Rock Steady Studios: No plans for exclusive content for the 360. Sorry!

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Vagabund said:

Carl2291 said:

Vagabund said:

Spedfrom said:
Smooth move on Sony's part, since the Joker character is the most wanted one. Or at least the most wanted one after Batman himself. It comes down to personal preference I suppose.

It's not a smooth move, it's a riddiculous joke that's part of the modern video game industry. I just can't take this whole timed exclusive, dlc exclusive, pseudo exclusive stuff seriously. As written in the first post, "the only ones loosing here are the gamers."

Thats business.

Why should Sony care about people who favour the competition? Why shouldnt Sony try get the best stuff for their fanbase?

Its stuff like this what get people to jump ship and/or buy a PS3.

If "business" means "do anything you want as long as it brings you more money", than yeah, that's business. That would be the capitalism of the 19th century. But 200 years later and with the cold war already being over, people should finally understand that it's not just the will of the industry bosses that should count, but also the interests of the people. Sorry if I deviated too much from the subject, and I'm looking forward to beeing yelled "communist" at by some ultra conservatives ;)

Ummmm, do you realise that the legal mandate for the corporation hasn't changed since it was first created in the 19th century? There is only one law for corporations and that is to maximise shareholder income. There is no legal obligation on any company to provide the same content on all platforms for a given game. And companies are amoral, they only do what they are legally required to do, and even then if they can profit more by breaking the law even if they get caught rather than obeying the law then they will.

OT: I guess it's too bad for the 360 folks, but it's all swings and roundabouts, and they're only games after all (says he who lamented at length over VC2 going to PSP). This is the way the game is played by the VG companies right now; accept that as reality or give up gaming. Sony's going to win more converts than it loses people who think it was dirty pool and swear off Sony for some percieved moral wrong.