so what if microsoft DIDN'T waste money... GTA dlc

[heruamon]

Rob6021 said:

heruamon said:
LOL...xbox gamers got the play Episodes from Liberty City a year earlier for Lost and 6 months for Gay Tony...the DLC and Retail sold over 3 million copies...M$ "LOANED" 2K the cash for this exclusivity...and M$ has been repaid and then some...I'm not getting how this was a waste? It probably cost Rockstar 2-3 million to develop the DLC, so they made out like bandits, so it's a win-win for everybody concerned...even PS3 only gamers who are getting it 12 months later. This is athe same as Fallout DLC...I guess that was a failure as well...lol...not in my book...and I have the achievements to show it!

 

It just doesn't make sense they would go to another company like Microsoft for a 'Loan' in exchange for favors that go directly in the face of the series established fanbase..  Perhaps some of the money was a loan, some of it wasn't?  I'm not buying it was a loan; that's just how much it costs for timed exclusivity, on a separate platform against it's own fanbase - for the biggest game in the industry.  I think part of it is Microsoft was hoping to sell more of the 360 version off the promise of DLC, and that would offset the loss - when you're looking at GTA sales with a game guaranteed to sell well, a small push can do alot.  On a side note even if MS made 50mil back off DLC sales alone(they probably didn't) the sales on Sony's end would be pure profit to Sony(that MS would have missed out on)

Looking at the current financial statements, over the last 3 years...it is very clear that M$ has made the smart decisions on the business of gaming....