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jarrod on 28 May 2010
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CGI-Quality said:
jarrod said:
Entitlement implies privilege though, usually undeservedly so and it definitely carries a negative connotation. I can understand your sentiment, but you could definitely use more neutral language. It also sort of brushes over the context in this specific case (TvC team, TvC beating expectations, Wii engine/assets already in place). I mean there's concrete reasons to think a Wii version makes obvious sense, and "entitlement" sort of clouds that.

TvC was Wii exclusive, so in this context, I can understand that he wants MvC on the Wii. But entitlement isn't that strict in it's meaning. If you feel you're entitlted to something, that would be classified as "entitlement" (be it legal/not legal). He feels he's entitled to Marvel vs Capcom on the Wii because of TvC. OK, I get that people are backing that sentiment......

If that's the case, should PS fans be able to moan about the latest Monster Hunter? After all, it WAS initially a PS3 exclusive. The game switched platforms completely, although I understood the reasoning behind it. Point is, if they had moaned and groaned, I would have repeated myself: you want the game, you're going to need the system it's on. That's all I'm saying to him at this point.

Games go exclusive all the time (see Soul Calibur II to Soul Calibur III).

 

 

There *was* a ton of moaning about MH3.  And SC3 too.  Though really the context in those cases was also pretty different.

SC3 actually released on one of the same platforms as SC2 at least (PS2).  And originally SC3 was GC/PS2/Xbox multiplatform (with a 360 version in the works), Sony basically "bought" the exclusive.  This evidently happened late in the cycle and surprised everyone, including staff on the development team who reportedly found out about PS2 exclusivity with the Famitsu announcement.  EA was caught flat footed too, they even had the GC/Xbox versions listed with European distributors, and ended up losing the title entirely (SCEE handled the PS2 release themselves after the switch).

And really MH3 isn't a great comparison either since PS3 never had a MH actually release on it (unlike Versus on Wii), the jump happened in a generational transition (unlike Versus leaving Wii) and PS3 lost the title chiefly due to market forces (which also can't be said for Versus on Wii).