Sony vs Microsoft double standards?

[Madword]

Ka-pi96 said:

Madword said:

I made my point in the other thread, but basically Sony made a comment that they didnt think it was good value for customers. EA knew that the answer was no, they have an agreement with MS. EA will go where the money is, they wont be upset by this..

The second option you are trying to compare it to is totally different, this is a money deal where someone has come in and disrupted that deal. Sony have exclusive marketting for the game, they paid EA for it, EA were very happy to accept the money, these deals are done because it brings in money, EA would be very unhappy about this because it could set a dangerous precedent. Why get cash out of MS/Sony if they will just advertise it anyway.

If you cannot see the difference between the two stances, I cannot help you... but it's got nothing to do with Sony being liked and MS not, its about integrity.

So you know for a fact that what Sony said didn't annoy EA but what Microsoft did, did annoy Activision?

For all you know, EA could have been pretty pissed off at Sony, while Activision are currently laughing at how much extra attention Destiny has got because of this and are watching the preorder numbers multiply.

If you are going to speculate why speculate one as the best possible outcome and the other as the worst possible outcome? Can there not be both good and bad for both of them?

No i dont know, just like you dont know how much EA are upset about a comment about value for money, I guess i've just made my point ;)

I guess you dont know too much about business and the gaming world...if you did you would probably know that marketting deals that are exclusive are extremely lucrative and very important to the success of a game, but also a great way of saving money (as TV marketting is very expensive).

So what I am saying is (and please dont read between the lines)... from a business point of view... breaking a longstanding agreement with a company which has an exclusive deal is *way* more serious than a company saying *it's not for us*.  Companies can take criticism.. what they do not like is people messing with contracts or money deals.

Please dont take offence at this..but If you dont understand my last paragraph I can only assume you don't work in a business or in a position in a business to understand this.