| Cross-X said: Well for me personally who has a PS3 only, it's good stuff that I get to play the exclusive content like Batman Arkham Asylum, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, etc.
But I wonder if that helps with selling more PS3 copies. I haven't kept up with the trends but maybe it's starting to work as the gap between the two versions of ACB is considerably lower than it was for ACII.
Not that I'm complaining and they should just continue with thtat. |
I think the reason for the growth in AC:B sales is due to the exclusive advertising that Sony gets in terms of the franchise, whenever I've seen any AC adverts they were always only advertised in such a way that someone who is uninformed would have to double check to see whether it's coming out on 360. But then again, 360 has COD and had FF13 whereas Sony also had Fifa. I think exclusive advertising and the development of brand awareness in EMEAA is the reason for the growth in sales rather than the timed exclusive content.
Overall I don't think it's the best route to go down and is a bit disappointing to see the companies stoop so low as to pay millions just to have some DLC for a month longer than the competition, yes I am looking at you COD map packs, money that could otherwise be used to purchase developers such as the recently disbanded Bizzare games etc.
Exclusive content on Multi platform games just ruin the experience for the gamer IMO, and rarely tends to compell users to purchase the system in favour of the other, if anything it just helps multi platform owners to decide for which system to purchase the game for, but I don't think that the multi owners are a significant amount to have such a large impact upon sales.
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