| pokoko said: Most games don't have exclusive content one way or another and, when they do, it's usually marginal. Regardless, the point is that, even without exclusive content, almost every game would appear on Xbox and Playstation while skipping Nintendo. That's not because they're being paid to be on Playstation and Xbox--in fact, they're paying Sony and Microsoft royalties--it's because the KNOW they can make money on those platforms. You can't spin that. |
They are being paid, you're just ignoring it. EA, ATVI, and other major publishers get a cut of the online profits from M$/Sony, and they also have royalty discounts for their publications. They're getting paid, don't you think otherwise. Its just not directly from one pocket to the other. (Unless its GTAV, then they literally paid for it.)
Its, currently, literally impossible for ATVI to seek cuts from the online profits on the WiiU... as there are none. Nintendo's decision to not give discounts is a different issue, and that's tied back to Yamauchi.
I bet you that a port of a title like Destiny, on the WiiU, would have made them money. Especially with that marketting campaign. It just wouldn't have been large, and ATVI has other "lost profits" from the WiiU's free online and Nintendo's fixed royalties.
