Street Fighter 5 exclusivity- Witness the Hypocrisy

"Money-hatting is okay if Sony does it"

"Third Party Exclusivity- an ugly new trend rears its head"

Gaz from GameOnDaily offers his thoughts on the recent leak regarding the exclusivity announcement for Street Fighter 5 on PS4 and PC.

[Abash]

If anything, Microsoft provoked Sony into doing something like this. They have done this several times with the Xbox One in it's first year alone, it was a matter of time before Sony responded with a similar move.

[Gazondaily]

Two wrongs make a right do they?

Like the article says, money-hatting is okay if Sony does it.

[Xsilver]

At the end of the Day Sony Fans Don't get to Play Tomb Raider for God Knows How long So don't give me that two wrongs don't make a Right BS when One Wrong was Never made Right So GTFO.
@septic
"MS fans don't get to play SF5 for "God knows how long"."
and whose fault is that........... exactly.

[Abash]

How is it wrong for Sony when their competitor (Microsoft) has done this repeatedly to them? It's simply them striking back, remember this is the business world

[Ezz2013]

it's not right of course
i hate buying 3rd party exclusives
timed or not

but the problem here
Microsoft started this with TR being timed exclusive
so Sony can't just sit there and let them do this
they had to counter them

again i'm not saying this is right ..it's wrong
but if you are Sony ...what would you do if your rival did this ?!
this is business after all

also we don't know if this rumor true or not

[Gazondaily]

"It's simply them striking back, remember this is the business world"

Unbelievable spin.

Answer me this. Was MS wrong is doing it before? Was it not business back then?

@Xsilver

"At the end of the Day Sony Fans Don't get to Play Tomb Raider for God Knows How long"

Er its one year exclusive. That's how long. We don't know if this is a lifetime exclusive. MS fans don't get to play SF5 for "God knows how long".

[Abash]

@Septic

If you want to be mad at anyone, blame Microsoft for starting this. I was only pissed at Microsoft resorting to buying third party exclusives rather than investing that money and time into creating new Xbox exclusives and resurrecting more of their IPs

Sony has done a fantastic job of that through and through, we can't say that PlayStation should invest this money into more PlayStation series and studios when they already have more than enough of them.

There is the difference, Sony is just using a tactic that their competitor used on them to strike back

[PoSTedUP]

MS has KI exclusive, Sony wants their exclusive fighter.

im going to skip the politics here and say: pay back's a *****, PS4 ftw.

[ger2396]

But it's technically not an exclusive. It's coming out on pc as well.

[ZeroX9876]

xbox one got dead rising 3, now it's PS4 turns to get an exclusive.

[Findingcrybabies]

its not "right" to do, but If MS refuses to stop their BS then SONY NEEDS to step up, and they have. Good for SONY. It sucks for gamers as a whole, but its better for SONY to do it ALSO as opposed to let MS just run free range and do as they please. Come on now. Be real.

Its a thing MS has been doing it since 360 and they weren't going to stop. Sony let it slide all last gen.

[mydyingparadiselost]

Imagine the ridiculous fury that would be brought about if Nintendo did this... *insert Bayo 2 rage comments here*

[Death]

Both companies have been securing timed exclusives for a very long time. This is not a response to Microsoft, it's a business tactic Sony has been doing since the original Playstation debuted in the 90's. It's also a very good sign for Sony since this means they are starting to move forward again. They have not been able to secure content like this for quite some time due to their financial problems.

[zeuanimals]

http://www.siliconera.com/2...

http://i.imgur.com/fxzsDZY....

This is more like a Titanfall/Bayonetta 2 situation. The game likely was never going to be made without Sony's help due to low sales for fighters and the cost of development for a new SF game on more powerful hardware. When people found out that Titanfall needed MS's help, it was no longer a big deal that it's a 3rd party exclusive. When people were told that Bayonetta 2 needed Nintendo, nobody made a big deal of it either.

The problem with Tomb Raider is that the previous game sold very well and the new one was already being developed for the PS4, you could even pre-order it for the system, but MS paid for timed exclusivity. I'd hardly consider the two anything similar and this is actually to people's benefits if true, since we could either not have the game or we can have the game. Tomb Raider was going to be made regardless of MS's involvement.

@Death:

They never had to pay for games to not be made for other systems, it was normally because of Nintendo's uncaring attitude towards 3rd parties and because of the huge installbases that PS consoles tend to have that gets it a bunch of 3rd party exclusives. Devs were guaranteed a huge audience with early PS consoles. Also, the PS1 was extremely easy to program for and games were printed on discs, much cheaper than cartridges meaning much less overhead costs.

The PS2 coming out before the other consoles and also being the fastest selling console of all time for its time (and most sold of all time) was obviously going to get a ton of games before the other consoles came out. And a ton of devs didn't see the point in releasing games for the other consoles because of the small install bases. The Xbox was also not big in Japan like the PS2 was meaning making Japanese centric games for the Xbox was not a good idea. This could be another reason why this is being made for the PS4 and no the Xbox One, Japan loves its fighters and the Xbox One is doing worse than any other Xbox console has ever done in the territory.

[pompombrum]

Microsoft dug this grave with kinect, now it's time they lay in it. Ever since the Kinect unveiling, Microsoft have been far more concerned at bringing in the ever elusive casual/family market at the expense of core gamers. Meanwhile, Sony continued delivering the experiences for core gamers, there is an image somwhere on the web showing all the exclusives released in the last 3-4 years on Xbox 360 and PS3, it pretty much paints a pretty accurate picture imho.

You then have the Xbox One and PS4 reveals. Sony went in loud and proud to be a gaming console, Microsoft went in with a glorified TV accessory that also plays games approach. It really shouldn't come as a surprise that the more dedicated (and vocal) gamers would be flocking to the PS.

I do agree that the hypocrisy is funny/sad but Microsoft only have themselves to blame, give the gamers the middle finger, well they'll give you the middle finger back.

[breakpad]

IMO third party exclusivity is good ..it was,is and will always be here, it is a free market and there is competition so get on with it ...

[xHeavYx]

MS does it and PS fans talk about how unfair it is, MS fans tell PS fans to deal with it.
Sony does it and MS fans talk about how unfair it is, PS fans tell MS fans to deal with it.
Let's not pretend that the hypocrisy is exclusive.

