Jimquisition: Rise Of The Exclusivity Wars

[QtheMuse]

Didn't Square Enix say that Tomb Raider was a failure because it didn't sell an obscene amount of copies?

So now they want to make it exclusive to the xbone and hope it sells an obscene amount of copies?

That exclusivity purchase must of been a shit ton of money.

 

[QtheMuse]

triple post

 

[QtheMuse]

double post

 

[doomed89]

Umm Jim you do realize that 360 is where this whole timed exclusive (also lying about it) started right? 360 had atleast a dozen timed exclusives that MS claimed to be full exclusives in it's early years in older to falsify a sense of value for the 360, that's (as well as lower price point more advertising, Sony being stupid ect.) why it sold more in the early years not because it was a better product *cough* RROD *cough*

But yeah it's getting worse this gen and I'm sick of it, I'm sitting this gen out for the foreseeable future.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

Jim is getting pretty broken about now. I seriously think he needs a nerf when the escapist get round to their next patch.

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

I recall when Msoft did this for Silent Hill 2 and I raged super hard. They did it for Skyrim and I got kinda peeved. Thankfully by now I just don't care anymore. I can see how it sucks for people that actually care about the titles though.

If it doesn't come to PC, I don't buy it. And even if it does (especially if it does when crap like this goes on) I wait for some Steam super sale to pick it up. If it weren't for sales, I'd never buy it.

Thanks be to God Jim only uses his powers for justice otherwise we'd have a real problem on our hands.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

I'm distracted by how wicked the Arkham Knight trailer was

 

[altdoom]

All glory to Jim Sterling.

 

[Second World]

I don't get how Tomb Raider exclusivity matters. Didn't Square call the first game an absolute failure for having poor sales during initial release and incredible sales over the long-term?

And in the long-term, the sequel won't be an exclusive anymore. Here's hoping the game is buggy garbage on XBONE and sales never top 200k until the exclusivity is lifted.

 

[EvilestDeath]

This guy is cute he thinks he is special because he can use simple logic to predict retarded shit the industry will do. I predicted the sun would rise every single day for the past 20 years and shall do for ht enext few thousand. Behold MY godly power!

I also predict there will be hurricanes and tornados this year that destroy thousands of lives one hurricane will have the strength to make it from Florida all the way to Cannada at least the rain and some of its winds will which will happen next year.

Jim shall lose some weight and nobody will have noticed by the end of this year.

The escapist will continue to allow Zero Punctuation to post troll like reviews similar to how Duke Nukem had three different videos only one being legit one of which shall appear by this time next year.

Although having out a new model as of last year the Xbox 360 will slowly die off next year due to lack of support eventually turning the way of Nintendo and having its online functions cut.

Speaking of Nintendo they will dominate this console generation simply by its extensively growing list of exclusives.

Nintendo will also find a new way to piss off gamers by the end of this year with whatever issue they introduced like more copyright nonsense or cutting features from older Nintendo systems. Caint wait for my Nintendo Wii to lost online functions...wait bit late on that.

Also Battlefield Hardline will release next year at a time compeating with another shooter at the time and it will be the superior product unlike with the Call of Duty Ghosts/Battlefield 4 release. This time the game will function as an FPS, still remaining fairly borken in areas requiring a patch week 1.


This time next year I will be quoted at least by myself to brag about how any of these predictions came true. Thank God for Jim Sterling and thank Evolution for me.

 

[direkiller]

Jim, I really didn't mind you doing over and over again the "Thank God for me", but your ego is getting so big that it might overshadow EA's greed. Do you see how *****ed up that is?! Tune it down a bit, ol' boy, tune it down!

I agree.

Jim, your personality comes off no better than the companies you criticize. Yes, you are right, but I'm not going to "Thank God" for someone who is so full of himself.

When Jim is on screen he acts like an insufferable prick as a joke, he is not actually that full of himself.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

More than 10 Years ago, Microsoft wrapped their greasy fingers around Halo, that was originaly scheduled for a realease on PC and made it an exclusive title for their first X-Box.

And the problem is that it worked, beyond all dreams of avarice (okay, maybe most dreams). And from there it's been a race to the bottom at a steadily-increasing pace.

A lot of companies seem to think that gamers are some bottomless wellspring of money. They're in for a shock when the market finally collapses because they've been digging out the foundation.

Oh, also:

Jim, I really didn't mind you doing over and over again the "Thank God for me", but your ego is getting so big that it might overshadow EA's greed. Do you see how *****ed up that is?! Tune it down a bit, ol' boy, tune it down!

I agree.

Jim, your personality comes off no better than the companies you criticize. Yes, you are right, but I'm not going to "Thank God" for someone who is so full of himself.

You've never met Jimothy Sterling, I suppose. What you see here is a persona. Outside of it the guy is entirely personable and fairly humble.

 

[animeh1star1a]

I cannot control the visions that come to me. Such is my blessing, and my curse.

How does it feel to also have predicted steams latest update including the ability to open separate tabs?

 

[Vegosiux]

Jim, please predict something nice and awesome in the near future. We need it. I mean, the big industry players have been trying to bend us over backwards for a while now, please predict some kind of a force-feedback that will burn their house down! With the lemons!

 

[MrBrightside919]

See, I do wish more companies took the approach Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third. Take a game in an odd situation and fund it. You know... actually be a publisher and publish something. Sure, it won't be as big or as glamorous as securing the new Tomb Raider game for a few months, but I'm sure it'd make headlines if someone decided to fund Psychonauts 2...

