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Legend11 on 29 August 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
leatherhat said:

Honestly, square enix is MS best bet for exclusive games.


Square Enix giving Microsoft quality exclusives? Excuse me if I laugh too hard. Microsoft will have to pay them up the yin yang where as Sony pays nothing much like most of whats been happening this gen. Microsofts had to pay for a lot of titles in the past two years where as Sony pays nothing.

Sony has also paid for all those games that Microsoft paid for.  Except instead of money they paid for it in lost marketshare.



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MakeAmazing on 29 August 2010

I dont think its going to happen too much in 2011, just because of the amount of money you would have to pay for a successful franchise to go single platform only. Someone in this thread mentioned something like GTA or Bioshock, if we said that the publishers would expect to sell at least a few million on each platform (under selling it here but keep with me), take that cost and we are talking ALOT of cash (50 million per game perhaps). So do i expect it to happen with a mega game. Nope. I think MS has learnt from the GTA experiment that, that money could have been better spent on a few studios. 

Best bet are smaller publishers where you can finance their game for 5-10 million.

I think the way both Sony and MS have started to go, with game Extras, will be what they will do, Sony and its HD line and MS with the Dead Rising 2 prequel are examples of that. I expect to see lots more of this next year, and Sony will really push the HD line (They should pay Rockstar to do a HD version of GTA1,2,3 etc).



S.T.A.G.E. on 29 August 2010
Legend11 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
leatherhat said:

Honestly, square enix is MS best bet for exclusive games.


Square Enix giving Microsoft quality exclusives? Excuse me if I laugh too hard. Microsoft will have to pay them up the yin yang where as Sony pays nothing much like most of whats been happening this gen. Microsofts had to pay for a lot of titles in the past two years where as Sony pays nothing.

Sony has also paid for all those games that Microsoft paid for.  Except instead of money they paid for it in lost marketshare.


What about Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and others? Microsoft basically paid for its development (Namco admitted it) and a lot of Japanese titles that Microsoft paid for timed exclusivity to Sony. All of the games turned out superior. It was like a handful of games in 2009.



M.U.G.E.N on 29 August 2010
huaxiong90 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

xcom? damn am I the only one who saw that game? :S

I already have a rotten taste in my mouth because that series has been turned into an FPS.


yeah I know exactly what you mean...while it looks interesting something tells me it will be meh.. :P reason why I don't care if it stays console exclusive to the 360



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Lyrikalstylez on 29 August 2010

FINAL FANTASY 13 VERSUS



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huaxiong90 on 29 August 2010
Lyrikalstylez said:

FINAL FANTASY 13 VERSUS

Pffft, you just want to see some meltdowns.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 29 August 2010
huaxiong90 said:
Lyrikalstylez said:

FINAL FANTASY 13 VERSUS

Pffft, you just want to see some meltdowns.


Nomura wouldn't dare. He got bitched out by PS3 FF fanboys for even responding or blinking in the direct of a multiplat Versus. 



leatherhat on 29 August 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
leatherhat said:

Honestly, square enix is MS best bet for exclusive games.


Square Enix giving Microsoft quality exclusives? Excuse me if I laugh too hard. Microsoft will have to pay them up the yin yang where as Sony pays nothing much like most of whats been happening this gen. Microsofts had to pay for a lot of titles in the past two years where as Sony pays nothing.


I never said anything about quality



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huaxiong90 on 29 August 2010
M.U.G.E.N said:
huaxiong90 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

xcom? damn am I the only one who saw that game? :S

I already have a rotten taste in my mouth because that series has been turned into an FPS.


yeah I know exactly what you mean...while it looks interesting something tells me it will be meh.. :P reason why I don't care if it stays console exclusive to the 360

Exclusivity isn't an issue for me, I support all platforms. It's just the first three games were some of the most groundbreaking strategy games I've ever played. Ever since, it's gone downhill due to the changes in gameplay. This pretty much takes the cake.



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huaxiong90 on 29 August 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
huaxiong90 said:
Lyrikalstylez said:

FINAL FANTASY 13 VERSUS

Pffft, you just want to see some meltdowns.


Nomura wouldn't dare. He got bitched out by PS3 FF fanboys for even responding or blinking in the direct of a multiplat Versus. 

Yeah, it's a very controversial topic indeed.



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