Take a quick glance at the Xbox One’s lineup, and you’ll see timed exclusive content coming out of the console’s ears. Microsoft has partnered with titles such as Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, and Call of Duty: Ghosts, whereas Sony has been a little quieter in this department. That doesn’t mean that it’s not out striking deals, though – it just prefers to join forces on games that are “new and fresh”.

“We’ve carefully selected titles where we feel that it’s appropriate to partner with a third party,” SCEE president Jim Ryan told the Metro in an alarmingly candid interview. “We are partnering with Activision on Destiny. This is a new intellectual property from Bungie, and there’s gonna be stuff that is exclusive to PlayStation for a window of time.”

He added: “Destiny isn’t a launch title, but it’s pretty much an exact offset to what Activision is doing with Microsoft [on Call of Duty]. And I would argue that as a new IP coming from Bungie, I would rather be in a position of having a long-term relationship with Activision on Destiny than on Call of Duty, which has obviously been around for a very long time.”

Ryan continued that the platform holder’s association with new releases like Watch Dogs evidence its commitment to original brands. “Destiny is a new IP on this gen, as is Watch Dogs,” he stressed. “We feel that it’s preferable, if possible, to tie these sorts of deals in with stuff that’s new and a bit fresh.”

How do you feel about Sony banking on unproven third-party franchises? It certainly fits the manufacturer’s ethos, but Microsoft does have a lot of huge names on its side. Do these co-marketing deals ever sway your purchasing intent anyway? Have you ever purchased a game on a specific platform due to exclusive content? Let us know in the comments section below.

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2013/08/sony_prefers_to_partner_with_third_party_titles_that_are_new_and_fresh

This explains why they went all out and got exclusive content for Assassin's Creed 4, then.

Fanboy article with very selective examples

aka MS was faster with CoD so we only had Destiny left...

Titanfall is somekind new too like Destiny.

so did any one else only care that he said the content was only on ps for a limited time? if so then no reason to be jealous of them lol

AKA CoD, Fifa and Battlefield are too expensive.

I though that was because Sony can't afford to pay for "AAA" exclusives like MS can.

Your spins just never end.

This.

The article mentions Destiny, but it completely glosses over Titanfall.  Destiny was a given on the Xbox One, we knew this long before we ever saw the game or knew the name of it due to the issues between Activision and the guys behind Titanfall.  Titanfall, while most likely on the PS4, has no guarantee to be on the console or when it will be or whether it'll offer the same features.

Most of the third-party content shown by either console manufacturer has been a timed-exclusive.  People need to be VERY careful about making a big thing out of timed-exclusives.  They are nice, certainly, but in the long run they become meaningless.