Sony paying for exclusives

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ssj12 said:

superchunk said:
nope. exclusives kinda suck.

Plus, they would have to be paying a lot to keep it only on the PS3 given that the cost for producing a big HD game is high and they would be cutting off large market of PC/360.

Whereas with 360 when they buy exclusives they also allow PC.

I think every big game should be produced to the best of its ability on every machine.

if they pay for the exclusive it means they pay for development costs. PC doesnt count for the console market so it doesnt matter if say Resistance was released on PC. It would be Insomniac's choice to release it. The release wouldn't effect the console market.

 I have to disagree with you on this point.  The most common argument I hear from PS3 owners about why they wouldn't ever buy a 360 is because the majority of the good games get released on PC.  Surely that has sapped some 360 sales.  If Insomniac and other PS3 developers started doing the same thing then there would be fewer reasons to buy a PS3.

PC numbers may not be counted and compared the same way the console market is, but their releases and sales definitely have an effect.