| starcraft said: Regardless of whether MGS4 turns out to be timed or fully exclusive to the PS3, it is quite clear that Sony offered either direct payment or incentives of a certain value to keep the title on their system only. The sheer cost of developing the title and the PS3's relatively small userbase would have made substantial profit for Konami impossible to achieve without financial support from Sony. I fully expect this entire thread to be speculation, but I am interested all the same. My questions are: - How much do you believe Sony paid for MGS4 exclusivity? - What form do you believe these payments took? - Will the hardware boost to the PS3 be worth it? |
1. Only an executive at Sony or Konami can answer that or perhaps it has something to do with Kojima's request
2. Same as 1
3 Not necessarily but the software sales would benefit both companies especially Konami because many people would be buying MGS4 just because they want a BC PS3. I know because BC was the main reason I even bought a PS3.
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