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Soundwave on 31 July 2012
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brendude13 said:
Soundwave said:


Plus it's pretty funny payback for the PSOne/PS2 days where Sony denied Nintendo franchises like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid and Tomb Raider and GTA. Now they're getting a taste of their own medicine.

All of the games in those franchises (apart from Final Fantasy IX) were available on other platforms, mainly PC but also the Sega Saturn, Dreamcast and even the Game Boy. Also, none of those franchises apart from Final Fantasy used to be exclusive to Nintendo and Final Fantasy jumped ship because Nintendo shot themselves in the foot by using cartridges.


There certainly were exclusivity contracts for games like GTA3 and MGS2 and DMC and so on. There was no MGS or GTA or DMC or Final Fantasy on Dreamcast/Saturn, not sure where you are getting that from. 

I'm not knocking the practice. Good for Sony for taking advantage of Nintendo's mistakes and then securing key exclusives with "incentives" (read: probably cash pay outs). 

But turn around is fair play. If there was a bidding war for Monster Hunter, it's very likely Capcom looked at the financial state of both Sony/Nintendo and saw Nintendo had far more cash (they made a fortune with the Wii and DS). 

If this is what Nintendo/Capcom did, I don't see anything wrong with it. It was a smart move for both companies, Capcom probably scored a very sweet publishing deal on top of likely a flat-out payment and Nintendo's agreement to assist with marketing.