BioShock 360 exclusivity deal explained

Exclusivity deals these days are complicated things. When BioShock was originally announced everyone expected it would be released on all suitable platforms, but it ended up being an Xbox 360 exclusive. Throughout the months leading up to its release rumours about a PS3 version were cropping up on an almost daily basis, and videogamer.com tracked down Markus Wilding, International PR director, 2K, to find out what exactly the deal was with BioShock on Xbox 360 and the game now coming to PS3.

[Wildarmsjecht]

Didn't someone who worked on the 360 version say it was because MS said they would pay for all the marketing if it were timed, letting consumers believe it was only available on the 360, and letting 2k get some much needed relief from marketing costs and hassles? This was said months ago, I believe, anyone else remember?

[crck]

That said MS approach them after some show and as usual offered them the $$$ for timed exclusivity.

[StayHigh]

Microsoft just loves giving money!! In a way I kinda hate them for doing that because its not actually helping us gamers at all..All the great games should be release on the PS3 at least so they can take advantage of hardware and devlopers don't need to limit them self because the storage capacity of DVD's.

I feel like GTA should be at least a bigger game..

[mikeslemonade]

They were payed to do so.

[pegger24]

I am not attacking you, but to say that the storage limits of the 360 make all games shorter is a bit shortsighted. Any exclusive game is going to use the hardware best, or should at least. But the 360 is not always the limiting factor in development. Things like Uncompressed sound and cgi(MGS4)cut scenes take up a lot of space on those blu ray discs, not to mention the cost and time that goes into developing a game. Not saying that it is a negative to have uncompressed sound, far from it, but those with 7.1 systems are certainly in the minority.
I personally would love to see more exclusive titles so that the developers can spend the time on the game that is necessary to push one specific piece of hardware to the limit, which ever console that may be.

[Kaneda]

I didn't send them any mails or emails to request PS3 version..

[kinggeoff]

That putting games on the PS3 as opposed to the 360 would in any way hinder that game's production from what it potentially could have been, you have to do a great deal more research in order to understand the hardware differences between the two systems. They both have bottlenecks and tons of issues that developers need to overcome when designing a game.

The space limitations argument is totally a fallacy. Compression methods are what drive the industry forward. Not every audio and video codec is as much of a mess as MPEG compression algorithms.

Plenty of space on standard DVDs. If you seriously believe that these games need 50gb of space to be the best they can be, you need to go back to the playground with the rest of the kids and go about your business.

[Tomdc]

Timed exclusives are a safer bet for microsoft. They cost less so there is less risk involved when with a new ip. A lot of full third party exclusives are timed ones that just dont go multiplatform in the end because the companies moved on or they dont think its worth it after, say a year.

[jackdoe]

Yes. It was revealed months ago and assumed by many.

[DJ]

All the cutscenes in MGS4 were done in-game. None of it was pre-rendered (though it's easy to come to that conclusion).

[avacadosnorkel]

get's the disagrees from the XBOX crowd.

[LightofDarkness]

There are actually 4 cutscenes identified as pre-rendered in MGS4, most notably the 2 at the end of Act III. These have been proven by the encoding artefacts which can be pointed out at various points by observing the sky, as colour gradients can be clearly seen. Before everyone hits disagree, look it up, or play those scenes for yourself and look for the evidence. Still that proves the videos were slightly compressed, which means they didn't take up much room on the disc.

[Sam Fisher]

but bioshock isnt all that great..story is grade b.. over 70 plasmid, thats dog sh*&. its several plasmids and over 50 upgrades actually. telekinesis is basically gravity gun from half life or any other game. if they make a movie out of this its not gonna be that big of a hit. and 1 important thing aswell, i beat the game. start a new game...um... wheres the stuff i earned in the previous file... u start COMPLETELY new. thats stupid.

[zonetrooper5]

Fixed the editing mistake, you can approve it now.

[PenisaurisDix]

If there is more bling on the PS3 edition I will catch this game there. They say it's a classic. Even more confounding to me is I am true fan of System Shock -- why did this game not compel me to play ???

