| heruamon said: So...this link shows sony's attitude is FUCK YOU developer... Also...if M$ moneyhats the developer...why exactly again are they not making enough money to cover the cost? Seems like M$ is giving them some seed money to reduce cost, and allow them to build more proficiency to develop for thei platform...that's SMART business...VERY smart, and if anybody had a clue about business, they would slam sony for not doing the same. |
This is a good example where a very limited perspective can give someone the completely wrong idea.
MS only moneyhats projects that will benefit them in a serious manner -- i.e. big projects with appeal in regions where they need to gain ground, and where they stand to benefit from "starving" the competition. This has nothing to do with helping the very select few developers that they moneyhat, and everything to do with market positioning. They do this in return for (timed) exclusivity, because paying for full exclusives isn't worthwhile (to them)
Sony, on the other hand, helps small self-publishing devs pay for their entry into the console scene, in return for exclusivity. That's any small self-published dev who gets by the hurdles to make a PSN game at all, not just the select few who are going to benefit them in some major market position.
So... in fact, I think you have a severe case of anti-Sony bias in your assumption, heruamon. In fact, Sony is looking out for both the developer and consumer with their policies. MS seems to be looking out for themselves alone. Jumping the gun, with the judgement-passing, is a pretty severe detriment to the validity of anything in your statements, IMO.
