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swii26 on 06 October 2013

Sounds like he is tryin to convince developers that its in their interest to go multiplatform. Can this be a strategy to get more devs onboard by getting a once exclusive title ported over to PS4/V?



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Xen on 06 October 2013
AIAS said:
Xen said:

Uuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm yeah if you don't have anything good to say then don't say anything at all.

And don't forget to release Infamous SS on XB1 and Wii U while you're at it.


This!

Huh... it's fun to look at posts that you made while drunk... I guess the drunk me has no reading comprehension.



MDMAlliance on 06 October 2013
menx64 said:
He is talking about indies, which is understandable of course.


So then this is about Nintendo?  Because they got quite a bit of indie games coming exclusive to PC and the 3DS/Wii U



the_dengle on 06 October 2013

"Console exclusivity stopped being a good thing when we stopped getting Monster Hunter and GTA exclusives on our handhelds, and Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid exclusives on our consoles."



hiimnew on 06 October 2013

He wants the PS2 era back



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The Fury on 06 October 2013

Well, he's right. The console market is no longer the 1 console dominated fiasco as previous generations. PS1 and PS2 era, they won so convincingly that releasing on them and only them made sense. Come 7th gen, it's evenly split, to maximise profits from a development, you release to as many people as possible, so 200 million people instead of 70million.

For any 3rd party in today's market, indie or not, it would be silly to not release on as many formats as they can, if they want to stay in business. However personal relationships and 'cash' incentives can get in the way. If developers are more successful, they stay in business which means a healthier industry.



Hmm, pie.

Lawlight on 06 October 2013
MDMAlliance said:
menx64 said:
He is talking about indies, which is understandable of course.


So then this is about Nintendo?  Because they got quite a bit of indie games coming exclusive to PC and the 3DS/Wii U

So, they're not exclusive to Nintendo then?



MDMAlliance on 06 October 2013
Lawlight said:
MDMAlliance said:
menx64 said:
He is talking about indies, which is understandable of course.


So then this is about Nintendo?  Because they got quite a bit of indie games coming exclusive to PC and the 3DS/Wii U

So, they're not exclusive to Nintendo then?

Well dis is about consoles, so it is in a way exclusive in terms of console.



Lawlight on 06 October 2013
MDMAlliance said:
Lawlight said:
MDMAlliance said:
menx64 said:
He is talking about indies, which is understandable of course.


So then this is about Nintendo?  Because they got quite a bit of indie games coming exclusive to PC and the 3DS/Wii U

So, they're not exclusive to Nintendo then?

Well dis is about consoles, so it is in a way exclusive in terms of console.


I see... It's not about consoles only (not sure why you said that) but that's ok.

What games are you talking about anyway?



MDMAlliance on 06 October 2013
Lawlight said:
MDMAlliance said:

Well dis is about consoles, so it is in a way exclusive in terms of console.


I see... It's not about consoles only (not sure why you said that) but that's ok.

What games are you talking about anyway?


I was mostly thinking about this since these trailers came out recently:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo/videos?tag_id=UCGIY_O-8vW4rfX98KlMkvRg.3.indiecade&view=46&sort=dd&shelf_index=1

Though I was just making a suggestion, really.  I wasn't actually saying I believed that's what's going on here.