Burning Typhoon said:
Should it still matter to developers that the PS3 is still in 3rd place? When you look at the numbers, they are so close -- 6 million behind? That's nothing. When it gets that close, you have to consider how many systems you're going to be able to attach your games to, not "Oh, 360 is higher, so lets slap our JRPG into the mix, and cut out content to make them equal!
What since does it make to hurt your reputation, and quality of the final product for sales you probably would have made anyway? Look at it like this: If Final Fantasy had been released exclusivly to PS3, and had all the content that was originally intended, it would have probably made more PS3 sales, the extra PS3 sales being more-so than what the 360 version will make... 1st week means everything. If you can get 2.5 million sales in your first week, that puts you so much closer to 3 million, you've got people talking about your product, and you can exand from there.
But, when you release on two consoles, and you game is noticingly lacking... like Tekken 6 which was clear of suckage, you hurt your reputation, and will probably hurt future sales of the series.. I know I would never stand in line on release day to get a Tekken game ever again. Was it really worth putting the game on both systems, when they could have already made the .63 million that the 360 has, and the 1.76 million that the PS3 has, plus more had it been released on time as an exclusive? I think developers should sit back, and consider their possible attach rates... Sure, there may be 200 million 360's out there, and 18 million PS3s, but, if you're only going to be able to snag 2 million 360s, is it worth going multi-plat, and hurting the game's image when you possibly could have gotten 10 million PS3s vs. 6 million that you got after the multi-plat?
Because now, you've hurt the image of the series, and people will be less likely to jump onto the sequel. Look at Modern Warfare 2... Everyone loved CoD4, that's what triggered the sales.. Think it could have done that if CoD4 was rushed and lacking, regaurdless if it wouldn't have changed what MW2 would become?
And, because of MW2's image, I bet the next wont reach such high numbers.
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