Sony is not “gobbling up third-party exclusives, it’s buying them - MS
Sony has been expanding relations with third-party publishers left and right, leading to co-marketing promotions, exclusive in-game content, and other benefits to PlayStation 4 owners. This has led some to believe that third-parties are the ones chasing Sony for exclusives, given their market share.
Not the case, according to head of Xbox Phil Spencer. “So, they [Sony] don’t ‘gobble’ the deals up. They buy them,” Spencer told Gamespot in an answer to whether or not it’s harder for Xbox to get third-party content.
“You know, I read the same things you do, and I know some people think it’s somehow less expensive to sign third-party exclusives if you have a bigger market-share. I can tell you, it has nothing to do with market share.”
Spencer added that making deals with third-parties mean different things to different publishers, as they are the ones that get to determine the market value of their games.
He also reiterated earlier comments that Microsoft is investing more and focusing more on first-party IPs, new or otherwise. Which, as he puts it, is “creatively more difficult” than signing deals.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/08/06/sony-is-not-gobbling-up-third-party-exclusives-its-buying-them-says-phil-spencer/
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ProPosted:
UZl As long as they bring in more exclusive, im good.
But i can see how dificult it must be for MS.
I know man
I also dont really mind as long as they get more exclusives.
MickersPosted:
-Kurumu- I dont know if this is good or bad
Well microsoft are not paying for eclusives like sony are.
OGPosted:
As long as they bring in more exclusive, im good.
But i can see how dificult it must be for MS.
But i can see how dificult it must be for MS.
JRMHPosted:
I figured this was common sense... Both consoles are essentially identical... I'm not a pcmr homo, but they're both equally sh/tty consoles.
yo2434Posted:
BackboneStonerzardTURB0_Skittle IMO Microsoft have a huge advantage over Sony just due to the backwards compatibility.
Exactly and i think someone at PS said that PS4 will not be able to do it.
But PlayStation is getting PS Now, and imo that's better than backward compatibility.
A separate cloud service that allows users to pay to play a selection of games from PS3 is not better than simply playing an old gen game as if it were for new gen as proper backwards compatibility does..
not to mention any spikes in internet or anything should degrade the psnow experience...
PinkRibbonPosted:
Well, Most third party items do fail, So I mean I would agree with Sony to not gobble up third party exclusives.
BackbonePosted:
StonerzardTURB0_Skittle IMO Microsoft have a huge advantage over Sony just due to the backwards compatibility.
Exactly and i think someone at PS said that PS4 will not be able to do it.
But PlayStation is getting PS Now, and imo that's better than backward compatibility.
A separate cloud service that allows users to pay to play a selection of games from PS3 is not better than simply playing an old gen game as if it were for new gen as proper backwards compatibility does..
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