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DMeisterJ on 29 October 2008

Link:  http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/10/29/sony-on-dlc-nothing-is-ever-exclusive

Sony on DLC: 'Nothing is ever exclusive'


Back in May, David Reeves hinted the possibility that the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive DLC content for Grand Theft Auto IV is heading for the PS3 version in the future. It looks like Sony is at it again -- when pressed for a statement about the exclusive downloadable content the rival console is getting by videogamer.com, SCE managing director Ray Maguire said the following: "One thing to remember, nothing is ever exclusive. Things get wrapped up for a period of time for a large amount of money and if it's a strategic decision by competition to do that then we have to live with that.

Maguire also took the chance to take a jab at the competition's practice of buying exclusives. "I would much rather that we were investing money into making sure that we've got great R&D and we start producing games like LittleBigPlanet, rather than paying other people a huge amount of money to stop people playing their product."

It's almost common consensus at this point that exclusives from third-party publishers are a thing of the past. However, can we say the same for DLC content? Time will tell, we suppose. What's your 2 cents?

Agreed.

Rather than paying someone money so that a certain group of people can't enjoy your content, why not use that money to make a better console. 



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kirby007 on 29 October 2008

probably not



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darthdevidem01 on 29 October 2008

So MGS4 won't be exclusive forever?

anyways.....they have a definite point. 3rd Party Wise you just don't know.

A strong 1st Party is more important now that has become obvious

SONY already have two 3 Million + selling & almost a 2 million + selling new IP with Motorstorm, Resistance & Uncharted

oh and Sackboy's on his way!



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SlipperyMooseCakes on 29 October 2008

They're doing the same thing with Mirrors Edge. Pot calling kettle black.

They know DLC is important and would love to have it on a lot of their games.



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deathgod33 on 29 October 2008

DLC has never been that important.



 

 

 

 

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DMeisterJ on 29 October 2008
SlipperyMooseCakes said:
They're doing the same thing with Mirrors Edge. Pot calling kettle black.

They know DLC is important and would love to have it on a lot of their games.

There is no Mirror's Edge DLC.

That was a rumour.



darthdevidem01 on 29 October 2008

@slipperymoosecake

thats false....that was bad rumor



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kirby007 on 29 October 2008
DMeisterJ said:
SlipperyMooseCakes said:
They're doing the same thing with Mirrors Edge. Pot calling kettle black.

They know DLC is important and would love to have it on a lot of their games.

There is no Mirror's Edge DLC.

That was a rumour.

so what is this?

a fact?



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URNotE on 29 October 2008

@ slipperymoose cakes

they sorta have no choice tho...they have to do it occasionally ...MS is doin it for games that aren't even important like tomb raider just because it was a successful ps2 franchise... tomb raider is irrelevant in the gaming world now



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DMeisterJ on 29 October 2008
kirby007 said:
DMeisterJ said:
SlipperyMooseCakes said:
They're doing the same thing with Mirrors Edge. Pot calling kettle black.

They know DLC is important and would love to have it on a lot of their games.

There is no Mirror's Edge DLC.

That was a rumour.

so what is this?

a fact?

Wot?