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Zekkyou on 05 August 2015
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thismeintiel said:
Zekkyou said:
I find it hard to believe that money is the "only" factor. A publisher would have to be pretty silly to not consider the number of lost potential sales when considering the worth of an exclusivity deal. That won't always directly correlate to market share, games frequently sell at different ratios to the consoles they're on, but having a market share advantage (especially one as significant as Sony's right now) will certainly work in your general favor.

That said, i expect there are some exceptions, such as when Sony, MS, or Nintendo offer to help fund/develop a game that might not otherwise exist (either at all or in the desired form). Their willingness to go through with the deal is likely more relevant than market share in situations like that.

Of course they do.  Why else would SE be kicking themselves in the ass over the TR deal.  I'm pretty sure this is the only time I have EVER heard of a company announcing when the exclusivity ends before the "exclusive" game has even launched.  And this isn't just a few days/weeks before launch, either, but over 3 months from the XBO release.

I don't think that's necessarily because SE are "kicking themselves". I'd assume, based on the fact the bolded is indeed somewhat rare, that it's something normally discussed in the initial deal. That SE were able to make such an announcement when they did would imply that they actively chose not to include a block against such things in the deal (or at least only a short term block). They were obviously happy enough with the deal when they made it, so i don't think that announcement has anything to do with their present feelings.

My guess would be that they knew they'd be upsetting a lot of people with the deal (PlayStation presently being the brand best associated with TR), so thought an early announcement of the deal's length might help negate some of the inevitable long-term negativity that would surround the game.