| Squilliam said: Nintendo is doing it right because their exclusives actually count for something and many sell millions of consoles. However given the path that both Microsoft and Sony have taken to truly stand out they have to outspend the 3rd party publishers which is a catch 22 when the games themselves are limited to only the userbase of their specific consoles as they are exclusives. Microsoft as a publisher are doing pretty well for themselves. If you count home consoles they will outpublish Sony for 2010 which isn't bad considering how Sony is supposed to have that much of a bigger first party studio portfolio. It isn't the size really, it is what you do with what you have. What Microsoft did with what they and likely against the relative investment is probably significantly more cost effective than what Sony has done in this generation. Who are we to say that it is a poor strategy? |
I am 100 percent in agreeance in that you have to use your games right exclusive or otherwise. But if one games consoles has x games and another console has x 4 games what has the better games library per se those 4 games are actually worth getting.
Right now MS knows how to advertise in their bases, thus its working, they still have Halo, Gears (under 3rd party) what Kinect can do and said games under their sleeves. Also Alan Wake and Crackdown and Forza etc if they continue supporting them correctly. BUT Alan wake is 3rd, Gears is 3rd, hell even a second party not necessarily part of MS, like Bungie was.
Microsoft needs something, they need their own IP's. Sony has been backed into a corner this gen and will fight back see Mass Effect for proof. Microsoft needs to show that they can fight back just as hard.
Just a thought anyway