[Wildarmsjecht]

Because you are married to the devil. Yea, I said it. Ronald Reagen = Devil.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

'xBox 360, you can Run, but you can't Hide!!!' ;-D
(or was that 'Sir Ken Kutaragi' who said that) ;)

The Best Version is coming to PS3!!!;-P
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Much good stuff coming to the PS3 it's AMAZING!!! ;-P

PLAYSTATION®3規格ソフトウェアのゲー ム 中にXMB™

[Darrius Cole]

Ronald Reagan does not = A devil;

Ronald Reagan = THE Devil.

Said another way.

I do not mean that The Devil created Ronald Reagan, because before Ronald Reagan there was no Devil.

[Pain]

let me guess u voted for Bush ?

After Reagan your Country went Down hill....

[captainjy]

[yawn...]

Their wasting their time. It will sell a measly 200-300K on the POS3.

[Darkwolf]

dont judge ps3 sales just because the inferior 360 sales were like that..

[name]

Why isn't the 360 losing bioshock considered a big blow to the 360?

[Stryfeno1]

Maybe because it the first in the first in the series unlike Final Fantasy.

[Mc Fadge]

it's because Sony needs those RPGs

[predator]

cos it is a year later.........

[kingme71]

Also because anyone wanting the title and buying the 360 to get it would have done that already. Unlike FFXIII that releases at the same time (or at least as far as we have been told), the consumer then has a choice of which system to buy.

Same principle with MGS4. If it did go to the 360 it wouldn't be as big a deal to Sony because they have already reaped the benefits of selling more consoles.

[kevnb]

1: its a year later
2: microsoft isn't nearly as reliant on exclusives not published by them

[-M4verick-]

Yea Bioshock hasnt been a Xbox franchises for like 15 years and Bioshock is coming to the PS3 a year after it already won GOTY on the XBox 360...unlike FF13 which will ship on launch day in the U.S and Europe on the 360. Quite different.

[Leathersoup]

"Why isn't the 360 losing bioshock considered a big blow to the 360?"

perhaps it's because Xbox 360 owners aren't threatening to throw themselves off of rooftops when other platforms get the games?

I happen to think it's awesome that PS3 owners will get to play Bioshock. Some of my most recent memorable moments in gaming were from playing this game and I think it's silly to refuse that to specific people based on the console they've chosen to purchase.

[CaptainHowdy]

Final Fantasy XI was what exactly?

[Nuclearwinter]

"2: microsoft isn't nearly as reliant on exclusives not published by them "

If anyone is reliant on 3rd party exclusives it's Microsoft.

[kevnb]

oh really, what third party published exclusive is microsoft reliant on?

[ukilnme]

@ Leathersoup

LMAO. I was wondering why it was raining bodies a few days ago.

[Foo Skeptic]

Bioshock has not the quantity of fans Final Fantasy has
Bioshock is good but not as good as Final Fantasy
If I have to choose between those games I would choose Final Fantasy inmediately

[beavis4play]

can you name the "vast" number of 1st party games for microsoft? and i see the word games your playing. in fact, forget naming the games. give us the devs microsoft has working for MGS to produce all the 1st party games they have? i think you're wrong. microsoft depends completely on 3rd party games. their 1st party games are practically non-existant.

[bruiser81]

@ 3.10

a better question would be what games have they released besides Halo that are first party to MS, if you can answer that you will know how much they depend on 1st party

[zypher]

well, outside of Halo and Forza (and Perfect Dark Zero lol), just about every exclusive on the 360 is third-party developed. true, Microsoft may have published a lot of them, but they had no hand in development, which is why you're seeing a lot of previously "Only-on 360" games creep up on the PS3. so yes, given their sheer dearth of in-house development, this generation Microsoft seems way more reliant on third-party games, at least more than Sony.

given the two approaches, i think i prefer Sony's. most worthwhile 3rd party games ship day-and-date on both systems, and those that are 360 exclusive still find their way to the PS3. on the other hand, Sony has a catalog of in-house studios that completely trounces Microsofts. unlike Microsoft-published third-party developed exclusives, in-house exclusives remain exclusive. still, i'm a proud PS360 owner, so i'm covered either way.

