S.T.A.G.E. said:
Microsoft was more cut throat back then before Spencer. They rushed the production of the 360 causing RROD but despite that risk managed to get as many third party exclusives as possible. They knew the way to cut Sony down a peg was to take their third party exclusives from them. They capitalized on Sonys mistakes and this opened up the door to Japan (with one million sold in Japan), because they essentially made themselves a mirror image of what the expected Playstation 3. It was smart of them to secure an exclusive with Sakaguchi, knowing his relationship with Sony. MS also relied on the exclusivity of some PC games. Man,,,,If Sony wouldve held onto the exclusivity of Mass Effect, last gen wouldve been so different for them. They shouldve bought Bioware. Hands down...that is their biggest mistake of last gen.. |
You mean Microsoft?
But I think Microsoft letting Bungie becoming a third party developer was just as big of a mistake. Bungie created the series that put the Xbox on the map and Microsoft should of trust them to make Destiny an exclusive and either just make a second Bungie studio or 343 continue to the Halo series and let the core Bungie studio make Destiny. I think if Destiny was an Xbox exclusive it would of been a completely different story for Microsoft this gen. Say what you will about the game but it is the biggest new IP of the gen and has a large fanbase and it could easily been a Microsoft exclusive had they just let Bungie made it as a first party developer.