[marlinfan10]

Before we heard "sony would never sink so low as to secure well known franchises and take them out of gamers hands" now this gets announced and we here "YEAH SONY!!! THATS PAYBACK MS!!" Lol what a joke

Edit- dont forget the whole "ms is ruining gaming by doing these exclusive deals, they could care less about gamers". Its weird, im not seeing these same comments about sony when theyve taken it up a notch and secured full console exclusivity rights

[yewles1]

"MS fans don't get to play SF5 for "God knows how long"."

I'm certainly enjoying that Dead Rising 3 and Titanfall on PS4 at the momen--oh...

[Death]

@Zeu,

According to Phil Spencer, Microsoft made a financial investment in the new Tomb Raider which is why the game has an exclusive agreement at launch. How is Microsoft investing in a games development different from one title to the next? http://venturebeat.com/2014...

If you want to over analyze this, which game do you think will have a bigger budget, Rise of the Tomb Raider or Street Fighter?

[zeuanimals]

I can't edit this into my comment so I'll just comment again:

Remember folks, Street Fighter games have about 5 Ultra Super Deluxe versions per numbered entry. This doesn't rule out a Super Street Fighter V being on the XBO. Capcom's not doing so well, if they make their money back on this they'll be able to fund that new one for both consoles next time.

Right now, it's a smart idea to target the console with the bigger installbase, and it's also the one with the bigger installbase in the country it'll likely sell very well in (Japan).

@Death:

I haven't seen that. They should've come out with that earlier instead of being sneaky about it, but good on them for that but it is their fault for not communicating it well since after all of this time, this is still news to me. Thanks for showing me though, puts the Xbox division in a better light.

Of course, the same can be said of Sony not communicating this very well, but we have to wait for the official announcement since this was an "accidental" leak. If they're not helping out with development or anything, then that's a problem, but I'm pretty sure they are since this game was likely never going to be made without some help.

[Ezz2013]

@Death

But What will sell more ?!
Tomb Raider or Street Fighter ?!

[styferion]

what are you expecting on the internet anyway?
fanboys will be fanboys, both sides are hypocrites, the situation will be exactly the same if they switch sides.
It sounded one-sided hypocrisy to you because currently PS4 is dominating, thus you see the majority are okay with it, try early last gen where Sony and MS position is switched.

[Volkama]

There is a very fine line between "funding the development of a game" and "being a moneyhatting ass-company". But you can at least argue that there may be some beneficial side to exclusive game deals, which is never the case with COD/Destiny style timed content deals.

But in terms of "who started it"? Sony. Never saw Sega or Nintendo buying up hot properties. Sony marched onto the scene buying up whole studios to lock down an exclusive catalogue. Those prized first parties that people covet weren't cultivated from some Sony youth academy... they were established 3rd party developers making great games for other platforms.

So yes, there is always a lot of hypocracy when people accuse one platform holder of being worse than the other. Sony and Microsoft are playing the same game by the same rules, with only minor differences in their approaches, but it's very much cutt-throat all round.

The real w****** are the likes of Activision. Can't find any justification for their arms dealing being money money money.

[Gazondaily]

Truly mind boggling- even I did not anticipate THIS level of hypocrisy.

"There is the difference, Sony is just using a tactic that their competitor used on them to strike back"

SMH. REALLY?? This is ridiculous. How on earth is this justified? Sony is using this to strike back? So two wrongs DO make a right??

"im going to skip the politics here and say: pay back's a *****, PS4 ftw."

Says it all really.

@Ezzo

"again i'm not saying this is right ..it's wrong
but if you are Sony ...what would you do if your rival did this ?!
this is business after all again i'm not saying this is right ..it's wrong
but if you are Sony ...what would you do if your rival did this ?! "

I agree with you wholeheartedly. You're right. Sony can't sit back on their laurels but it doesn't make it right. At least you get it. The others on here blindly defending this as if this is some sort of equitable justice is crazy!

@Bluff

"Must be itching to get dem clicks eh septic, aka MS c**ksucker?"

Yeah because those clicks make sooo much money lol. Don't mistake me for other hit-hungry people on here. If I wanted to, I could be the top contributor all day with flamebait titles. I just say it how it is.

@Death

"Both companies have been securing timed exclusives for a very long time."

Agreed and whilst MS popularised the trend, people will bury their heads in the sand regarding your comment.

"But it's technically not an exclusive. It's coming out on pc as well."

Wow. So this sentiment used to downplay the Titanfall exclusivity works both ways.

@zeuanimals

"The game likely was never going to be made without Sony's help due to low sales for fighters and the cost of development for a new SF game on more powerful hardware."

If anyone actually believes this nonsense, then they need to get their heads checked. Street Fighter would never have been made without Sony's help??! You've got to be joking!

@xHeavy

"Let's not pretend that the hypocrisy is exclusive.

You're right. Its not. But one side made A LOT more noise than the other.

[Crystallis]

Two wrongs don't make it right?. Get out of here with that Septic. So Sony is just going to sit back and let MS Moneyhat the big third party exclusives?

The shoes on the other foot now and its "two wrongs don't make it right". Remember MS started this garbage and like I said in the beginning of last gen, these kind of deals will not sit well with gamers in the future and it turns out I was right.

[miyamoto]

My goodness gracious!

Weren't you people saying Sony is so piss poor its going bankrupt and all yet you say Sony has the capability to money hat like Microsoft or Nintendo????

What hypocrisy!

The writing is on the wall, Septic.
3rd Party instinctively and financially will make games on the more popular platform.

Do you know what you are babbling about?
Were you born yesterday?

The future has been decided already for this generation.

Sony does not gives a rat's ass about any of its past successes as its a company that moves forward very fast

but do you know how many times PlayStation's competitors Nintendo and Microsoft has money hatted numerous third party like Capcom to buy exclusivity over game titles and franchises that were made popular first on PlayStation platforms?

Remember Capcom 5 controversy on Gamecube where Capcom and Nintendo joined forces to bring PlayStation's down to the ground?
Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, PN 03, Dead Phoenix and Killer 7

How about Monster Hunter's multi million selling run on PSP where did it go?
How about Devil May Cry?

Remember Final Fantasy XIII a supposed to be PS3 exclusive that Microsoft paid $100 million to get it to Xbox 360?
GTA IV? Dino Crisis?

....and many more cases like this!!!! Damn It!

But did we hear any complaint from Sony?

PlayStation has been a badly beaten victim of this money hatting and swiping for many years.

Maybe....
Is SF5 console exclusivity Capcom's way of apologizing to Sony?

Or is it the PS4's massive lead that prompted them to save on development money?

@septic
Dude, Titanfall Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows PC.... go figure? Don't play ignorant.

