shio on 25 January 2009
| Izanagi said: Its the same reason why Microsoft is starting to back off on the PC gaming support because it clashes with their 360 sales. I read earlier on this forum that they dont want to Put Halo 3 on the PC because in Germany the PC sales would eclipse that of the 360 ones. Its not considered exclusive when they shoot themselves in the foot |
"If we launch a game that is on 360 and PC simultaneously, we basically shoot ourselves in the foot by allowing the German market to choose to play the PC version – because they are more likely to buy that than spend their money on the Xbox 360. (…) If we launched a Halo game on PC and 360 in Germany simultaneously, 80 per cent of sales would be on the PC"
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-game-studios-europe-part-2
