Carl2291 said:
There's a big thing to consider here that you're purposefully ignoring. Mid-2013 the game was already way into development, according to Phil Rogers. When the deal was made with Microsoft, we had literally no idea which platform was going to come out on top so at the time, with the money Microsoft were offering, it could have been a great decision. Other publishers also thought that Microsoft would take the 360's momentum into Gen 8 and see a roaring success (see Titanfall). Nothing idiotic about taking an early risk and publishers don't *have* to support PlayStation just as they don't *have* to support Microsoft or Nintendo. If you want an idiotic decision, look no further than releasing it on the same day as Fallout 4, or releasing the PS4 version right between FIFA and Battlefield. As for the brand being damaged, give me a break. A late port has seen sales you'd expect from a late port. Stop trying to blow things out of proportion. |
Great post. Looks like another case of publisher fell for the hype the the xb1 would dominate this gen. they weren't the only ones to fuck up here.
And yeah releasing it when they did was idiotic. I guess EA aren't the only ones when it comes to this as we just seen with Titanfall 2.
Interesting stats on how much exclusivity the series has had from the 360 days until now. Looks like Microsoft are really targeting this franchise hard. at the end of the day though I don't think it's worth it. as seen with TR 2013 as soon as the ps/xb get a simultaneous release the ps4 version will outsell it 2.5/3:1 barring massive bundles for the xb. so in the end they've never managed to really turn the series into a dominantly xbox series.
Imo they'd be better off spending all these millions creating a rival Microsoft owned ip to compete with uncharted.
