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alekth on 15 September 2009
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Carl2291 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SnakeEyez said:

I wouldn't say that Sony are bad for blackmailing devs to make their version better, I look at it as Sony looking out for consumers. For someone like me, that has only a PS3 (for the moment), and wanting to buy a game like ToV, it sucks that I have to pay full price on a year old port, so the new additions makes the pill easier to swallow.

I am swallowing the pill. I was waiting for TOV and SO4 on the PS3 anyway, but I still dont find it to be fair to MS who essentially funded Sonys demands. Namco must've been scared shitless.

I dont find it fair that MS moneyhatted the game so PS3 owners couldnt play it for a year.

What were Namco supposed to be scared of, exactly?

Ok, so how do you think MS could've achieved sales increases in Japan? Japan is nearly impossible to break if you aren't Japan. Being in the videogame industry its even worse.

Not entirely comparable since Nintendo has been around for a lot longer in that industry and been successful in the US, but this gen they achieved huge sales by introducing something new. That's one way although a way MS doesn't seem to be able to walk very often regardless of what they are doing.

So they bought something instead. Again, they paid for development and for 1 year exclusivity. They have to be idiots if they can't figure out after that one year the development is Namco's to do with as they please. And I don't think MS are idiots, this gen they have been much better at the business thing than Sony.

The 360 in Japan did what it had to do, but this isn't the only port and coupled with FFXIII PS3 exclusivity in Japan it's pretty safe to say that's it for this gen. And again, as much as I dislike their strategy for Japan, it got them a lot. All the porting might have also gotten them some bad reputation but seriously, it's their fault - if they are going to buy, they should have bought full exclusivity. New content on ports is not such a new Sony policy. PS3 being more accepted in Japan is nothing new. JRPGs being rampant on the PS2 and the PS3 inheriting that anticipation despite complete early draught is not a secret.