And when did Sony had the millions to money hat 3rd party

[yewles1]

"Never saw Sega or 'Nintendo' buying up hot properties."

ROFLMFAO!!!! XD XD XD

Oh that's too funny... Nintendo did worse.

http://geekcomix.com/vgh/fo...

[Volkama]

@Yewles OK good shout, Nintendo started it. I didn't know half of the detail from your link. I just played Sonic/Street Fighter 2/Mario Kart/Super Smash TV, without a care for how they came to be.

But the rest of my post was more important than a "who started it". What I was trying to convey was that they all do it, and pointing accusing fingers at one or the other is silly.

[nX]

Septic in full damage control these days ;D
Aside from the fact that Microsoft started it, we don't even know whether this is an exclusive deal or just Capcoms decision to save development costs. All we know is that timed exclusivity is hurting this industry in any case, no matter who's doing it... but I'm pretty sure that Microsoft can't win this war with money alone, it seems like there's quite a few developers making PS4 exclusives out of their own will.

[Ron_Danger]

I can't wait till this author writes an article about the hypocrisy of MS fanboys praising indies on XBox 360 and then bashing them on PS4...

Oh wait... That article will never be written...

[yewles1]

"But the rest of my post was more important than a "who started it". What I was trying to convey was that they all do it, and pointing accusing fingers at one or the other is silly."

Fair enough, but take it from me, bro: gaming history is SORDID in controversy, just like EVER OTHER INDUSTRY, few of us know this from first-hand experience.

[PoSTedUP]

@Septic- MS throws their money around. me: they have little first party, they have to/ theyre desperate. is what i say. its cool if what i said supports your argument, but dont get me confused with everyone else and what they say. i dont think MS buying third party exclusives is wrong at all. its all fair in love and war. its a counter strike (if even that) if anything by this deal (if any). not all sony fans share the same exact opinion, so of course its gonna look hypocritical when youre comparing different opinions of the same party. maybe ive been gone for a little too long but i guess i just dont remember sony fans claiming this is wrong; OR you are indeed taking the opinion of some, and then the response to this exclusive deal from other sony fans with a different outlook, and making/thinking it looks hypocritical in your own mind by not understanding that not every sony fan shares the same opinion of MS (besides hating them). some could be here right now looking like a hypocrite, idk, do you? i jus wouldnt generalize different opinions just to support your argument of hypocrisy because it can be easily done by what i said above, and that may be just the case here.

edit: my comment is for you too Marlinfan.

[DragonKnight]

Look, people trying to justify this as "Sony is striking back", you're wrong. This tactic, no matter who does it, is wrong. 3rd party titles have literally no reason to be exclusive to any console. They may end up being exclusive because the studio can't make it otherwise and then that's just a protected investment on the first party's part, but it's a B.S. move to keep games away from gamers.

So no, it's not ok that Sony has done this for so many reasons, not the least of which are instances in which people endlessly b**** that it's ok for one side to money hat but not the other.

[dredgewalker]

All I can say is all is fair in love and the console war...if this is true I am very surprised by this kind of move by Sony. I may not be complaining since we have a ps4 but if I had an Xbox One I'd be really pissed since both ps and xbox owners all love Street Fighter. It's still a huge franchise and having exclusivity to this game will definitely help sell more PS4's.

[NatureOfLogic_]

Two different situations imo. TR exclusively on Xbox didn't make sense to me because both of the previously released TR's sold less on Xbox consoles. That's not the case with SF. It actually sold more on PS consoles so it makes a little more sense than MS TR moneyhat that just shutout majority of the fanbase.

[PoSTedUP]

@ dragonknight: ever heard of an incentive? third parties and companys do whats best to benfit themselves, they both are obviously ok with this and have done it for a reason: the more they benifit the more they stay afloat. its business. also crapcom isnt doing too well, but would hate to see them or any company disappear completely and if this is what they feel is best to stay in the game: its completely Right. gamers have full access to every game on every console. and if you have to buy a second console to play certain games, hey, youve just unlocked a whole other world of possibilitys, congrats :). if you choose not to buy a console for a certain game that you want, your loss, you then do not get to play it. companys create the perfect recipe for us to buy their console, a third party exclusive is just a secret ingredient ;)
anyone of these third party devs can become first party in a heart beat, and then what? a company just took a whole slew of games an made them exclusive. thats ok though? first party is justa word, yet the same concept as buying just one game from a third party that they rightfully paid for, on a smaller scale. its business and a means of survival. and if a company dishes out millions of dollars for it, they deserve it, andyour 400 bucks.

[LeCreuset]

@Septic

No, it's not right. I'd rather see the money spent elsewhere.

Still, it takes me out how some of you jump at any chance to hurl false charges of hypocrisy. If you're playing a game of street hoops and you keep fouling the other team when they go for a basket, and your response when called out on it is "That's the game. Just play," don't be surprised when the other team plays and fouls you on your way to the basket.

Did you really just think Sony was going to allow MS to use a tactic against them without evening the playing field? Get real. If anything, there should be an article on why competition isn't automatically a good thing. Here's exhibit A. I don't like it, but I'm not about to shed a tear for MS or any of the fans whose response to outrage at the TR deal was along the lines of "Ha, ha. Xbox FTW. U fanboys just butthurt." So please spare us from another demonstration of the overuse and misapplication of "hypocrisy."

[Godmars290]

Of course its not alright if Sony does it. Especially when its a title that's just not going to be on the XB1 when that title has been nothing but multiplatform from the beginning of time.

[darthv72]

people going crazy over this need to think about 2 things. 1st its Capcom. 2nd its street fighter.

If it isnt clear yet then let me give you a hint... "Super"

It seems there is a good chance that the xb1 will get a "Super" edition while the PS4/PC has the regular edition.

It isnt like Capcom and MS are on bad terms and Sony is already getting an exclusive in the game Deep Down.

[4Sh0w]

Wow the hypocrisy is astounding on n4g, a bunch of agrees for ridiculous comments, lol...in fact the only way a xbox fan could be a hypocrite in this case is if they supported micros 3rd party deals like Tomb Raider and NOW say sony should NOT have done this deal...simply pointing out that ps fans bashed micro and said it was bad for the industry so now just stating that ps fans are saying this is "pay back" is not hypocrisy its only reminding them of their previous position, what is hypocrisy is damming micro for it and now cheerleading sony for it, lol dome of you have no shame its actually textbook hypocrisy. Again which is why I personally don't choose to hate on either companies business moves unless it's something highly unusual= I don't like having to contradict myself when the console I prefer does it...it's the internet but I still like to mean what I type.

