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S.T.A.G.E. on 15 September 2009
Carl2291 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SnakeEyez said:

I wouldn't say that Sony are bad for blackmailing devs to make their version better, I look at it as Sony looking out for consumers. For someone like me, that has only a PS3 (for the moment), and wanting to buy a game like ToV, it sucks that I have to pay full price on a year old port, so the new additions makes the pill easier to swallow.

I am swallowing the pill. I was waiting for TOV and SO4 on the PS3 anyway, but I still dont find it to be fair to MS who essentially funded Sonys demands. Namco must've been scared shitless.

I dont find it fair that MS moneyhatted the game so PS3 owners couldnt play it for a year.

What were Namco supposed to be scared of, exactly?

Ok, so how do you think MS could've achieved sales increases in Japan? Japan is nearly impossible to break if you aren't Japan. Being in the videogame industry its even worse.



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Carl on 15 September 2009
Soriku said:
You're missing out then.

Have you played it?



                            

loy310 on 15 September 2009

Sony looking for it's users and people want to hate, 360 owners have low standers that's why namco ripped them off.



outlawauron on 15 September 2009
Carl2291 said:
Soriku said:
You're missing out then.

Have you played it?

I have!

 

And I agree that you're missing out.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 15 September 2009
loy310 said:
Sony looking for it's users and people want to hate, 360 owners have low standers that's why namco ripped them off.

Lower standards, which is why Microsoft paid for what the PS3 owners will eventually get, correct? 360 owners had no part in Microsofts decision. They only stood to benefit from it and it was only really ever meant for Japan anyway. 360 owners don't have lower standards. If they had lower standards, they wouldn't have upgraded to an HD console at all. If a console has more games is in HD and was at one point cheaper, it is usually the market favorite.



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FinalEvangelion on 15 September 2009
Xxain said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Xxain said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SnakeEyez said:

I wouldn't say that Sony are bad for blackmailing devs to make their version better, I look at it as Sony looking out for consumers. For someone like me, that has only a PS3 (for the moment), and wanting to buy a game like ToV, it sucks that I have to pay full price on a year old port, so the new additions makes the pill easier to swallow.

I am swallowing the pill. I was waiting for TOV and SO4 on the PS3 anyway, but I still dont find it to be fair to MS who essentially funded Sonys demands. Namco must've been scared shitless.

*eyeroll* oh gawd........

What? I would think the same way for Sony if they actually funded a game that Nintendo essentially got with additional stuff for free.

I love the way ur trying paint a picture where NAMCO,the Company that has ripped there fans off over and over again and were attempting to do it again, are innocent and defensively and SONY, the Company that wont allow them to cash in on a quick port, is the big bad Yokai

 

True.  It's not like Namco had to release it on PS3, as in Sony point a gun at them.

 

Company 1 - We're going to give cash handouts although don't expect sales to be high.

 

Company 2 - We have a better install base and reputation with our customers for this particular game, but we can't give extra cash handouts.

 

Apparently, Company 2 is evil here. 

 

So probably Sony said, "If you us to help market the game, put extra content."  I don't see how that is different from "Here is cash for keeping tight-lipped about another version / to add Exclusive DLC."

 

As far as MS deserving more sales in Japan, a company sells what it deserves.  Many American companies are very successful in Japan.  So maybe MS didn't paint a good picture for themselves there - and they have to deal with it.



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Vanversive on 15 September 2009

BS or not I cant blame sony for demanding more stuff. Who would want to pay 60 bucks for a game a year old that's the same on the other console.



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Euphoria14 on 15 September 2009

As I said at first, this policy has been in place for almost 3 years now. It is a policy that essentially benefits PS3 owners if they end up having to deal with the whole stupid "timed exclusive" crap that has been going on this generation.

For almost 3 years people weren't bitching and moaning about it. Now all of a sudden we do.





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Carl on 15 September 2009
Soriku said:
Carl2291 said:
Soriku said:
You're missing out then.

Have you played it?


No...but it is Tales :P Can't be bad and since it has a ton of positive reactions, it's gotta be good.

Well...

I might give it a try one day...



                            

scat398 on 15 September 2009

I agree, this seems to explain why dev's are more interested in working with MS, but being a software company i guess it makes sense.  Sony is going to have to learn to play nice with Dev's or get left out in the cold more often.