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Kantor on 12 March 2009

Lol.

No platforms confirmed = 360 timed exclusive? This is almost as bad as that whole MGS4 on 360 debacle.

For all we know, it could be on DS, or PSP, or Wii. Maybe they are just being mysterious to attract publicity. Even if they did decide it would be 360 timed exclusive, it would show up as "Platforms: PC, 360, PS3". Like The Last Remnant. So TBA is far more likely to mean a Wii or portable version.

And judging by BioShock PS3's sales, I'm not sure they'd want to chuck away money like that again.



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SpartanFX on 12 March 2009

after the TT financial statment i think we might see a Wii and a DS version on top of PS3,360 and PC.

they are losing alot of money.and engine is now working on PS3 (unlike bioshock 1)


so it will be a very bad decision on their part.if the PS3 version sells 600K in the first 6 months,that's around 30 million extra revenue for TT. so MS should cough up around 30-40 million to keep it timed exclusive.you also have to remember that bioshock is no GTA4 in selling power.



 

 

 

WereKitten on 12 March 2009
SHMUPGurus said:

Still, you can't deny that they allowed 360-only owners to be able to play games such as Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto IV, Final Fantasy XIII, Tekken 6, etc.

Also, think about XBLA, the XNA, etc. Amazing services that allow games like Braid and R-Type Dimensions to exist.

PS3-only owners have no right to complain, they still get the games anyway! Internal affairs are what they are. Power to the consumers prevail in the end.

I see a big difference between paying so that what was once an exclusive is extended to their platform (it helps their hardware sales and makes happy their customers) vs paying for exclusivity of some content (it helps their hardware sales, it doesn' add squat for their customers).

The first is akin to financing r&d, you're paying so that something is built. Every gamer's happy save for the chronically insecure that loses a bragging right.

The second is akin to paying retailers so that they don't sell games for the competitor's platform. A purely commercial operation, the gamers' community loses, save again for the chronically insecure that gains a bragging right.

I'm a gamer, I'm not a fanboy, I know which of these operations I like and which I don't.

 



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Kantor on 12 March 2009
SHMUPGurus said:
Jo21 said:
Garnett said:

@Phoenix_Wiight Well they care about there gamers.

 

 

microsoft?! *facepalm*

they want to monopolize everything, god forbids microsoft winning a war they would get third party locked (dont permit multiplatforms) and releases the lowest quality hardware they can to make profits.

the day xbox live it's free and microsoft start making high quality hardware it's the day i change my point of view with them.

but it looks like they will go on a deal with bioshock 2, so i will have to play it on PC like i did with the first one.

Still, you can't deny that they allowed 360-only owners to be able to play games such as Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto IV, Final Fantasy XIII, Tekken 6, etc.

Also, think about XBLA, the XNA, etc. Amazing services that allow games like Braid and R-Type Dimensions to exist.

PS3-only owners have no right to complain, they still get the games anyway! Internal affairs are what they are. Power to the consumers prevail in the end.

Unfortunately, we often get a crappy, inferior version of the game (cough RE5).

It's no secret that exclusives run a lot better on the PS3 than multiplats, in general. Compare MGS4 to Fallout 3.



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arsenicazure on 12 March 2009

as a gamer this is pants.. but as a corporate boffin it would maketh sense.. DLC doesnt help sales much.. timed exclusive is A much better idea.. highest bidder wins!



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twesterm on 12 March 2009

Why are you people taking this so seriously?

IT IS A BLOG POST

It's the same exact thing if a random user on this site made a thread saying the same exact thing.



 

twesterm on 12 March 2009

And since this is nothing more than a blog post and not actual news, you might as well just take it here:
http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=63416