So do we think that Lego came to sony and said we want to license horizon can we make a game but you have to make it for pc and ps5 and dont release it on xbox ans switch.
It's sony convincing their hardcore base that exclusive aint needed anymore slowly but surely. Actually I prefer the spencer way of saying everything going forward is gonna be on pc. It has the same outcome but its more honest.
I like exclusives on all platforms because I think it makes stuff more interesting, but if you start doing this than stop it altogether. Release everything on every platform and store page possible.
That's one of the few things I will ever give Spencer and Xbox credit for over these past few years: at least when it came to PC, they stated everything upfront, particularly around 2020. So at least customers knew all the info they needed to know upfront regarding platforms, so they could make the choice that best worked for them without feeling like they're being yanked around for double-dips. Same with them saying everything is Day 1 in Game Pass; at that point it's your choice to either buy the game or just access it for "free" in a subscription service.
MS are horrible at transparency when it comes to sales metrics to investors & shareholders for gaming, but they're pretty good at it WRT customers knowing certain things so they can be secure in choosing how they spend their dollars, whether it's buying the game on Xbox or buying it on Steam, or buying it on Windows Store, or just subbing to Game Pass to play it. All options Day 1, you know that for certain.
Sony/SIE are incredibly ambiguous with their multiplat strategy, probably because they're wanting people with a console & PC to double-dip. Or for those who'd choose between one or the other, feel like they need to get the console because communication just isn't clear on if a game will come to PC, or when, if ever. I mean even if there is a clear cadence a dedicated observer can make out, official word won't confirm it, so there is always that ambiguity.
While on one hand I guess that's "smart", on the other hand and especially as time goes on, I can see how it's kinda messed up. You're obfuscating info from a customer that they could've otherwise used to better plan how to use their spending money. I'm just a point where, if SIE/Sony are in fact going to put everything on PC, or if they are in fact going to do Day 1 for even non-GAAS titles, then just come out and say it. If there's some internal mandate on that front, just make it public. Rip off the band-aid.
DS is an interesting example because although Sony owns the IP, they didn't publish the first game on PC. 505 Games did. I would love to know what the nature of that contract is that Kojima negotiated with Sony and whether DS2 has a similar contract.
Same. I assume SIE will be publishing DS2, since they have a PC publishing label now. But I'm more curious if it's going to be a Day 1 PS5 & PC release; at this point it feels like that's a 50:50.
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put up that graphic earlier in the thread (previous page) where you get the sense, by SP, narrative-focus 1P, SIE are referring to games from their own internal studios.
Since KojiPro aren't a 1P studio, technically speaking even stuff like DS2 could be exempt and they could definitely try going Day 1 PS5 & PC with it. We'll see what happens.
That 100% part is wrong, but in theory I actually agree. Lego is a series, and they put different cameo IP in there. Same with Musou games. Doesn't really matter at all though. It's a 2nd party game using a Sony IP, published by Sony.
Nintendo has multiple spin-offs they've experimented with and they're all exclusive. Crypt of the Necrodancer Zelda, Musou Fire Emblem, Mario x Rabies. They even famously shot down Fortnite using their IP because they wanted it only on the Switch version. That's all that needs to be said here. Sony agreed to put it on PC day 1. End of story.
Thank you. This is all there really is to it. SIE have the leverage in this relationship; it was their choice on whether to make this game a PS5 exclusive or not, and they chose not to.
Folks thinking it was LEGO mandating a PC release...I genuinely don't know how they are arriving at that conclusion.
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