But Sony never paid sega to keep that exclusivity, so someone else paid them to put it on their platform.Generally if someone has a 3rd party exclusivity for a game there is some kind of partnership
Exactly.What’s the point of building up this huge install base if you’re just gonna lose partners and relationships one by one? Like what’s the long-term strategy here if you’re unwilling to invest in your key partners that made you what you are then what’s the point?
But Sony never paid sega to keep that exclusivity, so someone else paid them to put it on their platform.
That's not really Sony losing a partnership.
If they finally get that game they can finally stop bitching about it & using it as an excuse for my Microsoft should be allowed to buy everything
So it begins
They could afford to overpay for bungie they just don't want to make any purchases that would benefit playstation players it seemsSony needs to buy big shares in these Japanese publishers, so they dont lose them in the future.
Supposedly they cant afford to buy anyone or not want to, whichever it is, they need to protect there own business and keep these Ips secure.
And understandably sony won't be fighting to pay for yakuza exclusivity as it is mostly a meh franchise that doesn't sell well and will have close to zeroe impact on them, sega will releason on sony regardless complete waste of money to get some exclusivity for that..You could be right about the partnership. I dont know if every partnership has to have an official deal made public or maybe it did at some point?
But they are still losing 2 PS centric exclusive series. One that has been exclusive to PS since PS1 (Persona) and the other since PS2 (Yakuza). Its not a Final Fantasy situation. They started on PS exclusively, there fanbase is all PS owners for over 2 decades until recently
I think they were in risk of losing Bungie to MS thats why they had to.They could afford to overpay for bungie they just don't want to make any purchases that would benefit playstation players it seems
I can even understand Bungie to help and spearhead the with the GaaS initiative. But I can't understand spending millions on studios that with no IPs, that will only make online games, while completely ignoring their partnerships and relationships they've build over decades of being in the industry.They could afford to overpay for bungie they just don't want to make any purchases that would benefit playstation players it seems
And understandably sony won't be fighting to pay for yakuza exclusivity as it is mostly a meh franchise that doesn't sell well and will have close to zeroe impact on them.
And they won't waste money on keeping persona 5 exclusivity as they had they exclusive for a long time, why would they continue paying that exlclusive when the real impact is paying for persona 6 exclusivity?
They weren't at risk of losing them to Microsoft, the only reason they let Sony purchase them was because they allowed them to stay basically independent something Microsoft was not willing to do ps players get sweet FA from the bungie acquisition except live service online only games that would've been on the platform regardless meanwhile Microsoft is buying up publishers with tonnes of IPs that they can take away from playstation at any pointI think they were in risk of losing Bungie to MS thats why they had to.
And MS wanted to buy them outright, PS couldnt afford that so Im guessing they offered them a bunch of money to stay semi independent etc
This is the future with big tech like MS buying everything when they cant even make run there own studios properly
They spent billions on bungie not millions but I agreeI can even understand Bungie to help and spearhead the with the GaaS initiative. But I can't understand spending millions on studios that with no IPs, that will only make online games, while completely ignoring their partnerships and relationships they've build over decades of being in the industry.
I own a Series X. I can play all these games. But Sony's focus on bs pisses me off and they have no one but themselves to blame for the IPs they lost.
Well those fans can still love them. They haven't gone anywhere.We’ll have to wait to see what happens with Persona 6. Yakuza like a Dragon was a pretty popular
Still whatever anyone thinks of Yakuza or Persona, or the smaller niche titles, PS had a small percentage of fans loving those games. Now Yakuza is more popular than ever, alot of games are blowing up in popularity compared to what they use to be. GOW, Horizon, Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima etc.
They weren't at risk of losing them to Microsoft, the only reason they let Sony purchase them was because they allowed them to stay basically independent something Microsoft was not willing to do ps players get sweet FA from the bungie acquisition except live service online only games that would've been on the platform regardless meanwhile Microsoft is buying up publishers with tonnes of IPs that they can take away from playstation at any point
They wouldn't of because they tried & got told noMS would of bought them if PS didnt.
Im not denying PS is not doing the right stuff otherwise
They would of probably offered money lol and PS probably didnt want to risk losing themThey wouldn't of because they tried & got told no
What "current gen patches" have been blocked?Marketing deals don't block current gen patches to release on competing platforms. Or if they do, they arrive later.
Persona 3 and 4 remasters. Yakuza 7 had a timed Xbox upgrade, to the point that Sega was forbidden to even acknowledge any other versions for 48 hours after reveal.What "current gen patches" have been blocked?
Oh you sweet summer child.If they finally get that game they can finally stop bitching about it & using it as an excuse for my Microsoft should be allowed to buy everything