Apparently Sony doesn’t care about selling games on PS3
Sony currently has more internal studios than Microsoft and Nintendo combined. There is little doubt that Sony spends a ton of money on building its in-house development studios. However, according to an ex-Sony employee it seems like Sony may not really care about selling a lot of first party games all that much.
Of course Sony cares about selling first party games to a certain degree, but the company may not care if its internally developed games do not sell a gazillion units. David Jaffe, the man best known for God of War and Twisted Metal dropped some hints as to why he loves working with Sony on first-party development.
Apparently, Sony has a long term view of games and its purpose. According to Jaffe, internally developed games are created to bolster the PS3′s lineup as well as adding value to the system. This allows developers a certain degree of freedom not found with any other publisher out there. He gives examples of how games like LittleBigPlanet would have never been green-lit by another publisher due to the high risk involved.
This may explain Sony’s refusal to spend the big bucks like Microsoft on much needed marketing. Microsoft reportedly spent $20 to $30 million on Halo 3′s marketing campaign, which is about the cost of development of the actual game. Sony seems to develop games for the same reason supermarkets carry baby food. Selling baby food is a break even business, but supermarkets still carry it to bolster inventory.
This approach may be working over in Europe and Japan, but it sure isn’t doing much within the U.S. I have a feeling that the price of the PS3 might be the real bottleneck rather than game library. One thing is for sure, Microsoft’s approach to spending an inordinate amount of money on marketing actually seems to not only sell games but consoles as well.
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April 22nd, 2009
Yeah been here before….. Price and marketing is the killer. If they lowered the retail cost to 400 au dollars and marketed properly, the sales numbers would be greatly different, not that I care about sales figures (but for the sake of the discussion).
April 22nd, 2009
dammit jaffe. Just give some info on the upcoming twisted metal game. I don’t want to wait until e3.
April 22nd, 2009
Wait until E3 you must phranc….probably.
Is it too early to stoke up E3? Nah.
I’m really looking forward to Sony’s conference this year…it’s pretty clear Sony’s presentation will be the one to watch this year. Here’s hoping this mystery PS3 exclusive gets unveiled
I’m still going with FF VII remake.
April 22nd, 2009
“Apparently Sony doesn’t care about selling games on PS3″
Um… somebody better tell Sony that there attache rate is steadily climbing then. It’s no surprise but they managed to over take the Wii’s massive install base.
kotaku.com/5222086/ps3-tie-ratio-overtakes-wii-tie-ratio
April 22nd, 2009
Barnabe Jones
LMAO
You clutching at straws, again.
First of all it’s a really tiny & minute ‘advantage’ – except with the Wii’s sales numbers it’s no real advantage for Sony & their PS3 at all.
Basically you’re holding up attachment rates, again.
If overall console sales were close it might mean jack s., but they’re nothing even remotely close to being close so it doesn’t.
Put it like this.
If Wii has sold 1 million units and everyone with one buys 2 games (2million games sold)
then how much of a damn do you imagine game devs would give if PS3 has sold 100,000 units and sold 2.1 games per unit sold?
(you do the maths)
When the gap is so large this sort of claim is pointless.
April 22nd, 2009
Wow I was just reading about PSP’s piracy problems. 50 Million PSP have been hacked. What kind of money do they expect to make? 3rd parties don’t even support it because of that. No wonder Sony hasn’t been supporting the device. I’m afraid their efforts this year will be a waste of money. It’s time to kill the PSP and get on with the PSP2 or the Iphone.
April 22nd, 2009
Agreed, the Wii is currently blowing away all others in software sales regardless of the attach rates because of the truly massive amount of consoles they have sold to date.
I did find it funny how they didn’t even mention the 360′s clear lead throughout in the linked article (is it just me or is that Kotaku in general?). And yes, the sales gap still makes it pointless when comparing between Wii and 360/PS3… unless you have a developer/publisher that wants to make/bring an adult game out, which doesn’t usually do very well on the Wii in comparison to 360/PS3. So then you compare the 360 and PS3…
April 22nd, 2009
I’m sure Sony cares about selling games.
What a stupid statement.
Anyone who would spend hundreds of dollars on a consol and only buy a couple of games is a flippin idiot.
I think there are a lot of companies that get the Wii just for Wii Sports and Wii Fit. (Like old age homes)
April 22nd, 2009
Ncaissie said:
Anyone who would spend hundreds of dollars on a consol and only buy a couple of games is a flippin idiot.