Definitely agree with this...and Nintendo/Platinum even went the extra mile to bring the original Bayonetta with some extra content to the Wii U as an added extra if you buy Bayonetta 2. Really wish butt hurt Xbone/PS4 owners would stop complaining about Bayonetta 2 being Wii U exclusive (they probably know the reason it's exclusive but I think they just don't want to accept it)...

*cough cough* Nintendo please help fund Psychonauts 2 and make it exclusive to Wii U *cough cough* Also please buy capcom and save Mega Man *cough cough cough cough*

 

[doomed89]

See, I do wish more companies took the approach Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third. Take a game in an odd situation and fund it. You know... actually be a publisher and publish something. Sure, it won't be as big or as glamorous as securing the new Tomb Raider game for a few months, but I'm sure it'd make headlines if someone decided to fund Psychonauts 2...

Definitely agree with this...and Nintendo/Platinum even went the extra mile to bring the original Bayonetta with some extra content to the Wii U as an added extra if you buy Bayonetta 2. Really wish butt hurt Xbone/PS4 owners would stop complaining about Bayonetta 2 being Wii U exclusive (they probably know the reason it's exclusive but I think they just don't want to accept it)...

*cough cough* Nintendo please help fund Psychonauts 2 and make it exclusive to Wii U *cough cough* Also please buy capcom and save Mega Man *cough cough cough cough*

I like Nintendo's current policies but they've already lost this gen. The WiiU's hardware is crap, it's literally in the same league as ps3/360 and their online is miles behind both those devices as well, the tablet was just stupid and hurts gameplay(granted not as much as wii). And with the industry the way it is they'll blame lack of success of their good policies and not the fact their online and console are complete crap.

It really is a shame we need some freaking decent competition not this race to bottom bs.

 

[MrBrightside919]

See, I do wish more companies took the approach Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third. Take a game in an odd situation and fund it. You know... actually be a publisher and publish something. Sure, it won't be as big or as glamorous as securing the new Tomb Raider game for a few months, but I'm sure it'd make headlines if someone decided to fund Psychonauts 2...

Definitely agree with this...and Nintendo/Platinum even went the extra mile to bring the original Bayonetta with some extra content to the Wii U as an added extra if you buy Bayonetta 2. Really wish butt hurt Xbone/PS4 owners would stop complaining about Bayonetta 2 being Wii U exclusive (they probably know the reason it's exclusive but I think they just don't want to accept it)...

*cough cough* Nintendo please help fund Psychonauts 2 and make it exclusive to Wii U *cough cough* Also please buy capcom and save Mega Man *cough cough cough cough*

I like Nintendo's current policies but they've already lost this gen. The WiiU's hardware is crap, it's literally in the same league as ps3/360 and their online is miles behind both those devices as well, the tablet was just stupid and hurts gameplay(granted not as much as wii). And with the industry the way it is they'll blame lack of success of their good policies and not the fact their online and console are complete crap.

It really is a shame we need some freaking decent competition not this race to bottom bs.

I like how the talk of exclusivity turned into another "Screw Nintendo and it's crap" comment...

 

[Alar]

I wonder what Jim's opinions are towards Warlords of Draenor, with the half-year delay, the continual cuts and delays, and the price increase too.

 

[doomed89]

See, I do wish more companies took the approach Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third. Take a game in an odd situation and fund it. You know... actually be a publisher and publish something. Sure, it won't be as big or as glamorous as securing the new Tomb Raider game for a few months, but I'm sure it'd make headlines if someone decided to fund Psychonauts 2...

Definitely agree with this...and Nintendo/Platinum even went the extra mile to bring the original Bayonetta with some extra content to the Wii U as an added extra if you buy Bayonetta 2. Really wish butt hurt Xbone/PS4 owners would stop complaining about Bayonetta 2 being Wii U exclusive (they probably know the reason it's exclusive but I think they just don't want to accept it)...

*cough cough* Nintendo please help fund Psychonauts 2 and make it exclusive to Wii U *cough cough* Also please buy capcom and save Mega Man *cough cough cough cough*

I like Nintendo's current policies but they've already lost this gen. The WiiU's hardware is crap, it's literally in the same league as ps3/360 and their online is miles behind both those devices as well, the tablet was just stupid and hurts gameplay(granted not as much as wii). And with the industry the way it is they'll blame lack of success of their good policies and not the fact their online and console are complete crap.

It really is a shame we need some freaking decent competition not this race to bottom bs.

I like how the talk of exclusivity turned into another "Screw Nintendo and it's crap" comment...

Not Nintendo, wiiU. Just look at their spec page. It's plain as day for anyone who can understand it. And I just said I like Nintendo and their policies just hate their hardware last few gens.

 

[PirateRose]

I had a little hope, with that reveal trailer that Tomb Raider was going back to actual tombs, going back to the old crazy Lara Croft that isolated herself from everyone and was disowned by her parents, all so she could do what she wanted to do. The criminal activity of raiding tombs. Especially with the line that that she was shutting people out.

But hearing the news about it being only on the Xbox One, tells me it's probably just going to be another Crystal Dynamics game. It'll be the return of fun time gore arena's where you try to kill as many men as possibly, as quickly as possibly, and in the most brutal way possible. Cause you know, blood and gore is more morally acceptably than stonking great tits and solving puzzles.

Can't wait to hear how many optional tombs there will be because they suddenly remembered in mid development the game was about tomb raiding.