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El-Suave
10/29/08

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I hope people who mock EyePet right now will eat their words if this turns into Sony's "Nintendogs"...
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Zim
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
If you were employed by Sony, who have lost a huge amount of important exclusives recently, would you really say nothing is ever exclusive?

''We have some great exclusives still! Like FF13:versus and MGS4! Then again nothing is exclusive so don't worry about it. We will all have the same games so I guess just get the cheaper console... oh erm no I mean the more expensive one with the same games''
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Garo
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
He is obviously commenting on 3rd party exclusives.
People should use their brain before posting comments about Zelda,LBP and Halo.
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Erode
10/29/08

@Garo: I don't actually think LPB will EVER come to the 360....

....I just really want it too :(
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Strangelove
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
I think Master Chief, Samus, Link, and Mario may beg to differ. I think the correct quote is: "Nothing is Ever Exclusive ... to Playstation 3."
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JoeLikesRamen!
10/29/08

@Strangelove: All of the properties you listed belong to first parties. Exclusivity is referring to third party publishers sticking to one platform, such as 2K Games with Bioshock.
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Strangelove
10/29/08

@Jagged Toaster:

My point was more that Microsoft and Nintendo have bonafide system-selling icons. There's no clear, identifiable, exclusive mascot character for PS.
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big isy
10/29/08

@Strangelove: SOlid Snake and Sackboy would argue that point. I guess Sackboy has yet to prove his worth but given the already immense positive feedback the little fella is getting, I wouldn't be so surprised if he became the next Sonic or Mario even.
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Strangelove
10/30/08

@big isy:

Except that the MGS series has appeared on multiple consoles and even MGSIV is likely to be ported to 360. If Snake was completely exclusive to Sony, I would agree with you, but he's just not synonymous with PS.

The jury is out on LBP. It's done well critically, but I'm not sure how much of a buzz there is with the general gaming public who doesn't read a million previews for months.
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Erode
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
Nothing is ever exclusive? When LittBigPlanet comes to the 360, then I'll believe it
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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
This is funny as hell, when Sony had no issues with paying for exclusives. You also know what's not exclusive Sony? The #1 spot, which you are as far away from as we are sending manned missions to Saturn. Stop your crying, Microsoft has taken your own tactic and has not only blunted your edge with it, but is strangling you with it.
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Jun581 says foxstar is a bitch and sucks kotaku...wait my phone is ringing
10/29/08

@Foxstar Sixtail: my gosh, your fanboyism shows!
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Ehardergardens
10/29/08

@Jun581 won't give you tree fiddy!!: Also I don't know that Sony bought exclusivity they just were the biggest distribution channel so they got exclusivity for just that. MS on the other hand did not have that advantage so they had to throw some money around to get some good IP going. They leveraged that money and marketing to build halo and gears and to a lesser extent some others. Sony still has not marketed a game as well as those were marketed to such mainstream levels of mass appeal.
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Jun581 says foxstar is a bitch and sucks kotaku...wait my phone is ringing
10/29/08

@Ehardergardens: well you can't blame a company for not putting their products on soda cans and underwears. MS has good talent so they can develop good original IP's. Shadowrun, although...not very good, had promise and it was just the beginning.
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Certop
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
Totally makes sense. With the cost of development increasing each generation of consoles it makes no sense for 3rd party dev's to lock into one console.

Sony realise this and are heavily investing into 1st party development. I remember reading awhile back, that Sony has more development studio's than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.

Also I wonder if Microsofts $50 million cheque to Take 2 for GTA IV dlc exculsivity is going to pay-off? Are people going to care to buy the dlc nearly a year after the game has been released? The money given to Take 2 could have been used for new development on new IP's.
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excel_excel
10/29/08

@Certop: good point. actually considering the obvious difference between how many people own more 360's than PS3's the sales comparisons between the two for GTA IV I thought the 360 sales would have been a whole lot higher than the PS3 camp, but instead it was like 60:40....you have to wonder if that 50 million was worth it
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excel_excel
10/29/08

@excel_excel: by that 50 million I mean for the DLC
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Indypunk
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
I love me some sony, but all of this "We don't care about exclusives" news is bullshot. Of COURSE they care about exclusives. It would be alright if they said this when asked a question about it, but they randomly announce their lack of desire for exclusive titles. They really are forcing it.
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FP_slomo788
10/29/08

@Indypunk: Did you read the article?
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Mit
10/29/08

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"rather than paying other people a huge amount of money to stop people playing their product."

