Sony on 3rd party exclusivity

[Twistedpixel]

jesus kung fu magic said:

Twistedpixel said:

jesus kung fu magic said:

The truth of the matter is Sony has no right to call out Microsoft on a strategy that Sony did at every opprotunity in the ps1/2 days........its like someone telling you not to drink when you have multiple videos of them getting hammered in the past and sometimes drink to this day.....its hypocrisy at its finest.

If Microsft acted the way Sony did during the PS1/PS2 days in the OS or Office software market they would be slapped with multiple billion dollar fines so fast it'd make their heads spin. Its definately pot/kettle territory and I generally say they are as bad as each other.

Im not ripping on this strategy nor do I think its a bad thing.....my problem is that sony is talking about this strategy as if they are too good for it when they recently did this time and time again the last gen and the one before that.

There are many ways to money hat without writing a cheque. They have royalty agreements, support, engine/tools etc. Giving anything to a developer in exchange for favours is technically a money hat agreement. Their Phyre engine for example is simply given away as a money hat vehicle.

The problem with Sony publishing games and owning the I.P. is that they have a bad tendency to make the I.P. die. So whilst they own a lot of stuff, you'll never see anything come of it. Its both a pro and a con here, sure Microsoft doesn't own the I.P but good series don't die as much on their watch and they can evolve for different platforms.

In a healthy industry I.P. has to be flexible in terms of which platforms it can be published on. There are probably a lot of great PS2 series which will never see a current gen release because Sony owns that I.P.