We don't bribe for exclusives: SCEA Boss

It would be noway wrong to pat the Sony officials for their intrepid approach. Few days ago, Sony’s Phil Harrison stated that undoubtedly, they are losing PS3 exclusive titles briskly, but it’s entirely wrong to access the success of a console by its launch software. SCEA President Jack Tretton looks seeing eye to eye with Phil on PS3 exclusivity issue. Talking to PSM, Jack Tretton says, "we don’t buy exclusivity."

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Hitting right at the face of Microsoft, SCEA president said that neither they fund development nor bribe somebody to only do a game on their platform.

He went on saying:

Microsoft is too dependent on the third-party community, and Nintendo is too depended on first-party. We like to feel that we got a pretty good mix. We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors.

However, all the console developers believe that exclusives can make or break a console, but still the fact doesn’t look affecting Sony much as it has lost dozens of exclusives like Devil May Cry 4, Ace Combat 6, etc, in the recent past. Tretton was right about Nintendo being too dependent on first-party developers, but reality has started showing its true colors. The ridiculously slacking Wii and DS sales in Japan and abroad question the exclusivity, somehow.

Even some analysts predict that if Sony loses a couple of big games like Metal Gear Solid 4, it could be a wound that the PS3 may never heal from. It sounds a bit outlandish because it’s the best quality software and engrossing gameplay that sells the game not the exclusivity.

See, if the game is not good enough, then whether it’s Xbox360 or Wii exclusive, no one will buy it and remember, no one will shell out $250 or more for playing a merely $40-$50 costing game (because exclusivity does never sell a console), thus I agree with SCEA boss.

Via: Joystiq