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Darc Requiem on 31 December 2007
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boilermaker11 said:
Darc Requiem said:
Zucas said:
Wow so why would Namco want to put a game out on a system they know the game will flop on?

Yea I don't see this as an official confirmation yet. I'll wait for Namco to state it, not this. I mean it makes it more lean towards PS360, but Namco isn't dumb enough to put a big series like Tales on the 360, where it will most likely flop.

Because MS more than likely gave Namco some sort of incentive. I mean given the PS3's less than stellar performance in Japan, it can't be too hard for MS to keep getting exclusivity. Has a third party exclusive managed to exceed expectations in Japan on PS3 yet? I mean if MS foots the development costs, Namco makes money no matter how many units the game sells.

Edit: I am so sick and tired of MS getting deriding for "dirty tactics" for buying exclusives. Sony used the same tactics to get to the number one position in the market and no one cared. When MS does it, there is a problem. Hypocrisy strikes yet again.


http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/sonys-jack-tretton-we-dont-buy-exclusivity/

........says differently


I was actually referring to the PS1 and PS2 era. Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Tomb Raider,etc. where or became PS exclusives because Sony paid the developers/publishers to keep them off competing platforms. Tomb Raider started of as Saturn exclusive franchise and Tomb Raider 2 was not released on Saturn because Sony paid Eidos not to.

As for Tretton's comments, do honestly believe him? Playstation fans are quick to call the 360 an FPS machine. Yet they cannot read between the lines when two multiplatifrom FPS titles became PS3 "exclusives". FPS titles sell the most in the U.S. the PS3 is a distant third in the US. If you think Sony didn't grease the palms of Epic/Midway and Ubisoft you are very gullible.

As for my comments about the PS3's performance in Japan helping MS get JRPG exclusives, its common sense. If the PS3 was dominating Japan it wouldn't matter how much money MS threw at developers they'd put the game on PS3. MS threw buckets of cash a Japanese developers last generation but outside of Tecmo and Sega they got the cold shoulder. Even Sega ditched them for the PS2 after their initial batch of X-box exclusives. The PS3 is being dominated by the Wii in Japan. Third party titles haven't exactly been flying off the shelves for the PS3 in Japan. Gundam Musou didn't come close to the Namco's sales targets so they smartly adjusted their strategy. If MS is going to give them a load of cash for 6 months exclusives they are smart to take it. MS is basically subsidizing their development cost. They put it out on 360 and what ever the manage to sell is pure profit and they then port it to PS3 later on. Since MS footed the bill for the game, even if the game bombs on both 360 and PS3 they make money.