Why Are Sony Letting Microsoft Bully Them Out Of Familiar Franchises?

[sega4life]

BMaker11 said:

sega4life said:

Kantor said:

sega4life said:

 

"I know Sony won’t pay for exclusives and I think that’s admirable."  cough*GTA3 on PS2*cough

So it's "admirable" that they don't do it now?

ftr: they still do it....

GTA3 was PS2 exclusive for a year because the PS2 had quintuple the userbase of the Xbox and sold more software, not because Sony paid for it.

Not to say that Sony never pays for exclusives, that's just not a good example.

 

Sony payed for exclusive rights to GTA, it was not a user base thing.

Proof?

"2001's Grand Theft Auto III brought the series into 3D. It became the PlayStation 2's biggest system seller in both the U.S. and Europe; Sony, realising that the game was a sure-fire success, paid Rockstar to keep it a PS2 exclusive for some time."

You guys seriously didn't know about this?

Maybe this is the why so many arguments start when people say 'MS payed for .... ....'

Just shows Sony started it.