing on VR? Guerrilla Cambridge(for now), the new VR studio that recently opened and what else? Games like GT Sport and Dreams being VR compatible does not constitute a focus on that platform. Do you have some evidence that the lack first party games this Fall is connected to a focus on VR in any way? There is simply no information available that justifies this concern.
This isn't information, it's marketing.
Even if Sony were, for some inexplicable reason, planning to "dial back third-party deals" in 2016, why would they say as much? This is like asking a politician "Do you plan to dial-back supporting hospitals" and then reporting it as news when the answer is "No". What a pointless article. Congrats to MCV on first-tier shilling.
Even if Sony were, for some inexplicable reason, planning to "dial back third-party deals" in 2016, why would they say as much? This is like asking a politician "Do you plan to dial-back supporting hospitals" and then reporting it as news when the answer is "No". What a pointless article. Congrats to MCV on first-tier shilling.
Ghost Slayer
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digoutyoursoul
Member
It is. Used to irk me seeing Don Mattrick stand there smugly announcing it. Now Sony's dong the same thing with the timed DLC stuff, it's shit in my opinion but if it's helping them move software and hardware they won't care.
Ghost Slayer
Member
Of course they won't. It's business after all, the only thing Sony and MS care is your wallet
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Poor Tearaway
I worry for Gravity Rush.
Bitch Pudding
Member
CleverSony.
3rd party deals were very lucrative for Sony. They've really been picking the winners since before the sales gap was so large.
Watch Dogs, Destiny, Arkham Knight partnerships have all lead to sales boosts to Sony's platform despite being multiplatform.
In comparison MS had deals for COD:Ghosts and AW, Evolved, Madden, and Assassins Creed Unity... Not exactly titles that got people excited
Watch Dogs, Destiny, Arkham Knight partnerships have all lead to sales boosts to Sony's platform despite being multiplatform.
In comparison MS had deals for COD:Ghosts and AW, Evolved, Madden, and Assassins Creed Unity... Not exactly titles that got people excited
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Have you not seen their exclusive line up next year?
I don't like the the whole "pay money to keep content away from other platforms" thing. It doesn't add value to their customers and instead takes away value from others. To be clear I'm not talking about paying money to make indie ports happen on PS4, that's cool they should continue doing that. I'm talking about paying money to secure extra stuff from AAA games that would happen regardless.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Of course but all I ask for is a little consistency with this sort of stuff. I agreed with the criticism MS got for it, money that could of went into something more productive long term and the only ones I have saw in the media pull Sony up over this is Metro and their interview with Jim Ryan. If it's bad for one it should be bad for the other, that's all I'm saying.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
The sales, software attachment rate due to those sales, bundles offered, marketing, and the fact that as you said... they shift their first party away from the TP holiday battle, makes them very appetizing to publishers as a whole.
Ghost Slayer
Member
I thought you already had answer. Clearly SCEA won't give a shit about it
UnforgivenTwin
Member
"Play the exclusive Assassin's Creed Rosie O'Donnell mission only on Playstation."
StrongBlackVine
Banned
That sounds nice and all, but if one party doesn't do the deal the other one will. It would be great if the practice ended, but it seems too ingrained now. These publishers expect assistance promoting their games.
ginger ninja
Banned
more exclusive 1 hour gameplay for y'all.
I... don't think I wanna play a PS exclusive Rosie O'Donnell mission for Assassin's Creed ._.
Uncharted was delayed and SSM had a cancelled title that may have been expected to release this fall. Next year doesn't look like it will be a repeat though, unless TLG and Horizon miss release.
Ghost Slayer
Member
I really don't understand what you said
CambriaRising
Member
Not like they did that anyway. They have sent many great games out to die.
JetSetRadio
Banned
CoD is the most important one.
I'm not a fan of this kind of deals though.
I'm not a fan of this kind of deals though.
SnowFlakeCake
Member
Couldn't care less so long as the first party games come and 2016 looks insane. GT Sport and UC4 alone will keep me happy for the year.
Yeah this is so true. Seems like Sony have a very good eye at identifying the titles that make PS4 a bigger part of the gaming zeitgeist.
MS mostly have a couple duds but Fallout 4 should do them good.
If you're referring overall to the Jim Ryan quotes, I think he's mainly talking about marketing/promotional deals.
But yeah exclusive trinkets are bullshit.
constantstatic
Member
I agree last gen Microsoft was evil corp and paying for 3rd party exclusives was awful. Now people are thanking Sony in This thread lol. I have both systems so it doesn't hurt me I just don't like the practice. It sucks to see one group get excluded or have to wait for content like the cod map packs.
But it works I'm getting cod on PlayStation for the first time so I guess you can't argue with results.
UnforgivenTwin
Member
But it would be so much fun. You and Donald Trump fight to the death.
digoutyoursoul
Member
You don't ? Well that's ok, no problem
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
I remember when Microsoft announced Rise of the Tomb Raider during E3 last year and i believe CD actually got death threats from people and in general people seemed mad at MS, but the thing is...Sony does exactly the same. Maybe even worse really.
It's all good with me though. Next year i'll be adding the PS4 as well and then i'm done. Well...unless NX is going to be worth it.
It's all good with me though. Next year i'll be adding the PS4 as well and then i'm done. Well...unless NX is going to be worth it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
They sign the deal they don't have to put anything in, CDPR for instance only compromised by putting something extra in the XBO CE. Which was still bullshit.
At least publishers have went on to make the betas timed exclusives instead of content that's honestly the lesser evil of all the options.
I wasn't on GAF back then, but wasn't the main complaint that MS didn't have many studios of their own, while they were so heavily invested in third party deals? I see similar worries about Sony regarding how they're money would be better spent in this very thread, so the concern isn't totally inconsistent. Of course, there will always be people that try to paint one or more of the console manufacturers as pure evil, unfortunately.
Ghost Slayer
Member
Yup, I love Sony moneyhat CoD and Battlefront timed exclusive and force Xbone version delay to next year
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