AlkamistStar said:
Lyrikalstylez said:
Buying timed exclusives in my opinion is such a waste of money, They could have used those resources to build up great new IP's such as Sony is doing but instead they foolishly focus on buying GTA: stories and countless others only to let it go multi later and with new content!!!...which in turn pisses off that same userbase it has been trying to build!! If Mass Effect2 goes multi I swear it will be the last straw
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To this day that has never been CONFIRMED. It's a strong rumour, but never confirmed, so for all we know Rockstar could've done this for free. That's one thing that i would like to disuss, why is it that everytimes Microsoft secures timed exclusivity, or a console excluive from a thrid party developer, people automatically think that they paid a ridiculous amount of money, or that their hand was forced by Microsoft in some shady business practice. It's getting old. Developers love to create games on a system that is not only successful in the marketshare, but has the largest attach rate with consumers from all other consoles, and is easy developer friendly, with familiar tools from their PC experience, or engines.
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Oh really? Everyone throws the $50 million around about the GTA IV DLC stuff so haphazardly, I ended up thinking it was confirmed. But, I thought it weird that they would spend more money on a timed exclusive than money spent on creating a full game.
In essence, people like to assume and concoct little stories of shady business happenings, and in this case, especially MS haters. They just assume that MS did it. This actually reminds me of the Walmart gift card thing where SOOO many people just assumed MS did it even after Walmart said "No really, it was our idea".
