| DJEVOLVE said: First party doesn't have to share the profit with console manufacturer. This allows for more room to development. XBox, Sony, Nintendo are a complete different business model then 3rd party, they make profit many ways. Sales of the game, sales of units, in turn will sell more software. Which they get a % of every 3rd party game put on their system. |
I guess this explains why Sony felt the need to have a new difficulty as part of DLC for The Last of Us and why they decided to announce The Last of Us: Remastered as late as possible despite starting to work on the game as soon as the original was finished.
It also explains why Microsoft decided to block most popular Halo 4 playlists unless you bought their DLC (a decision which was later revoked), and why the Master Chief Collection faces widespread matchmaking bugs and errors to this day.
