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S.T.A.G.E. on 14 October 2014
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Goatseye said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
 


 Sony never paid for Sigma 2. I know nothing about part one. I'm not going to talk about what I haven't heard or read. Sony had a clause in their contract in case of the epidemic of Microsoft moneyhatting third party exclusives affected them. They didn't complain about it...all they asked was that if you want to put a game on their console and woo their audience throw in the DLC for free for their audience or something special. Tecmo gave Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 extra levels, bosses, outfits and two player trail and more. The only real difference between the Xbox 360 version was the it was sleeker and less bloody.

Show me a link that says that MS moneyhatted to get Ninja Gaiden.


Microsoft was publishing a lot of third party games last gen to keep them away from Sony. Same thing with Mass Effect. EA literally had to buy Mass Effect in order to void the contract of keeping Mass Effect away from Sony and as a console exclusive for Microsoft. This is the type of deception MS depends on and its hilarious when it blows up in their face.

http://gamer.blorge.com/2009/03/18/tecmo-circumvents-exclusive-deal-with-microsoft-for-xbox-360/

 

As you read there they talk about the fact that Sony had a policy for no payment for exclusivity last gen.

"However, it seems that the once thought iron-clad exclusive contract with Microsoft is not so iron-clad. In the gaming industry it is rare to see a game being published by a manufacturer turn up on the competitor’s system. This is like if LittleBigPlanet or Resistanceturned up on the Xbox 360. This is exactly what has happened with Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

Console manufacturers sign a binding contract to pay for the marketing and manufacturing costs of the studio’s game in exchange for an indefinite exclusive deal with the studio. Microsoft has done this by paying for the big budget marketing push and the manufacturing costs for Ninja Gaiden 2.

As per contract, Tecmo is not allowed to release Ninja Gaiden 2 on the PS3, but can release any other iteration of the series on any platform since Tecmo owns the Ninja Gaiden IP. This is similar to how EPIC Games owns the Gears of War IP, as Mark Rein VP clarified when he stated, “Epic owns Gears of War.”

There is also an article showing that the reason for the loss of exclusivity of the new Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy XIII was because Sony refused to pay for it. They were getting exclusives out of loyalty. MS pulled out the checkbook and thats how they won E3 2008. Sony essentially let it happen.