maybe sonys exclusivity is a thing of the past...buuuuttt..

I think you'll find that it's a generalization more than just Sony's view on the matter.

But it's also interesting to not, that it was David Reese who sort of started the Mirror's Edge Time Exclusive "rumour" last week when discussing the game with journalists. Yet this week comes out and makes this comment about Exclusivness being a thing of the past.

A bit of double standards if you ask me. Not picking on Sony, but they do try this with several major development houses, and do often create a sense of false exclusivity with games.

When in fact, when you get down and discover the real facts, many were never going to be exclusive in the first place.

as their sit in store shelve with a platform that has a small attachment rate

Mass effect sold millions
Halo 3 sold millions
Metal gear solid sold millions
Gears of war sold millions
Final fantasy Sold millions


????

Exclusivity is what sells the console. How can he not undersand it?

Well, goodbye Sony, if that's their view. M$ has no problem at ALL getting 3rd party exclusive games, so Sony's the only one floundering with it. Just because you're the only one who can't turn a profit...

I'm sure that when PS3 turns profitable their opinions will change.

Don't you realize Microsoft is somewhat in the same position? While they have no problem hurling money around, you have to see that Microsoft only stole exclusive rights from Sony. It's not as if Resident Evil 5, Devil May Cry 4, GTA IV, and Final Fantasy XIII are only on 360. Gaming in general is more expensive, and developers need another avenue to make money, just as stated in the interview. PS3 still has a good amount of 3rd party exclusives, as does 360.

Quote from source:

"I think we have to accept that exclusivity is NOT a thing of the past, but it is probably with publishers. We might do a few things, where we feel that we need a push here or a push there."

Makes sense to me. If I had a game that had the opportunity to sell a mil plus on one console and about the same on another.....damn right I would do it.

This is no different to how Sony have been for years, yes they might not be going around getting exclusives anymore, but i feel they won't stop taking exclusives. I mean if DICE went up to Sony and said "Mirrors Edge on PS3 exclusive for 6 months" i think Sony would say yes.

I think for the most part this only goes on about how Sony won't be intensionally getting exclusives, one thing Sony know like Nintendo do is how much games cost to make these days as they actually make them, they are on the bottom of the ladder with other developers watching games franchises that used to cost $15,000 to make in PS1 era now costing $100 million to make.

While Nintendo don't seem to mind exclusives i think Sony are starting to see how much some developers are struggling without going multiplatform. I don't include Microsoft in this as they don't make a single game they haven't the knowledge or the know how they just get other companies to make games for them, obviously they buy the company first but it's just not the same.

They might see the spiralling costs but i don't think they quite realise how much something as simple as motion capture is an expensive route to take and all games need it if they want realism... Gaming isn't cheap and i think it is good that Sony realises that, might cost them in the long run but business is about making money not putting other businesses out of business just for the sake of having 3 games another console doesn't have.

Odd. Seeing devil may cry 5 on the wii. If they did that