which is no ones fault but theirs.
Fault? No, it has nothing to do with fault. Did you read the rest of my post? Bethesda has a long-standing relationship with Microsoft that goes back to the original Xbox. They only recently started porting games to Sony's platform, so they don't have as much as an established relationship with Sony. I wouldn't doubt that Bethesda's history with Microsoft has been mutually beneficial. Get what I'm saying? Businesses tend to develop closer relationships with other companies that they've been doing business for a long time. I've seen this first-hand throughout my career as a software developer.
I'm sure there are publishers supporting the same title across multiple platforms, I just can't think of a good example. S'probably something like Guitar Hero content released for all platforms all at the same time or something, but I reckon it happens.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying that playing favorites with business partners you have an established relationship with has been around since the dawn of commerce and it doesn't do us any good to be mad about it.
Knowing today's community of gamers, I'd be sticking to my guns and telling the big jock with all the cash to take a running jump off a high cliff, and that the consumers come first, not the corporate hardware battle. Microsoft is so consumed with being first for everything it's known as the company that shot itself in the foot in that hardware battle, by releasing faulty goods just to get a running start. That worked out well for them, when its Japanese rival arrived with fully functioning hardware and a control method out of the clear blue sky. I wouldn't adopt Microsoft's way of doing things if I was a publisher, and I'd bring up their console launch debacle everytime they asked me to.
First of all, there's no evidence that this is just Microsoft being a bully. For all we know Microsoft might have paid for this DLC to be developed in the first place, in which case they have some legitimate ownership of it. Second, it's hypocritical to characterize Microsoft as being anti-consumer compared to Sony. Sony is hands-down the most anti-consumer company I've had the displeasure of dealing with in my 34 years on this planet. I can elaborate if you'd like in a PM, but I don't want to go into it in this thread as it's off-topic.
» Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:04 pm 