[KLEPTOMANIAC]

its good to see microsoft losing exclusives and not just ps3

[bozobucketeer]

Like everyone else said, it's a year later, but also because it was out for the PC. Anyone with a decent PC could have played it if they wanted to.

@3.8 - A crappy MMORPG.

[Sam Fisher]

i completely agree and i like xbox 360 alittle more than ps3. but thats b/c im a ff hardcore fan to its fullest

[name]

And if MGS4 was announced to come out for the 360 in 2009 then it'd be no big deal right?

[kevnb]

it would be nice for xbox owners, but it would be like when mgs2 came to xbox... nobody cared by the time it came out.

[-M4verick-]

Defiantely not as big as FF 13....not even close because PS3 owners would have already played it for a year and a half instead of getting it on the same day.

[spunnups]

will bioshock 2 be multi? from the sounds of this article yes, but you never know.

[mistertwoturbo]

I don't think so. MS knows it's going to be a big title and do their magic. By magic I mean drop a suitcase filled with millions.

[kingme71]

I don't think MS will pay for it to be exclusive. I think part of the reason they chose to port it to the PS3 was to give PS3 owners the 1st one before making the 2nd (and 3rd which was slipped some time ago as something they would most likely be doing) multiplatform.

If MS wanted to keep the franchise exclusive they would have backed up their dump truck full of money to keep the 1st one that way.

[bruiser81]

@ 5.2 i thought the same thing about ninja gaiden, but i was wrong. I hope you are right though

[BoneMagnus]

as a 360 owner (and soon to be PS3 owner also), I'm glad my PS3-only bros and sisters get to enjoy this amazing game - reserve it now. It is brilliant. 'Nuff said.

[DJ]

And I'm glad I get to pick it up soon. =]

[mistertwoturbo]

Bubbles for being a true neutral gamer. Not like those fake neutral folks like LaChance and Agent VX.

[BoneMagnus]

The game mechanics - control, combat, enemy AI etc are all fantastic and equal to any shooter out there, but its the environments, the mood, the story, the creepiness and sense of loss - its somewhat twisted, but also sad.

The versatility in gameplay with choices in weapon upgrades and plasmids...you really feel you have a choice in how you survive.

All of this has made me want to play it again!

[SilPho]

Agreed, I'm thankful as a sole PS3 owner that I do get to experience this GOTY first hand.

Here's hoping BioShock 2 is multi-platform so that nobody misses out. (Well, except the Wii only owners).

[BoneMagnus]

that BioShock 2 would have any exclusivity. I don't think it would be in the interest of 2K to do an exclusive deal at this point given the success of the IP.

BioShock 2 is guaranteed to sell.

With Bioshock one, the deal with MS gave 2K some dough as insurance in case the game for whatever reason didn't do well at retail (because there have been great critically acclaimed games that fail to move off store shelves).

[SL1M DADDY]

Drop the silly fanboy crap boys and girls and enjoy the fact that a great game is going to come to the PS3. It was great on the PC and the 360 and it will be great on the PS3.

[avacadosnorkel]

Sony only has a few 3rd party exclusives and sometimes Sony can't even buy old games now. Look at Dead Rising...there's even a Wii version coming out. But still no PS3. Microsoft is killing Sony's third party support.

[devilhunterx]

Lost planet, Enchanted Arms, Sacred 2, Condemned 2, Oblivion, Overlord, Eternal Sonata, Postal 3, Saint's Row 2.

Guess who stole them from who.

[-M4verick-]

but those would have been multiplatform anyways...they have no histroy on Xbox...Xbox 360 was just out the first year and got them first... kinda like Bioshock becuase it had the installbase to warrant Bioshock as a timed Exlcusive. Final Fantasy XIII is just an absolute failure on Sony's part...for losing the biggest games PS3 would have ever had.

[StrboyM]

thank you bone.

bubbles for you...see we all can get along if we try...unless of course were playing socom confrontation, then i gotta shoot you!!

