@solid-stark i stand corrected
Some stuff is paid for - other stuff isn't.
Take Dead Space extraction coming with DS2 for PS3 -- that was defiently paid for, probably in the form of reduced lisencing fees.
L.A Noire content though was not paid for, the developers already said all the pre-order bonuses were originally intended to be on the disk -- it was space constraints that meant that wasn't possible and so Rockstar opted to use the content to make a little extra money. I expect the PS3 exclusive content is because of a difference in licensing costs between M$ and Sony (M$ charge a little extra for 2 disks, a fair bit extra for 3 discs, an insane amount extra for 4 discs and 5 discs makes it not worth releasing the game).
Portal 2 content was not paid for, SONY merely let Valve use Steamworks on PSN, Microsoft wouldn't allow this and so Valve gave PS3 owners some extra content -- though keep in mind the extra content is promoting the PC version of the game.
Was FF7 paid for when it was released? As far as i am aware SquareSoft was upset with Nintendo and SONY was either about to or had recently bought ~20% of SquareSoft... therefore i would say SONY 'paid' for the PS1 FF games.
| Shinobi-san said: I dont think they paid for any of it...in the true sense of paying if u know what i mean. I see it more as strategic partnerships and maybe with a few perks here and there for both parties. Kratos in mortal kombat is just a win win situation for both Sony and MK publisher. Kratos has a huge fanbase, more so than MK if u look at it sales wise, so kratos definately sold a few copies. And Sony in turn gets some exclusive content. Midway (not sure if they are the devs for MK??) said they wanted an exclusive character for xbox as well but im not sure what happed there? maybe MS wanted them to pay to use one of their characters...and maybe Sony gave Kratos for free in turn for an exclusive demo? u never know. L.A Noire i think this is kinda obvious. Sony was the publisher for L.A noire for about a year i think? not sure. And the main guy at the L.A Noire dev said they opted to change publisher (basing this on the recent interview). So in return for changing publisher plus the incured costs for that initial time as the publisher...sony requested exclusive content or something like that. Portal...well who knows. I really have no clue here. but again i dont think Sony paid for it. There was a speific point in time when gabe newell had a change in attitude towards the ps3, round about the time wen the ps3 started seeing really good sales. So probably to create a better reputation amongst ps3 gamers, he appeared at e3 and gave exclusive content maybe just to avoid portal boycott sales from crazy ps3 fanboys. Again nothing seems obvious here to me....sony might have actually paid for that change in heart from Gabe ;). Im going with my first idea cos im a Sony fan :P Dead space free extraction game. Hmmm seems obvious to me, kinda fits in with the move perfectly and plus they are selling it on psn. EA and Son do have a close relationship in general (most of the time). I think these cases are different from the exclusive assassins creed add campaigns...which i think Sony pays actual money for or something resulting in reduced costs for ubisoft ;) |
Gabe's opinion with the PS3 hasn't really changes so much as his frustration with the 360 increased due to Microsoft's ridiculious overcontrolling of live preventing TF2 updates.
I'm not sure if Sony owned a share in Square back then. While the Saturn was more popular in Japan at the time of FF7's release, it was possible that Sega wasn't planning on releasing it outside of Japan until they saw how it did first (maybe Sega was on a decline with the whole Sega CD/32X stuff not being too hot). Someone said that Square just moved into a new HQ, so maybe they didn't have enough money to publish the game outside of Japan, which prompted Sony to step in and offer Square they would publish it outside of Japan?
As for Extraction, I don't believe it sold too well on the Wii and maybe they wanted to recuperate some sales by porting it to the PS3, since the Move makes sense with that game. Why did they include it for free with retail copies? Maybe Sony offered some incentive (cheaper costs for licensing) for EA, with whom they already have a good relationship. Extraction is on sale on PSN for $15 anyways, although EA didn't do the same thing with Medal of Honor: Frontline (free with every copy of MoH).
LA Noire has been talked about and Netherrealm Studios has mentioned they wanted a 360 exclusive character for Mortal Kombat, but something happened that made them forget that.
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