"Bioshock 2 possibly a timed exclusive?"

[Grahamhsu]

Kantor said:

Lurker said:

Kantor said:
Nah, I think it will be a same day release. PS3 gamers didn't want to pay 60 bucks for a game they could get for 30 bucks on 360/PC. If it had released at budget price, it would have sold a lot better. If it was a same day release, it would have sold a lot better.

I think BioShock taught them that timed exclusives are pointless, so I'm going to say same day release.

 

Take Two did timed exclusive with the 3 GTA games on PS2 when they could have sold more than they did on Xbox. Nothing different with Bioshock

GTA: San Andreas sold 17 million copies on PS3. That is amazing.

BioShock sold 2 million copies on 360. That's average at best.

17 million copies would easily pay for the development cost and make a ton of profit. 2 million wouldn't make nearly as much.

So basically, if a game sells 17 million on one console, it can stay timed exclusive, if 2 million, it should be same day release. If BioShock had sold, say, 7 million on the 360, would they have ported it to PS3? Absolutely not. It's worth noting that GTA has sold a little less as a PORT on the Xbox than BioShock has as an original game on the 360. BioShock is an incredible game, but games like that don't often sell well, they need all the help they can get, and a PS3 version should add at LEAST a million sales.

 

True but it seems a lot of people are changing this into a console game...Last I remember this is more of a PC franchise, and looks better on PC with DX10 and without DX10 PC still owns it. I'm surprised PC gamers aren't bitching about how Bioshock 2 is starting to turn into Console war ammo.