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OXCGN Questions Sony's Buying Exclusives being Labeled as 'Incentives'

March 27, 2009 in Blog comments 6

OXCGN writer Aaron Bertinetti takes a long hard look at how Sony cow buys Exclusives, but labels them "Incentives" . . . Gone are the days of labeling MS for paying for exclusive, now Sony do it, but don't do it .

If you follow their meaning of course, they are just "incentives".

When is an apple not an apple? Well apparently when Sony PR calls it an orange!

Every once and a while I have the pleasure of imagining a world where PR speak isn’t taken as gospel by the pathetic “I got a hard on for hardware” types and used in their incoherent, blindingly illogical diatribes about why their “hard on for hardware” is bigger than the other guys.

And just when I think it’s safe to duck my head into the horribly inappropriately named News 4 Gamers. THIS happens. Followed like a fly to shit by THIS.
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    Slumpy monkey Mar 28, 09
    Nice in depths article. Shame it gets screwed by idiots that post on your site.
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    Red 9 Mar 28, 09
    I haven't heard of Sony buying exclusives. Giving devs incentives to make PSN games maybe, but they don't buy rights to full games.
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    iLLmatic Mar 28, 09
    It is my understanding that Sony will match development budgets for PSN titles, in "exchange" for exclusivity of the said title(s). If someone can educate me on that, then by all means.. However, I do believe this tactic is wholly different than straight buying exclusive rights to a game itself, because under Sony's "policy," not only does the dev company keep their publishing rights, they also keep the rights to their IP. Is this not different than Microsoft outright buying exclusivity and/or DLC, just to say they have it?

    The above is in no way a fanboy comment.
    • 1
      Fallen Royalty Mar 28, 09
      iLLmatic is right. Purposely misinterpreting the text for the sake of putting up a fanboy article is just rtarded.
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    XboxOZ360 Mar 29, 09
    The article is pointing outthe hypocrisy of the whole thing really, and showing that fanbois are the worst culprits of this than anything else.

    WHile all companies do the same, al in slightly different ways, which is great, as ithelps struggling developers, it's how it is presented, then followed up bythe fans.

    MS do a similar thing with XNA, Son=y are doing the same or similar with their new venture, and both are vying for 'exclusive rights' over the IP . .not owning it, no one said anything about OWNING it, just owning the "rights to publish the IP" which is completely different.

    And agin, both do it, including Niffty.
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      Red 9 Mar 29, 09
      So paying Rockstar and Bethesda off to exclude DLC from Sony players was "incentive" then?

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