zero129 said:
ConservagameR said:
Something I should've said in my post above.^
Another option might be to leave the money and timing side of it alone, and focus on the exclusivity side for mostly gaming business.
Have some type of rules and regulations where from this point forward, any multiplatform third party IP must remain multi platform no matter what. That way MS, Sony, or whoever, could buy whatever third party devs and IP they wanted, but had to keep it multiplatform if it wasn't exclusive already. This wouldn't stop third parties from making exclusive games. As a totally separate third party, or purchased yet separate like Bungie, they could make exclusive games if they choose using new IP.
This could be loopholed though. They could buy some multiplatform IP and just copy a bunch of it, change the (franchise) title, and make it exclusive. They might even close down some newly acquired third parties and create a new studio with them to do just this. That would be quite a lot of time and effort just to make something exclusive, so odds are it wouldn't happen very often, due to it being an old IP seen as brand new IP by consumers, so it's something you probably wouldn't really have to worry about much.
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Id go for this. All 3rd party games should come to PC day and date. No more of sonys way of keeping things away for 6 months to a year from pc. And they should all come to other consoles too.
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As long as a PS console exists, I don't see Sony allowing games to go straight to PC right away. They'll likely always have some sort of launch date separation between platforms. As long as the wait isn't too long, then I don't see the problem if the games are ported well and are worth it.
I think this actually works, because even when it comes to who owns what prior third parties, they all will have to play relatively nicely with sharing games between platforms and how much they charge each other or it could get messy quick.
It would also force MS to get serious for once about new in house IP. They've been seriously lacking that for a long time. There wouldn't be much Sony could buy and keep as exclusive either.
