Sony's rule on exclusives.

Hereis a post about Sony losing some exclusives. The question is do you agree with how they go about it?I know I do I feel when you buy out a company you just hurt the gamers. And yes I could care less ifMGS4 was multiplatbut I alsolike it if Halo and gears were too... lol. (I hope they don't lock it cause of that):)

How could Sony lose two of its most pivotal third-party exclusives? Jack Tretton head of Sony Computer Entertainment America revealed earlier this summer that Sony had a strict policy against "buying" exclusives. "We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors," stated Tretton. "We don't buy exclusivity, we don't fund development. We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform."

Jack told a white lie.

if they dont buy then ps3 die a horrible deathkingtahktahkhuk

ps3 wont die ...

PS2 started out the same way as the ps3 is now. It was being out sold by the dreamcast that cmae out a year beofre ( just like the 360 vs ps3) and not that many games were coming out for it, then 2 years later it became the market leader. The ps3 is doing the exact same thing except that it s selling better than the ps2 when it came out.

So no one should worry about the PS3 i will be just fine. :)

[QUOTE="kingtahktahkhuk"]if they dont buy then ps3 die a horrible deathmobius1979

ps3 wont die ...

PS2 started out the same way as the ps3 is now. It was being out sold by the dreamcast that cmae out a year beofre ( just like the 360 vs ps3) and not that many games were coming out for it, then 2 years later it became the market leader. The ps3 is doing the exact same thing except that it s selling better than the ps2 when it came out.

So no one should worry about the PS3 i will be just fine. :)

thats kinda wishful thinking, m$ will stop at nothing to expand their market and pwning ps3 while at it

i agree with the above. M$ ruined the whole system by jumping in witht the Xbox. Now people have to decide which console to buy, which wasnt a problem for the last two generations of consoles. But to be honest, if Sony dont start buying third party devs then they are going to lose the console war. I heard, however, that there was some talk about Sony buying Rockstar, because of all the problems with Take Two etc. If this happened, it would be the scoop of the century, but if M$ got it, then Sonywould losethe console war.

To dbzfreak: M$ doesnt have a lot more money than Sony to throw around. Sony's revenue is around $70billion, while M$'s is only $50billion. The thing that bothers me is that M$ have gone out of their way to get rid of the competition, by buying up £rd party devs to get the exclusives. Sony signs deals with the 3rd party devs to get the exclusive, it doesnt go and buy them outright!

[QUOTE="kingtahktahkhuk"]if they dont buy then ps3 die a horrible deathmobius1979

yea but you see the problem is that DC died because nobody was making them for it, thats why ps2 took over. now you think the same thing is gonna happen ? sorry to tell you but every1 wants to make games for the 360, it wont be as easy as before

ps3 wont die ...

PS2 started out the same way as the ps3 is now. It was being out sold by the dreamcast that cmae out a year beofre ( just like the 360 vs ps3) and not that many games were coming out for it, then 2 years later it became the market leader. The ps3 is doing the exact same thing except that it s selling better than the ps2 when it came out.

So no one should worry about the PS3 i will be just fine. :)

In a perfect world games could be made for every platform. And you know what will suck if the PS3 does die cause of stuff like this I don't think I would be a console gamer anymore. AND THAT IS BIG. It will just feel like they are buying you and I would hate that.baller72

In the perfect world one console would be designed by all of the compies. Just think we would have one console and we wouldn't have any of this "My system is better then yours" junk and we could enjoy all of the games we like.

[QUOTE="mobius1979"]

[QUOTE="kingtahktahkhuk"]if they dont buy then ps3 die a horrible deathkingtahktahkhuk

ps3 wont die ...

PS2 started out the same way as the ps3 is now. It was being out sold by the dreamcast that cmae out a year beofre ( just like the 360 vs ps3) and not that many games were coming out for it, then 2 years later it became the market leader. The ps3 is doing the exact same thing except that it s selling better than the ps2 when it came out.

So no one should worry about the PS3 i will be just fine. :)

thats kinda wishful thinking, m$ will stop at nothing to expand their market and pwning ps3 while at it

lol that s why M$ doenst make any profit on their Xbox360 even tho it s has been out almost 2 years :roll:

all i am saying wait and see, I have all 3 consoles, and to me the one that i see being successful in the future is the PS3.

Sony has enough exclusive coming from their own studios to do well.

Jack told a white lie.

Nike_Air

Ya, I think I would have to agree. Sony may not just give a company money for an exclusive deal, but they do help them out monetarily in some case I am sure, whether it is a marketing tie-in, covering certain production costs etc.

