| jesus kung fu magic said: The J man cant understand why people consider microsoft buying exclusivity as stealing when it is more understandable than sony buying devs/studios back in the day.
Is buying devs/studios really morally more respectable than buying individual games or franchises?
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I thought the term was "moneyhatting". You see people, particularly Sony owners, who get upset that Microsoft dare throw money at software developers to either have a game on their system, or make it exclusive. It is seen as "Big, bad Microsoft" not showing any heart, and buying their way in. It is a bit of a problem with they cost Playstation owners a chance at a title though (bigger problem with Playstation owners).
As I see it, it all costs companies money, including Microsoft. Whether Microsoft bought the rights to a title, or paid a studio they own, it is all money.
One bit of whining I find annoying here is over Mass Effect. If Microsoft paid Bioware to develop Mass Effect, and have the rights to it, then to whine the PS3 isn't getting it, is absurd, in my opinion. NO, just because EA owns Bioware now, doesn't mean that Mass Effect is supposed to go multi-console. On a similar note, I am glad MSG4 stayed PS3 exclusive. It is good a console have a few quality exclusives for it.
