Which 3rd Party Games will Microsoft Buy for 2011?

[damndl0ser]

Icyedge said:

damndl0ser said:

 

Explain to me how it has nothing to do with it?  Obviously they saved hundreds of millions of dollars when Sony paid for the research.  And are using it to better the 360 by purchasing exclusives so it has everything to do with it.

So many here make fun of Microsoft for "purchasing 3rd party exlusives that Sony gets for free".  And I just showed you that 400 million pays for a lot of those.  So if anything Sony is just getting a little of its money back, they shouldn't have been so foolish drawing up CPU contracts.

If many here makes fun of "purchasing 3rd party LIMITED exlusives that Sony gets for free LATER ON" than go ahead and have fun of Sony for their CPU contracts, I dont care. Still, it got nothing to do in a discussion where we are criticizing how Microsoft spend their money in regards to first party/third party.

Microsoft has done really well in 1'st and 3rd party support.  What I think you meant to say was in regards to keeping them exclusive instead of being timed.

The economy is in the crapper, and Microsoft is simply afraid to invest tens of millions of dollars in new studios when they can just pay for new ip's.  When the economy comes back I would be willing to bet that by then Microsoft will indeed purchase a few more "hardcore studios".

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Either way MS has enough money to purchase dozens of new IP's if and when they want too.   Or they could finance these games development.  I have no doubts they will do just fine next gen, with the Next Box.