"Microsoft started it"...lol, the internet is funny when folks who should know the most about gaming history know so little. Sony was buying exclusives from sega before xbox ever existed. I suppose nintendo has done the same. As a X1 only owner Im not complaining. IT'S BUSINESS and this news and the large amount of ps fans reactions just confirms what everybody always knew which was that the soap box rants from ps fans about Tomb Raider and other 3rd party exclusives was NOT about "all gamers being able to play a established franchise but really just transparent hatred because microsoft has the deep pockets to do it.

Lol, now disagree if sony had the same 3rd party exclusive deals to start this gen instead of micro would any of the same folks bashing micro for it have said anything besides "thanks sony"???

That said good for sony, I like the competition, the more these two consoles library varies the more incentive for consumers to make a hard choice OR buy both.

[Kryptix]

@SEPTIC

Here's some truth...

I understand what you're trying to point at, Septic. About the Tomb Raider timed exclusivity and all the people going against it. Here's the thing though, we have no knowledge if Sony funded the project at this point or if Capcom are only able to release this game on one console because if I remember correctly, Capcom aren't financially stable due to their mistakes last gen.

Here's a real shocker though...YOU sir, are a hypocrite yourself.

"Well if its timed then it'll be a quick cash injection that will benefit them the following year. I would have made that deal if I were struggling financially." -This is you trying to cover for Microsoft and their Tomb Raider deal

http://n4g.com/news/1565724...

So by your own words, you should be ok with this because if you paid attention to Capcom, they aren't in good standing with finance.

Look, this is from 2013:

http://gaminrealm.com/2013/...

Title is, "Capcom Doesn’t Have Enough Resources For A Next-Gen Fighter"

I just gave you the evidence, are you going to deal with it or are you going to be around N4G spreading the same bs...

Edit: Corrected the second link

[URNightmare]

So what's Sony supposed to do, just sit there while Microsoft keeps doing this every time? This is the kind of crap Microsoft has brought to the industry. Microsoft will always ruin something wherever they put their hands into.

[LeCreuset]

Let me say this too, for the "hypocrisy" trolls that insist on viewing things in a vacuum. Did it ever occur to you that Microsoft's eagerness to snatch up 3rd party titles played a hand in this? If Sony says "no" to Capcom, do they have to worry that MS will say "yes?"

There have been a few titles now where the defense of MS has been that some developer/publisher came to Sony with the deal, but Sony didn't play ball. So, IF it's a matter of losing a title to MS or playing their game, I'd rather Sony play their game, though I'd rather the game had never been started.

[Kayant]

First of all no one knows how this deal came to be. It can be that it's a case like TF/DR3 where extra funding was needed for the game to come out. There is also the thing were this could be a timed exclusive. There is no details to go on with!!!

TF was clearly brought.

1. When the game was announced no platforms were mentioned.
2. On MS's website it was referred to a third party title.
3. Pre-orders were being taken by multiple retailers for 5 versions(PC/XB1/PS4/PS3/X360)
4. Even when it was confirmed as a timed exclusivity it took several days before Phil Spencer was like we are helping "development" - Translation we are helping out the Xbox versions of the games like we always do when there is a need.

If this game was not going to exist without Sony's cash then it's a better situation still shitty because of platforms affected but at the very least it was not taken from said platforms even though the game would have existed on them like in the TR situation.

At least wait until we get a clearer picture before crying about "Hypocrisy" when there is no clear reason as why the exclusivity exists.

@Kryptix

Hahaha that K.O

[LordMaim]

@Septic: The problem is that the horse is already been let out of the barn. Microsoft wrote out big fat checks for Titanfall, the Gears of War franchise, and now Rise of the Tomb Raider. Multiple instances that were defended by Xbox Fans and decried by Sony fans.

Now if Sony follows suit, if there is no internet outrage that somehow makes people hypocrites? The precedent has been set, and many people have taken the stance of "business is business". Either they're both acceptable or both unacceptable.

[Gazondaily]

@Kryptix

"Here's a real shocker though...YOU sir, are a hypocrite yourself. "

AND then you quote me here:

"Well if its timed then it'll be a quick cash injection that will benefit them the following year. I would have made that deal if I were struggling financially."

Sorry, where is your reading comprehension? And where is my hypocrisy? Do you even get what the article is about? I said that if I were struggling financially I would have made that deal. THIS is an article about the HYPOCRISY of fanboys deriding the deal made.

Don't you get it? You're proving the hypocrisy of the Sony contingent for me.

However, why didn't you link this comment of mine?

http://n4g.com/news/1566487...

"Its business. Pure and simple. I'm NOT saying its a GOOD PRACTICE but some people need to wake up."

"I just gave you the evidence, are you going to deal with it or are you going to be around N4G spreading the same bs... "

You gave me evidence of the fact that you actually don't understand what you are talking about or what this article is about. Try harder next time.

I'm not spreading B.S. This is about a bad practice (that I have stated was a BAD PRACTICE when the TR deal was made) and IN THE ARTICLE itself but I'm alluding to the HYPOCRISY in the reaction of the fanboys to this.

So are the same people boycotting Tomb Raider going to boycott this?

@Lord Maim

"The precedent has been set, and many people have taken the stance of "business is business"."

Ah so its business when Sony now do it. Right. They're justfied because they made this deal to react to MS. Right. How convenient. So it basically boils down to 'Money-hatting is okay is Sony do it'.

Seriously, the people boycotting TR, if you have any backbone, you'll be doing the same here. I won't obviously...I'll be buying this, if its good, just like I will Tomb Raider.

Keep digging though. I'm genuinely in awe at the hypocrisy and absolute blind loyalty/justifications given here. It really is something.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Lol i saved a bunch of pictures of N4G comments attacking microsoft over the Tomb raider exclusivety, now i see the same names on this comment section with the opposite. Giving me really good laughs.

As for me.. i don't care, business is business, when MS did it i didn't care, Sony is doing it now, i still don't care. But the people here Seemed to think it was so bad when MS did it,but now its okay because........? because it's business?!? lol hypocrites.

[Christopher]

@Septic

***You're right. Its not. But one side made A LOT more noise than the other.***

As someone who moderates a lot of comments, I disagree with that sentiment. On a general basis, there are more Sony fans than Xbox fans. But, on major topics like this, they come out of the woodworks and are pretty even on comments.