Well I guess that sums up the PS3 People.
April 22nd, 2009
Sony does care about selling games.
CAD:
You just a bitter fanboy jealous that you don’t have a PS3 yet so shut the fuck up already.
Xbox 360 is just like PSP but bigger for hacking i got so many Xbox 1 games is insane. Unlike Microsoft Sony stop piracy with PSP-3000. Microsoft still hasn’t stop the failure or piracy problems.
April 22nd, 2009
I think you’re about to get a tonne of links headed your way Ivan…
April 22nd, 2009
“This may explain Sony’s refusal to spend the big bucks like Microsoft on much needed marketing. Microsoft reportedly spent $20 to $30 million on Halo 3’s marketing campaign, which is about the cost of development of the actual game.”
“Today, the average PS3 game is estimated to cost $15 million to develop.”
digitalspy.com/gaming/a82352/halo-3-cost-gbp15-million-to-develop.html
Killzone 2 is reported to have cost $30 to $60 million to develop alone. Considering Sony now matches developer budgets in return for exclusivity, and the money they are still not making for every PS3 sold, this hardly leaves room for a big budget marketing campaign, though I imagine they will still spend $10-$20 million to market this game.
With Halo 3 there was an immediate return on day one, grossing $170 million, the most of any entertainment product, in spite of massive piracy. Massive game awareness, a previous fanbase worldwide, annual international Halo competitions, and 820,000 participants spending more than 12 million hours playing online in the beta didn’t hurt either.
Sony would love to have their own Halo 3 intead of just “baby food”, they just are not in a very good position right now to have it. Killzone 2 could be the equivalent of a Halo 1, but there is a long way to go to see how it all pans out, and Sony has already stated they are looking long term, so this bodes well for their future.
April 22nd, 2009
CAD: bore off and die
April 22nd, 2009
CarlB:
Shut up already no cares about your crap.
HALO is one the worst FPS ever made pure hype and let down. Halo 1 sucks just like the rest.
April 22nd, 2009
Well, Sony do have their own Halo in the form of Gran Turismo; though kev says GT is a niche game so I guess it doesn’t count.
April 22nd, 2009
I have been seeing a lot of ads and stuff for God of War III though.
April 22nd, 2009
Ivan, I just said the Killzone series could be as successful for Sony as Halo is for Microsoft if Sony played their cards right in the future, what is so bad about that?
April 22nd, 2009
lockdown – no GT game has ever come close to halo’s single day sales record. sony has no “halo”…. the “50 million GT games” you keep bragging about is silly as it took them many, many different GT games to hit it… and on the back of “150 million ps users”, that sony likes to brag about.
the reality is; the first killzone was hyped to be a “halo killer” and it failed.
the second one came closer, but still no cigar…
Ivan – saying halo sucks is really showing just how desperate you are. the reviews rate it high, the sales are through the roof and it’s still one of the highest played games on xbox live.
when people ask me why i don’t own a ps3, i point to your posts….
April 22nd, 2009
And no Halo game has come close to Gran Turismo’s sales record which stands at 14.89 million.
April 22nd, 2009
CarlB:
Well i hated when you said Killzone 2 is equivalent to Halo 1. And Halo is now being destroy with Halo Wars.
kev:
Halo reviews means shit when you play the game so shhh you just an Xbot fanboy when you get both console and beat both games then talk.
REASON YOU HAVE NO PS3 BECAUSE YOU CHEAP AND LIKE GARBAGE GOT IT.
April 22nd, 2009
The Xbox Fanboy Flaming Baton has been passed to CAD, for the bitterest comment.
Where as Ivan loyally clings to ours.
Whatever GT sold on the PS1, the numbers must of been pretty fucking amazing at the time though. I don’t know what numbers Halo or GT sold, but it is all relative to the time/generation too.
kev, CAD, Ivan, Happy and oldschool. Get Gravatars guys, like the rest of us cool kids.
April 22nd, 2009
Ivan_PSP:
“Halo is now being destroy with Halo Wars.”
Ivan, why do you talk such a load of cr@p?
My own experience is that I bought Halo Wars a little while back and then Halo 3 on the strength of it.
Royzy
Are you seriously backing up this nonsense that a games sales are now to be judged on the back of several same-brand consoles and not per each one!?
