| Adjudicator said: I was just looking at a thread and noticed a number of posts of people praising microsoft for delivering the goods and chastising sony for sitting on their collective asses fot the first three years. Speaking specifically about how microsoft went out and got DMC4, FF and a number of other games while sony was being arrogant. My question is wasn't the PS3 getting these games already? What exactly was Sony supposed to be doing, getting new IP's . As far as I can tell they did that and still got most of the multiplatform games. Personally the only contribution I praise Micosoft for was Gears of War ( Not really my cup of tea but I can appreciate it) and Mass Effetc ( Great game reminds alot of KOTOR and I loved that) This has nothing to do with the terrible pricing but specifically the games that we are enjoying. It seems that people are praising MS for games that they were getting already. Not unlike Sony and the PS1. They just got alot of games you would still get anyway. |
Microsoft noticed last gen that Sony was surviving off of third party titles. If they had first party titles, they were barely putting out anything for it as far as commercials. Microsoft saw their weak spot and acquired third parties for themselves, since the economy was bad and the 360 had a larger installed base (Especially in terms of activity). Devs were willing to go multiplatform so they could make more profit on their products and because the cost of Blu Ray was so high, Microsoft would help with actual profit because 360 games are cheaper to make and in the end result in more profit for the devs by being with both. Sony then was forced by Microsofts actions to get their devs to focus majorly on first parties this gen.
Sony was too cocky and what they are getting this gen has been coming for a long time. Sony used to be the big corporation that could push around Nintendo and Sony and outbit them for games. Microsoft is here and every ten seconds you hear about what Sony refuses to do on a financial level.