[Gamer1982]

MS has done them to themselves really by showing Sony how far they are willing to go. It was bad last gen with games like Star Ocean but this gen they took Tomb Raider and I reckon that stung a little and now with Sony saying they are finally putting there time and resources into the gaming division instead of mobile and TV which is losing them money it was only a matter of time before they took all MS's own money making ideas and did it for themselves. The main difference here is compared to last gen is the scope of the games.

Saying that lately it just seems Capcom is whoring its games out to the highest bidder with DR3 going to MS and SFV to Sony. We all knew they would be getting a premium game from Capcom when MS got DR3 we didn't know it would be this.. Makes me wonder whos gonna get Resident Evil.. I wouldn't put money on it being Nintendo.

[solid_snake3656]

MS has done this repeatedly with bioshock mass effect tomb raider and with dlc's. You can't expect Sony to sit their and let MS do this to them.

[4Sh0w]

Kayant none of that really matters. Fact is even before or after micro is known to be helping with the development of the game a large majority of ps fans bash them for any kind of 3rd party deal. The main point here about the "hypocrisy" label is that going back to even last gen it's a consistent pattern that the ONLY reason 3rd party deals are frowned upon is when the shoe is on microsofts foot for the simple and most obvious reason= its not on ps console whether that's timed or permanent given the complete reversal we see in this comment section that's the truth. I haven't played a Street Fighter game in ages but I'm sure this one will be great, I don’t really care how micro or sony secure these deals the end result is the same and THATS BUSINESS, its both of their jobs to make their platform more desirable than the competition and just because a deal pisses off a bunch of entitled fanboys of the competitions fanbase should NOT be a reason for hesitating to make such deals, as a X1 owner sony owes me nothing and micro damm sure better offer X1 owners plenty of their own deals. I like both being aggressive....can you imagine 2 consoles with a even more varied lineup of 1st and 3rd party exclusives.

[Death]

To those that seem to think Sony never paid for third party exclusives, care to explain how Metal Gear on the PS3 became exclusive? The game had a digital footprint of 9 gigs, so it has nothing to do with Blu-ray. The Metal Gear PS3 bundle was part of the agreement Konami had with Sony. Metal Gear was a paid exclusive. This isn't a new practice and it's not always unethical. Take a look at Tomb Raider for example. It's closest competition is Uncharted which is a Sony first party exclusive. If both release late next year they are in direct competition with each other. In this case Sony is competition to them. Microsoft has no first party offering like it and isn't a threat to sales. It makes perfect sense to launch first on the Xbox since they can fill a void on the platform. If they launch on PS4 6-12 months later Uncharted will have less of an impact on sales. The money Microsoft is investing should cover losses for the quarter from the absence of sales on PS4.

[DragonKnight]

@PoSTedUP: There is no incentive in this that isn't eclipsed by multiplatform sales. Unless this situation is like Bloodborne (where the dev partnered with Sony for the sake of FUTURE multiplatform games), or Bayonetta 2 (where the game would not exist without a first party studio stepping in to fund production), there's no reason for any 3rd party company to make any game exclusive to a platform, especially an old series like Street Fighter. Exclusives are best used to showcase the potential of a console, and 3rd party games NEVER do that because they don't have the intimate knowledge of the console necessary to do it.

As for what my opinion is, since you seem to be confused as to why I made the statement I did, Sony fan or not this is wrong. It was wrong for MS to take TR away from what could pretty much be considered it's founding fanbase, and it's wrong for Sony to take a fighting game away from more competitive players. Buying a PS4 for Street Fighter V would be a stupid thing to do and shows complete lack of respect for the value of a dollar. Especially when considering that the "whole other world of possibilities" you're talking about has at least a 50% chance of not existing at all after you've spent your $400.

The tactic is wrong. It benefits fewer people than it would if the game were multiplatform, and Capcom needs all the money they can get. For a console agnostic franchise like Street Fighter, being exclusive means making less money. So really, the only "winners" here are Sony because PS4 gamers would get the game anyway if it were multiplatform, they don't get rewarded for it being exclusive, Capcom makes less money, and Sony gets all the reward from it.

[Chevalier]

Start of this gen. Dead Rising 3 and Tomb Raider.

Last Gen Dead Rising, Bioshock, Ninja Gaiden,Mass Effect, Tales of Vesparia, Star Ocean, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Skyrim 1st to Xbox DLC etc.

Clearly Sony started the trend?! MS started the whole thing and where were you guys then?! Those same smug people were oh yeah look at our great 'exclusives' and now you guys want to cry wolf?! Really?! Your a generation too late to make that argument

[yewles1]

@DragonKnight

"Unless this situation is like Bloodborne (where the dev partnered with Sony for the sake of FUTURE multiplatform games),"

I hope you don't mean multiplats under the Bloodborne banner...

http://www.ign.com/articles...

[Thomaticus]

two negative do equal a positive.

Gamers make decisions based on exclusives for the system....so what choice does any company have. You have to compete. If Capcom can be bought, then someone has to make a purchase. If Sony didn't do it.... Microsoft will, and unfortunately that's the state of gaming industry now.

[Thomaticus]

Gamers make decisions based on exclusives for the system....so what choice does any company have. You have to compete. If Capcom can be bought, then someone has to make a purchase. If Sony didn't do it.... Microsoft will, and unfortunately that's the state of gaming industry now.

[Kratos0Ace]

Microsoft started it way back with X360, with games like ninja gaiden 2, mass effect 2, etc...and this generation with peggle 2, plants vs zombies garden warfare, and apparently Ryse.
I cannot blame Sony for this because Microsoft should have expected this to happen if they play like that.

So to answer your question: it doesn't make it right but it's definitely Microsoft's fault because they started it. There.

[DigitalRaptor]

This article is so s**t, Septic.

Witness the victim complex right here. Sony/Capcom being honest is what you're going to see, not hiding it like Microsoft were trying to on stage deceiving people and bending the truth of the word "Exclusive".

Septic… this is what happens when people go on about "competition being good". Without competition, this would not have happened. In other words… without Microsoft, this would never have happened. This article is just so reactionary, it's funny.

I expect the same article, if Shenmue gets announced as a PS4 exclusive or something along those lines, regardless of the details about how the game would never be made without direct financial contribution…. JUST LIKE you don't know all the details about if a new Street Fighter would have been made without Sony's contribution and support. Here's a bit of perspective for you: http://i.imgur.com/fxzsDZY....

People whooped and wailed about Bayonetta 2 exclusivity but soon got over it because they realised the game was not going to be made without Nintendo's support. Rise of the Tomb Raider…. It was going to be made anyway for all platforms and we all know it.