Come on, I expect Ivan to act like a f*ckwit over that kind of thing but, please, don’t tell me it’s catching.
April 22nd, 2009
“Ivan – saying halo sucks is really showing just how desperate you are.”
Awwww, c’mon now! Opinions are banned on Blorge? Well, that is PRESUMING Ivan-the-moustachioed was stating his opinion…
I personally hate Halo & Halo wars (I mean seriously now, go play Red Alert 2 or Supreme Commander), but I can acknowledge that ALOT of people enjoy them and have purchased ‘em too.
April 22nd, 2009
Oldschool
If you consider 1987 Oldschool then your a complete joke.
April 22nd, 2009
What?! I wasn’t trying to back anything up, I’m not trying to flame, I was genuinely curious as to what sort of sales those 2 games made relative when they came out. Not comparing them to each other.
April 22nd, 2009
Woah, ease off there Royzy, I was just asking.
April 22nd, 2009
How do you like my Gravatar?
That’s my bike. Mad machine.
April 22nd, 2009
“Well i hated when you said Killzone 2 is equivalent to Halo 1.”
I said it could be in sales if Sony played it right, not the gameplay itself is the equivalent.
“And Halo is now being destroy with Halo Wars.”
How is that Ivan?
April 22nd, 2009
OK lets see if this Gravtar works
April 22nd, 2009
no
April 22nd, 2009
CarlB:
Halo Wars is a RTS game which they all boring i rather have Halo be a FPS for ever.
If you own both consoles state your name here so i can know who got bragging rights. I own everything With exception of Nintendo’s garbage.
I”m Old School well only on PlayStation and Xbox since i have them since the beginning.
April 22nd, 2009
Man Utd 2 – 0 win & Chelsea drew.
Excellent couple of nights footy!
April 22nd, 2009
OK so now it works
April 22nd, 2009
Loving the new Gravatars guys. Particularly the colour of your bike happy.
Ivan, you still have a perky nipple for a gravatar.
April 22nd, 2009
Royzy:
Yeah i don’t waste my time with. Too busy making new programs.
April 22nd, 2009
“i rather have Halo be a FPS for ever.”
*Ivan loves Halo*
Ivan, it takes as long to post as it does to get a gravitar, c’mon man, get with the program.
April 22nd, 2009
side note… I have two DS lites and just saw the gamestop offer for $70 trade in on DSi… I could still keep one to play GBA games and trade in the other, but the DSi would still cost $100… (mainly looking at it for DSiWare virtual console and other releases in the future) …thoughts/recommendations?
April 22nd, 2009
CAD:
‘If you consider 1987 Oldschool then your a complete joke’
wot u b*llockin on about
April 22nd, 2009
CarlB:
I will never love Halo i rather kill myself.
CarlB:
PSP-3000
April 22nd, 2009
“And no Halo game has come close to Gran Turismo’s sales record which stands at 14.89 million.â€
Yet Wii Fit and Mario Kart have, with an install base less than half of what the PS2 has. Looks like all of Sonys sales records are going to be blown away by a stupid toy with a stupid controller Ivan.
April 22nd, 2009
Is that a promise Ivan?
Hey why did you change your website? I used to get a chuckle at seeing you in your hairy upper lip glory.
April 22nd, 2009
i think sony just wants to build its libary up so when it finally does do something in terms of adverts/price cut people walk in and go… wow… theres a few games here i could play…
and i will say it now… GT5 will sell the most on a ps3 for an exculsive until said time that FF13 verus is out… then i think it may take the crown… MGS4 currently holds it yeah?
April 22nd, 2009
me_:
I know Gran Turismo has sold insane is in the record book check it out. And also the PlayStation 2 is in the record book for being the best selling console in this entire globe.
bigmickyd:
God of War III is gonna sell really good. This has always been amazing. I will be one of the many first people to buy it. I have never bought a special edition game before this will be the first one i will buy.
Gamer.Blorge:
My favorite game is
(PS3) Resistance: Fall of Man
(PS2) SOCOM: II U.S. NAVY SEALs
(PS1) Crash Team Racing
(PSP) All Of Them
((Xbox) Counter-Strike
(Xbox 360) Bioshock
If you own all consoles add your name, Wii does not count sorry.
