PS4's 'Better Terms' Make Xbox One Less Attractive

[vivster]

kitler53 said:

vivster said:
I still don't understand what MS is trying to achieve with the exclusivity clause. That's really anti developer and anti consumer.

they are trying to achieve launch parity...

 

...it means that small developers that cannot launch on all platforms at once are forced to chose xbox before playstation if they want to be multiplatform which means that xbox gets a bunch of timed exclusives without having to entice developers (aka moneyhat) for them.   it means playstation can't get any free timed exclusive that would make xbox look like a second rate system.

 

as much as i hate to say it, this might be good business.   right now it's a gamble with how successful will sony be relative to MS.   if MS has a big enough market share that indie's feel that have to be multiplat xbox will get a bunch of free timed exclusives.   if sony pulls far enough ahead of MS that indies don't feel the need to be on xbox they'll start loosing games that become defecto playstation/pc exclusives.   ...bullies can only bully if they are viewed as strong.

we'll see how this plays out.  but as a playstation fan and a fan of indie games i know what i'm rooting for.

So this is still a win-win situation for Playstation and a gamble for MS.

This means that PS is getting all the indies while MS will miss out on some of them because developers will only develop first for Xbox if they plan on releasing the games on PS4 as well while some developers will be put off by this practice.