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RVDondaPC on 28 February 2009

The big Money for Sony and MS on Exclusives are not made by the actual games themselves. Exclusives are used to get people to favor your console then buy all the shitty 3rd party games on that particular console.

If someone was debating whether or not to get a 360 or a PS3. Then Killzone 2 comes out and blows them away and convinces them to get a PS3. All the NBA live's, all the spider man web of shadows, all the call of duties, the guitar hero's, the far crys the Maddens that that user buys can be chalked up as revenue generated by Killzone 2, generated by Heavenly Sword, generated by MGS4, generated by whatever exclusives helped get that consumer to buy a PS3 over a 360.

That is why games like MLB the Show, Eye of Judgment, and Buzz! which may not sell a ton are important. Because there are baseball fans out there or niche genre fans out there that will buy a PS3 just for those games. Then all the additional games that they buy on the PS3 is revenue generated by those niche games that may not sell a lot of copies themselves.

It remains to be seen if Killzone can push consoles. But it definitely will add to the pot of PS3 exclusives that will help lure potential HD console owners over to the dark side. And it will definitely be a worthwhile investment on Sony's part.



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RVDondaPC on 28 February 2009
numonex said:
TheThunder said:
numonex said:
Guerilla Games are a third party software developer who make games for PSP , PS2 and PS3. It would be good if KZ2 came to XBox 360 and make more profits.

But I see it more likely than Kill Zone 3 will be multi-platform title. XBox 360 version would sell more than PS3 version due to the XBox 360 having a bigger FPS fan base than PS3.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Games

 

 

Sorry my mistake. But hey if Sony sells off Guerilla Games to EA then Kill Zone 3 can be on both PS3 and XBox 360.

Bioware was owned by MS. EA bought Bioware and now Mass Effect 2 is going to be multi-platform along with all the other upcoming Bioware IP projects.

 

uh... MS never owned Bioware. You have no idea what you are talking about, do you?

 



soulsamurai on 28 February 2009
RVDondaPC said:
The big Money for Sony and MS on Exclusives are not made by the actual games themselves. Exclusives are used to get people to favor your console then buy all the shitty 3rd party games on that particular console.

If someone was debating whether or not to get a 360 or a PS3. Then Killzone 2 comes out and blows them away and convinces them to get a PS3. All the NBA live's, all the spider man web of shadows, all the call of duties, the guitar hero's, the far crys the Maddens that that user buys can be chalked up as revenue generated by Killzone 2, generated by Heavenly Sword, generated by MGS4, generated by whatever exclusives helped get that consumer to buy a PS3 over a 360.

That is why games like MLB the Show, Eye of Judgment, and Buzz! which may not sell a ton are important. Because there are baseball fans out there or niche genre fans out there that will buy a PS3 just for those games. Then all the additional games that they buy on the PS3 is revenue generated by those niche games that may not sell a lot of copies themselves.

It remains to be seen if Killzone can push consoles. But it definitely will add to the pot of PS3 exclusives that will help lure potential HD console owners over to the dark side. And it will definitely be a worthwhile investment on Sony's part.

 

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jonnhytesta on 28 February 2009

i agree best, argument so far.



outlawauron on 28 February 2009

I'm past the point of caring about hardware sales. I just want the games to be good.



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papflesje on 28 February 2009
Slimebeast said:
No one is taking the bait.

Have you lost your ability to make controversial threads, starcraft?

 

Well, I think it's mostly because he seems a tad more bitter than before, and because he has now basically started warfare on "sony fanboys", acting like he needs to rid the world of them and to show that he - as a 360 fan - outranks them for some reason.  Pretty much everything he says or does, now starts off as a counter to sony fanboys.



nen-suer on 28 February 2009

1- Xbox360 can't handle killzone 2...,
If u want it go buy a ps3 or keep posting idiotic topics till u get RROD



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justinian on 28 February 2009

@numonex

M$ owned Bioware? After claiming GG were third-party.

Do you actually do any research before you write these "facts"?

It does make you look rather...unknoweledgable.



haxxiy on 28 February 2009

First of all X360 can't handle Killzone 2. While both consoles have similar GPUs the PS3 processor is miles ahead of the X360's power PC and its used to keep the framerate stable. While the X360 could bring bigger textures due to more memory the framerate would stip roams around 10-15 fps.

Plus Killzone is a Sony IP and will not be released on a concurrent console. People keep saying Sony ran out of money (the whole conglomerate yes, but the gaming division is generating some profit) while the Xbox brand never generated a single dollar of profit. Do you really think the whole MS can feed forever the gaming division? I don't think so.

And last this thread is just stupid. MS fans can just wait KZ2 and MGS4 forever.



 

 

 

 

 

darthdevidem01 on 28 February 2009
Squilliam said:
Isn't it strange that games which didn't cost a lot to make, seem to make the most money? Cue Gears, Halo, Mario Kart, etc. I think Sony needs to learn that hint fast.

Hmm, it may very well be a good idea for making money. I don't see it moving that many console units and profit is profit, especially if they can move 2-3M more units of software.

they did & SONY made LBP....whic is probably PS3''s most profitable game ATM.

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Halo 4 could sell an extra 3 million if it is on PS3 too....(COD4 sales)

oh and Forza would see sales SKY ROCKET if it was put on the PS3 too

but is anything like that gonna happen no....lol

But its good to know your jealous of yet another AAA game PS3 has...killzone 2

 



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