April 23rd, 2009
PS3 – little big planet/FIFA09/MGS4 (i still play the three of them… alot)
PS2 – SOCOM 2
PS1 – Gran Terismo 2
Xbox 360 – Oblivion
Xbox – N/A (never owned one)
Wii – Mario Kart Wii
Game Cube – Super Smash brother (which ever one it was on game cube)
N64 – Mario Party (Don’t Laugh, seriously we would have games night where this is all we would play)
SNS – Super Mario 2/Mario Kart (these two games helped shape me into the man i am)
Game boy – Pokemon Blue
Game boy Colour – Pokemon Crystal
DS lite (friends bought me a pink one for my 18th… im not going to say no to a free DS) – Pokemon Ruby (yeah, i like Pokemon, wanna fight?)
i had a sega for a while as well which i only played sonic on but im not sure what one it was… and i never got into the dream cast fad… and my Brother (four years my elder) bought the Wii… not me… though i have to say… its a hit when your trying to game with the GF… and leads to something … BOW CHIKKA WOW WOW
April 23rd, 2009
“And no Halo game has come close to Gran Turismo’s sales record which stands at 14.89 million.â€
I believe that Halo 3 sold 20 Million +
April 23rd, 2009
Ivan
With 50 Million PSP’s hacked how can sony make any money on game development. Nintendo’s approach with the DSI is the right move. Sell the games in the online store.
gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-admits-extent-of-psp-piracy-problem
April 23rd, 2009
CAD:
Okay why did tell me that i really don’t care.
Nintendo might have done that because it was as bad PSP in the hacking world. PSP-3000 hasn’t been hack yet. Soon the DSi will be hack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
April 23rd, 2009
PS3 – GT5p, KZ2, Fallout 3
PS2 – GT3&4, SOCOM 3(.5), FFXII
PS1 – GT1&2, Wipeout XL, FF tactics
N64 – Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 64
Xbox – modded for emulator duty only
SNES – FF2(NA), NHL 9x, SimCity
NES – FF1, Faxanadu, Batman
GBoy – FF Legends series, Zelda series
ColecoVision – Smurfs, Turbo
Atari – Berzerker, Asteroids
Pong – Pong
April 23rd, 2009
360 – DOA Beach Volleyball
PS3 – Lair
PS2 – Barbie’s Horse Adventures
Xbox – Fuzion Frenzy
PS1 – Rugrats
Commodore 64 – Sex Games 2
Megadrive – Fatal Labyrinth
Sega Master System – Wonderboy (Actually serious about that one)
Atari – Joust
April 23rd, 2009
Mattel Football handheld
Magnavox Odyssey2 – UFO
Atari 2600 – Space Invaders
Atari 5200 – Robotron 2084
Atari 7800 – Xevious
Atari Jaguar – Tempest 2000, Alien vs Predator, Cannon Fodder, Doom
Commodore 64 – Pool of Radiance
NES – Ghosts ‘n Goblins
SNES – Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
Game Boy Color – Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX
N64 – Goldeneye 007, Super Mario 64
GameCube – Resident Evil 4
Game Boy Advance – Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
DS – Super Mario 64 DS
Sega Master System – Phantasy Star
Sega Genesis – Phantasy Star II, Shining in the Darkness, Castle of Illusion, Columns, Sonic the Hedgehog, Golden Axe, Shinobi
Sega Saturn – Mystaria, The Horde
Sega Dreamcast – Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Sega Game Gear – Castle of Illusion, Shinobi, Columns
Neo Geo Pocket – Metal Slug, Sonic
PS1 – Grandia, Suikoden II
PS2 – Culdcept, Odin Sphere, GTA: San Andreas
PSP – Final Fantasy Tactics, GTA Liberty City Stories
XBox – Jade Empire, KOTOR
XBox 360 – Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Call of Duty 2, Dead Rising, Saints Row
PC – Baldur’s Gate, Fallout 1 and 2, Command and Conquer, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights, Elder Scrolls III Morrowind
… on a side note, if anybody wants to have their PS3 or 360 play extra media, go ahead and try out PlayOn for free. All you need is a high-speed broadband connection and a computer (I use my wi-fi laptop) server. The service includes Amazon VoD (beta), CBS, CNN, ESPN, Hulu, Netflix, and YouTube. There is a one-time $40 purchase at the end of the 14 day trial if you decide to keep the program. This works out well for me because I do not want to pay for cable tv, and it makes a nice supplement to the Netflix that is already on the 360. The video quality is not as good as the Netflix on 360, but if you have a PS3 only it is a nice add on.
