Carmack - Sony's restrictions on third-party ports

[Squilliam]

Aj_habfan said:

Squilliam said:
Hey this kind of thing could backfire on them. If the Xbox360 gains "Enough" market share, it could see more third party exclusives just from this fact alone.

Too bad it's been coughing up market share faster then... something that is fast.

This is good for PS3 owners, but I am not sure if it is a good way for Sony to win over 3rd party developpers.

 

Nintendo pissed off 3rd party developers and thus for a large part the PS1 was born. It doesn't make sense for them to do the exact opposite of that which put them in the number 1 position for 2 generations. If a developer is unsure about whether on not they can achieve parity on their game design, will they be tempted to forgo the expense/risk of a PS3 port?