I personally don't see much "rejoicing" going on. I just think it's shocking and unexpected. The game looks good, and Street Fighter is a much bigger franchise than Tomb Raider.

[LeCreuset]

@Septic

How can you get mad at someone and challenge their reading comprehension, because they called you the hypocrite, when you started the hypocrisy accusations in reply to the first comment posted, which had nothing to do with "two wrongs make a right." Abash never made a moral judgement on the practice at all. He just said it was predictable, given what's happened this gen.

[LordMaim]

@Septic: You misunderstand my meaning. The "business is business" justification was given by people attempting to defend the Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusive. Well now the shoe's on the other foot. After Titanfall, the Gears of War franchise and now Rise of the Tomb Raider, this is what we can expect from these companies vying for our business. We have to accept this as fact, because we're not given the choice as customers. So either they're both acceptable or both unacceptable.

Personally, I've decided to just sigh and get on with it.

[geddesmond]

OK then get MS to give back tomb raider and we'll get sony to give back SF5. All these articles appeared so quickly and Capcom hasn't even confirmed it yet. It could be Asia only exclusive. But while your at it get MS to give us Dead Rising 3 and Titanfall as well.

I've said it before and if this is true then X1 owners should get ready for a lot more of this because the bigger sales the PS4 gets the more Devs will look to it for exclusive games. It makes a lot of business sense to develop for 1 consol as dev teams and resources don't use up as much money. So cash tight developers will go for the bigger install base.
And if you haven't noticed but DR3 didn't exactly leave Capcom rolling in bank after going exclusive with that.

[LeCreuset]

@DragonKnight

"It benefits fewer people than it would if the game were multiplatform"

Are we making the mistake of assuming the game would be multiplatform? When MS has demonstrated, and admitted to, a willingness to bolster deficiencies in their 1st party lineup by buying 3rd parties, can we just sit here and assume that SFV would be multiplat if not a PS4 console exclusive, that MS wouldn't buy it? We've already been told that Sony turned down deals for games that MS later snatched up as exclusives.

[TheFanboySlayer]

Since I got bubbled down as off topic :(.....Here are my thoughts and how I look at it...

Sony and Microsoft are in a boxing match....lets say that the buying of 3rd party exclusives is like kicking

Sony when they were younger were the masters at kicking....(Getting 3rd party exclusives because they were popular).
Last fight (360 vs PS4)...Microsoft were set in making sure they learned to kick...now they are pros...While sony had quit back in the day and started using alot more hard punches (got 1st party dev support)
This gen (PS4 vs XboxOne) Microsoft has thrown in a few kicks...Sony not soo much....People are pissed but what can you do...the ref isnt against kicking. Now Sony throws a HUGELY powerful kick(since they're good at it) and everyone is outraged.
Its a question of morality..should kicking be banned in the boxing match? Is it fair that Sony kicks hard when Microsoft have been doing it for a while?....again all a question of what you think is right.

My opinion: neither group should be kicking in a boxing match but if one does to another, they should be allowed to retaliate by kicking back.

So Septic...2 wrongs dont make a right but both parties shouldnt be doing the wrongs in the first place...Therefore you can't say that Sony are being hypocrites when clearly both are at fault in my opinion.

[jb227]

Regarding your other comment about Tomb Raider's exclusivity being one year, has that been confirmed anywhere? I thought that was pure speculation? There hasn't been any official timeline released as to when Rise will hit the PS4…I personally could care less about Street Fighter, it'd be a fun game to play for a bit, but I actually dug the Tomb Raider franchise a lot…if companies have to resort to these kinds of things, why can't they stick to what their market dictates? MS has always been a bigger online platform, therefore a heavily online game like the fighting genre should've been grabbed by MS, I play on the Playstation platform because they have always had the best single player story driven games, which is what Tomb Raider is. I think it's nothing but a bad deal for gamers when these kinds of things happen. I agree that Sony is simply fighting back in the battle that Microsoft started so I see where they are coming from, doesn't mean I have to like it. To the people saying that gaming is a business, unless you are a part of that business you are a gamer & that aspect shouldn't even enter your mind.

Although, in the justice system, there is the idea of self-defense & if this case was being tried in court as Sony v. Microsoft, Sony would most definitely be found not guilty in this situation.

[DragonKnight]

@Yewles: No, what I mean is that FromSoftware will use the lessons they've learned, and the engine they developed, by partnering with Sony and use them on other multiplatform games. For example, a spiritual successor to Bloodborne called BludBorn could be made that uses the same engine as the original but is multiplatform and there's nothing Sony could do about it because it's not Bloodborne.

@LeCreuset: Whether or not MS would have snatched it up is irrelevant to the point. 3rd party titles have no reason to exist. They don't help the developer as much as multiplatform sales would, with few exceptions being where there is a clear fanbase on one particular console such as was the case with TR, or games like Final Fantasy where we saw the huge disparity in sales between PS3 and Xbox 360 FF13 games (even though they all suck) because FF is more synonymous with Playstation.

[OCEANGROWNKUSH]

The funniest thing about Tomb Raider is that it will be rushed to market for the Xbox, and they will be charged for the DLC/season pass... With a year extra dev time on a superior platform, and likely including the DLC in some sort of "definitive edition" for the PS4 who really wins?? There will be NO SHORTAGE of exclusives to play on the PS4 this upcoming year, nobody is going to miss it, and nobody is a hardcore enough TR fan to buy an XB1 for it. Street Fighter fans on the other hand? i can definitely see buying a console for SFV, i know many people who bought a PS1 simply for Alpha 2.

[bouzebbal]

this article is so fanboyish and so rubbish.. trying to play it neutral. LOL..
who gives a damn about TR anyway when you have Uncharted 4?
why do you dare talking about hypocrisy when you don't know the history behind this deal? We don't know if Sony paid for exclusivity. Comparing with TR is really not understanding the situation..

X1 just took an Akuma signature level 3 in the face with this.
I lost count of all games MS paid for last gen. Now show me an article you wrote about FF13 going multi, or Star Ocean and Tales of Vesperia going timed.
MS started this practice, they are being countered at their own game. I see nothing bad in it but a game skipping X1 the most successful console ever is blasphemy!

[gangsta_red]

Well Said Septic! This is exactly what hypocrisy of the sony fans is.

It's obvious that whenever Sony does the same thing MS is hated for they are always going to come out in full defense of it.

I remember when most here said Sony never pays for 3rd party exclusives and would rather nature a dev than pay for IP's and that MS is killing the industry for paying for 3rd party games.

