Sonys Ego Cost Them Their Own Halo

lucifon - 46 days 6 hours ago

Haha awesome. This guys hilarious although I don't think thats his intention. Theres no way CoD would be an exclusive to any platform, activision make FAR too much money off all the platforms, and the 360 is the lead sale platform by a long shot. It wouldnt make logical business sense to even let any platform have exclusivity of CoD.

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FF7numbaone - 46 days 5 hours ago

Don't know if it would be a halo of ps3. IF they could have made MW 2 exclusive then yea....

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skatezero246 - 46 days 5 hours ago

My avatar clearly explains how I feel about that over-rated crap known as Halo

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lightningsax - 46 days 5 hours ago

It's okay, everyone, you can all chill out about the Halo/COD comparisons now. One's exclusive and one isn't, they're both good FPS franchises, and they both make an aircraft carrier's weight in solid gold every day. I don't play either of them because it's not my cup of tea. That's about it.

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Enigma_2099 - 46 days 4 hours ago

... I was about to say "we didn't WANT HALO," but what's the point?

Besides, the following is far more appropriate...

"Page hits whore is whoring for page hits..."

That is all.

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Shmotz - 46 days 4 hours ago

If it was a Sony exclusive and Sony was funding I'm pretty sure that Activision wouldnt even be in the picture as they only publish the games. If it was a PS3 exclusive I bet Sony would publish it, then again I dunno if Activision owns the CoD franchise or not.

Anyways what should have happened and what did happen are different and both have come and gone. Enjoy the game if you have it, thats all.

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molsen81 - 46 days 3 hours ago

So people don't like Hip Hop Gamer for various reasons. The way he talks, because he wears his hat tilted to the side, etc. Yeah, I get it. Would you like him more if he was a white guy with streaky hair, tight skateborder jeans, and a guitar in his hand? Yeah, that's what I thought. Show your true colors.

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HypnoticMonkey - 46 days 3 hours ago

So this is just another "What if..?" article? Wow, great for a news site.

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fallenchicken - 46 days 3 hours ago

Would Call of Duty be as popular if it was a ps3 exclusive? Think how popular resistance and uncharted would be if they were 3rd party.

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MonopolyRSV - 46 days 2 hours ago

I don't know why yall hate on hiphopgamers videos. This particular one raises a good point of discussion.

There are probably alot of variables that came into play in the decision at the time. COD had/has a bigger install-base on the Xbox 360. Modern Warfare 2 would not have had quite as big of a launch had it been exclusive to PS3. Also, 360 fans would be in too much of an uproar and would demand the game be made for 360 as well. Look at how PC gamers are angry at their decisions. There are alot more 360 players than the PC gamers, the outrage would've been huge.

Or, perhaps the offer of "exclusivity" really meant more along the lines of having a delayed 360 port, in which case, it could possibly benefit Microsoft in the long run when you think of the particular online experience with friends that is synonomous with Xbox Live.

If 360 fans were willing to wait 6 months to a year, depending on how well Sony could migrate the user base to the PS3 Slim and improve their online experience in that time, the Microsoft fan base could use that against Sony by saying, "you know, you got it first, but we waited 6 months and you still don't have inter-game voice chat up to par" or stuff like that.

Also. Sony has already taken certain financial risk with the console itself and in pushing Guerrilla Games and Naughty Dog etc. Those 2 developers in particular spent alot of time and effort in making Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 graphically and generally overall superior to the 360s offerings, and are a proud mark for the PS3 brand. Whereas Infinity Ward has now made MW2 graphically as equal as possible between both platforms. They may have been more persuaded to make a better game if they signed an "exclusivity" deal perhaps, but then would Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 have stood out as much? In the 2009 time frame?

I'd like to hear one of the top Sony execs respond as to why they have adopted that philosophy of not acquiring exclusivity rights from their investments in 3rd party developers.

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molsen81 - 46 days 1 hour ago

I want to know why people assume Modern Warfare 2 will not sell as well on PS3. I can't wait to see some legit sales numbers. I don't think any games should be exclusive anymore. I'm missing out on 360 exclusives because I refuse to buy another 360 after my RROD x2 experience. Not really fair IMO.

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ASSASSYN 36o - 46 days ago

I got to admit. Hippyhop has a point. Sony F'ed up.

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orange-skittle - 45 days 22 hours ago

Actually listen to this moron. This guy is a joke. I am black and I find his interviews very unprofessional and borderline annoying. I wouldn't even answer questions from a grown ass man w/ his hat backwards if I were representing my company. When you give a journalistic interview you have to be articulate and ask the questions everyone is thinking. Not sucking the snot out of the developers d*ck and saying "Yo, Is it true dat...."

His remarks and headlines are misleading and god awful. Look at this one, Call of Duty was never a Sony only release and the only reason this came up is because of the GOTY that was just released. He would have a better argument if he said "What If GTA Stayed on the Playstation?" This dude is a joke and I refuse to read the rest of his dumb articles. I never get past the openings because he's such a douche.

Hip Hop Gamer, you are a disgrace and you offend me. Grow the f*ck up

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Stunt - 45 days 21 hours ago

Does this guy have an "Approve Squad" or some group that gets these stories posted? I mean, they're usually full of crap and the textual breakdowns are usually written at (like others have said) a third-grade level.

I'll tell you why these events HHG described don't even have a probability of being true. Infinity Ward can't go to Sony and offer them an exclusivity deal on Call of Duty. Infinity Ward does not own Call of Duty, Activision does. I highly doubt Activision, being the money lovers they are, would offer Sony exclusivity on a Call of Duty on a game when they can easily triple their profits with two other versions of the game.

HHG. No.

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