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S.T.A.G.E. on 03 June 2013
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sales2099 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Barozi said:
KylieDog said:
On the flip side, the timed exclusives came with more content available for the late port releases.

Though at a price difference where buying the timed exclusive game + DLC is cheaper than buying the port.


Not necessarily. Mass Effect 2 came as the GOTY edition when it came to the PS3. Compare that to what the early adopter paid and the price is dropped by like thirty dollars. Avid ME players on the 360 paid about $90 over time. Remember used game sales arent counted.

Alan Wake franchise is $4 on steam.

But they got the game for a year. Thats kinda a big thing. Time is quite literally money in these cases.


It is, but Mass Effect continued to make money over time by branching out. Microsoft stood in the way of massive multiplat profits and building the title as a multiplat, but rather it was only purhased by people who knew about the franchise. It gives MS a momentary psychological edge but in the end what did MS have once it was all gone? Its glimmer diminishes once the exclusives are all gone. Third party lack of loyalty was something Sony anticipated which is why they stuck to titles MS would never be able to touch. This is why any company Sony touches MS is willing to turn over heaven and earth just to get. E3 2008...Square enix and Namco Bandai or recently with Metal Gear Revengeance. When insonmiac left Sonys wing MS scooped them up for their press conference screaming to the heavens saying "the company that made Sonys exclusives is making a game for us finally!". This continued with other companies.

Sony spoke to one former MS related company..Bungie. 

 A telling story....indeed.