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It's been going on forever tho. I bought a 360 in 2007 because it had some incredible timed exclusives: Bioshock and Mass Effect being the most notable.
MS could outspend Sony if they really wanted to get into that fight, it doesn't seem like they have any real plans for throwing huge amounts of money at making big AAA titles exclusives though, their focus is on building their GamePass library and spending money where it's needed in buying and building up their own studios to have a better output themselves. It makes far more sense for MS to buy up studios who can make them more exclusive content which they own vs spending a huge sum making third party titles exclusive which probably won't net them much of a return in the long run and end up on another platform anyway.
I have not seen one person on this forum excited for either game
I think these things are really bad for the industry as a whole, but mostly for consumers. Even though I'm buying both consoles, I'd still want to buy it on the platform where it either performs best, has the best controls or the best features, but I want to have that choice.
I do get it though; people will often buy the consoles their friends have so you need to make sure people buy it right from the start. There's a large group that care about these things, being first, having exclusive items, levels etc. They end up buying the console that has this and word of mouth will take care of the rest. As a result you can scale back these types of investments half way in the gen.
I do get it though; people will often buy the consoles their friends have so you need to make sure people buy it right from the start. There's a large group that care about these things, being first, having exclusive items, levels etc. They end up buying the console that has this and word of mouth will take care of the rest. As a result you can scale back these types of investments half way in the gen.
Well the last big FF was not on XB the same time .
Some would say the FFVIIR just as big or bigger than a main line game.
Its not Final Fantasy people because multiple final fantasies had been exclusives or timed exclusives. Is other like Street Fighter or Tomb Raider type of deal. Bethesda is now in bed with Sony could be something big like Elder Scrolls.
What games are they doing it with? The majority of Microsoft's console exclusives or timed exclusives are AA PC-centric developers that typically don't have the bandwidth to develop for all platforms simultaneously. Microsoft has been working with these types of developers for years now, alongside their recent push onto PC gaming. I think a lot of people are confusing Microsoft building a strong relationship and logical ecosystem for AA PC-centric developers to leverage, similar to what Sony did with Indie developers at the beginning of this generation, and a true Moneyhat.
I'm annoyed with it. Those are really bad moneyhats considering Bethesda can clearly afford to release them everywhere. I'll wait until they are day one on Game Pass for the Xbox versions.
game is getting announced in 2 weeks at DC FanDome so we might learn soon enough 👀
Mass Effect wasn't timed exclusive. Microsoft published the game and funded the development. Down the line, EA bought BioWare. Different situation completely. If EA didn't buy BioWare the whole series would've only been on Xbox and PC AFAIK.
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Next-gen isn't even here and I'm already disgusted by it.
I hate this garbage on any platform, console or PC. I hate that 3rd party titles are being used like this be it Sony and Microsoft or EGS on PC. It's such a shit practice. First party? Sure, go nuts. Do whatever. That at least makes sense. This is just pathetic.
I hate this garbage on any platform, console or PC. I hate that 3rd party titles are being used like this be it Sony and Microsoft or EGS on PC. It's such a shit practice. First party? Sure, go nuts. Do whatever. That at least makes sense. This is just pathetic.
Maybe the new suicide squad game that'll be announced soon? Although, that could get weird if MS buy WB games.
I don't really agree with these deals, though since it's allowed by law - they'll do what they can get away with. With all the talk about how good gamespass is a great deal for gamers, many publishers don't quite think it's a great deal for them. The deals are cheap for Sony if they don't expect to sell much on xbox and they can't depend on MS to give them sweetheart deals to be on Gamespass. Market share will make it near impossible for MS to get many of these deals, unless they outsell Sony early.
Historically, they've had them under marketing too. But what do I know? :P
This doens't end well. If MS said "fuck it" and does the same thing, this is a going to be an pretty terrible start to a generation. If MS doesn't, and takes some high road, it's "LOL, Xbox has no games."
Right? If they have any common sense they would refuse any offers to make FFXVI exclusive. But who knows with this company's history
I think the point is to get people to transition to PS5 as quickly as possible.
Doubtful. That's tons of money to leave on the table. GTA games are not cheap. Sony will have to pay in the hundreds of millions at least.
Well, at least take significant market share. Neither should dominate. Make them fight for our money.
Domination means easier to deprive competition of titles.
I could see it. New IP from a company who I believe recently confirmed a similar deal with Sony for Arkane's new IP.
you're 100% right
honestly the more i think about it, the more i think this is one of those games
having both spider-man and batman under the same banner even for a limited time would be so weird lmaoo
Maybe one of these days the good ole war chest argument will cease.
So? How does that make it a good thing now? It was shitty then and it's shitty now. Nobody wins in this scenario.
MS already started doing the same thing. They had 22 timed exclusives at their event.
I hadnt thought about it until now but what if by some crazy turns of events PS5 is actually MORE expensive than the Series X and all this moneyhatting is Sony trying to basically force consumers into buying their system first? Seems like a fools errand if so.
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