But all that has changed when Sony starts to implement this and other supposed "bad" MS tactics. Now it's okay because they're just fighting back or the laughable excuse of "blame MS for Sony's money hatting tactics".

If MS smacked your mother in the mouth would it be ok for Sony to do it just because MS did?

I agree that the level of SPIN and Hypocrisy from most here has reached epic over 9000 proportions.

When Titanfall was announced as an exclusive to Xbox you all went ape saying MS is money hatting and keeping the game off consoles even though it was a new IP.

When TR was announced as a TIMED exclusive you all went ape saying that since its NOT a new IP it should be on all systems.

Basically no matter what MS does you guys will go ape. But again, when Sony does it, Still Blame MS for starting it right? Let's all forget how most here was die hard against buying third party IP's.

@Abash
"If you want to be mad at anyone, blame Microsoft for starting this. I was only pissed at Microsoft resorting to buying third party exclusives rather than investing that money and time into creating new Xbox exclusives and resurrecting more of their IPs"

What am i reading??? MS is investing in new IP's (Sunset, Ori, Scalebound) and they are resurrecting more of their old IP's (Fable, Crackdown, PHANTOM DUST!!!)

I swear it's like tunnel vision on this site just to paint Sony in a perfect picture when they do the same thing their fans hate MS for.

Recap:

MS does anything..BAD FOR THE INDUSTRY!

Sony does the SAMETHING...Hurray, take that MS!

[tman7302]

@Septic

I totally agree with you on this. People saying Microsoft started this are full of themselves and hypocrisy running wild. Timed exclusive has been going on for YEARS! Some gamers need to know their history, Tomb Raider was multiplatform, went Sony exclusive after. Sony paid money too so they're right to do that at the time and Microsoft was wrong. Game industry is so bias and full of BS. Seriously the low IQ of people point fingers and being hypocritical about timed exclusive is mind blowing.

@Xsilver
If you really want to pin point who really started timed exclusives, look at Sony, Sega and Nintendo. Microsoft came late to the party and they're doing what the other hardware companies did years ago so it's a natural progress. Now GTFO!

@Abash
"How is it wrong for Sony when their competitor (Microsoft) has done this repeatedly to them? It's simply them striking back, remember this is the business world"

Can you explain to me the Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube generation? Last I checked, Sony repeatedly screwed Microsoft over and Sega...also, don't give me this generation crap. Like I said above, paid times exclusives have been going on for YEARS!

@ All the disagrees I know I'm gonna get...
Read up on history, educate yourself and asked this question...what Sony, Sega, and Nintendo did purchasing exclusive back then right? Microsoft bias is ridiculous. Disagree and we will know who the Sony fanboys are.

[Why o why]

4show

'Wow the hypocrisy is astounding on n4g, a bunch of agrees for ridiculous comments, lol...in fact the only way a xbox fan could be a hypocrite in this case is if they supported micros 3rd party deals like Tomb Raider and NOW say sony should NOT have done this deal.'

....I can agree with that. I've seen a few hypocrites but I respect those xbox fans who either, expressed their annoyance for their gaming comrades when the t raider deal was struck and those that claim its business now, like it was business then.

Im not into the 'who done it first' argument and that leads nowhere. Each manufacturer has committed their fair share of efferies over the years.

[LeCreuset]

@DragonKnight

I think you mistake my point. You said a deal like this doesn't benefit the fans. All things being neutral, I agree. However, if the alternative is PS4 gamers not getting the game, because MS makes a deal where Sony won't, then it does benefit PS4 owners, who would have been deprived of it, otherwise. Perhaps we're talking about circumstances where multiplat wasn't really an option. That's speculation, but it's rooted in recent history and Phil Spencer's own comments—and let's be honest, this is all just speculation, as nothing has even been announced, yet.

[FriedGoat]

I have never seen this much banter in one article. This is amazing.

What people don't understand is Microsoft popularised shady tactics. You support that by buying their products and then complain about another company doing the same thing?
MS basically bought their way into the console biz, and Sony have been in it for 20 god damn years. If anyone deserves some flack for moneyhatting it's MS. Wait for the details before snapping.

[creatchee]

@abzdiine

"X1 just took an Akuma signature level 3 in the face with this."

Do you even Street Fighter, bro?

[PoSTedUP]

@dragonknight- for a third party to go exclusive it would have to be worth their while, as in money to cover what they may have made if they released multiplatform. thats where im comming from. they would have to be mental to take a loss or make an obvious decision where they would make less money. i do agree that it sucks that SF fans will be more broken up. but its just business. nothing in [gaming] is guaranteed. MS bought minecraft, good for them, they spent the money so they deserve what they rightfully paied for and can use it however they like, they deserve it. same thing in this case. its not wrong imo, its just people being cry babies and not understanding how business works.

[morganfell]

Okay Septic, I'll play. In moral superiority light, how many times is Sony supposed to wait until they respond? 3? 4? 10? At what point is it permissible? Or in your high mind is it never allowed? How many times have you beaten down MS on this forum for their actions?

As for gameondaily.com, where is their criticism from their cheap website for MS moneyhatting?

There is your real hypocrisy.

[4Sh0w]

Why o Why well said. I respect gamers like you. PS fan, Nintendo fan, or Xbox fan or all of the above= just be consistent and call a spade a spade. If you've been around gaming long enough you know both do some bogus crap from time to time and I'm not referring to this deal because again I see it as smart business. I get the "mine is better than yours" back n forth, I mean that is expected like supporting a sports team but the hypocrites are as laughable as those bandwagon sports fans. Lol, maybe I'm just old fashion in that I fact check my information, then form a logical opinion based on solid info, and then I stick to it UNLESS some significant NEW information comes out to warrant a change of mind.

Hopefully I never love any company enough to just agree with them regardless of my original viewpoint...lol Ive called out micro on a few occasions but I can tell you alot of things I think microsoft has done wrong this gen already. . Neither are Saints nor Devils.

[JMyers]

So wait... MS money hats almost all their third party games this year... Just look at X1 exclusives... only 3 were from MS Studios (F5, FH2, MCC). They then bought Ryse, TitanFall, TombRaider, and had marketing deals with most for advertising... Which is similar to what they pulled last gen. The whole content first, console first, DLC to only one console... this all started with MS to cover the lack of IPs. They only reason they are in the state of having poor Indie support is because of how they treated them in the past.

