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CAL4M1TY on 03 January 2008
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Jandre02 said:
Cryoakira said:
Jandre02 said:
 

You dont know Sony is rich as hell too right? Why do people think that Microsoft can pay their way into everything? It is exclusive, forever. Sony may have already paid them off in some way.

And as for sales, this game will be the first KNOWN AAA title for the PS3. It will have a larger install base than Gears of War with more hype. And it will sell in EVERY region. This game will hit atleast 5,000,000 lifetime. It will more than cover production costs. And dont talk about attach rates, just look at Assassins Creed (better on PS3) and COD4 (better on Xbox360 but within 5%)



Once again, why does everyone assume that Microsoft is just going to spend all of its money on the Xbox360? Sure they have lots of money, but do you think they will spend 100 million just to get a timed exclusive? Sony will battle them for it, because this matters more to Sony than Microsoft.
And aren't you contradicting yourself a little bit? So your saying MGS4 wont sell well because of GTA4 being released at the same time, yet COD4 and Assassins Creed being released at the same time did have good results? Hmm I dont know about that, actually I think both will sell well.
The point of bringing up COD4 and Assassins Creed was to show that the PS3 is capable of high attach rates as well. Just because Sony hypes up a game doesnt mean that consumers want it.

 


 1) It's a little weird that you claim that microsoft can't spend "all their money" on the 360 and Sony can for the PS3. Sony has their fingers dipped into too many jars, look at the stuff they do, way more than microsoft. The reason why the MGS4 myth won't die isn't Sony hasn't "Bought exclusivity" flat out in a legal contract, they may have some other binding contracts or "tokens of good will" but nothing concrete. I'm sure if MS pony-ed up the dough, it could get MGS4 easily. 

 2) It's not known to be a AAA title, that's a load. Every series has a slump (MGS2, DMC2, FFXII, Every Dynasty Warriors after 4 etc), that's not to say that I think MGS4 will be bad, I'm just saying it's not possible to know quality without seeing the finished product. To say it's a KNOWN AAA title even though there has never been a game series to produce consistent AAA titles (Not even GTA, Zelda, Mario, Pokemon, MGS, Metroid have done it).

3) I didn't say anything about attach rates. That one was a easy rebuttal :)

4) It may very well sell more then 5 million in it's life-time, but will Konami wait for it to? Costs are in the present, they aren't in the future where they get billed over a period of time, it may very well cover production costs (which you don't even know what are so why you said they will is pretty weird), but if it doesn't cover costs in the immediate future, what is Konami going to do? Sit and twiddle their thumbs while they have a huge hole in their pockets?

5) Assassin's Creed didn't sell more on the PS3 then the 360. As for Call of Duty's attach rates, you are comparing 16 million consoles to 8 million, percentages are a good way of making a bad situation favourable (not saying the PS3 situation is bad, it was in generalities).  

 6) MGS4 and GTAIV will both sell well on simultaneous release, but if you want raw figures (rather then the more favourable attach rate), the consistently higher selling franchise WITH 2 consoles to sell on will definitely outshine the other easily.