Namco Dev EXPLAINS why TOV was a Timed 360 Exclusive (SHOCK)!

[FinalEvangelion]

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

FinalEvangelion said:

Xxain said:

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Xxain said:

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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.

*eyeroll* oh gawd........

What? I would think the same way for Sony if they actually funded a game that Nintendo essentially got with additional stuff for free.

I love the way ur trying paint a picture where NAMCO,the Company that has ripped there fans off over and over again and were attempting to do it again, are innocent and defensively and SONY, the Company that wont allow them to cash in on a quick port, is the big bad Yokai

 

True.  It's not like Namco had to release it on PS3, as in Sony point a gun at them.

 

Company 1 - We're going to give cash handouts although don't expect sales to be high.

 

Company 2 - We have a better install base and reputation with our customers for this particular game, but we can't give extra cash handouts.

 

Apparently, Company 2 is evil here. 

 

So probably Sony said, "If you us to help market the game, put extra content."  I don't see how that is different from "Here is cash for keeping tight-lipped about another version / to add Exclusive DLC."

 

As far as MS deserving more sales in Japan, a company sells what it deserves.  Many American companies are very successful in Japan.  So maybe MS didn't paint a good picture for themselves there - and they have to deal with it.

I knew about TOV coming out on the PS3 a long time ago. Microsoft never paid Namco to be tight lipped. .

Well, when exclusivity is paid or agreed, any other version is usually under NDA.  We didn't officially find out about ToV until April 1st - or over 8 months after it was released on 360.  With SO4, it was blatingly obvious that they had a certain NDA period as SE was constantly trying to avoid the question of whether it would come to PS3.  I would say ToV had some plans to go to PS3 and SO4 had definite plans from the beginning.

 

Really - all of this stuff is common business.  In capatilism - one man's loss in another man's gain.  Sony didn't have the up front funds for ToV.  MS didn't secure the exclusivity permanently. 

 

IMO, Sony was pretty smart to just wait for MS fire their ammo reserve in Japan.  Sure, they could spend tons more, but not without adversely affecting their share price.  If I was controlling a company that I knew wouldn't win a spending war (Sony), I'd probably do the same if I was reasonably assured that a company like MS wouldn't be able to make their product completely mainstream in Japan.