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kain_kusanagi said:
Talal said:
kain_kusanagi said:
AbbathTheGrim said:
kain_kusanagi said:
AbbathTheGrim said:
You can drop the name, but don't drop the fucking exclusivity!


That makes no sense. 3rd party exclusivity makes no sense.


That is why you believe it will make more sense for Epic Games to release Gears of War on different platforms.

MS paid for Gears of War just like Sony paid for Journey, Flower and Flow. I have nothing against what we refer to as 2nd party games. What I don't like are straight up 3rd party exclusives. It used to be that PS2 was all a game developer needed to support because it was THE gaming system in everyone's houses. Those days are over and multiplatform engines have made developing a game for everything very easy. There is no reason to make FF vs XIII, or FF XV or whatever they call it, an exclusive. The engine is multiplatform and porting is cheap and easy. There is absolutely no reason to make an exclusive when the game can make money on other platforms. When a console manufacturer buys exclusivity it's no different than flat out buying a developer. When that happens the game becomes very much like a 1st party game even if the developer is independent. But when a 100% independent developer and a 100% independent publisher release an exclusive game I just don't understand it at all. It's a pet peeve of mine. The Xbox 360 and the PS3 have the same capabilities and each hold close to the same market share. Everything Square Enix makes should release on everything that can run the game. The same goes for EA, Activision and all the rest.

 


Maybe they just want to show Sony some gratitude for the ps2.

I'd rather they show gratitude to their fans regardless of the console they own.


I'm also pretty sure that Sony owns about 10% of their shares so that may be it.