GAMING NEWSWhy PSN Exclusives Don't Come to XBLA, EverPosted on Wednesday, August 24 @ 12:19:39 Eastern by Nicholas Tan
Microsoft's policies for third-party games on Xbox Live is terribly restrictive, as Eurogamer has discovered, to the point that titles which come out on PSN first are practically banned from ever being on Microsoft's console. Unless a game is on Microsoft first or has a simultaneous release, with pressure to have some kind of benefit to users for purchasing it through Xbox Live instead of PSN, it's nigh-impossible to find the game on Xbox Live at all. European Xbox boss Chris Lewis One anonymous publisher, though, believes that this emphasis on content parity is overdone: [Source] More from the Game Revolution Network Comments
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Mistaza
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OdiousLupous
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Commiebot
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I feel the same hearing about this as I did when Sony flat out rejected supporting Super Meat Boy for whatever reasons they had, or that Capcom axed MML:3. These companies should know that consumer goodwill and loyalty are powerful assets, why squander them for short-term profit or stubborn pride?
danielrbischoff
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Bras
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I think they could achieve competitive advantage not by not letting games be available on their platform, but by expanding their own platforms possibilities of entertaining people with integration (Xbox and Windows, PS3 and Bravia TVs, etc.) or expansion of gameplay elements (Kinect, Move) to make the customer feel rather than think they made a right choice buying the console and sticking with a company.
What made the SNES so awesome? What made the N64/PS1 so exciting and memorable? Why don't they consider that making an enjoyable but trascendent console can translate into profit?