Sony: Microsoft “writes cheques” for games thanks to first-party line-up insecurity

[goddog]

scottie said:

goddog said:

scottie said:
"and Microsoft and other manufacturers probably lead a little bit when they’re writing cheques about how they feel about their own internal line-up."

Other manufacturers? I can't see anyone accusing Nintendo of moneyhatting. Nintendo's problem if anything is that they put too little pressure on devs.

So maybe he means Apple? Anyone heard rumours that Apple moneyhatted? Also, this is a good day for the Iphone if that was who he was refering to - you know you've entered the big league when others start talking shit about you

 

apple does kinda do that with flash ram they buy so much it bends prices.... also they bought up a few arm chip designers (what powers ipods/iphones and crusie missles) .... oh and what become osx was once Nextstep.... um and Itunes it was someone elses..... final cut too..... hmmm and that new distributed version of final cut was a more recent aquisition ....

 

dont get me wrong i love apple but the go out and buy then improve and release alot of times even the original mac os was part of a purchase deal for stock from xerox.

 

 

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They can't help that their flash based products are so popular

The company NeXT was founded by Steve Jobs when he was kicked out of Apple. It then merged with Apple upon Steve Jobs' return.

Itunes was indeed based on code that was purchased.

I have no idea about Final Cut, but you're probably right.

 

But that wasn't really the question I was asking. I was more meaning any games that had appeared on Apple platforms that only appeared there, or were only exclusive there because Apple paid the developers

 

they bought Next not merged, at over market price, however you are right it had alot to do with jobs, but it never would have happened had project copland or pink worked....

the only one i know of that is current is the iphone for MGS apple is rummored to have pushed some money that way to get the game. back durring the gaiming push in the late 90s early 00 apple helped fund a few games mac soft ported and paid bungie to help with this little game called halo that was going to go onto the mac, but we all know how that went... and apple got its money back