Microsoft have a philia of spending money

[J_Allard]

I've never understood fans of some companies getting upset that other companies spend money. Nintendo caters only to fans of their franchises almost to the point of alienating 3rd party companies. This allows them to sell their games for maximum MSRP all generation long and make tons of money, even in gens where they sell a lot less hardware. Sony got into the industry by spending money, telling publishers to keep money with lower royalty fees, and eating up huge losses on hardware to get their feet in the door. And when they had money, they spent it on exclusive deals. Now they have a lot less money, so they make smaller deals. Anyone who thinks Sony would not buy the Gears IP or Titanfall being exclusive if they had the money to make it viable, are just kidding themselves.

But we see people say this is "bad for gaming" and they are a "cancer to the industry" and "M$". Why? Competition makes everything better. It's like some of you want every console to be a mirror image of one another and play the same games. Is it bad that $ony doesn't allow Naughty Dog to put Uncharted 4 on the Wii U? Shouldn't Nintendough make an Xbox One port of Wonderful 101? Please. Did any $ony fan complain that $ony moneyhatted thatgamecompany for 3 games last gen, or did they point out that those games were amazing and won GOTY awards or some shit? Even now, how many times have we been reminded that "the best exclusive next gen game is on PS4!". And what is that game? A game from a 3rd party developer that $ony funded and then put on P$+, which means that $ony not only moneyhatted the game by paying for it, but $ony also had to go Inception style moneyhatting and provide another level of moneyhats for the game being on P$+. Not sure why this double standard exists but it's funny to read.

The idea that this "limits" developers is also nonsense. For starters, the developers are the ones who design the games and sign the contracts. If this were in any way negative to them or "limiting", they aren't good developers and reap what they sow anyway. However, you plug away at projects and that opens up more possibilities. This isn't logic that is limited to gaming. You hear musicians and authors and actors say they same things all the time. You do big jobs to make money to fund the other stuff. Did anyone think $ony was "limiting" Naughty Dog when they were on a 6 year Uncharted cycle? No. Not only did that allow ND to create 3 successful games, it also allowed them the freedom to make Last of Us. Did Epic Games only do Gears last gen? No, they also did UT, Infinity Blade, Shadow Complex, Bulletstorm, etc. And are doing Fortnite right now.

It just seems like bitterness. Upset that MS is making Titanfall never come to Playstation. Or you have to wait a month for CoD DLC. There's nothing wrong with the business strategy, all companies do it. Get over it.