Aj_habfan said:
madskillz said:
Aj_habfan said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Aj_habfan said:
"MS does not pay every publisher to put there games on their system. The only case was with the GTA IV DLC"
Bioshock was bought as a timed exclusive as well. You also mean to tell me all those Japanese developpers chose the 360 over PS3? Please, the 360 is a joke in Japan and without getting payments from Microsoft they would be suffering huge losses for no reason. |
360 may be a joke in Japan based on console sales, but the Japanese are barely helping the cause for Sony with 2.6 M consoles sold, huh? This is why Enix made the games for Europe and North America only. They omitted Japan. Japanese developers are choosing the brand making more money and having a more frequent sales value in games as opposed to the other. This way they can ensure their sales numbers if Sony falls short.
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I'm not refering to just Square Enix games, just take a look at all the JRPG's exclusive to 360, most are only released in Japan. It's crazy to not think MS payed them to keep it that way.
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WHY can't it just be that the 360 was out first, the 360 was easier to design for AND MS politely reminded folks 'We have the userbase, we can give you X many sales. If you go to the PS3, look at their attach rates. Most are buying it for the Blu Ray. Think about it ...'
If the dev can get P.A.I.D. expending less effort on one console vs. expending a lot more effort on another, gimme the easy way out FTW.
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Because they don't even make back the production costs.
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They can because it costs less on the 360. With the PS3 they have to work double time to make a game thats visually accurate, even though the PS3 is more powerful. If the 360 version sells well, thats all she wrote, they got what they invested in.