[BoneMagnus]

And I've been blessed (a curse to my wallet) that I like many genres.
So bring on Gears 2, Killzone 2, Fable 2, Resistance 2...lot of sequels!...Infamous, Halo Wars, Forza 3, GT5, MGS4...I could go on...oh, wait - GOD OF WAR 3!!!! (And there are a bunch of cross-platforms also - FFXIII, RE5 and Fallout 3, anyone?)

Anyone in their right mind has to acknowledge that great games are found on BOTH systems.

[kingme71]

Here here.

I'll be a 3 console owner in the very near future (probably this weekend). 5 if you count handhelds... damn, I think have an addiction. Is there a support group?

Strange as it may sound, I'll feel better about reading the forums/comments than I did when I only had 1 or 2 consoles. No news becomes bad news that way... and by bad I mean you don't get the green eye of envy or you don't get so caught up in the fanboy wars.

[BoneMagnus]

I am so with you. Even though I always knew I wanted a PS3 and planned on getting one, I kinda liked negative PS3 news because I felt like I wasn't missing out. I was kinda glad the PS3 had a slow start. I guess I just wanted to feel good about purchasing a 360 first even though it was a foregone conclusion that I would own both eventually. (And I'll get a Wii in 2 years when my son gets a little older).

And let me say that I have loved my 360 - I never felt any regret about purchasing at launch. (Though I do regret not selling my launch 360 on e-bay - I could have made enough money to buy another 3 months later when they became available and had enough extra to buy a PS3 at launch!)

Its not rational, and I know I AM missing out - that's why this fall, I'll be getting my PS3!

[PimpHandHappy]

Reagen is dead and you should give the guy a few props

I didnt think he was a great Prez but he was a GREAT leader! He did help end the Cold War even if all he did was out spend Russia and make htem go belly up!

Go read the letters he wrote to Nancy and you will see he was really a GREAT man with a huge heart! Way better then Bush#43

[PenisaurisDix]

That's right PimpandHappy you shouldn't direspect the man he is a former US President.

If Ronnie was here today, he's been downloading his old favorites like Dig Dug from Xbox Live Arcade !

[brothersimon]

Games overhyped and overrated anyway...

I got bored towards the end, never even finished it ;/

The bit where u get turned into a big daddy.

[Rusted]

This, ladies and gentleman are true statements. Cut the bullcrap, let's go to the facts and tell us what's going on.

Kudos to Mr. Wilding.

[RussDeBuss]

..,.they are paying money to third parties, to get a times exclusive on a third party game, or third party(gta4) dlc.

the money could surley be better spen on a new 1st party IP.

50 mil they paid for gta4 dlc, killzone 2's budget is about that much and a lot better value than a few missions on gta4

[BoneMagnus]

And they buy game studios in name only because the actual talent bails after the takeover and goes elsewhere or forms a new company.

MS could definitly use some new IP. Hopefully Alan Wake looks good at the TGS...this could be the start of something good.

[kingme71]

Yup. I think you have very different approaches to this gen between MS and Sony. Sony is looking inwards and developing titles whereas MS is more than happy to open up the wallet and buy them.

I actually don't mind timed exclusives because the console that waits gets bug fixes and more content 9 times out of 10. There are so many games in '08 that are coming out, I wouldn't even get to them all before the delay kicks in anyway.

Ironically, MS is the company with a longer SW history and Sony is the HW company, but MS doesn't have nearly the same in house talent that Sony has developed.

[kevnb]

but microsoft never had a huge gaming studio, im sure it will grow over time.

[LaChance]

You are the only one complaining.

- 3rd party devs dont mind at all : just read the article , it even seemed a good idea to the devs that MSFT azpproched them.

- 360 fans and 360 owners dont care at all : we get the games before everyone , we get PS3 exclusives like FF 13 (being a FF fan that owns all FF games since FF7, Square just saved me 400 euros).

I didnt see any 360 fans crying and whining when Bioshock went multiplat.Didnt see any blog pop up by 360 fans to diss T2 or Sony.Dont see any 360 fan saying they'll never buy Bioshock 2 because now its multiplat unlike Sony fans with FF13.

The only ones complaing are PS3 fanboys.3rd party devs ont care and 19 million 360 owners dont care too.

