wary-wallaroo said:
Machiavellian said:
Do gamers wake up one day and figure out that video games are a business. There is no problem. MS and Sony are not charities and they do not fund anything unless they get something in return. Lets think this through. You fund a project for limited exclusivity. You see the project is well received and you offer a company full exclusive which benefits your platform and the other company takes the money. As a business, why would MS care for PS only gamers. If anything, they would want to make those PS only gamers become duel console owners.
In the end, you nor I really know exactly how the whole deal went down and what MS offered for full exclusitity. Hell, we do not know if MS had a clause when they funded the project if they could go full exclusive. It really comes down to the fact that MS funded the project and for the first game its exclusive to their platform. It saved the project and MS gained a solid FPS in the process.
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Yes it's all business. That doesn't mean we can't criticize it. There's a reason that there's so much Haye for MS nowadays
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What I do not understand is what is there to criticize. Can you explain to me why this was not the smart move on MS. It killed all that talk about timed exclusive many PS gamers were hoping for. I really cannot see anything wrong in MS securing a game they invested money into. At best you can criticize EA for taking the money but even then, video games are a business. EA has been running red for a few years and securing money is never going to be bad in a risk based business like video games.
Here is a quote from a Sony exec before MS locked that exclusive deal
"Nah we might have to wait another year or so but I've got a good feeling it'll come to PS4."
Do you think MS want the competition making such bold statements trying to add FUD to their investment.
