Psycho_Mantis
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Sony. It's all about Sony.
Please elaborate how investing in first parties instead of third parties is a lack of foresight.
Sony. It's all about Sony.
I only wants MGSV...do something Yosp as Koji is getting too cosy with those X guys
They don't have the money to, it's as simple as that.
Hahaha, gaming hipsters. Is it impossible for people to enjoy things without having to be labeled shit like fanboys, dudebros, and now this shit? So silly.I couldn't give a crap about hardly any of the indie games because I'm not one of you gaming hipsters. The PS4 still has better hardware, better online and games I want (bar Titanfall).
Please elaborate how investing in first parties instead of third parties is a lack of foresight.
As long as a game sells hardware then it doesn't matter whether it's a 1st or 3rd party exclusive.
MS have much more money than Sony to buy 3rd party exclusives and they're currently staffing up several new studios so going forward they'll be able to release games using both approaches.
I bet you if Sony announced an exciting looking 3rd party developed fighter (at launch), I'd bite!
Me and a myriad of others.......
Sony is investing long-term. Microsoft, short term because they know most of their 1st party studios are second or third tier to Sony's studios.
Because investing in 3rd party exclusives is fucking stupid nowadays. Publishers don't want exclusivity unless you spend a lot of money - and by a lot, you'll have to pretty much fund the game -, they want their games released for fucking toasters if possible to get as much money as they can.
Most 3rd party exclusives will go multiplat eventually and there goes your big advantage. Right now MS is banking heavily on Titanfall and we all know that's going multiplat eventually. Meanwhile investing on 1st parties means you'll always have a steady flow of truly exclusive titles.
If Titanfall or any 3rd party exclusive sells millions of consoles and Live subscriptions, then goes multiplatform. Well those consoles have still been sold and MS have still made all that money from the sales.
Timed exclusives aren't stupid at all dude.
You're missing the other half of the equation.
The half that has their biggest shareholders fucking pissed.
Timed exclusives aren't, but banking on them is. Sure they'll get them a lot of sales, but how much money was spent making them exclusive, specially an EA game?If Titanfall or any 3rd party exclusive sells millions of consoles and Live subscriptions, then goes multiplatform. Well those consoles have still been sold and MS have still made all that money from the sales.
Timed exclusives aren't stupid at all dude.
Do you think thier shareholders are pissed at the $1BN Gears of War made MS this gen? Gears being a 3rd party exclusive btw.
Do you think thier shareholders are pissed at the $1BN Gears of War made MS this gen? Gears being a 3rd party exclusive btw.
Xbox hasn't earned MS a single dollar, let alone a billion of them. MS paying out the ear to secure exclusives like Gears is part of the reason why.
Sony. It's all about Sony.
One big Western exclusive. Several Eastern exclusives. Apparently two from Sega via the Sonic deal.
Gears of War as a franchise has made MS over 1BN at retail. It's common knowledge.
Do you know how much MS paid Epic btw? If not, how do you know they paid through the ear?
If Titanfall or any 3rd party exclusive sells millions of consoles and Live subscriptions, then goes multiplatform. Well those consoles have still been sold and MS have still made all that money from the sales.
Timed exclusives aren't stupid at all dude.
What Sonic deal? Are you talking about Nintendo or Sony?
Well, do you?Gears of War as a franchise has made MS over 1BN at retail. It's common knowledge.
Do you know how much MS paid Epic btw? If not, how do you know they paid through the ear?
They don't have the money to, it's as simple as that.
Gears of War as a franchise has made MS over 1BN at retail. It's common knowledge.
Do you know how much MS paid Epic btw? If not, how do you know they paid through the ear?
MS has not seen profit from their Xbox brand. That's the bottom line. Shareholders don't give a shit about your one franchise example of profitability.
MS has not seen profit from their Xbox brand. That's the bottom line. Shareholders don't give a shit about your one franchise example of profitability.
Securing a 3rd party exclusive from a developer like Insomniac or Respawn is a smart move. Studios who consist of developers who've got decades worth of experience in shipping AAA games and have had success across different franchises.
Yea, I wouldn't call it a bad move to moneyhat studios like above.
Gears of War as a franchise has made MS over 1BN at retail. It's common knowledge.
Do you know how much MS paid Epic btw? If not, how do you know they paid through the ear?
You think Epic was giving away a franchise like Gears for chump change? They're the ones who pay to make these games, and there were potentially millions of sales they could get on ps3 with each installment. MS had to pay enough to cover that.
I haven't said that. Two unrelated things there. This seems to be a case of misinterpretation, Watson.Verendus said that Sony acquired two Sega exclusives, instead of taking Sonic. We'll see if this tip materializes eventually.
They were too busy investing in the console itself.
Because they have the first party studios to make games themselves.
Honestly we don't know the numbers for either system well enough
One of the reasons I always hate the MS has a bigger warchest argument as we have no idea how much money the xbox division has to play with nor the PS division
I think it's most likely that MS has more money at its disposal but to state it as fact as an argument is silly without having substantiated numbers for both
Same is true comparing 1st party games
We don't know the all the numbers
Just my thoughts
Because they have the best and biggest lineup of first-party studios on the planet?