3rd Parties: Why Would They Pick The PS3 Anymore?

[amirnetz]

Garamond said:

I completely understand your point, but the I read "50 third party titles due to release this year that will skip the PS3 to save these costs" as there being 50 new third party exclusives being realeased on the 360 this year. Just looking at that list, though, a lot of those exclusive third party games look like junk. Just about every good third party game is multi-platform, which makes the 360 the better option for most given it costs half the price of the PS3. [iamgettingstreetfighterivforps3though]

As I said, it is the small studios that cannot afford to go multi-plat. And this typically means it is mostly modest titles that will skip the PS3.

That said, these titles have a place in the eco-system. Apparently people are buying them. Not in huge quanitities but enough to keep this industry going. They have their fans. They have their market. And their lack on the PS3 cause a cummulative damage.

50 titles not showing on the PS3 in 2009 translate not just to a reduced selection on the platform, but also an image and presence problem. It means a sense of a "losing platform, with less 3rd party support". It also means less shelves space for the PS3 in retail.

Again, this is significant.

So