fps_d0minat0r said:
Michael-5 said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
Hey,
Ok i wanted to make this thread because i realised where i was having the original discussion (dark sould thread), it was going off the point.
so heres the debate.
Demons Souls is an exclusive IP owned by Sony who helped FromSoftware, a third party developer to create it. Now as you can see from the Dark Souls trailer, its basically a rip off, of Demons souls and appears to be using the same technology from DS. The only difference is they changed the name (half of it) to avoid sony's copyrights and released it multiplatform. so congratulations more people get to play a great game.
but heres the problem...
This might be a one off but what if more 3rd party developers start doing this in the future? what would be the implications and how would platform holders react?
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This happened to the 360 years ago. Remember Lost Planet, Bioshock, Oblivion, GTA Expansions, and Ninja Gaiden 2 being "timed" exclusives? More recently Mass Effect 2. Then their sequels became full out multiplatform games.
Also Test Drive went from 360 exclusive to multi-platform for the sequel.
It doesn't matter if the IP is owned by MS or Sony, the situation is 3rd party exclusive going multiplatform.
For the market, I think it's a good thing. It puts a larger emphasis on Sony and Microsoft to develop their own good first party exclusives, evens out the market between the HD platforms, and means that gamers are less likely to be dissapointed when a game they want isn't available on their platform.
Think about all the JRPG 360 fans, they finally get to play this awesome franchise.
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this thread is regarding IP's owned by platform holders who then trust 3rd party developer to make the games.
lets say microsoft hired codemasters to make Forza 5, would it be right for them to copy paste stuff from it to create a multiplatform game?
personally i think they should start from scratch and leave the content made for Forza 5 on a seperate hard drive.
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I realized that halfway through my post, but got lazy.
Sony owns the franchise, but they don't own FromSoftware. FromSoftware is allowed to use whatever engines created for Demon's Soul's and make a multiplatform title.
I still think this is a good thing because it forces Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft to create or buy out more 1st party game development companies, and allows gamers on other platforms (in this case 360) to experience new franchises. The situation where Mass Effect went multiplatform isn't much different, and in the end, gamers win.
Yes it makes it harder for Sony and MS, but they need to develop more of their own 1st party games, instead of buying rights to other franchises.
BTW I think Alan Wake 2 would have been a better example then Forza 5.
