Then maybe they need to change the name of the title post to "Why arent Sony's top Exclusives selling as well as MS's top exclusives" but really thats what this is about and then it just bring up unrelated chatter about who has more exclusives... or why XB 360's games in general sell better then PS3's... The only reason any game (Exclusive or Not ) exist is to make cash. I never read an article in which a company that sold 2 million copies said "Oh well, we didnt sell 10 million as we wanted, but we still feel our game is better even though demand doesnt reflect our opinion that is is better"... The few in which ive seen or read spoke of a feeling if disappointment not delight that we added another exclusive that no one wants to play. And Im taking about both consoles.
I think the business model is changing and while exclusives are good, they simply dont matter as much as they did last generation. Last generation when you had an exclusive you had a company loyal to you. Now there are more multiplatform titles because there is no loyalty and because all three consoles sell well so companies are going to milk each console. COD couldve been an exclusive last gen... but this gen its the best selling multi-plat on the two most powerful consoles of this generation. I still think Sony needs the next console to be more program friendly. IF game makers saw any real advantages to CPU's like CELL in the PS3 then Intel and AMD wouldve put these in gaming PC's long ago because they've been doing it much longer.. which I dont understand why Sony went with a less powerful GPU when most games are GPU dependant and always have been..Instead they made a sytem that requires programmers to spend more time and money using optimizations that take some of the load from the GPU for Cell... so they made a system with great potential that doesnt consider the game programmers...If anything ( in the PS3 ) Sony should've spent more money and development on a better GPU.. When they did the PS2 it didnt matter because they had a 1.5 yr headstart on Xbox 1 (which was more powerful, had less support, and was too late - except to get established - which they did accomplish as we're seeing this generation 360 is not getting destroyed ) and since the PS2 was much better then Gamecube - so their real only competition was no threat at all. With PS3 they didnt consider the programmer would rather make a game of similar quality on a system easier to program for. Sony couldve made a more powerful PS3 using a more contemporary , cheaper and still more CPU intel- like ....and combining it with a more poweful GPU and still having BLuray.. the result wouldve been a cheaper PS3 out of the race which more people wouldve loved.. Instead so much money was spent on developing CELL ( which when slowed by the other components of the PS3 ) has very little real world advantage that makes peoples jaws drop to the ground as I expected..Sony developed CELL without asking programmers and developers what they wanted in a console. Instead they did what they do.. whatever they want. In the past it worked, but it wont work well in a market that has not 2, but 3 console makers..
Reading John Carmacks comments that BOTH systems would be much more powerful is truely welcomed. Some think you cant make better games with more power, but I beg to differ... More powerful CPU's next gen will alow artificial intelligence to be so much better. We're talking to difference of a mob attacking you to the future of a mob attacking you but everyone in the mob having a completely different personality and way they will react to you. In games this means more depth, more realism, not just better graphics.. better A.I. will always make games better.. Im hoping next generation to own both a (Next)Xbox and a PS4.. this time with a reason to have both.. Next gen Sony cant make the PS4 a whole new thing like they did going from PS2 to PS3.. they need to improve power but build of current CELL architecture that programmers dont have to once again RELEARN to tap power.. or use contemporary style architecture you see in todays much more powerful multi-core processors as MS is going to do.. that way its powerful as hell but still easier to make games for ..
