| MikeRox said:
It still cracks me up. People on this forum constantly bang on about the importance of exclusives and first party. Yet throughout gaming history, with the exception of a few notable titles and Nintendo, 3rd party always has and pretty much always will be the driving force of the industry. Hell the lack of 3rd party for Nintendo right now is clearly very damaging. Yes a game like The Last of Us is cool, but when most gamers are playing Call of Duty, FIFA and Grand Theft Auto. Surely it's more important that you offer those titles? |
Exactly. In fact, one could make the argument that M$'s stable of 1st party exclusive franchises are much more crucial to their success and have a much greater impact on console sales than Sony's do, because IPs like Halo and Gears do far more for the sales of Xbox consoles than many of Sony 1st party exclusives like Killzone, God Of War, InFamous, Little Big Planet etc have. Only Gran Tourismo has been the consistent 1st party console mover for Sony for every PlayStation generation. Beyond that only Naughty Dog's Crash Bandicoot (when it was Sony exclusive) and Uncharted IPs have really moved consoles on a similar level to M$'s heavy hitters. Even Jak & Daxter is way down the list on the PS2 software chart despite being a fan favorite IP.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
