d21lewis said: It'll have the power, that's for sure. But will third parties want to risk upsetting the market leader? |
Sony being the market leader doesn't mean jack shit, lmao. If a company wants to make the best version of a multiplat on Scorpio now, the fuck could Sony do if they didn't like it. Threaten them to not have their game release on PS4? Then they just lost a game for their own console and will also gain horrible rep for that once that were to become public. They have no power to do anything against that even if it upsets them.
Do you really think if a developer is creating a game and wants to make the best version on Scorpio because of it's power that they're gonna stop and even consider "Oh man but w-what if Sony doesn't like this? On second thought, let's not make the best version on Scorpio.".......
You're making it sound like Sony is sitting on a throne or something when they're not, lol. They're the same as the other big 2, they just happen to be in the lead currently, which switches all the time, just like how Nintendo was in the lead last gen and you didn't see developers going "Oh but what if we don't release a port to the Wii, what if we upset Nintendo".
I highly doubt any company would give a fuck if Sony were angry at them for having the better multiplat on Scorpio since you could also say that what if Microsoft doesn't like a lot of these third party marketing deals going to Sony? Companies wouldn't give a fuck about if Microsoft didn't like that either (Not saying that they don't like that, just using that as a hypothetical example) because they aren't in the industry to just appease one specific company or whichever is currently on top lol. They do what is best sense business-wise, not out of 'risk of upsetting the current market leader'.
Even if a company is on top (Sony currently) in the industry in terms of marketshare or sales it doesn't mean they have any control and can force developers to do stuff or that developers have to listen to what they want or they dare to 'upset them'. They are still literally just one company in this whole industry. If Sony doesn't like that a developer is putting the best version of a multiplat on Scorpio and it upsets them then that developer can just say "alright, i'll go over to Nintendo or Microsoft then".
If Sony is upset that Microsoft may get the best versions of multiplats on Scorpio from now on then they just have to suck it up and deal with it like any other company. They don't get a special say just because they're the current market leader.