Sony doubtful about future exclusivity deals.

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I think everyone is going off on a tandem. When Sony is having difficulty securing exclusives due to cost. Then it is a reasonable assumption that money is a real issue. Where is the logic in saying their strategy should be to purchase actual developers. When purchasing developers is far more expensive then purchasing exclusives. That is not a solution to the problem that is an exacerbation.

You do not solve a problem by making the problem worse. When you cannot afford to spend a moderate amount of money you sure as hell cannot go out and spend a massive amount of money. Unless you think he is just bitching to hear himself bitch. Sony obviously has some financial constraints, and that is understandable their game division bled a lot of money over the past year and a half. So a rational human being will concede if they cannot spend twenty million a quarter they probably cannot afford to spend a hundred million dollars on acquiring a new company with all the associated costs.

There is efficient and then there is stupid. Spending far more then you can afford, because you cannot afford something is the definition of stupid. Especially if your trying to solve an immediate problem rather then a long term one. What David Reeves is talking about is being more efficient with what he has. Like a intelligent person would do.

Sony cannot afford to go toe to toe with Microsoft, and there is even a question whether they could afford to go after these high end exclusives without Microsoft paying for them in the first place. What they can afford to do however is be frugal with their money and, stretch it to get the most. That is why they are giving small developers small sums of money to help them get their games off the ground. Doing that they may actually get half a dozen small titles rather then one huge title. To go against the six huge titles Microsoft will have.

No its not a winning strategy it is a sustainable survival strategy. Which is the right mindset to have. We need to stop thinking of how Sony can somehow win the exclusive wars, and think about how Sony can survive said wars and financially recover. Many of you would have Sony coughing out another half billion buying out small developers to get five exclusive games over the next year. That is not brilliant that is deranged. Especially when Microsoft will respond by spending less to buy thirty exclusive games.

Wouldn't that be a blessing for Sony.