Sony: 'Publishers Are Getting the Living Crap Kicked Out of Them by Microsoft'

[Runa216]

I knew this was going to be an issue, but to be honest I didn't expect Sony to come forward and say something like this. Much as I GREATLY prefer Sony's business practices, this just seems unprofessional.

That said, I recall there being a huge thing not to long ago from developers like Sucker Punch and Media Molecule coming forward and saying that Sony was being very supportive of their creative vision, helping to pump marketing into their games and giving them a budget to work with. I especially can see that with the LittleBigPlanet series, which Sony helped to innovate the 'play-create-share' mantra. I just plain don't see that kind of game coming out on Xbox.

It also makes sense that Microsoft does this, because I've seen it happen many times. DLC is often exclusive to Xbox (at least for some time), games often look and play better on 360 (especially Bethesda games), and I rarely ever see a PS3 exclusive GO to Xbox after it's already been released, though I've seen it the other way around. sure, stuff like Assassin's Creed, Mirror's Edge, and Final Fantasy XIII were SUPPOSED to be PS3 exclusive at one point (or so I hear), but they ended up getting a dual release at launch, if I recall FFXIII was actually DELAYED just so it could be released on 360 at the same time.

tsk tsk.