The PS3 will be fine. Yes I would like to see more third party support, but you have to admit they have a pretty good first party list for the future. As long as thy have Socom and third party titles from Square Enix I will be a happy gamer. Sony will be fine in the long run as well as all the other compaines out there. Theres room for all three plus more as long as they have stuipd people like myself who will go out and buy any system that comes out on day one. lol

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The PS3 will be fine. Yes I would like to see more third party support, but you have to admit they have a pretty good first party list for the future. As long as thy have Socom and third party titles from Square Enix I will be a happy gamer. Sony will be fine in the long run as well as all the other compaines out there. Theres room for all three plus more as long as they have stuipd people like myself who will go out and buy any system that comes out on day one. lol

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Invite me if you like... More Gamers the better!!!!!!

akuya32

Hereis a post about Sony losing some exclusives. The question is do you agree with how they go about it?I know I do I feel when you buy out a company you just hurt the gamers. And yes I could care less ifMGS4 was multiplatbut I alsolike it if Halo and gears were too... lol. (I hope they don't lock it cause of that):)

How could Sony lose two of its most pivotal third-party exclusives? Jack Tretton head of Sony Computer Entertainment America revealed earlier this summer that Sony had a strict policy against "buying" exclusives. "We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors," stated Tretton. "We don't buy exclusivity, we don't fund development. We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform."

baller72

that strategy easily worked last gen... since the sheer amount of people who owned the PS2 gave publishers the incentive to make a game exclusive.

with the PS3 dead last... why would a publisher want to release an exclusive game? past good relationships and strong ties with other Japanese publishers can only go so far.

In a perfect world games could be made for every platform. And you know what will suck if the PS3 does die cause of stuff like this I don't think I would be a console gamer anymore. AND THAT IS BIG. It will just feel like they are buying you and I would hate that.baller72

I agree completly. I have a 360 and PS3 and wish games came out on every platform. I'm stuck in the middle, always been a PS fan, but after a year with a 360 controller in my hand it's taken time to get used to the light, inferior PS3 controller, but Resistance has helped.

This is a lie. Sony has recently bought Evolution(motorstorm). Obviously, if they buy the company, their games will be exclusives.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6179303.html?sid=6179303&part=rss&subj=6179303

SOE makes games also, your statement makes no sense.

I smell a troll.

inerior PS3 controller? it has "sixaxis" and will be getting "touchsense" really soon! what does the 360 controller have, old and boring "rumble"... i wonder which controller is inferior now huh?MGS-is-PS

I don't know why everyone feels the controller is "inferior" because it is light. The controllers are built with the same sturdiness of their dualshock counter parts. The only thing missing are the heavy rumble motors.

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Hereis a post about Sony losing some exclusives. The question is do you agree with how they go about it?I know I do I feel when you buy out a company you just hurt the gamers. And yes I could care less ifMGS4 was multiplatbut I alsolike it if Halo and gears were too... lol. (I hope they don't lock it cause of that):)

How could Sony lose two of its most pivotal third-party exclusives? Jack Tretton head of Sony Computer Entertainment America revealed earlier this summer that Sony had a strict policy against "buying" exclusives. "We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors," stated Tretton. "We don't buy exclusivity, we don't fund development. We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform."

baller72

He wasn't totally truthful then because I know with Killzone 2 and MGS 4 that Sony has stated that if when they release those games if they don't reach their profit margine then Sony will make up the difference. So basically they make a certain profit within a few months after they release or Sony pays them the difference.

This is what stopped MGS 4 from going multiplat.

[QUOTE="baller72"]

Hereis a post about Sony losing some exclusives. The question is do you agree with how they go about it?I know I do I feel when you buy out a company you just hurt the gamers. And yes I could care less ifMGS4 was multiplatbut I alsolike it if Halo and gears were too... lol. (I hope they don't lock it cause of that):)

How could Sony lose two of its most pivotal third-party exclusives? Jack Tretton head of Sony Computer Entertainment America revealed earlier this summer that Sony had a strict policy against "buying" exclusives. "We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors," stated Tretton. "We don't buy exclusivity, we don't fund development. We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform."

casey7672

He wasn't totally truthful then because I know with Killzone 2 and MGS 4 that Sony has stated that if when they release those games if they don't reach their profit margine then Sony will make up the difference. So basically they make a certain profit within a few months after they release or Sony pays them the difference.

This is what stopped MGS 4 from going multiplat.

That makes sense, but if it did go multi I could care less. Even though I know Sony needs this game to be just on the PS3 for a while to get some popularity. I guess I should change my answer to there should just be one game system. The PlayBOx 720 & 4...lol

360 pwns all hahhahaha wii sucks the ass and the balls ban me mods come onthomass60r

Ask and ye shall receive.

Goodbye Level 23 account.

First of all, we all know that's not true.

Secondly, even if it were, there would still be a good portion of people (at this point, I'd say me included) who would still side with Sony. What good are exclusives if your hardware platform conks out every 20 minutes?

