| SWORDF1SH said: Xbox sales might pale in comparison to PlayStation but it's still extra sales. They would want money from Sony if they wanted it to be exclusive, at least the projected amount of money they would make from Xbox sales. Also putting a game on one platform damages franchises. So the fact they are putting more MGS games on Xbox can only establish the franchise more. We have seen games in the past be exclusive to one platform (eg. Bioshock, Mass Effect) and when the sequels hit other plaforms they sell alot less because it's less established. We will see this when Titanfall 2 hits the PS4. So while if they did take cash to make a game exclusive, it will damage the franchise long term. If Konami decide to keep releasing MGS games on Xbox, the sales gap will close. Not completely because MGS is a far stronger franchise on the PS but it will close. |
Not always true.
What happened in Japan, made Namco to stick with PlayStation worldwide for Tales of series. Why? It is because that is where their fanbase are.
Look at Tales of Vesperia. According to Famitsu, Tales of Vesperia in Japan caused the Xbox 360 to sell out with 204,305 copies sold. In North America, Tales of Vesperia sold 33,000 copies during the first 4 days of launch.
Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3 sold 147,000 copies on its opening day in Japan, which is more than double that of the Xbox 360's version, and a total of 140,000 in two weeks. Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3 sold a total of 352,961 copies in by the end of 2009.
