Shane Kim: We've reached a level third-party playing field with MGS Rising |
With the announcement of Metal Gear Solid Rising for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Shane Kim believes that Microsoft has "effectively" reached a "level third-party playing field" as far as exclusive titles are concerned. He made note of this observation in an in-depth interview with Gamasutra, talking about Project Natal, gaming initiatives and more.Said the VP for Microsoft,
I still think exclusive content is really important. First of all, in games, we've said for a long time that a key part of our strategy with Xbox 360 was a level third-party playing field. Now we've effectively done that with Metal Gear Solid coming to the Xbox 360.
The economics are such that third parties also have to support multiple platforms, and you can't ignore Xbox 360. It's the second leading platform.
It's too much of a business-driver to just be focused on a single platform if you're not a first party. So, it's up to the first parties to deliver the bulk of the exclusive game content.
Now, we're having success with third parties because we can still get exclusive downloadable content, because of the service we've built with Live and the business we've been able to generate for third-party publishers there.
But I also think we have to broaden our definition of exclusive content now. It has to include things like Xbox Live, because I do think Xbox Live is a real competitive differentiator for us.
And now Project Natal is going to be an exclusive thing, too. And so, we feel good about how that's shaping up, but it's really not about relying on third parties, because I don't think that that is sustainable, as we've proven. And it's up to each of us to differentiate on our own.
For the full interview, click on the source link below.
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1 look at PS3 exclusive and M$ fades out as PS3 still outshines all
all M$ got to keep their fanboys holding their breath is Natal..which imo is plain LAME....think about it what kind of games will actually be worth playing on that......it has no accuracy for FPS, how will it handle complex controls of rpgs, how do you play a racing game...not to mention how do you shift gears
Natal is ust another way to drop the game from nintendo Wii easy to ridiculously dumb block the balls coming towards type of game...........i like to see them dig themselves out of this one
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Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted 2
GOW 3
Resistance 2
Heavy Rain
Killzone 2
Infamous
MAG
PS3 +8
Any Xbox fans willing to give input?
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Cool idea, will sell millions, but in the end everybody will regret buying it.
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all the other ones, make me want to buy a ps3 and I'd play them, but I got a 360 because it was cheaper and I don't have the money to shell out on video games.
Happy? +P
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but all in all i think the PS3's MS looks to have the most promise.......but both of them will fail anyways
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GoW 3 - unreleased
Heavy Rain - looks like *****, but I'll let it slide, still unreleased
MAG - unreleased
I might as well just start spouting off Gears of War 3, Halo 4, etc. but it's a moot point. Go play some Valkyria Chronicles and expand your experience.
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Halo ODST
Halo Reach
Gears of War trilogy
Dead Rising
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2 (still slated as PC/X360 exclusive)
Fable 2
Splinter Cell
Alan Wake
Crackdown 1 and 2
BTW after watching vids of Heavy Rain im gonna have to agree with Oryleh, it does look like sh*t. It looks like they're trying too much new stuff with it and the whole thing will just end up falling apart. It looked really weird.
Personally I greatly prefer the 360 lineup, mostly because I love Halo and Gears lols, but there are so many games I wanna buy nowadays it's crazy. I own or plan on buying every game on my list, plus I have MGS4, KZ2, Resistance 2, and plan on getting infamous, MAG, and Uncharted 2. This is thousands of dollars haha
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Ummm yeaaaaaa... Whatever you say lol
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halo 3 then shut down and turn on your ps3 with your MGS , back to your 360 for some Gears OW and the god of war , oh yes project natal , but gran turismo 5 with a G25 is dream moment , forza motor sport 3 will be good game too , *
guys just buy the 2 consoles and enjoy your time
advise of game to not play :
1 : bionic commando 3d - all --> try bionic commando rearmed
2 : fuel - all ---> try pure
3 : army of two - all ---> try Gears of war 1,2
4 : splinter cell - all ---> try metal gear solid
5 : haze - ps3 ---> try killzone 2
6 : mirror edge - all
7 : bad company - all ---> try call of duty 4
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