With The Agency's recent announce for PC, I got to wondering. Why is SOE, a Sony subsidiary making games for what is in essence a Microsoft platform? Especially at a time when their new system on which they've plunked down billions of dollars really needs good exclusive games? Seems a bit counter-intuitive...
PC is not owned by microsoft. SOE has released many games on PC like everquest and drakengard. If Microsoft gets no recognition for the title on PC and get no profit, i can't see how it is a problem.
I get that MS get's no profit from it, however why are they not as first party developers giving the PS3 an exclusive. That should be their priority, Sony knows what a big role exclusives play in what platform gamers choose to buy. And maybe somewhere this game will be the deciding factor in somebody not buying a PS3 as in:"this is on the PC, so why do I need a PS3?". It just seems like a shortsighted business decision, in the short term we'll make some more profit off the game which we invested maybe 15 million in, but in the long run we may be hurting sales of a sytem which we spent billions on.
maybe its not a game that will sell ps3 units but a game for ps3 units. Not every game made by sony has to be ps3 exclusive so i guess they want to have PC and PS3 gamers to play together
I get that MS get's no profit from it, however why are they not as first party developers giving the PS3 an exclusive. That should be their priority, Sony knows what a big role exclusives play in what platform gamers choose to buy. And maybe somewhere this game will be the deciding factor in somebody not buying a PS3 as in:"this is on the PC, so why do I need a PS3?". It just seems like a shortsighted business decision, in the short term we'll make some more profit off the game which we invested maybe 15 million in, but in the long run we may be hurting sales of a sytem which we spent billions on.espoac
To keep it short, PC = MMO land. They're really not that successful on consoles while the MMO market on PC is already big.
For one, PCs are not a microsoft platform, they only run on MS XP or VISTA. In addition, by making a game for pc, they arn't exactly losing a potential PS3 buyer since almost everyone owns a PC, whereas if it was on the 360 people would have the choice of buying either console.Â
Spiderman 3 came out for 360. Could have easily been an exclusive.ocelotcougar
yeah that's a bit of a puzzler. Why in the hell would Sony ever give the movie game rights for 1,2 or 3 to Activison instead of their own game studio? I say blame it on Kutaragi, the crazy old kook! J/K
so what. a pc is one thing a 360 is another. SCE games can do some real damage on the PC to all other competitors, so why not. Plus sony makes actual PC's, it's just that windows are embeded so deeply with PCs, we don't even think that it's MS anymore, just some stuff we take for granted everytime we look at our desktops.Â
PC softwares are different than consoles. The devs of a software that can only run on PC do not have anything to pay to the owners of the OS. Anyone can make software for windows without having to ask MS. There's like 1000 more softwares for windows than games on the PS2, so it would be way too much of a problem for MS to give permission to each of those, and sue those who didn't.
Sony doesn't have the total rights to the spiderman franchise. Marvel still owns that and they dictate who can make the game. Sony only owns the rights to the movie.
[QUOTE="espoac"]I get that MS get's no profit from it, however why are they not as first party developers giving the PS3 an exclusive. That should be their priority, Sony knows what a big role exclusives play in what platform gamers choose to buy. And maybe somewhere this game will be the deciding factor in somebody not buying a PS3 as in:"this is on the PC, so why do I need a PS3?". It just seems like a shortsighted business decision, in the short term we'll make some more profit off the game which we invested maybe 15 million in, but in the long run we may be hurting sales of a sytem which we spent billions on.Killer_Cyborg
To keep it short, PC = MMO land. They're really not that successful on consoles while the MMO market on PC is already big. Yea, thats pretty much it.
With The Agency's recent announce for PC, I got to wondering. Why is SOE, a Sony subsidiary making games for what is in essence a Microsoft platform? Especially at a time when their new system on which they've plunked down billions of dollars really needs good exclusive games? Seems a bit counter-intuitive...espoac
Microsoft just happens to have a Operating System that alot of people use for their computers, so it's not a big deal. Microsoft doesn't own or make comuters (Dell, HP make computers etc.) Microsoft is more of a software based company, so your title is very misleading, I would go as far to say purposefully done!
 SOE =/= SCE. Also, it is not like they are helping MS by releasing a game for Windows. It's not like someone will buy a computer/Windows just to play a SOE game.
[QUOTE="ocelotcougar"]Spiderman 3 came out for 360. Could have easily been an exclusive.espoac
yeah that's a bit of a puzzler. Why in the hell would Sony ever give the movie game rights for 1,2 or 3 to Activison instead of their own game studio? I say blame it on Kutaragi, the crazy old kook! J/K
Activision own the video game rights to anything Spider-Man related which includes the movies and as such determines what platforms they'll make it for.Â
PC is a universal tool. Microsoft is one of a couple operating systems. To maximize sales, SOE makes their software compatible with numerous operating systems, including Microsoft because its the most popular.
Sony doesn't have the total rights to the spiderman franchise. Marvel still owns that and they dictate who can make the game. Sony only owns the rights to the movie. albyx
yes and when the game is about the movie sony owns the right to that game
[QUOTE="albyx"]Sony doesn't have the total rights to the spiderman franchise. Marvel still owns that and they dictate who can make the game. Sony only owns the rights to the movie. xxgunslingerxx
yes and when the game is about the movie sony owns the right to that game
[QUOTE="ocelotcougar"]Spiderman 3 came out for 360. Could have easily been an exclusive.espoac
yeah that's a bit of a puzzler. Why in the hell would Sony ever give the movie game rights for 1,2 or 3 to Activison instead of their own game studio? I say blame it on Kutaragi, the crazy old kook! J/K
because thats exactly why
Sony owns the movie rights and nothing else about Spiderman
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