April 23rd, 2009
harry sachz:
System you don’t have but want PS1 PS2 PS3. Oh and Fusion Frenzy is fun i only played the demo. I love those little Rugrats lol. Dead or Alive kind of sucks only good graphics. L.A.I.R is decent with the patch.
I’m glad to see everyone here listen to my post of posting their consoles. Thanks a lot.
April 23rd, 2009
oh i forgot PC
PC – Hello Kitty Island Advantures
April 23rd, 2009
“If you own all consoles add your name, Wii does not count sorry.
@Ivan_PSP
Does in my book, sorry!
PS3: World at War & Killzone 2
Xbox 360: Fallout 3 & Bioshock
Wii: Zelda – Twilight Princess & Super Mario Galaxy
Have owned a ton of other consoles, but really don’t have the time to write about them.
“360 – DOA Beach Volleyball
PS3 – Lair
PS2 – Barbie’s Horse Adventures
Xbox – Fuzion Frenzy
PS1 – Rugrats
Commodore 64 – Sex Games 2
Megadrive – Fatal Labyrinth
Sega Master System – Wonderboy (Actually serious about that one)
Atari – Joust”
@Harry Sachz
Thought you were crazy when I saw DOA Beach Volleyball, then knew you were joking when I saw Lair for PS3! lol
April 23rd, 2009
Just watched “We Own the Night” on 360 Netflix streaming… not bad at all if you haven’t seen it yet… I couldn’t even imagine this 20 years ago… amazing.
April 23rd, 2009
^
Wow, now there is a random way off topic post if I have ever seen one! But yeah, I have been watching quite a bit of movies off my 360 lately as well. The quality is not half bad at all. Is Netflix built right into Live? I have been watching movies from the Video Marketplace, I’m assuming Netflix is something different and you have to sign up for? What pisses me off is that you start a movie, you get busy and have to stop watching. Then if you don’t watch the rest of it 24 hours after you started playback, then you are screwed and can’t play the movie again. WTF is up with that? Sure you can have it for 14 days, but once you hit play, it’s no good after 24 hours. They need to change this, it’s a total ripoff!
April 23rd, 2009
Commodore 64 – Raid over Moscow.
April 23rd, 2009
*NES – Mario 3
*SNES – Mario World
*N64 – Zelda: Orcana of Time
*DS – FinalFantasy 4, Mario
*GameCube – Zelda: WW, Mario, RE 4
*Wii -Mario
*PS1 – Metal Gear, GT
*PS2 – Metal Gear, Final Fantasy X, XII, Devil May Cry, GOW, GT
*PSP – FF: Crisis Core, GOW
*PS3 – MGS 4, KZ II, Uncharted, LBP, WipEout, Warhawk
*XBox- Ninja Gaiden
*360 – Gears
April 23rd, 2009
I actually forgot about these…
*GameGear – Sonic
*GameBoy – Mario
*GameBoy Advance – Mario
*PC – FF XI, Doom
April 23rd, 2009
Well, for PC, I would have to say the Wing Commander series and Everquest, as they were the games that got me into PC gaming 10-15 years ago.
April 23rd, 2009
of course sony doesn’t care. the ps3 was designed as bluray player FIRST and a gaming console second. they want bluray movie sales.
even kuturagi once claimed, “we’ve never once called the ps3 a gaming machine”….
complete loss of identity….. oh well, at least sony is getting what they want; reduced game sales. congrats….idiots….
April 23rd, 2009
kev, Sony execs even admitted the whole ‘trojan horse’ thing, eventually.
They thought they had the next DVD and so bet the whole company on it using their Playstation brand to beat HD DVD
(also btw later admitted rushing Blu-ray to market, unfinished and in an early version – the profile 1.0 & 1.1).
Sadly for them it’s now clear that they spent all that R&D cash and have ended up with just another niche HD format and a PS3 game disc system.
Blu-ray will never be anything like the size of DVD.
Must be a bit of a bummer for them.
April 23rd, 2009
“have been watching movies from the Video Marketplace, I’m assuming Netflix is something different and you have to sign up for?”
Yes, for about $9/mo you get 1 DVD at a time (or Blu-ray for an extra $2/mo) through the mail fast (usually about 2-3 days after I put the return in the mailbox) and unlimited streaming. This is totally worth it instead of paying for it on XBL/PSN or even renting locally. I usually go through about 9-15 DVD’s a month and about another 9-15 watch instantly movies/shows. This is basically about 30 cents to 50 cents per rental for me. If you live in the states it is definitely worth the free trial at least.
