Sony doesnt have the cash to buy exclusives - SCEA President

[radd]

it comes from the mouth of the horse

Speaking to the concept of paying third parties for exclusives, Tretton said that Sony has "invested so much money in the [PS3] hardware" that it simply "can't write checks for exclusive software."

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/sony-disappointed-by-ffxiii-for-360-announcement/

already conceding MGS4? brace for more shocks!

 

[Chandoo]

Echoing statements made by Sony Worlwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida prior to E3, Tretton said that Sony's is more focused on exclusive titles from its own teams.

and they're doing a better job of it then ever before, in this generation third party exclusives are near impossible to get so its smart beefing up your first party.

 

[ahmadka]

^^^ tit for tat

 

[BeLoShI]

They wont budge on 3rd party exclusives. In a way they are right. Sticking to first party exclusive is what their USP and even a big Money in Pocket. That not a bad thing that's simply a Strategic move

 

[Dawg Of War]

Oh thanx jackie i was almost abt to buy a ps3 for mgs4 bt where is the money being spent?Apparently MMOs.

 

[devilscallmedad]

Its not like sony is the only one. What big third party exclusives does the 360 or wii have ? Yeah none.

 

[Shyber]

LOL. Kangaal party. Hahahahaha.

What I know is, thanks to the 360's b**chslapping on the PS3, Sony has matured into a very good first party - in league with the best, I have to say.

 

[Raptorian]

Its not like sony is the only one. What big third party exclusives does the 360 or wii have ? Yeah none.

WHAT?

Tales of Vesperia [Namco Bandai]
Infinite Undiscovery [Square Enix]
Left 4 Dead [EA, Valve] - Shared with PC
The Last Remnant [Square Enix] - Timed exclusive
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 [EA] - Shared with PC
Portal: Still Alive [Microsoft, Valve]
Star Ocean: The Last Hope [Square Enix]
Rock Band 2 [EA] - 60 days timed exclusive
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: ConViction [Ubisoft] - Shared with PC

All of these are BIG exclusives. Timed exclusives = bigger sales. Shared with PC? No problem, except Red Alert 3, 360 copies will sell more than PC versions.

 

[Chandoo]

FFXIII on any one of either PS3 or 360 will sell more copies then all those above combined (excluding rock band)

 

[CerebralTiger]

A 60 day timed exclusive Rock Band 2 isn't going to make ps3-only owners go out and get a 360....but yeah, Left 4 Dead and the slew of exclusive RPGs is something that can be considered 'BIG' for MS' platform (not counting Red Alert 3, since it'll make a much bigger impact on PC)...on the other hand, Valkyrie Chronicles looks like it'll be a great 3rd party exclusive RPG for the ps3....and if, due to some miracle, White Knight Chronicles is also released this year, then things could get stable for the platform

 

[devilscallmedad]

Raptoria your "list" is lol worthy. Timed exclusive don't mean jack shit, and none of the games you mentioned are big*, big third party exclsuives would be BIG games like MGS4, Tekken 6, Resident Evil 5, FF13.

* Other then Rock Band 2, none of these games are even going to come near 1 million units sold on the 360.

 

[CerebralTiger]

^You're right about that....though, I've got a bad feeling about Tekken 6....the fact that Namco and Sony are absolutely silent about the ps3 port, even though the arcade version's been out for quite some time, means something is fishy....imagine, the horror of playing a Tekken game with the 360 controller....*cries*

 

[Chandoo]

they're only silent about the console port because they have soul caliber to release right now, other then that even the tekken 6 arcade board is made out of the same cell board the ps3 is.

 

[devilscallmedad]

I've got a bad feeling about Tekken 6

Tekken 6 going multiplat is a guarantee at this point, at most its a timed PS3 exclusive.

 

[Raptorian]

I completely agree there with you devil that these exclusives are no where going to sell as good as BIGGER ones but do you buy a game depending on it's sales numbers?

Sure these games are not bigger 360 guns but ALL of these games are from ultra hi quality developers and all of them are already amazing the critics.

Atleast, don't call them lol worthy

 

[Adnan959]

They have their own Game Development Studios. USE THEM!

 

[devilscallmedad]

The list is lol worthy because every system has these minor exclusives, timed exclusives on the top of my head for 2008 PS3 has Haze, MGS4, Yakauza 3, Tekken 6, Valkyira Chronicles, Disgea 3 all of them REAL exclsuives ( atleast uptill now ) and some of them pretty big ( MGS4, Tekken 6, Yakuza 3 ). Infact now that i think about, even after it has lost so much PS3 is still kind of third party exclusive king.

 

[Raptorian]

You don't give up, do you? Nobody does. Ah never mind. Stay frosty. Why so seriouS?

 

[Muaaz]

Am I seeing right ? DCMD defending SONY ??? Woah !!!

 

[Chandoo]

i talked some sense into him over pillow talk last night