makingmusic476 on 14 March 2010
| Reasonable said: Yah, I've thought about this, too. I'm kind of undecided for sales. In theory I'd be tempted to say no, for example if Gears was released on PS3 and did 800K as a late port that's till 800K more. However, clearly being exclusive can make a title more desirable on a certain platform, potentially boosting sales and 'desirability'. It also tends to put the title on something of a pedestal - a game only available to the subset who own that console. I mean, I have no trouble with the idea being exclusive makes a game high profile and potential a lead title for the platform. But... would GT5 sell nothing on 360? Or Halo 3 nothing on PS3? Surely they would pick up a decent amount of additional sales. It's tough to call. So I'm going to sit on the fence and say... maybe. |
Any of these titles would certainly sell somewhat well on another platform. I more asking whether releasing the game on another platform would that take away from sales on its original platform? Say if MGS4 was multiplat from day one, would it have only sold 2.5 million on ps3 and another 1.5 million or so on 360?
