Sony on 3rd party exclusivity

[Twistedpixel]

Bastables said:

Twistedpixel said:

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.

Wait so microsoft killing myth, Age of empires, combat flight sim and Mechwarrior never happend. . .  That's four "good" series run into the ground and 3 game producers killed after Microsoft brought them out. Evolve on diffrent platforms my arse. 

Huh? You haven't refuted anything, your ass. I said don't die as much. Look at the number of I.P Sony controls vs the number which are currently being used.