Have Japanese Developers finally realized they need Sony?

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forevercloud3000 said:

Salnax said:
Japanese devs don't need Microsoft or Sony. They don't necessarily need Nintendo consoles either. Actually, they just don't need consoles at all, unless they're trying to appeal to an international market.

but isn't that what they are going for. These large companies cannot survive on mobile alone. Mobile cannot sustain a 200+ company forever. They need Console manufacturers in order to survive. All of these 3rd Party Japanese companies attempted to rewrite what was already put in stone, and paid for it in profit loss.

Nintendo is the only Publisher that is completely self sustaining. Wii survived purely on 1st party software, as did the gamecube for the most part. That is very different then the other two.

MS is completely dependant upon 3rd Parties to remain relavent and Sony and 3rd Party have a mutual parasitic relationship. What I mean by this is Sony in previous gens was famous for exclusive 3rd Party games. Many of those games have become synonymous with the console. The game's seem to struggle outside of Sony's comfort. Square Enix tried to branch away, every single effort tanked. Last Remnant, Star Ocean 4, etc. Its kinda hard to sell a game when your usual fanbase resides elsewhere entirely. Was a very stupid move. So many of these japanese games floundered terribly off of Sony's consoles.

I don't necesarrily think Microsoft is completely dependent on third parties, at least not as much as PS4 is.  In my social group the majority of poeple are  getting the PS4, however nto one of them have said it's for Sony Exclusives.  The people who aren't getting the ps4 and getting the Xbox one is for Halo 5 or Forza.  Mostly the prior.