PS3 Ghostbusters gimped because of 360 limitations?

[BMaker11]

BengaBenga said:

Coca-Cola said:
I thought the developers have two teams for the game - one for 360 and another for PS3.
If PS3 games can be made better then the developers should make it as such.
I don't have a PS3 but if this article is true, it is not fair for PS3 owners.
Make the games different - I wouldn't mind.

The problem with the current PS3 install base is that it not very economical to make a game specifically for PS3, unless it's really big like MGS that sells anyway.
Making it for PS3 and 360 combined is of course much more efficient, as the combined userbase is around 30 million.

Furthermore I'd like to agree with rocketpig that last generation all games were made for PS2, so Xbox and GC (which were significantly stronger than PS2) received games that didn't max that consoles.

In order to get most out of PS3 devs have to start making exclusives, but that will only be done if PS3 sells significantly more than 360. Until then it's lucrative to make a game for both systems at the same time.

I hate this logic because the only answer to it is an endless circle of "What should I do?"

If the PS3 doesn't sell significantly more, then exclusives won't come. But how will it sell unless it has exclusives?

Consumers eyes: No exclusives -> no sales, but from 3rd party eyes no sales -> no exlcusives. It's a lose-lose. The only thing you can do is take a risk, make an exclusive for the platform, and if the game is great, it will move tons of hardware, which in turn increases the userbase which the game sells too.