Frankly, coupled with the arrogance on Sony’s part in creating a “not a games machine” that’s a bitch to develop for (negating a major advantage they had in the last generation) and the fact that it was only a matter of time that other console-makers (MS) got wise to the act of sponging from these same third parties…it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Never should’ve relied so much on third party exclusvity as a marketing plan in the first place – it’s not good business.

What I find funny is how narrow-minded some of you fanboys are too

Us fanboys, too? We’re not biased. If we are, explain this and this.

Don’t blame us for Sony’s constant verbal diarrhea. What do you expect us to do? Look the other way?

What I find funny is how narrow-minded some of you fanboys are too. Who cares if Microsoft funds DLC or goes after 3rd party exclusives? Same with who cares if Sony funds Killzone 2 or Little Big Planet. It’s games we play, we have no making in their decisions. We are not employees, so stop acting like it. I enjoy Killzone 2 and I enjoy GTA IV exclusive content.

Also why mention the PC when talking Xbox 360 exclusives? How does that help PS3 owners? When we see a game like Bioshock that’s also on the PC sell well over a million copies on the Xbox 360 and then we see Killzone 2 sell only a million copies what relevance are people trying to make? We wouldn’t be seeing PC games on consoles if there wasn’t a demand and we wouldn’t be seeing shooters like Killzone 2 on a console if there wasn’t a demand.

If not, the X360 exclusives are even higher!

“You made an incorrect statement. You said that Sony won’t pay for 3rd party exclusives, which is true, but when the hell have they ever not assisted in development?”

Jack Tretton – 7/3/2007
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/sonys-jack-tretton-we-dont-buy-exclusivity/

“Yeah, ‘fewer exclusives’ is a term, and I don’t know what makes an exclusive,” says Tretton. “We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors. We don’t buy exclusivity. We don’t fund development. We don’t, for the lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform.”

See that big line in the middle? “WE DON’T FUND DEVELOPMENT”?

So, let’s play make believe for a moment. Pretend you’re a developer and you have two hardware platforms you could support. One hardware manufacturer says “Sorry, kid, you’re on your own. You make something we’ll be happy to show it.”

The other says “You know, we really want your content exclusively and we’ll even subsidize development costs.”

Which one would you work for?

Linux?

Mac?

1. Dev costs are lower on XBox Live. What about developing PSN games? They are cheaper than full PS3 games just like Live games. Do you even know how much either cost?

2. Do you have numbers showing that Live games have caught on more than PSN games? And have you been on PSN lately? Nearly every PSN game has a demo version?

3. You made an incorrect statement. You said that Sony won’t pay for 3rd party exclusives, which is true, but when the hell have they ever not assisted in development? When the PS3 came out and devs were whining because they though it was to tough to develop on Sony threw all sorts of dev tools at them and if you follow GDC many of Sony keynotes are on optimizing PS3 development.

And then you throw afew number at the beginning and end of your article. And I just doubt those numbers due to your utter stupidity the rest of the article.

it’s because Microsoft’s first part games aren’t nearly as great(in terms of quality and quantity) as Sony’s first party games.

The 360’s best games are 3rd party (except a few rare gems like halo3) but Sony’s best games are first party (LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, Killzone2, God of War3, Motorostorm, Uncharted, Ratchet&Clank, Heavenly Sword, etc.)

Why would Sony spend $50 million to secure an exclusive (like MS did with GTA: L&D) when they can develop games internally?

And besides, most 3rd party games eventually find their way to the PS3 anyway (Bioshock, Ninja Gaiden, etc.)