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GamechaserBE on 21 March 2014
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
GamechaserBE said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
walsufnir said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Let me guess..... They paid more developers to go exclusive? I haven't seen a hot internally made new IP from them in years.


Where is the difference? Do you care if a game is paid for exclusive? Buying studios also locks out other platforms...

From a gamer's view I want to play games. Why should I bother how a game comes to my system?


This isn't the PC realm where all the devs are third party. First party is a testament to the abilities of the company themselves. If third parties are doing all the work for you when the exclusivity dries up you're useless. 

Third parties are doing the work for MS and Sony for years... Like I said some countless time before, it is schocking to see that sony a Japanese company has no first party game for Japan and if I am correct their is not a game announced for the market and no releasedate ofcourse;...You can correct me if I am wrong but the PS4 sales at this moment are made by the third party games...   


Its obvious at this point that Sony is completely under the spell of western sales and consumerism. The Japanese are becoming less predictable of a market as to what they like and the sales are nowhere near as large. Japanese RPG's are losing popularity quickly and right now its kind of late for Sony to create a "Final Fantasy". It would be great if they brought back Legend of Dragoon or Dark Cloud, but those games in this day and age wouldn't sell as well as they should based on their overall quality. 

Third party will always make the most money on Microsoft and Sony platforms unless Microsoft and Sony figure out a formula to make games are valued higher than the feverishly anticipated third party. No matter what third parties will swallow you up, but if you can live side-by-side with them its a great thing. If you can make great first party like what Sony is doing thats a win-win when it comes to first, second and third party and their sales are high right now which means even more games will come in the future. 

I'm just happy MS brought back Killer Instinct and bought Gears from Epic. They are showing where they creatively present.....and its realizing other peoples talent. Hopefully Sony's former partner Insomniac also makes a great game for them, because they were oh so happy to scoop them up as well for an exclusive. When I pick up my Xbox One, I cant wait for that either.

You're right though, on both platforms third parties are king, but its always good to have a balance. You don't want to be in Nintendos position having great first party and horrible third party or Microsoft where the first party isn't particularly great but third party is great. With Sony its basically right in the middle where it belongs. It doesn't need to be anyones favorite, but they have been in the sweet spot for nearly twenty years now. If you ask me, the only genre Sony is weak at is FPS and Killzone isn't exactly a bad game, but it isn't MLG level either.

Making a game for the Japanese market like Ape escape/Legend of Dragoon/Gran Turismo/ the Last Guardian will not only benefit the Japanese market though, in fact I believe most Japanese games sell better outside of Japan then in Japan.

About Sony's first party..I think most PS3 owners did not care about first party that much.. you can find a lot of people like for example Soriku who cares a lot about the Tales games and the other JRPG's who are all third party (exclusives)...  It is even better to understand when you see a discussion about PS one games.  People go crazy how much fun they had with Tekken 3/resident evil/Final fantasy/Tomb Raider but were all third party (exclusives) but nobody care if tehy were first party or third party though....And were even Spyro and Crash not second party ?  if sony invest or moneyhat the next three Crash games who will care if they are first party/third party games and who really care if sony moneyhatted or not?  In the end of the day it is rather fanboy bullshit for me;.