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TheBigFatJ on 11 June 2008
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bbsin said:
TheBigFatJ said:
bbsin said:

again, you're reading out of context. I think Konami granted exclusivity for much more reasons besides these product placements (which i explained up top and many times before). The product placements only solidifies PS3 exclusivity, if you still don't see where I'm going with this then I'd say that you're blinded by your own confusion.


How exactly does a few product placements solidify exclusivity?


I don't think anyone understands what I'm trying to say in this thread.... Look:

Product placements (cell processor, Dualshock 3, Sony cellphones, PSP, BluRay) = Sponsor = Sony = $$$ = 3d party exclusive.

^ + more $$$ + dev funding + marketing support + hardware bundling around the world = lock down exclusive.


Unless Konami themselves agreed to an exclusivity contract and never to bring MGS 4 to the Xbox 360, there's nothing there that you said that would keep them from releasing it for the Xbox 360 in the future, if they so decided to. And I think that if MGS4 does poorly -- less than a million day one as Konami said was absolutely necessary or less than 3 million by the end of summer -- then the chance of it getting an Xbox 360 port is reasonably high.

The stuff you mentioned is all a pittance compared to sales of a top-teir game. 

Especially when looking at how much better games that were previously Playstation exclusives often do on the 360. GTA 4 is a good example of this for American numbers, and America is very important to Metal Gear Solid games. It's also the most popular region for Final Fantasy games.