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Kinda like how the PS2 'forced' GTA III to be dumbed-down to run on its inferior hardware? C'mon. Developers write to the platforms they can sell on. That's
by roc 17y ago
Kinda like how the PS2 'forced' GTA III to be dumbed-down to run on its inferior hardware? C'mon. Developers write to the platforms they can sell on. That's not a sign of some malicious intent on the part of the platform owner.
And I'm still not buying your argument about exclusive DLC vs First Party games. Buying and maintaining first-party studios takes a hell of a lot of effort. And the entire goal of those titles is to increase the value of your platform (relatively decreasing the value of your competitors). It's the same thing. The only difference is that buying exclusive content for a multiplatform game is far, far cheaper and much less risky in this day and age.
- chrischen 17y agoI don't mean to say that the fact that xbox is technically inferior is some evil strategy. Buying a developer so that they can make something exclusive is no different from buying exclusives. It is somewhat anti-competitive. If Sony does this, I'm pretty sure it's much less than Microsoft. Buying a company after after they release a hit is different from commissioning a company to make a big hit. The former is not promoting innovation.