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11/03/09
Thank you. #splintercellconviction
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The storage capacity must be limited, as it is "loaded to the max" with wallpapers, a video and some art. 2-4GB probably #splintercellconviction
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That's the only reason I have a Beatles t-shirt on my avatar right now. It came with the game :) #splintercellconviction
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Halo 3, CoD: MW2, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Steel Batallion and the Wii would like to have a work with you... #splintercellconviction
11/03/09
Or so it seems these days. #splintercellconviction
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Still... LOL @ Ryan #splintercellconviction
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I imagine that if Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2 and FFXIII have CE's then I'll be buying them as well.
11/03/09
I love collecting limited editions, especially ones for Blizzard titles. :) #splintercellconviction
11/03/09
I'm really glad I got the one for Dragon Age though. :D #splintercellconviction
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07/22/09
Buy the rights to a game (such as SC:C) so that it is exclusive to your console = Bad.
Buy an entire studio making their current game and all their future games exclusive to your console (i.e. Sony buying Naughty Dog in 2001) = Good.
Um, why?
Either way gobs of money are being used to secure exclusive content for a game console.
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There has been simply nothing produced for PS3 that could not be ported to the 360. The top two (in power) consoles have never been closer. Ever. (Possibly the SNES/Genesis was as close)
Name a single multi plat game that looked or played significantly better on the PS3 due to its superior horsepower. You can't. First generation Xbox games looked better than any PS2 game ever developed from day one. That simply did not happen this gen.
Also, that is neither here nor there.
The question is why do people get their panties in a bunch over a company buying an exclusive game and yet forgive a different company buying an entire game developer? What is the difference? (besides more money and more exclusive games?)
07/23/09
If Microsoft considers that pouring millions of dollars to secure an exclusive is something that will help their business... well, that's entirely up to them. And to the writers in Kotaku: let us leave fanboyism aside and write a little more objectively, please? Thanks :-)
07/22/09
Just out of curiosity? What f---ing difference does it make? I'm so sick of these "oh, they PAID for [fill in complaint of your choice]" otherwise they wouldn't have it" arguments.
But OF COURSE they paid for it! OF COURSE AT&T paid Apple to have an iPhone exclusive! OF COURSE Nissan paid Bose for their speakers appearing exclusively in Nissan/Infinity vehicles! (If that ones still active.)
It's a little thingie called ..... wait for it..... BUSINESS!! You see, here's how it breaks down: Company A is in competition with Company B. Company C has no dog in that particular fight and couldn't possibly give less of a rat's ass who won the A/B fight. But, Company C makes nice things that both A and B would like to offer their customers. B approaches C and says: "Hey C, I'll give you 10 shillings if you only sell your thing to our customers!" Company C says: "Hmmm. Lemme think about it, B."
Company C promptly calls Company A and says: "Hey A, B offered us 10 shillings to only sell our great thing to them. Do YOU have anything to say in reply?" If A wants C's thing to go to their customers, they'll offer 15 shillings. If not, they won't.
That's the way that shit works and there's nothing wrong with it. Whether it's Sony with their SquareEnix exclusives of old (and to a lesser extent of new) or whether it's MS and this game or it's AT&T and Apple.
Reminds me of the whole "Toshiba gave Dreamworks money to only have Shrek 3 on HD-DVD. That's wrong!" shit while ignoring the cash Sony pimped WB's way for backing the Blu.
Get over it. It's business. If you had the resources and were in fierce competition with someone selling basically the same shit you were, you'd do the same.
(Hops off soapbox. Takes a puff. Chills.)
J
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07/22/09
Heh, doesn't pay for exclusives on their console. Good one. I'm sure Sega agrees with you on that one.
07/23/09
Could we please leave fanboyism aside? "Honorable", are you kidding me??? Do you think any of these two companies care about "honorable"? They care about money!
07/22/09
take in consideration that it costs more to develop for the ps3 alongside other platforms: new staff, new training, expensive licensing fees, dev kits (of which this studio doesn't have according to destructoid or here, i don't remember which). and not to mention the last SC on the ps3 sold abysmally low. sales of the ps3 port would need to reach a significantly high number, possibly more than what the 360 averages, in order to have a return on that investment, numbers that of late with prototype show that they are likely in the red in activision's ps3 department and likely too this one would end up having the 360/pc sales pick up the slack; the 360/pc sales would essentially pay for the ps3 port basically having MS indirectly "give" it to the ps3.
in addition that sales on the 360 alone would satisfy the publisher in the black, i can see how ubisoft can get away with leaving out the ps3, unfortunate for those users as it may be.
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