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Goatseye said:
Ruler said:
 


Because they cant, no publisher is intterested

No publisher was interested in Minecraft, State of Decay, Ori, No Man Sky, etc...

Makes sense.


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Goatseye said:
Ka-pi96 said:
 

Really? So you think their strategy never worked? Have a read of this article and see if you change your mind...
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258697/securing-jrpg-exclusives-for-the-xbox-360-was-it-a-good-strategy-or-not/

MS would have to sink money there instead of the West to compete with local brands.

They would have to moneyhatt every time to have Tales of on 360. I'm glad they saved their money for Mass Effect and Bioshock.

It's also a publisher/developer job to create a market for their games. Look at Soul series, it could've stayed on PS consoles but From Software is much more ambitious than that.

You mean Western focused games that eventually came to PS. Could also look at Tomb Raider this year as another example.

Not the best use of funds IMO. I'm not even saying put the money in JRPGs, but I also do not think paying money to keep games off PS is a wise investment as well. I'd rather them focus on smaller collaborations (like what Nintendo is doing), or even funding new studios. 



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Ka-pi96 said:
Goatseye said:

MS would have to sink money there instead of the West to compete with local brands.

They would have to moneyhatt every time to have Tales of on 360. I'm glad they saved their money for Mass Effect and Bioshock.

It's also a publisher/developer job to create a market for their games. Look at Soul series, it could've stayed on PS consoles but From Software is much more ambitious than that.

Sink money there instead of the west? They aren't even investing much in the west. Saved money for Mass Effect and Bioshock? Has a new Bioshock even been announced and who says they will have a deal for Mass Effect?

How do you know? We barely got past a year of X1's lifecycle.

In 2007 MS had a deal with Bioware and 2k Marin: exclusive ME and Bisohock.



Hmm
What's better, to keep a game away from another platform (for a certain time or permanently), or to bring another one that wouldn't come otherwise?

Clock's ticking, choose the right answer



thedawghousev2 said:
nothing sells on xbox or wii u, you have to understand that

(Chart borrowed from KyleeStrutt)



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Skullwaker said:
thedawghousev2 said:
nothing sells on xbox or wii u, you have to understand that

(Chart borrowed from KyleeStrutt)


i meant third party games



Ka-pi96 said:

It seems like Sony are getting all the western deals, so yeah it would appear that they are investing less in the west than Sony are.

Deals in 2007 don't really mean much now. Those were some good deals back then, but so far they haven't got much for this gen.

That's what I was talking about. Deals in the West were better for MS. People were more responsive to X360 deals in the West.

I don't think they're investing less, this gen is young and we can't see everything unravel now on a 5 year chart.



Ka-pi96 said:
Goatseye said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Sink money there instead of the west? They aren't even investing much in the west. Saved money for Mass Effect and Bioshock? Has a new Bioshock even been announced and who says they will have a deal for Mass Effect?

How do you know? We barely got past a year of X1's lifecycle.

In 2007 MS had a deal with Bioware and 2k Marin: exclusive ME and Bisohock.

It seems like Sony are getting all the western deals, so yeah it would appear that they are investing less in the west than Sony are.

Deals in 2007 don't really mean much now. Those were some good deals back then, but so far they haven't got much for this gen.


wait wait, scratch that, you win. wii u sells games in japan, third party or first party. my bad.



thedawghousev2 said:
i meant third party games

There are 4 third party Wii U games and 4 third party PS4 games on that list.

You have to realize that most 3rd party PS4 games that chart in Japan don't really have any legs and typically sell around 100k LT. 



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Skullwaker said:
thedawghousev2 said:
i meant third party games

There are 4 third party Wii U games and 4 third party PS4 games on that list.

You have to realize that most 3rd party PS4 games that chart in Japan don't really have any legs and typically sell around 100k LT. 


fuck, i was too late.

 

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