More ignorant Sony news

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 12:09

In a recent interview with the UK centric Playstation magazine, PSN, Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, has commented that Sony won't pay off publishers to get exclusives access to their game, and thus receive a possibly huge system seller for the PlayStation 3. In the interview he said "we have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors. 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. We earn it…"

From there he went on to comment on the opposition by taking a few digs at both Nintendo and Microsoft by commenting, "Microsoft is too dependent on the third-party community, and Nintendo is too depended on first-party. We like to feel that we got a pretty good mix."

http://darkzero.co.uk/v4/games/news/12423/...-buy-exclusives

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 12:15

james.miller said:
igonrant sony news?

We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform. We earn it…

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 12:18

james.miller said:
how is that ignorant? they fact that they arent willing to 'pay' for games any more is an interesting one...but ignorant? towards what?

Sorry I meant arrogant.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 12:25

james.miller said:
oooooh. well that i can understand lol.

it is, slightly arrogant, yes. The thing is though, do paied exclusives really do anything for us as the gamers? ms recently paid what was it...50mil for two episodic gta4 games? what benefits do we really see? its not something that ive ever agreed with - paying for exclusives. only the fat cats get anythign from it.

I think it's a bit stupid for them to do this really, exclusives do sell consoles and if Microsoft act on this news and start splashing cash around the future could be grim for the PS3.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 12:42

wwwebber said:
Trying to start a flame war eh ?.

Clearly.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 16:06

cokecan72 said:
tbh i dont see a problem with them paying for exclusives on the consoles, i think in a way that actually helps to keep prices between consoles competitive. Having said that it still wouldnt make me rush out and buy all 3 of this gen's consoles just for an exclusive lol

Also, if MS didnt fund epic in Gears, would Gears have been anything like it actually is in terms of quality? Surely the fact MS were throwing a fair chunk of moolah at it must have helped make the overall game better? Not taking anything away from Epic though as they are a fantastic developer but regardless of who you are, more money is always going to help

I'd have thought the same could be said for the Sony, if they funded a developer they'd end up with an awesome game

If anything Epic helped make it better since they asked Microsoft to stick in 512MB of ram I believe. (Something like this)

That may or may not be true, I've heard it in various forums though.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 17:09

I heart Epic Games.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 19:23

andy said:
debatable wether there overall service is better

its a chalk and cheese thing , you cant really compare them

It's kinda like Sony = quality product. (Reliablity), Blu-Ray. Microsoft = Better software (Currently) and online service. (Optional HD-DVD)

I don't really mind, I have both so I can't lose here but that's the real comparison at the moment.

Margaret · 4 Jul 2007 at 21:59

Si MPS said:
i think the word you were looking for was 'hypocritical'

Arrogant, I already corrected myself earlier in the thread but can't change the title.