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Kasz216 on 15 July 2008
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mrstickball said:
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Leetgeek said:
mrstickball said:
Money is involved when a game goes MP. But it's not the kind of money that's involved in MS moneyhats every time. It's the kind of money a company makes like Ubisoft when Assassain's Creed debuts on the X360 and PS3 at the same time, and sells over 7 million copies worldwide.

Same thing for COD4 - launches on PS3/X360, and sells around 10m copies on those 2 systems. COD4 on just the X360 or PS3 wouldn't of made those kinds of sales.

Multiplatforming between 2 consoles is the new idea of exclusivity it seems. And Xbox 360 fans are the recipients of the goodness :)

This is bigger then AC or DMC4. This was PS3's Halo. This was PS3's Zelda.

 

And unlike Halo, or Zelda, the PS3 cannot move 6m+ copies of any given game to justify exclusivity by a 3rd party. So again, thats why such a hard business decision had to be made by SE. Look at the largest exclusive to the PS3: MGS4. How many copies has it sold again? Just hit 2 million after 2 weeks and rapidly falling? Do you think Square, a company that has (most likely invested) TWICE into FFXIII as MGS4 would want to follow a similar operating model as Konami? No. I don't think so.

And look at it this way: every copy that XIII sells on the 360 is (most likely) not a copy that Square would of sold otherwise. The X360 is an additional source of income, not a replacement, not a trade-off. If Square sells 2 million, or 3 million copies on the 360 (which is where I'd put it at, ATM), thats going to be anywhere from $60 million to $90 million of extra profits for Square to bank on other games.

 

Twice would be kinda scary.  What with MGS4 needing 1 million copies sold opening day because of high development costs. (presumibly to be on the right curve for profit making.)

Then again 2 Million is safe to count on... probably.  I mean, the game has to do 2-3 million lifetime in japan.  I'd think... despite the massive userbase loss from the PS2 era.  Maybe not though.  Still the rest of the regions would get it their i'd think.