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Antonio Fucito: "Death Stranding is a PS4 timed exclusive, will come to PC at a later date"
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So they funded it, gave him probably the most impressive engine of this generation for a 6-12 month timed exclusive. If this is true i really hope they will lose next gdn really hard because this management must be on drugs or something.
iirc this was before switch to Decima engine ... but well the old investor press release mentions the magical words "console exclusive" which seems like opened path for PC port posibiulity
At this point I don't think that people playing only on PC will go ahead and buy a PS4. So I don't think this would affect Sony at all in the grand scheme of things.
Yes, thought chosing the Decima Engine killed the PC port.
Guess Sony is ok with making more money 12 months later on a new Platform (probably at the same time as the PS5 release/patch)
I understand what you mean, but it's just a case of Sony would not have this game/IP in the first place if they didn't negociate this sort of deal with Kojima. At least that's how I interpret the situation from the outside.
I suspect they dont totally own it. I also suspect Kojima had enough leverage to negotiate some degree of ownership and self publishing on PC.
For a year of exclusivity with PC... But don't expect the game to go anywhere else. You think they're on drugs, it's just tought negociations. Kojima was in a position to choose. You think only Sony was willing to write him a check and give him an engine ? And do you also think that Kojima after being fired would work again without some degree of ownership ?
The trademark would say it was jointly owned if it was jointly owned. It just says it's a Sony IP.
Holy crap, Sony really bent over backwards for Kojima. But it's a really strange deal. Sony is paying for the game and owns the IP, which means they will get the money generated from a PC release and a sequel doesn't happen without Sony. It really makes no sense for Kojima to demand a PC release, unless Sony is giving him the money generated on that platform which would be a completely crazy thing to do.
Why would you WANT that sort of philosophy to fail. Damn, I wish every platform holder released their games multiplatform.
Why? I'd rather more people get to play the game instead of keeping it locked away on a single platform. This some flagrant corporate fanboyism bruh.
Yes, that sounds right. But PS5 tho: I expect 12 month exclusivity. 6 month would be pointless, may aswell release it in nov. 2019.
Sony could sell it on PC and make money that way. They own this game. I don't think there is IP co-ownership trademarked.
I mean if we take the boxart tags as the be all, it's not even console exclusive, as they have a tag for that. Which yeah, I strongly doubt Xbox version is on the cards, despite there being no "PS console exclusive" tag.
Why shouldn't they? The way that MS has managed their console exclusives on PC has been... not great, but Sony would be wise to leverage the platform as another revenue stream.
-Launch game on console hardware with 1 year timed exclusivity
-Launch game on PC where they can have a second boost coupled with sales longevity
As long as they make a partnership with a normal storefront like Steam and don't do something dumb like making it through PSNow or whatever then they could make much, much more from their IPs.
Yes, I'm sure you are fine with it.
They also made FFVII Remake and Shenmue 3 kind of a big deal at their E3 too but those are also coming to PC. Sony worries more about console exclusivity and let's be honest, the game will sell very very well on PS4 regardless of a PC version.
Why wouldn't you want more people to play this game? It's just more money for Sony if it goes on PC. Even corporate fanboys will understand that.
Always with the drama
And ultimately I want Kojima to make the most moolah from this so the more platforms the better.
Imagine being this deluded where you rather stan for a corporation instead of having your fellow gamers also have a try out at experiencing the game on a platform of their choice.
I think Sony own it just part of the deal was with PC later .
We will most likely see the PC and PS5 version upgrade the same time.
It coming on PC will still give Sony money and this later in the gen moving hardware not a big factor.
Sony owns the IP. Not sure why this is so hard for people to wrap their heads around.
They'll make their investment back and then some and have a good working relationship with Kojima Productions - its not a bad deal at all ?
I cant find it, but iirc, The Chinese Room owns for exemple Everybody's Gone to the Rapture despite Sony owning the trademark.
More money from PC gamers I guess
They will already have 100m console sold by November 2019, so imagine in Nov 2020, they don't need to hold the exclusivity to push hardwares
But the PS5 will no doubt get it aswell, Will that not be able to hit 60fps either. More like late too the party race with all these timed exclusives( RDR2/DS)
If some third party would have paid Kojima for death stranding it would have been on ps regardless without any funding or wave handing tech. I want Sony to fund stuff i wouldn't have get otherwise. So yea #fuckdeathstranding
Honestly this would probably make me go PC only in the future. There would be no more reason to own a PlayStation just like there is no reason to own a Xbox for me anymore. Exclusives are vital to a consoles for me personally. They are my reason to buy them in the first place.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Unveils Hideo Kojima’s PS4 Console Exclusive Title Death Stranding
SAN MATEO, CA, June 13, 2016 – Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today unveiled Hideo Kojima’s first Kojima Productions title DEATH STRANDING for PlayStation®4 (PS4™) and its first teaser trailer at the E3 2016 PlayStation Press Conference. As with all of his past masterpieces, the latest...
www.sie.com
And this was when Decima was chosen.
That's what all of us should be striving for, making sure the game creators are doing well financially.
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