Shows the douchebaggery of it all perfectly.
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FP_slomo788
10/29/08

@Mit: Yep.
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VoteSmart
10/29/08

@FP_slomo788: Business is business.
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FP_slomo788
10/29/08

@VoteSmart: Gamers are not businessmen. If you worry more about MS's record profits than the games you get to play you're on the wrong website I believe.
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Chalkdust
10/29/08

@Mit: I thought that was a nice zing as well.
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StarKiller
10/29/08

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Sony also said that PS3 would be 4d gaming in full 1080p.

:P
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Koztah
10/29/08

@StarKiller:

Sony has far less experience bullshitting than MS does. Give them time and soon enough they'll also be pumping out gems like:

"There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed."

"Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time."

"There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft."

"We will never make a 32-bit operating system."
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vickissv3
10/29/08

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i love how they only say that because they've lost every exclusive third party franchise they had for the previous 10 years.
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FP_slomo788
10/29/08

@vickissv3: I love how you don't understand a word of what the guy said.
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excel_excel
10/29/08

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The reason I bought a PS2 all the those years ago was because of the exclusive software, Sony shouldn't be saying 'nothing is ever exclusive' when what seperates your console from the competition is the games.
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stryker1800
10/29/08

@excel_excel: or the not paying for something you can free else where
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excel_excel
10/29/08

@stryker1800: You mean xbox live? Yeah you have to pay for it but this is exclusivity talk, not which one charges for online and which one doesn't
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FP_slomo788
10/29/08

@excel_excel: I agree, but you have to remember that games are not limited to third party franchises. I'm glad they actually did not try to get into MS's little game (in which they would eventually lose anyways), because really what's more important? Fresh IPs like Heavy Rain, Resistance, LBP, Uncharted, White Knight Chronicles and others? Or keeping 360 owners from playing FFXIII and Tekken 6? If you own a PS3 there are plenty of reasons to be happy with your purchase, even in just the game department.
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BlueToast
10/29/08

@excel_excel: It's that Microsoft Pays developers to offset the fact that they are limiting their market. Sony "feels" that that is unscrupulous. And they're right, but it's also good business.

Business>Morals
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excel_excel
10/29/08

@FP_slomo788: Agreed....damn you make good points.... and I am happy with my PS3 even though LBP got delayed....sniff

@BlueToast: true, true
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jayntampa
10/29/08

@BlueToast: There is nothing unscrupulous about paying people for exclusive content, it's called smart business.
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Vaegrin
10/29/08

In reply to Sony Says "Nothing Is Ever Exclusive"
Um... Mirror's Edge?
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Jaikarr
10/29/08

@Vaegrin: Is Multi-platform...
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excel_excel
10/29/08

@Jaikarr: and has exclusive DLC....
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stryker1800
10/29/08

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im pretty sure a large part of the xbox 360 fan base, aka halo players, wouldnt enjoy metal gear solid 4
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excel_excel
10/29/08

@stryker1800: I disagree there, I can definetly seeing it selling on 360 if it ever did. Just because somebody likes Halo doesn't mean that they won't like MGS4
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Chalkdust
10/29/08

@stryker1800: Orly? What if I have a PS3, enjoy MGS4, and happen to like Halo?

ALso, I love the tired old cutscene complaints, kids. That crap never gets old. Oh noes cutscenes r teh devil!
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DigitalHero
10/29/08

In reply to Why No PS3 Holiday Price Cut? Sony Running A Business, Thinking of Shareholders
Coming out with the PS3 and $499 and $599 (20GB and 60GB versions in 2006) were the key to their undoing. Without Blu-Ray they would have had an affordable platform.
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