a single click. All you need is Adobe Reader.
For use with either a modern browser, or an RSS program.
No more third-party exclusives "ever again", predicts Pachter
Analyst thinks console-exclusives from third-parties are out, combined console base too big to ignore.
Written by David Scammell, 26 April 2010
Video games analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that we'll never see Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 exclusives from third-party publishers "ever again", adding that he believes the recent Xbox 360-exclusive Splinter Cell: Conviction will eventually see a PS3 release six months or a year down the line.
"Going forward I don't think you're going to get a lot of Xbox 360 or PS3 exclusives from publishers," said Pachter, speaking in this week's GameTrailers.com Pach-Attack.
"You will still get them from developers, so guys like Insomniac who keep making PS3-exclusives, but I don't think you're going to see Ubisoft or Take-Two or Activision do an Xbox 360 or PS3 exclusive ever again because the install base of the two consoles is just too big to ignore. They'd be giving up way too much unless Microsoft is willing to pay up.
360Zine Issue 41
For our latest Splinter Cell Conviction coverage, click here to download 360Zine Issue 41 for free."I don't think Microsoft is willing to pay up what it's going to take to ignore that whole PS3 crowd."
Xbox 360 has seen multiple exclusives from third-party publishers, including the timed-exclusive launches of BioShock and GTA IV: Episodes From Liberty City, plus the recent Metro 2033 and Mass Effect 2.
PlayStation 3 on the other hand has seen significantly less third-party exclusives, with SouthPeak's upcoming 3D Dot Game Game Heroes being one of only a few.
»View more Splinter Cell Conviction features...
