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crissindahouse on 05 December 2014
true_fan said:
Am i the only person that doesn't mind console exclusivity. It's a business these companies are going to fight over deals, and the main point is to keep a game off a competing console. PC is not competition to any console, hence the ps4/pc combo, or the Xb1/ps combo for ryse and dr3. I'm almost positive the timed exclusivity of Tomb Raider is for the PC version, Read this quote by Phil Spencer, does this sound like a another console version is coming to consoles.

Now, obviously if I'm going to partner on it, I'm a platform holder, I'm hardly going to invest to go make the PlayStation version of any game. It is a business. So when we go invest with a partner on a big franchise, we're going to come with certain needs we have out of the relationship.

In terms of Street Fighter 5, is sounds like Capcom went from not having enough money, to having enough money, insert sony. I'm sure if sony spent some money the game is not coming to XB1

If MS and Sony both buy ten games the they can also just not buy any of them. These games would still release then (just talking about those which are only "bought away" and not financed) and they could rather invest more money in new games. 

Sony paying for SF means some will buy a PS4 instead of an XBO and vice versa the same with Tomb Raider. In the end it is like a "I steal you 500k sales with my deal but you get 500k sales with your deal" and nobody wins...



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AZWification on 05 December 2014
Goatseye said:

Has anyone seen S.T.A.G.E? He should give us a lecture on how moneyhatting and keeping away multi-plat games from other platforms are bad.

He has been banned for a while now!



                
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SweetTalia on 05 December 2014
shikamaru317 said:

Ok, something is definitely up. The article that VGC just posted for PS4 Black Friday numbers says it sold over 720k in the US this week, yet the hardware numbers they have on the front page say PS4 sold 592k in North America this week. Typo I guess. I'm guessing the 592k is supposed to be for Xbox One, while the 759k is supposed to be for PS4. 

No. I  think they  meant xbox one



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Spade on 05 December 2014

Great X1 numbers, PS4 doing great as usual as well!!!!!!!!!



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gooch_destroyer on 05 December 2014
JayWood2010 said:
GTAexpert said:


Neither will badly be effected.  Microsoft is publishing Tomb Raider and helping in developement.  Square Enix was not happy with the original in terms of sales.  MSFT took lead and likely eased the decision of making Tomb Raider and making it more cost efficient.

Street Fighter V also did not have the budget.  Capcom especially is in trouble.   However Sony doesnt appear to be publishing it (at this moment) so im assuming Sony didnt take complete control.  

However theyre both going to miss out on sales, though i expect both will be timed console exclusives as well.  I really dont find it a bad move in either case, smart in fact


One of the Neogaf mods said that Square Didn't need help.



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crissindahouse on 05 December 2014
gooch_destroyer said:
JayWood2010 said:
GTAexpert said:


Neither will badly be effected.  Microsoft is publishing Tomb Raider and helping in developement.  Square Enix was not happy with the original in terms of sales.  MSFT took lead and likely eased the decision of making Tomb Raider and making it more cost efficient.

Street Fighter V also did not have the budget.  Capcom especially is in trouble.   However Sony doesnt appear to be publishing it (at this moment) so im assuming Sony didnt take complete control.  

However theyre both going to miss out on sales, though i expect both will be timed console exclusives as well.  I really dont find it a bad move in either case, smart in fact


One of the Neogaf mods said that Square Didn't need help.

I doubt that the Neogaf mod knows every little detail about how MS will help the development of the game (if it is about more money to be invested in it, better support or whatever). I mean, if as example Square would invest 50m in a new Tomb Raider but now they can invest 60m it's also "helping".



true_fan on 05 December 2014

According to VG, XB1 cut the ps4 lead in the US by 382,459, I think this was a very good month to jump start XB1 retaking the US. Hopefully MSFT keeps the momentum rolling throughout December with another Sunset Overdrive bundle and potential Halo MCC bundle advertising Halo 5.

Also that XB1 Unity bundle has been #1 on Amazon US, for 6 straight days, that is defintiely a good start to December.



GamechaserBE on 05 December 2014

It is nice to see how Sony is treating gamers, now what is MS answer?




GTAexpert on 05 December 2014
GamechaserBE said:

It is nice to see how Sony is treating gamers, now what is MS answer?

Who is Aaron Greenberg? Anyway it was MS who started this and rather many years ago with two timed exclusive DLC's for GTA IV and even this year they continued this with ROTTR, so its even.



crissindahouse on 05 December 2014
GamechaserBE said:

It is nice to see how Sony is treating gamers, now what is MS answer?

yeah because Sony is known to be always so nice to the competiton. Are you for real? I mean, in the last months it wasn't hard to see in this thread that you praise Sony every day for like everything but common, your "everything MS does is bad and everythiing Sony does is awesome" is starting to get annoying in this thread. 

I hope i got it right that you criticize MS for this? Maybe I'm totally wrong lol. 

Both companies are known to be not the nicest to each other.