Microsoft does another 180: Cancels indie parity clause

[Ali_16x]

IamAwsome said:

Ali_16x said:

Machiavellian said:

What exactly are you basing your opinion on.  Sony had this policy since the PS3.  Just because you do not know about something does not mean it's not still in place.

What I find funny is that MS just adopted Sony policy but really did not change their that much and the knee jerk reaction is this thread.

Crasher Crashers, came to PS3 2 years after its 360 release and it didn't come with anything exclusive to the PS3 version. Same with Minecraft, a year after the 360 version but it didn't come with anything new. I could probably name a lot more. So I'm still not sure where you got the idea where Sony had this policy of only allowing games that came first to other consoles that they had to had something exclusive to PS3. Again I'm sure Sony doesn't care if games came first other consoles they let them publish it. It sure as hell wasn't like Microsoft's policy of just down right now allowing games on 360 if they came to PS3 first.

Also IamAwesome, this proves Sony did not have this policy.

Not necessarily, all of those timed 360 exclusives had something extra in the PS3 release. They appear to be a little more relaxed with indies, but the policy still stands, and like I told WiiStation360, your average indie game doesn't have DLC, so go figure. 

Except Castle Crashers had tons and tons of DLC, so you are once again wrong. What it seems to me is that you are just asssuming that they had this policy. Also we are talking about the indie policy, what you are trying to use for your arguement is the AAA policy, even if that is wrong. So you think if they had something a little extra for their PS3 release they were forced? You are the only one assuming things. But let me entertain you, how about Elder Scrolls 4? It came to PS3 a year after the 360 and it came with no exclusives. Same with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, and probably a lot more. Still I'm not sure why you are using the AAA policy arguement for the indie policy.