I wouldnt care at all if Sony pay whatever 3rd party dev.

If Gears 2 went multiplat I would blame MSFT for relying too much on 3rd party devs.I dont wee why would I diss or blame Sony.
Busines is business.

What you guys dont understand it that Square couldnt care less about fanboys and what goes on N4G for instance.

Square are probably going to lose hundreds of customers who wont be buying FF13 because they are Sony fanboys but have just gained 20 million potentiel buyers to remplace them.If I were Square I would trade a couple of hundred Sony fanboys for 20 million 360 customers any day of the week.

SQUARE , MSFT and SONY DON NOT CARE ABOUT YOU GUYS, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT OUR OPINION , THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS THINK.

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT 100 FANBOYS ON N4G DISSING THEM BECAUSE THEY WENT MULTIPLAT, THEY REALLY DONT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?????????????????????.So now stop crying like babies because you'll get the game too.

ALL THAT COUNTS IS MONEY.

[kevnb]

but id like to point out that Gears is published by microsoft. Sony has many games made by other companies that they publish as well, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, Killzone 2, Infamous, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword etc... are all second party games published by sony. All these dev teams could simply make all their next games for another platform, so why are people so delusional? People just like to make up their own truth I guess.

[beavis4play]

KZ2- made by GG who is owned by sony
HS- game is owned by sony but they don't own dev. NT
ratchet/resistance made by insomniac who are independant;but, ted price has repeatedly said he likes working with sony and they aren't doing games for other non-sony systems.
uncharted- made by naughty dog and they are owned by sony.
infamous- made by sucker punch who is owned by sony

really, i think it's you who is delusional. you and whoever else agrees with your post.

[kingme71]

LaChance -

You made a good point and something that made me think:
>>- 3rd party devs dont mind at all : just read the article , it even seemed a good idea to the devs that MSFT azpproched them.

If SE had initially made FFXIII multiplatform they would get the benefit of having the extra sales, but wouldn't have the dump truck of MS money parked in their parking lot. Now, I don't think for a second that was their intention, but look at other 3rd parties that might have a huge hit on their hand and they might think, "Gee, MS is willing to pay bucketloads of money for DLC and for us to create a 360 version, maybe we should just hold out for some money and reap the rewards, even though we had full intention of making a 360 version in the first place.

[Aclay]

Well, that's typical Microsoft for you, always paying for 3rd party exclusivity to keep their platform alive with barely any 1st party games.

Microsoft is just wasting their money on games that are going to eventually come out on the PS3. Paying for timed exclusivity on Rock Band 2, Paying for Exclusive Downloadble Content for GTA4, Paying for Exclusive DLC for Fallout 3, they are just flushing their money down a drain because they aren't selling more consoles just because of Exclusive DLC, they are only pleasing current Xbox users.

Maybe next year after the PS3 had 3 blockbuster 1st party games released before the first half of 2009 is over (Killzone 2, Infamous, MAG), maybe Microsoft will finally wake up and realize that they can't buy their way to victory in this console war and will finally focus on 1st party games.

[kevnb]

that isn't even accurate, microsoft loaned money to rockstar for downloadable content. All that 50 million is owed to microsoft now, the rest of your statement came straight from your a$$. Im a ps3 only owner because I like the playstation 3 better, but lets not just make up things. Microsoft is doing fine with the xbox brand right now, no matter how good the ps3 lineup is next year.

[LaChance]

Well , 2 differant strategies:

Sony = heavy reliance on 1st party.

MSFT = heavy relaince on 3rd party.

I dont really think MSFT are waisting their money since sales for the 360 are still pretty good and looks like they'll easily pass the first xbox's results.Not only are they going to pass the xbox install base , moreover they are actually making a profit with the 360.
Looks like its working pretty well.In a business point f view , MSFT buying 3rd party exclusives is actualy working very well.

Its on the long term that it can be bad for them.But until then , you cant say they strategy is failing.

[DJ]

That DLC was commissioned for $50 million, and it's up to Microsoft to try and make that money back.

