Stephen Totilo: Sega's plans include the hope it'll be used "as a weapon" by platform holders
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Interesting
This lastest Sega release seems to be one of the last Microsoft Gamepass ones
This lastest Sega release seems to be one of the last Microsoft Gamepass ones
Sega probably thought by kissing Microsofts ass and putting games on gamepass they could get sony and Nintendo to pay more for stuff like marketing rights. But Sega games on Xbox and gamepass haven't done sht to help xbox or Sega.
The Gamepass bag is shrinking by the year and SEGA is going to have to figure out their quality control on their pipeline because it's so hit and miss for them(with a lot of misses recently).
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Sony should never do any deals with Sega again, let them learn their lesson. Same for any other publisher that does that including SE and Capcom.
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If there wasn’t a bigger reason for Sony to lockdown some of these gaming publisher ie Capcom & Square Enix ownership of these franchise will be very important to compete as platform in the handheld space, vr space & subscription. Sony needs to get there shit together there output of PS5 exclusive from first party has been abysmal compared to Nintendo 5-10 games per year
PS should get exclusive Persona & Sonic games then these 3rd party deals like Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade etc maybe because it’s its prominent ips but exclusive Persona & Sonic games would hit harder & push PS console sells higher then these more risky deals that may or may not pay off.
Sony should also license there ip to 3rd party to get more games of these franchise like Nintendo. I would license out Uncharted to SNK to make an Uncharted meets Metal Slug game as a spin of Uncharted game sold for $50 smaller game with smaller scope that fills in the year & gives uncharted fans & PS fans more Uncharted games.
I remember that the Valkyrie Chronicles were promoted exclusively by Sony, and as soon as Sega started working with MS and ported the existing games to PC, the VC series immediately stopped showing signs of life...
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And people act like companies shouldn't use their IP to leverage platform holders. ITS A BUSINESS STRATEGY. they do not care about loss of sales when companies are ready to give your free millions.
Phil was foaming at the mouth to be able to market P studios new IP. And it definitely wasn't cheap.
Phil was foaming at the mouth to be able to market P studios new IP. And it definitely wasn't cheap.
It makes zero sense for Nintendo and Sony to start bidding against each other and even less sense to bid against Xbox if they want to throw money away.
These co-marketing/exclusivity deals should only happen when they are mutually beneficial.
Like Final Fantasy exclusivity, I think it makes the games sell more in the long run to have Sony backing up them with marketing than they would be selling otherwise and it also protect them from being pirated on PC immediately.
These co-marketing/exclusivity deals should only happen when they are mutually beneficial.
Like Final Fantasy exclusivity, I think it makes the games sell more in the long run to have Sony backing up them with marketing than they would be selling otherwise and it also protect them from being pirated on PC immediately.
Look who's suddenly open to do platform exclusives again 
Sony is not getting an exclusive Sonic game. Like yeah, Sonic games sell well on PlayStation, but they sell better on Nintendo. So if anyone's getting an exclusive Sonic game it's Nintendo and, actually, they've already gotten several in the past (that Bioware-developed Sonic RPG, the Raving Rabbits games, Lost World on the Wii U, etc.).
Maybe Sony could get marketing & exclusivity deal for VF6 tho, like they did for SFV. There is already a rumor SIE are co-developing some AA games with SEGA/Atlus and Namco-Bandai, like a Wipeout revival. However as time goes on I put less and less stock in that particular rumor.
Sony is not getting an exclusive Sonic game. Like yeah, Sonic games sell well on PlayStation, but they sell better on Nintendo. So if anyone's getting an exclusive Sonic game it's Nintendo and, actually, they've already gotten several in the past (that Bioware-developed Sonic RPG, the Raving Rabbits games, Lost World on the Wii U, etc.).
Maybe Sony could get marketing & exclusivity deal for VF6 tho, like they did for SFV. There is already a rumor SIE are co-developing some AA games with SEGA/Atlus and Namco-Bandai, like a Wipeout revival. However as time goes on I put less and less stock in that particular rumor.
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Look who's suddenly open to do platform exclusives again
Sony is not getting an exclusive Sonic game. Like yeah, Sonic games sell well on PlayStation, but they sell better on Nintendo. So if anyone's getting an exclusive Sonic game it's Nintendo and, actually, they've already gotten several in the past (that Bioware-developed Sonic RPG, the Raving Rabbits games, Lost World on the Wii U, etc.).
Maybe Sony could get marketing & exclusivity deal for VF6 tho, like they did for SFV. There is already a rumor SIE are co-developing some AA games with SEGA/Atlus and Namco-Bandai, like a Wipeout revival. However as time goes on I put less and less stock in that particular rumor.
I assume Sony would like to buy any of them, same as with Sega, Bandai Namco, Kadokawa, Ubisoft, etc.
The thing is that if they don't want to sell Sony can't buy them.
Sega said the opposite for their mid-term (3 years) plan, that they will focus more on multiplatform and global releases to raise their revenue.Look who's suddenly open to do platform exclusives again
When companies like Sony or MS acquire big multiplatform stuff like Mojang, Bethesda, Bungie or ABK it's to get the money they make in all platforms, so keep them as multiplatform.
Pretty likely same would apply if any of them would acquire big publishers like Sega, Capcom, etc.: they'd keep them multiplatform and would just block exclusives for rival consoles or game subs. This would help them make more money while also having less issues with market regulators.
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