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Booh! on 15 May 2011
themanwithnoname said:
Booh! said:
Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:

They just shared some of their knowledge and gave technical support for free. I think that Sony is against the policy of paying something for extra contents or timed exclusives.

Oh... this explains the other thread.

Though no... they aren't. 

All they've ever done is occasionally take shots and MS for having more overt "paying" for exclusives.


IE offering real money, vs discounts on liscensing fees, advertising support and the like.

Sony has been buying exclusives since FF7.

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

They paid to keep GTA off the Xbox for years.


GTA III was released on playstation 2 before the xbox was released.

Vice city was built upon GTA III, so it was readily available on ps2 and later ported to the xbox alongside GTA III when the engine was ready.



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non-gravity on 15 May 2011

In the case of L.A. Noire the lead guy worked on the Getaway games for Sony and L.A. Noire was once to be published by Sony, but because it was such a mess dropped it. After which Rockstar picked the project up.

 

I really hope Sony isn't paying for exclusive content though. Dead Space Extraction is on PSN as well and just seems a good idead to put on DS2's bluray. 

Mortal Kombat has Kratos and if anything Warner Bros should be paying Sony.

Portal 2 has Steam which is just a cool thing for Valve to do and isn't possible on 360.

 

AC Brotherhood and Batman Arkham Asylum have exclusive content as well. I hope it's just because of good relation between Sony and the publishers.



Kasz216 on 15 May 2011
Booh! said:
Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:

They just shared some of their knowledge and gave technical support for free. I think that Sony is against the policy of paying something for extra contents or timed exclusives.

Oh... this explains the other thread.

Though no... they aren't. 

All they've ever done is occasionally take shots and MS for having more overt "paying" for exclusives.


IE offering real money, vs discounts on liscensing fees, advertising support and the like.

Sony has been buying exclusives since FF7.

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

A) Look at the PS1 publisher. (It's sony in the west... ever wonder why?) 

B) Sega Dreamcast.  It could of been ported to the Dreamcast eaisly. 

C) Sony spent millions of dollars advertising FF7 for square and also picked up a bunch "rights of first refusal" for other planned games.   Final Fantasy Tactics, Bushido Blade and something else.... in the deal.



dpak1170 on 15 May 2011

Because they make the best games and PS3 is better than any console on the planet



NiKKoM on 15 May 2011
Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

A) Look at the publisher. (It's sony in the west.) 

B) Sega Dreamcast.  It could of been ported to the Dreamcast eaisly. 

C) Sony spent millions of dollars advertising FF7 for square and also picked up a bunch "rights of first refusal" for other planned games.   Final Fantasy Tactics, Bushido Blade and something else.... in the deal.

Saturn... it was the saturn.. and the head of Sega was BFF with the head of Squaresoft back then.. many expected they would switch from the N64 to the Saturn also because it was the leading console in Japan...

Don't forget Sony waved away the extra costs for 3 discs...



 

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Kasz216 on 15 May 2011
NiKKoM said:
Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

A) Look at the publisher. (It's sony in the west.) 

B) Sega Dreamcast.  It could of been ported to the Dreamcast eaisly. 

C) Sony spent millions of dollars advertising FF7 for square and also picked up a bunch "rights of first refusal" for other planned games.   Final Fantasy Tactics, Bushido Blade and something else.... in the deal.

Saturn... it was the saturn.. and the head of Sega was BFF with the head of Squaresoft back then.. many expected they would switch from the N64 to the Saturn also because it was the leading console in Japan...

Don't forget Sony waved away the extra costs for 3 discs...

Yeah.  Saturn my bad... which was EXTREMLY popular in Japan.

It really was the logical choice... Disc drive, pedigree, best friend...

to say Sony didn't game for FF7 is really if anything disrespecting Sony.

It was a smart buisness move.

Heck it's why I bought a PS1. (Though Front Mission 3, Tactics Ogre and FFT are what justfied that purchase.)



themanwithnoname on 15 May 2011
Booh! said:
themanwithnoname said:
Booh! said:
Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:

They just shared some of their knowledge and gave technical support for free. I think that Sony is against the policy of paying something for extra contents or timed exclusives.

Oh... this explains the other thread.

Though no... they aren't. 

All they've ever done is occasionally take shots and MS for having more overt "paying" for exclusives.


IE offering real money, vs discounts on liscensing fees, advertising support and the like.

Sony has been buying exclusives since FF7.

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

They paid to keep GTA off the Xbox for years.


GTA III was released on playstation 2 before the xbox was released.

Vice city was built upon GTA III, so it was readily available on ps2 and later ported to the xbox alongside GTA III when the engine was ready.

 

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/277628/news/playstation-exclusive-gta-deal-was-remarkably-cheap/



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Kasz216 on 15 May 2011
themanwithnoname said:
Booh! said:
themanwithnoname said:
Booh! said:

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

They paid to keep GTA off the Xbox for years.


GTA III was released on playstation 2 before the xbox was released.

Vice city was built upon GTA III, so it was readily available on ps2 and later ported to the xbox alongside GTA III when the engine was ready.

 

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/277628/news/playstation-exclusive-gta-deal-was-remarkably-cheap/

Hah, wow.. didn't realize there was still stuff that was this direct around.  They like to hide this stuff now... back in the old days it was a sign of pride.  Doing well "for your team" and all that BS.



xinstantnoodlez on 15 May 2011

microsoft gets timed exclusivity on COD games....they don't need anything else unlike sony



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Booh! on 15 May 2011
Kasz216 said:
NiKKoM said:
Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:

For sure they didn't buy FF7. Besides the fact that it was ported to pc, at the time the only capable console for such a game was the playstation.

A) Look at the publisher. (It's sony in the west.) 

B) Sega Dreamcast.  It could of been ported to the Dreamcast eaisly. 

C) Sony spent millions of dollars advertising FF7 for square and also picked up a bunch "rights of first refusal" for other planned games.   Final Fantasy Tactics, Bushido Blade and something else.... in the deal.

Saturn... it was the saturn.. and the head of Sega was BFF with the head of Squaresoft back then.. many expected they would switch from the N64 to the Saturn also because it was the leading console in Japan...

Don't forget Sony waved away the extra costs for 3 discs...

Yeah.  Saturn my bad... which was EXTREMLY popular in Japan.

It really was the logical choice... Disc drive, pedigree, best friend...

Very poor 3d capabilities. No relations between Sega and Square. Relations between Square and Sega archrival Nintendo. Four times the install base in just Japan.

Yeah, very logical. Especially making a 3d game on the worst 3d capable system.