In response to Lachance:
-Sony has strong 1st party and 3rd party support; you accidentally left the second part out. And Microsoft is wasting their money. They've only had two profitable quarters out of twenty six, and part of the reason is their lack of strong 1st party titles. License fees from third party games is important, but 1st party titles are where the real money is made. Halo 3, for example, landed them hundreds of millions of dollars in profit, and that was just one first-party title. Imagine how much they could be making if they had 8~10 big exclusives this year.

For the price of buying a big 3rd party title (50~100 million) they can create two or three exclusive 1st party titles, which thus makes the platform more attractive to potential customers AND boosts profits. If you do the math, a million copies of a third party title only lands the parent company (Sony, Microsoft, etc) about $8~10 million in licensing fees. A million copies of a first party title on the other hand will land them about 5x that much.

[Dzpool]

In there gaming division they are actually taking Sonys course in the same way Sony Relied heavily on third party exclusives with the Ps2 only towards the middle and near the ending of the Ps2 domination did they really start pushing first party stuff now in the third gen Sony had purchased alot of studios that were third party to develop for them now are fisrt party companys i think the next gen and in the next few years will show that microsoft will start to push more first party developers bungies new games teamgear box and maybe some other small studios that will be purchased just like Sony did

[Rhezin]

"BioShock has such a huge fan base and we literally got emails almost every day from people requesting, asking for a PS3 version or asking if it would be possible."

And ps3 morons say we want their exclusives. JUST STOP F!CKING TYPING YOU LITTLE HYPOCRITES.

[n00bzRtehgey]

A truly masterful game which will be destroyed by the underpowered Cell.

[Kratos3452]

you still don't know that the ps3 is more powerful than the 360?just look at gt5p, mgs4, motorstorm 2, resistance 2, killzone 2, mag and so on.

[n00bzRtehgey]

did u just say look at MAG? u mean that CG trailer? lmfao.

stupid droids

[azmanmanz]

f*ck urself noob

[Ali_The_Brit]

ok, wel see when our superior version of the game comes out with improved graphics and smoother gameplay

oh and you may be getting GTA DLC

but where getting bioshock DLC :P

[karlostomy]

with two extra years of development on the Ps3 for this game it had better not have the usual ps3 problems like

- vaseline blur
- framerate problems
- reduced texture detail
- reduced resolution (aka GTAIV)

If it does, what then?

[Darkwolf]

the 360 hasn't got a hope in hell in competing with ps3 in raw power..the only reason all games have been looking the same on both systems is because microcrap pay developers to do it..or the ps3 gets the direct port from an inferior machine..so you 360 clowns can shut up and get f@cked..

[avacadosnorkel]

Sure you could get Nintendo(sony) made games for the Gamecube(ps3) but they only came out once in a while.

The new PS2 with all the games is the Wii. The new xbox is still a xbox. And finally PS3 is the new Gamecube.

[yanikins111]

No, the ps2 had FUN games and was purchased for its NEXT GENERATION MEDIA FORMAT and NEXT GENERATION GRAPHICS, even though it had a SLOW LAUNCH with very FEW TITLES available in the first year. Now what console does that sound like brainiac?

The 64 on the other hand used an old media format, had a retarded controller and like 2 good games with no movie playback what-so-ever. Sounds more like the wii to me.

The dreamcast released early, using an old media format and less powerful hardware than its soon to follow competitor. It couldnt however garner 3rd party support and after being over taken by the ps2 died out. In other words, MS is Sega all over again, except they had the money to get all the 3rd party support that sega couldnt.

Fact is the ps3's sales are following the ps2's almost identically. Its called Sony Pwnage.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

share and share alike , i will check it out when it comes out on the ps3 . is this first or third person shooter ? if its first person than i will have to skip this so call classic . anyone have a remedy for first person shooter sickness .

[Sayai jin]

@StayHigh- I think I understand what you are trying to say, but one could blame MS for paying mony for exclusive or stealing exclusives or can go on to blame Sony for not forking out the dough to keep or get games developed first for their console. MS hs done a good job at getting exclusives tha Sony has had in there camp for a decade or more, it's as siple as thatIt's business. What your saying is that the PS3 should have all the great games developed for it meaining that PS3 owners would get all the good game first. It would proably be that way, but MS is giving 360 owners a lot of great games and a large variety too. It does not effect me either wat as I own all 3 consoles, so I get all the good games. BTW, I did not give you disagree.

