| theprof00 said: Oh, I'm not missing anything that isn't directly important to mention. While ps1,2, and psp are good counter-examples, they don't make ps3,wii, or xbox disappear. What it does prove is that 'some consoles need 3rd party exclusives, others do not'. But again, this is not me saying that vita will be fine without 3pexclusives, but that in this short timeframe (factoring in announcement time periods, title shifting, etc) of jan-april 2013, there not being any BIG titles (the 4-5 smaller games that he refuses to acknowledge because of being downloadable titles or not big enough) is not a problem that warrants such scrutiny. The problem, not to deride your own point, is that we aren't "seeing what happens when sony doesn't have many 3rd party exclusives", we are looking at really just a few months in a brief period of time and using ONLY exclusives to support it. PS3 did not rely on third party exclusives, but it did get quite a bit of help from third party multiplats like, gta4, ff13, which again, is only more counter-evidence to the OP. Third party EXCLUSIVES are not the whole case. In the end, I could just rewrite this same sentence over and over without giving as much clarity, but it boils down to "It's all about the library". It's not all about the 3rd party exclusives, or the first party exclusives, or the 1st party g It's all about the library. |
Exactly you are right, 3rd party exclusives aren't the only thing needed but if you have nothing else then you are probably screwed. What about the Xbox, PS3 or Wii? The Wii didn't need them because of Ninty, the Wii did have it though (MH3, Just Dance, and many other games the 360/PS3 didn't have). The Xbox had first party along side 3rd party games the Wii never got and the PS3 got but because of a smaller userbase and more expensive price tag, alot of the fanbase of those games would purchase a 360. The PS3 had Sony's first party and the 3rd party support only the it and the 360 had. So yes that is correct, they technically didn't need 3rd party exclusives but the Vita can't get what they received. There aren't many big 3rd party games for handhelds, so relying on multiplats wouldn't work like it did for 360 and PS3. The biggest 3rd party games for handhelds are usually exclusive (MH, DQ). The Wii had major first party support, the Vita definitely can't copy that. A year isn't a brief period, 3rd parties don't want to just throw their money away and release games for the Vita that may not be successful thanks to a small userbase. So what happens now could decide its fate. The PS3 had the benefit of receiving major 3rd party multiplats and also had a rich Sony that was willing to pay anything to get it to sell. The Vita has a not so rich Sony and virtually no major 3rd party multiplats coming. When it comes to handhelds 3rd party exclusives are pretty important if you aren't Ninty. What he is saying about handhelds is pretty accurate unless you are Ninty. You are right if you are talking about home consoles. Home consoles don't need 3rd party exclusives because 3rd party games are big enough to sell platforms for both. The PSP had major 3rd party exclusives, the DS had major 1st party exclusives, the 3DS has both, and the Vita has neither.
