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What Does Sony Have For The Holidays?
- Thread starter EatMyFace
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SolidSnakex
Member
NFS? I said "big"
It forms the big three (the other two being GT and Mario Kart) as far as racing games go. I think EA is going to make a big deal out of this one as well since they gave it extra development time.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Assassin's Creed & Madden we can also assume
Well to be fair the list looks like this so far:
PS4:
Arkham - June
MGS5 - September
Battlefront - November
XBO:
Witcher 3 - May
Tomb Raider - November?
The Division - November/December??? (or pushed to 2016?)
Tomb Raider will be released on PS4.
PooBone
Member
LOL, what? Of the six games you listed 5 of them are coming to both platforms.
They aren't literally co-developing the game. They are providing "support" just like any first party does with any third party in terms of dev tool assistance.
It may be 6 months, it may be a year, he'll it may come out as a Tomb Raider compilation at the tail end of this generation but it will come to PC and PS4.
We are talking co marketing
It's what I know.
You seem to think I am talking exclusives when I am talking marketing rights and ALL of those games are coming to both consoles.
From a business perspective, perhaps Sony is taking a more global view and spreading their releases across the year. This may also be good for their big third party partners as it means less conflict of interest regarding marketing first or third party games at the same time.
Whereas maybe MS is taking a more US&UK centric view and piling in disproportionately in Q4
Even if Sony still had Uncharted, they'd still be relatively light on releases in comparison to MS in Q4, which does suggest a different approach to first party publishing
PooBone
Member
We'll see. Mark my words and remember this conversation.
As I understand it Squeenix was looking for co-publishing money. Don't forget that the first Tomb Raider sold well under expectations, despite selling a shit-ton.
Fuckin idiots, they are.
Ah, gotchya! Do you think it matters to consumers who already own one platform or the other, though? I don't, personally. And in terms of exclusives, Sony is truly F'd unless they've got a big E3 show waiting.
Marketing exclusivity. Like Playstation with Destiny.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
"Rise of the Tomb Raider Microsoft deal “does have a duration”, Square Enix reiterates."
They've pretty much out and said it at this point.
I mean your missing madden, Fifa and COD
Does Sony's deal with Bungie for Destiny marketing involve multiple games?
He's talking about marketing deals/exclusive content deals. Tomb Raider falls into that category because it is being marketed by Microsoft along with the benefit of launching first on Xbox.
Lol trust Kagari on this
Sorry, I don't care about the yearlies.
Sorry, you are just wrong.
Again, we are not talking people who already own the consoles...I am discussing marketing rights to attract new buyers.
Mark my words by the tone of your responses and childish attitude towards other user's replies you won't be on the forum when Tomb Raider is announced for PC and PS4.
So you conveniently leave out 3 of the biggest games of the year which will probably sell more than all the games listed( minus BF3)
Too bad that we play games not marketing.
Nightengale
Member
I didn't conveniently leave anything off, I didn't even think about those until you posted about it.
But here you go:
PS4:
Arkham - June
MGS5 - September
Battlefront - November
XBO:
Witcher 3 - May
Madden - August
Tomb Raider - November?
Call of Duty - November
The Division - November/December??? (or pushed to 2016?)
Not sure who has Fifa rights, but that releases in September.
I think Sony might have Mad Max marketing deal since it was revealed at their conference. Could have changed though.
Birgitte2004
Member
No. No no no no no.
I can't believe Microsoft got this absurdity to stick, when they decided to redefine first party because they didn't like barely having any, and were tired of people talking about how little they had..
First party is owned and developed by the platform holder. Bloodborne is not first party. Nor is Halo 1-3, or the Gears of War trilogy.
Katana_Strikes
Member
We don't know who's got the sports games yet do we?
The sports games tend to flip flop about when it comes to exclusive marketing.
I reckon Sony could have AssCreed back this year and there's certainly the opportunity of a racing game like NFS to align with Sony too.
publicpwnerer
Member
Sorry for the belated reply.
The marketing deals are relevant to your context. As for the OP/title however, he/she is mentioning an uncertain exclusive lineup for the holidays. What's third party marketing deals got to do with an exclusive holiday lineup?
I'm sure there's a correlation between the success of the PS4 and the likelihood of more exclusives (Or if you're cynical, you could argue it'd mean less exclusives). For me personally, I don't give two shits about NPD and playing list wars with third party marketing deals. I only care about the games/exclusives. Hopefully that didn't come off as overly abrasive, just quickly replying.
Thank you, I just shot coffee out of my nose! Was funny tho.
Nightengale
Member
Honestly, the TR thing isn't even worth talking at this point. It's really boils down to how much you trust someone who had never shied away from affirming lifetime console exclusivity if they've got it.
I'll just wait till the GAF thread next year where RotTR is announced for PS4.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Still forgetting Assassin's Creed
I wouldn't call them less meaningful, they're all potentially good sellers and all of the games are coming to XBO anyway.
Not really necessary, KI Season 2 has been ongoing, Screamride and Ori are out.
After that it's Project Spark's Conker's Big Reunion, State of Decay, Fable Legends, Forza Motorsport 6, Halo 5 Guardians, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Gigantic so it's not like there's nothing to look forward to.
MrS
Banned
That's Microsoft.
Sony will be fine during the holidays. They had nothing last year but they're still on top. There's still plenty of time for new announcements too, obviously.
I mean it's effectively the same.
Duxxy3
Member
I'm expecting it to be announced at around this time next year.
There is another Assassin's Creed game this year? Jesus.
What are your feelings today? What has changed besides SW marketing?
small44
Member
It's a sale thread so marketing is really important
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Assassin's Creed Victory. I can only assume it is coming this year since they have been on a yearly release cycle, and Ubisoft put out a statement saying that Quebec has been working on it "for a few years"
http://kotaku.com/next-years-big-assassins-creed-is-set-in-victorian-lond-1665343788
loaf of bread
Member
Bloodborne is first party, the IP is Sony owned and is a collaboration between From/Studio Japan.
Debating about exclusives would have been a one page thread. We know what has been announced and we are still months away from E3, where the tides could change drastically. The discussion has evolved into what Sony thinks it has for the holidays, including the sales locks they think they have by partnering with certain games.
I think it's a much more interesting conversation instead of pages of "What if Gureilla has a game? Or maybe Sony Bend has a game!?!"
Good lord....they need to slow the fuck down on these games. Haha.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
I see Microsoft having a lot of Star Wars salt ads this holiday.