On topic, Sony cares enough about selling software to have invested 30-60 million dollars with Guerilla for Killzone 2, let alone the estimated 10-20 million for it’s marketing. This is probably a similar amount to what will have been spent for God of War III (or Gran Turismo 5) whenever it finally comes out. Even if Sony does not care how well PS3 titles do in sales (they care much more now that they are matching developer costs), developers most certainly do.
This may have been at least part of the reason we see sloppy ports to PS3 which may or may not be patched later to satisfaction (Fallout 3 release – “Sadly, the jagged edges, washed-out lighting, and slightly diminished draw distance of the PS3 release aren’t so easy to dismiss. We also experienced a number of visual bugs on the PS3. Character faces disappeared several times, leaving only eyeballs and hair; limbs on robots went missing; some character models had an odd outline around them as if they were cel-shaded; and the day-to-night transition may cause odd streaks on the screen as you move the camera around. This version doesn’t even offer trophies, whereas the Xbox 360 and PC versions offer Xbox Live/Windows Live achievements.” – gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/fallout3/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary%3Bread-review&page=2 ). Multiplatform developers just may not have invested as much money, time, and or effort in their PS3 ports because they got the impression they wouldn’t sell as well.
LBP as an example of “never been green-lit by another publisher due to the high risk involved” and an example of Sony not caring about selling big numbers is probably not the best ideal here. LBP was marketed and was supposed to be the PS3′s casual champ to bolster PS3 sales to mini-wii levels. It has sold over 2 million copies because of this.
David Jaffe and Eat, Sleep, Play is currently under contract with Sony and getting paid by them for exclusive titles, so what he is saying may be just a little biased. Using his own words, “do I think it’s possible that people try to impress the bosses and paint themselves in a good light by towing the company line? I do. I don’t think that is that big of a leap.”
Besides this, when was the last time he worked for another third-party or first party? Now look at the guy’s reputation as a game developer, and you will see why Sony treats this guy so well. When talking about small titles that may/may not sell that much but still get the green light, Microsoft (Portal, Castle Crashers, Geometry Wars, Braid, Viva Pinata) and Nintendo (anything) would hire this guy in an instant “to bolster their library”. Even EA (Sims, Spore) have done the same with some smaller titles.
Jaffe quote of the day, “Blu Ray is a big deal for Sony and all hands on deck in whatever department you work for to push that agenda.”
April 23rd, 2009
Jaffe at no point should be considered overly biased towards Sony products. He kisses the ass ofgears. He’s a gamer first. Anyone who has ever paid any attention to him would know this.
On his website he rips into the bad hardware quality of the pz3 dev kit. Looks like Sony does make something to compare to the 360. Good thing the consumers don’t get it.
April 23rd, 2009
“at no point should be considered overly biased towards Sony products”
No Phranc, not overly biased, but it “may be just a little biased.”
April 25th, 2009
Why is the price such a factor only in the U.S.? Japan has been in a recession for years but they buy a heck of a lot more PS3′s than Xbox 360′s even though the Xbox 360 has more games to suit their style. The recession is hitting Europe as well so why is the PS3 selling well there and not the U.S.? My belief is the Xbox 360 does a better job in NA with it’s games and marketing and brand loyalty is more apparent outside of NA in Europe and especially in Japan for Sony.
As for David Jaffe I listened to his latest spiel and how he thinks what he says actually matters. It doesn’t. He’s another loyalist who’s comfortable working with Sony, that’s it. Same thing with Kojima and the PS3 and Itagaki and the Xbox 360. It has little to do with freedom and the hardware. There are all a certain degree of fanboysim and they should be more concerned with getting their games out to the public than persuading the market for Sony and Microsoft.
I also have to laugh at Jaffe. He takes himself away from big production games like God of War and wants more freedom to make more obscure games like Calling All Cars and now that he’s no longer in the limelight he’s blogging away trying to be more noticeable than Paris Hilton and now apparently will step back in the ring and make a new Twisted Metal game. Yup, so much more developer freedom and wanting to go a different route. It’s about public relations and making money, that’s it.
April 25th, 2009
Apparently you are an idiot who thinks he is a game journalist and can write smart ass articles.