So many studios and they still have to buy third party temporary exclusives... and now temporary platform reveals, wtf
Doubt it's "buying", I would imagine it's just a matter of placement.
Xbox had a show; PlayStation didn't.
To be considered for a spot (on a showcase which delivered 470k views through the official channel and several million views on the live stream in total,) there's stipulations so that the host gets the most bang for its time. If you have a product you want to be included in some other company's marketing material, either you agree that that's fair when you agree to be part of the show or you renegotiate or bow out.
Letting Xbox hold its spotlight for a little while instead of immediately posting, "...And don't forget the competing consoles!", that probably seemed reasonable at the time. No communication went out that any of these products were exclusive, the products were not mislabeled in the stream, nothing actual sellable was released ("anti-consumer" is a weird thing to throw into this thread, considering nothing could be consumed besides tweets and streams,) and the client gets two hits of media because a few days after the show they can make news again announcing the other platforms.
Usually, this all works out without much concern or upset. There's a show, then there's some follow-up later, and everything the people need to know is out there in due time. In the Persona case, though, it was probably a mistake since there was an active fanbase which really made an issue of this messaging approach, and Atlus would probably think better of timing and messaging next time.
This required some sort of detective work?
If it didnt say Console Launch Exclusive at the showcase I dont think it would take an astrophysicist to figure out the game was multiplatform?
Right? I'm confused, did people forget how trade shows works? This is not new. The only difference is there's not an "E3 Starts Today" event where it switches from platform-specific pre-events to open floor of announcements and access.
Most casuals will be more aware of the first announcement and unaware of any that followed a few days later.
So it gives that impression of exclusivity.
Pretty shitty tactics imo
Who are these casuals who are so media-illiterate that they get all their information from video streams and tweets but then are left unaware forevermore of other streams and tweets?
It's a lame tactic, agreed, but this idea that Xboxes will be flying off the shelves for two days until suddenly people realize these old Persona games will also be on PlayStation (...again), I don't see how that's realistic.
Microsoft being petty as usual ;-D
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