@avacadosnorkel- and he got the agrees from the PS3 crowd. We can spin around and around with tis.

Game on...

[t-0_ot-]

"There's no big surprise in there. As long as you have an exclusivity, you cannot talk about other platforms."

That's what I said the other day, about MGS4, when everybody says Kojima keeps saying "PS3 Exclusive! PS3 Exclusive!" If people kept asking if MGS4 would go to the 360 and he did not answer, that would probably mean that it would go to the 360. So, if it does end up on the 360, that is the reason why Kojima kept saying it is "PS3 Exclusive!"

But, on topic, this is good for the PS3 owners, and when I say that, I mean, the good PS3 fans, not the fanboys.

[AAACE5]

I think all 3rd party games should be alloded on whatever system the developers want. So that the main companies can focus on first party games. That would allow for more first party games with even higher quality!

[Dark SeRaNADE]

heheh took the words outta my mouth, ps3 fans will FINALLY be able to play this game, and believe me when i say this, it is immense, Creepy, but Immense! :D Enjoy Everyone!

[yanikins111]

Im suprised that these practices still suprise some people. These devs (excluding valve) are not fan boys. They are business people. And as such, they have to actually earn money. If MS came up to me and offered to pay marketting expenses and such id take it too. And i think games that are timed exlusives are somewhat better for the ps3 if they are a port because it gives devs a little bit more time to code for the architecture.

And will we see MGS4 on the 360? At some stage i reckon yes we will. Dont forget that the original mgs was also available on pc, then later the game cube, and mgs 2 was available i think on everything when all was said and done. Its business guys. And like this article says, having a timed exclusive when no one knows its timed, does exactly the same thing for the first console as having it purely exclusive. If in 12 months time Kojima wants a bit more money, i reckon all the power to him because he has created an absolute master peice and deserves every penny he pulls in.

And as for FF13.....

We all get to play it. I cant believe some people are whinging. You still get god of war 3, lbp, kz2 (is gonna be like WHOA), resistance 2, and probably 3 (find a vaccine for hale, take the fight back to the chimeran home planet/underworld where ever the hell they come from) Wipeout, Gran turismo, White knight etc etc etc.

And for the 360 fans going HAHAHAHAHAHA WE GOTZ FF13ZES, we all get to play it. You all need to get lives.

[Tyrael]

Lol the word exclusivity doesn't mean anything anymore

[Zoomer76]

This game is pure class and the more people that get to experience it the better. This game deserves to be played by everybody regardless of what platform it may be.

[cam2030]

those guys are so freaken Dirty, they like to mess everyone up

[thekingofMA]

but i fail to see how your comment relates to anything...

i don't see how the situation was "Dirty"-exclusivity is dirty? is MGS4 a "dirty" game because it's an exclusive? or does this only apply to microsoft exclusives?

i know your a stupid person based on that comment, but i also know you didn't even read the article, which actually had a good bit of exclusivity rules in it-but if you had read it, you would've caught this comment:

"Then we were approached by Microsoft and at that time that deal made perfect sense for everybody, so we did it."

the man used the phrase "perfect sense"-perfect sense is "messing everyone up," like you say? or is it only messed up when one of GOTY's of 2007 is not on the console you support?

[cam2030]

Thats one hint

[SuperSaiyan4]

Wow this game is ancient! So looks like owning a PS3 means waiting a year for quality games that have been out on the 360???? Ouch!

Same for oblivion.

[Gantrfaxx]

Bioshock on ps3 will have much much smaller impact than it had on X30. Most of the people that wanted to play Bioshock already played it, on X360 or on Pc. Of course M$ had it's fingers in it.
Although i didn't play Bioshock i will not buy it for my Ps3, it's too late. I'm focusing my time and my money on Ps3 exclusives, these are the games that atract me the most.

[PSP2Coming]

Bioshock on PS3... That sucks
Than Bioshock2 must be only on XBOX360. Right?