What is left to steal?

[krimoz911]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Garamond said:
I don't get how you can steal things from Sony that they never even owned.

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I would say second base though since I'm watching the Dodgers lose right now.

 

 

When he says steal, he means companies using money to steer devs away from their competitors for a certain title or franchise. Sony may have never owned the bulk of the third party, but they sure moneyhatted their way in the hearts of third party devs. A company like Sony needs a company who is its monitary equal or else it will dominate and destroy the industry from the ground up. Microsoft and Sony are in the gaming industry. This is a sign there will be more moneyhatting all around and more gamers on all sides getting screwed and having to fork out more because they wanted to play the "who has the bigger dick game".

 

 OK OK we got it already, SONY is the devil, no need to keep ranting about it through three posts, one is enough.

 

I think the term "steal" would be true if the title was confirmed early to be heading for a platform exclusively, and then later announced as a multiplat, but if it was just assumed or spreculated to be exclusive then it doesn't count.

So a title like FFXIII does qualify as "stolen"