Question 1: Does it have games (exclusive or otherwise)?

Question 2: Does it turn on consistently?

If the console can answer yes to both, I'll buy it.

First of all, we all know that's not true.

Secondly, even if it were, there would still be a good portion of people (at this point, I'd say me included) who would still side with Sony. What good are exclusives if your hardware platform conks out every 20 minutes?

Question 1: Does it have games (exclusive or otherwise)?

Question 2: Does it turn on consistently?

If the console can answer yes to both, I'll buy it.

BigNiceJohn

even the RROD doesn't keep multiplatform titles selling best on the 360 (even Madden on 360 beat out the PS2 version). and really... isn't that what counts whena publisher decides to side with a console maker that is giving them no incentive to do so otherwise?

[QUOTE="BigNiceJohn"]

First of all, we all know that's not true.

Secondly, even if it were, there would still be a good portion of people (at this point, I'd say me included) who would still side with Sony. What good are exclusives if your hardware platform conks out every 20 minutes?

Question 1: Does it have games (exclusive or otherwise)?

Question 2: Does it turn on consistently?

If the console can answer yes to both, I'll buy it.

c0mplex

even the RROD doesn't keep multiplatform titles selling best on the 360 (even Madden on 360 beat out the PS2 version). and really... isn't that what counts whena publisher decides to side with a console maker that is giving them no incentive to do so otherwise?

While I agree with you, there were other issues that certainly factored into Madden sale totals though. Running a full 30FPS slower than your competitor's version tends to stifle sales and quickly.

if they dont buy then ps3 die a horrible deathkingtahktahkhuk

I agree with you.. By not buying exclusives they are burying themselves. Everybody is doing it for just about anything money talks, @#$@#$walks (Jack Tretton). Blu ray is doing it, HD is doing it. HP, DELL, IBM, ORACLE, EA, Activision They're all doing it in their own way.. Wake sony... That's the way it is.

[QUOTE="MGS-is-PS"]inerior PS3 controller? it has "sixaxis" and will be getting "touchsense" really soon! what does the 360 controller have, old and boring "rumble"... i wonder which controller is inferior now huh?locklain

I don't know why everyone feels the controller is "inferior" because it is light. The controllers are built with the same sturdiness of their dualshock counter parts. The only thing missing are the heavy rumble motors.

Alot more people prefer the 360 controller fyi

I'm not worried about the ps3 future. It was the same bs with the ps2.11_17_06

Exactly. People are listening to the lemtards too much. There just fanboys with nothing more then to hate on the ps3. Its pathetic. Then when there 3fixme takes a crap they go and buy a ps3 and swear they never said anything bad about it.

yea i also agree the 360 mayb be a good console now but in a year or two sony is going be reigning over the wii and the 360. Most likely microsoft will make a new system as the halo edition 360. No matter what bashing i hear about the ps3 is jus BS. IF DMC 4 and MGS and other good games didnt get ported PS3 wud kill 360 in a instant.cloud121

DMC4 got ported to 360

yea i also agree the 360 mayb be a good console now but in a year or two sony is going be reigning over the wii and the 360. Most likely microsoft will make a new system as the halo edition 360. No matter what bashing i hear about the ps3 is jus BS. IF DMC 4 and MGS and other good games didnt get ported PS3 wud kill 360 in a instant.cloud121

Yes I agree. I love the 360 and the PS3 but the fact is I think the XBox 360has the worst fan base in the history of games. Even worse then the fighting between the PS and N64 and trust me that was bad.

bRIBE..LOL Thats exactly what ive been saying. MS buying exclusives is just modern day bribery. Nothing more and it does hurt the gaming industry cause its unfair practice bad business ethics. Look at EA bribing the NFL. Now they dont have any competition so there Madden sucks every year and it hasnt changed. Then u look at the NHL series. Look how they turned things around because of the competition.cf2012

you do know Sony financed FFVII as publisher to lock that exclusive on the PS1.

I'm not worried about the ps3 future. It was the same bs with the ps2.11_17_06

the PS2 was never in last place...

i agree with the above. M$ ruined the whole system by jumping in witht the Xbox. Now people have to decide which console to buy, which wasnt a problem for the last two generations of consoles. But to be honest, if Sony dont start buying third party devs then they are going to lose the console war. I heard, however, that there was some talk about Sony buying Rockstar, because of all the problems with Take Two etc. If this happened, it would be the scoop of the century, but if M$ got it, then Sonywould losethe console war.

To dbzfreak: M$ doesnt have a lot more money than Sony to throw around. Sony's revenue is around $70billion, while M$'s is only $50billion. The thing that bothers me is that M$ have gone out of their way to get rid of the competition, by buying up £rd party devs to get the exclusives. Sony signs deals with the 3rd party devs to get the exclusive, it doesnt go and buy them outright!

darren05r