PS3 is NOT SAFE to make exclusive titles!!

It's impossible right now to imagine MGS4 being exclusive.Redgarl

[QUOTE="Redgarl"]It's impossible right now to imagine MGS4 being exclusive.Thigeic

[QUOTE="Redgarl"]It's impossible right now to imagine MGS4 being exclusive.Thigeic

MGS on the PSX used two CDs. Why is using multiple discs impossible with MGS 4? 

[QUOTE="munu9"]A game needs to sell about 500k for the game to start making profit. Resistance has already sold about 500,000. MGS4 should be able to sell at least a million by the time it's out and at least 2 million within about a year of it's release...Firelore29

Did you just completely make that crap up?  Show me a link where it says that a next gen game will break even at about 500k sold.  If your going from a last generation link then you might want to rethink that.  It takes a small fortune to produce a game this generation.

500,000 x $60 = 30,000,000.  30 Million seems like a reasonable budget for most next gen games.

it's an exaggeration to assume they won't make any profit at all on the PS3. they are selling, and games for it are in high demand. don't assume no one is buying itMordred19

Just don't assume that anyone is buying it in numbers equal to the Wii or 360 either...

[QUOTE="Firelore29"]

[QUOTE="munu9"]A game needs to sell about 500k for the game to start making profit. Resistance has already sold about 500,000. MGS4 should be able to sell at least a million by the time it's out and at least 2 million within about a year of it's release...nnavidson

Did you just completely make that crap up?  Show me a link where it says that a next gen game will break even at about 500k sold.  If your going from a last generation link then you might want to rethink that.  It takes a small fortune to produce a game this generation.

500,000 x $60 = 30,000,000.  30 Million seems like a reasonable budget for most next gen games.

You've completely left out retailer profit, among other things.  If development costs alone mean the game is going to cost $60/unit does that mean that the retailer is going to put it on their shelves out of charity?  Best Buy, Walmart and Target don't do anything for free. 

[QUOTE="GODFLESH_basic"]Unless Sony compensates the developer.xX0LDSCH00LXx

If your game costs $20-$30 million to make and you make it only for the PS3, you won't be making profit. Its sales aren't doing as good as they can, and it probably will not sell enough by 2008 to assure developers they'll make profit. If they don't make enough by 2008, then big developers won't support it anymore. The stronger Xbox 360 becomes, the more confident developers are making their games exclusive on the 360. Same goes for the Wii.

Will the PS3 sell enough to make profit for games like MGS 4? If it doesn't sell enough then Kojima might consider making it multiplatform, and that's ONLY if it doesn't sell well. If big games don't make enough money, then I don't think any developer will ever make it exclusive. If Sony doesn't prove themselves soon, only 1st party titles will be exclusive on their console.
RyuHayabusaX

If your game costs $20-$30 million to make and you make it only for the PS3, you won't be making profit. Its sales aren't doing as good as they can, and it probably will not sell enough by 2008 to assure developers they'll make profit. If they don't make enough by 2008, then big developers won't support it anymore. The stronger Xbox 360 becomes, the more confident developers are making their games exclusive on the 360. Same goes for the Wii.

Will the PS3 sell enough to make profit for games like MGS 4? If it doesn't sell enough then Kojima might consider making it multiplatform, and that's ONLY if it doesn't sell well. If big games don't make enough money, then I don't think any developer will ever make it exclusive. If Sony doesn't prove themselves soon, only 1st party titles will be exclusive on their console.
RyuHayabusaX

[QUOTE="peaceful_anger"]

I swear!!! You lemmings act like the PS3 should have come right out of the gate and sold 10 million in its first day, and since it obviously didn't, all their top exclusives are going to go multiplat. Please!!! The only reason it looks like the PS3 is doing bad is because the wii is doing so much better, and like someone has already stated, the PS3 is selling better than the 360 did this time last year, and it really doesn't matter if lemmings bring up the fact that the 360 wasn't readily available till March because the PS3 is still selling better and could possibly reach 10 million units sold in a lesser time frame than it took the 360 to reach 10 million, heck even the wii will reach 10 million in a lesser time frame. And that right there will show developers that the PS3 still has a very good following. And no I'm not a cow.

danneswegman

If its true that making a game for one console actually costs you money then why are there any third party exclusive games at all? Think about it.echelon

Unless Sony compensates the developer.GODFLESH_basic

[QUOTE="RyuHayabusaX"]If your game costs $20-$30 million to make and you make it only for the PS3, you won't be making profit. Its sales aren't doing as good as they can, and it probably will not sell enough by 2008 to assure developers they'll make profit. If they don't make enough by 2008, then big developers won't support it anymore. The stronger Xbox 360 becomes, the more confident developers are making their games exclusive on the 360. Same goes for the Wii.

Will the PS3 sell enough to make profit for games like MGS 4? If it doesn't sell enough then Kojima might consider making it multiplatform, and that's ONLY if it doesn't sell well. If big games don't make enough money, then I don't think any developer will ever make it exclusive. If Sony doesn't prove themselves soon, only 1st party titles will be exclusive on their console.
dgsag