MS hints at decline in third-party PS3 support

[HappySqurriel]

numonex said:

Squilliam said:
Im waiting for this one: "We are setting aside X $$$ to help ease the transition of the gaming community in case the PS3 is withdrawn"

Seriously all it requires is moving a few billion from one account to another and labeling it the "PS3 user rescue fund" or something. Its SO dirty, but that doesn't stop me from waiting for them to say it.

Though another way to look at it, reading between the lines is this: "We have bought a crapload of exclusives from third parties, but we haven't announced them yet."

 

This is really likely, MS has plenty of $$$, Sony is struggling at the moment. PS3 is not the continuation of the PS2. Third party developers know that and they are now giving more support to MS who have the money to burn and further extend their sales leads over Sony this generation.

Third parties flock to MS due to the fact that third party titles sell a lot more on Xbox 360 and are easier to program and develop for on XBox 360 than PS3. The costs of developing games on XBox 360 are cheaper than developing on PS3.

 

Well, with the current sales of hardware and software on the PS3 I'm not too sure it would be all that expensive ... Suppose Microsoft started approaching publishers and said they were planning a $400,000,000 Million year-long marketing campaing to profile third party exclusives, and they wanted 10 exclusive games each quarter to highlight (with a $100,000,000 Million worth in marketing in that quarter). I'm pretty sure that a lot of publishers would be fighting for that opportunity.

Certainly, Microsoft wouldn't secure a Metal Gear Solid or a Grand Theft Auto with an approach like that but Sony would start to find itself fighting to keep the majority of games which don't pass 500,000 or 750,000 on the system.