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One company makes and supports their machine with far more 1st party exclusives, the other makes a few 1st party exclusives and buys timed exclusives deals. Those games almost always release later on the other platform or platforms.
The thing is though, we know very little about any of them and how they will turn out, score, rate, etc...so, we'll see. I have both machines reserved in the first shipment, so I'll find out soon enough.
We can however, look up developers and their track record and metascores on their games...and that's when things get easier to predict.
I've already done that, so I'm not too excited for the Dead Rising 3, RYSE, or for instance.
I will enjoy Quantum by Remedy when that releases, but if Alan Wake is anything to go by, that could take 5+ years.
Alan wait was shown off before the 360 came out(!), and I waited a LONG, LONG, LONG time HYPing the game for years before it released only to find it was drastically changed anyways. I will enjoy that though.
Finally, there are many unannounced exclusives that both companies just aren't talking about ( for example, 30 1st Party PS4 Games in Development by SONY Worldwide Studios themselves, 20 of those games are Out in First Year, 12 New IPs ). This is because Xbox and Playstation don't want to overshadow or cannibalize their sales of new IPS like The Order, RYSE, Deep Down, Crimson, Sunset, Quantum, or KNACK.
tl;dr
1.) One company makes far more 1st party exclusives, the other company relies on temporary timed exclusives to fill the widening gap.
2.) We know very little, but going by developer history, choices are much easier to make.
3.) Many unannounced exclusives inbound
Ninja-Hippo
Your first sentence was correct, the second one is bullsh1t. Sony have bought up plenty of timed exclusive and 'we get DLC first' deals. They're both guilty of that BS. Sony have certainly shown with the PS3 that they support the hell out of their platform. MS seem to have announced that they will follow suit, but you never know with them after how they treated the 360. They might support the hell out of it for a few years then forget it exists.That's bullshit.
It's rather humorous because I never argued or denied that, and in fact over the many years I've noted that Sony was pitting fire against fire with their closing of some studios and buying timed exclusive content. That's beside the point since my post was long enough.
That statement is correct, and I didn't bring up names of the companies. I just stated the truth. You brought in a different point and wanted to single out the companies directly.
I said, "One company makes and supports their machine with far more 1st party exclusives, the other makes a few 1st party exclusives and buys timed exclusives deals. "
A completely different topic and statement would be, "One company buys less timed exclusive content, and the other buys far more timed exclusive content."
That would also be true. You failed to assign a quantity on which company relies on timed exclusive more, but you wanted to ensure it's recognized Sony does it. Yes, they do...and it's well known to me as I've spoken about it a great many times. Sony doesn't do it as much as M$ though. That is the difference between the two companies. One relies on making more games buying less content. The other relies on making less games and buying more content.
My post was long enough though. I can certainly understand you wanting to discuss this and maybe add to the post, but you are incorrect to assume that my post denied something I never addressed. I typed a lot, it's nigh impossible to cover everything in a post.
As far as Sony supporting the hell out of the PS3, this is true, but I would point out Sony showed a strong support regarding 1st party with the PS2 platform as well. A few things about what I've noticed is based on history and my direct involvement. I have been with Xbox since inception and I have been with Sony since PSOne. Considering I have bought 100% of the high scoring 1st party exclusives for the Xbox, PSOne, PS2, Xbox 360, and PS3...I definitely have a handle on what I expect from both companies. I made the leap at launches, I bought the quality 1st party games, I played the games, when applicable, I've proven these things. I'm not a lame bystander with an inexperienced opinion that has less involvement with either brand, less experience playing/supporting the games with my buying power, and less machines experienced.
You wanted it known that both companies buy deals, so in that I can agree, but one company does it far more than the other. In fact, one company seemingly relies on those timed exclusive deals to fill the gap created by the other companies incredibly strong 1st party support. What does the future hold? If history is an indicator, we'll probably be seeing the same thing again this generation.
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