Most PS4 games though were FIRST PARTY. This shows several things... MS cannot make their own games, they have no variety and throw their monopoly money around to get titles. MS are vultures while Sony nurtures the Industry through growth and investing in diverse IPS and studios. I wonder how much the billion spent on gaming were just for marketing and bonus content, and buying IPS... even Gears had to be bought. Xbox fans keep on laughing it up by making comments that the PS4 has no games or Sony has no money... fact remains... EVERY PS console had more exclusives than MS.

You mention Spin? Let me not quote the numerous MS PR spins. And this isn't even officially announced yet so let's wait and see.

On Topic: Third Party exclusives do not benefit the Industry. I would much rather Sony use this money to revive the cancelled Santa Monica Game.

[mikeslemonade]

And this is why sales matter. Sony didn't probably just bid. They developed the relationship to do this and the sales. If it was just a straight bidding war than Microsoft would have won, but this is not the case.

Sony did not straight moneyhat. The difference is Sony does it in other ways like help with development by providing resources etc. MS straight buys.

[frostypants]

@Septic, of course it's not "OK", but the reality is that this is business, and as such Sony is forced to take this route if their competition is going to employ it themselves. Good karma doesn't pay the bills.

[Visiblemarc]

On the otherhand many of the MS fanboys who thought that Rise of the Tomb Raider was a "brilliant move" will now be calling Sony "evil and underhanded."

The lesson here is that fanboys NEVER shut up and it would suck to waste your life being one.

Just buy what you like and play what you like.

Personally I say, get as many platforms as you can afford...why miss any exclusives that interest you?

[mike_honcho]

I don't like to think of it at 2 wrongs making a right but more like Rambo actually lol.. now hear me out.. Sony is John Rambo just minding his own business, trying to make it through life after a brutal stay in vietnam(last gen console war) then ms(sheriffs department) harrases and provokes Sony/Rambo and ultimately draws "first blood" causing Sony/Rambo to go into defense mode.. Sony/Rambo doesn't really have a choice but to fight back or suffer tremendous consequences since ms/sheriffs department would surely continue to money hat exclusives/pursue and ultimately kill regardless if Sony/Rambo fights back.. that's just how I look at it..

[Prime157]

The real question that is never asked on n4g is...

How is this so hot? It's not even journalism.

[Ch1d0r1]

Why must it be SONYs or MS taking the blame, the pulishers are the ones in agreement too. Im just glad Sony is fighting fire with fire, fuck the old days where it would get pushed around by MS doing this sort of thing.

As consumers we will never get the real story, maybe Ms and Sony planned to get a couple of timed 3rd party exclusives. Ms said ill take tomb raider and Sony took SF5 for now. And nintendo took bayoneta all for them selves.

[ShinMaster]

What hypocrisy? Who said it was okay?

When Street Fighter was made exclusive, Xbox gamers complained.
When Tomb Raider was made exclusive, PS gamers complained.
So as far as I can tell, it's pretty even.

Actually no, both PS and PC gamers were screwed.

Why do you expect PS gamers to be upset about Street Fighter any more than Xbox gamers were upset about Tomb Raider being exclusive to their system.
Don't be irrational.
____

Now, let's talk about reasons and whether or not they make sense.
Both Tomb Raider AND Street Fighter (as with most fighting games) are a lot more successful on PlayStation systems. Even the new Dead or Alive (former Xbox exclusive) sold more on PS3 than 360.

Making Tomb Raider exclusive to a system where all of its titles typically underperform does NOT make sense. There was clear evidence of money-hatting there.
Making Street Fighter exclusive to the system/s where its titles perform better does make more sense. People actually buy these games. And at least it's coming to PC.

I'm not saying it's fair for everyone. But the main difference is that Microsoft and Square-Enix screwed the MAJORITY of its fanbase on PS4 and PC.

I like how this website, along with @Septic, only call out people as hypocrites when the wrong system gets an exclusive. When Tomb Raider along other previous money-hatting happens on MS's part, it's just business as usual.

If Yoshinori Ono didn't have the budget or R&D for a new game like he said, maybe Sony helped them the same way Nintendo helped Bayonetta 2 happen.

[Fatal-Aim]

@ Septic

do you know how ignorant that sounds?

first of all, Microsoft started this war. and lastly, is Sony suppose to set back and play fair with them so that Microsoft can completely suck up all the 3rd party exclusives so that their platform will eventually sell into more homes, take Sony's entire fan base and leave them packing their bags to the unemployment line? you got some nerve.

[Majin-vegeta]

Of course they don;t but sometimes you gotta fight fire with fire ;)

[Gaming101]

lol it isn't "Wrong" it's called competition, stop being a baby.

[starchild]

All I know is that I'm against it no matter who does it. Investing in strong first party content is the right way to support and drive a platform.

[Lord_Sloth]

No, but turnabout IS fair-play.

[King-u-mad]

@Septic

Fuck that bullshit. It's more along the lines of "money-hatting is okay" UNTIL "Sony does it.". There was no real issue with microsoft doing that bullshit... But low and behold sony does it and BOOM you automatically say its wrong and try to throw in "Two wrongs make a right do they?". Which in context means 1 wrong is okay for you... You serious? Fuck out of here...

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

I'd rather say it chickens coming home to roost. As one of the PS faithful, I've always said this was bad and so many said I was butt hurt. Well I am saying it now, but look who is butt hurt.

[JoySticksFTW]

Wow, Septic.

You're on here trying to defend an article from your site. And no one's buying here, so you run over to Gaf to try to defend your site there, huh Septic360? And out yourself even more in the process?

Well if you read that Gaf thread, you'd see where Ono said getting Capcom to sign off on funding for SFV was iffy, and he was actually surprised that SFIV was greenlit.

We simply don't know the circumstances behind this deal yet. Phil straight up admitted TR's exclusivity is to go up against UC4.

And even if this deal is a straight moneyhat, many don't mind because of Microsoft's recent 3rd party acquisitions this gen. Dead Rising 3, Titanfall, Tomb Raider, Minecraft... And people are supposed to care when Sony finally goes in? Sony's supposed to just sit back and let MS buy everything up? Why shouldn't PS4 fans be happy for a huge exclusive?

If someone is jumping out of the bushes and sucker-punching kids in the mouth, and then someone jumps out and socks him in return, it's human nature to be glad that bully got some of his own medicine. And none of that two wrongs don't make a right crap. I'm always glad when the underdog (supposedly broke ass, no games having Sony in this case) gets to dish out some payback pie.

Anyways, you're the Editor in Chief of that site? Then let the articles speak for itself.

[tontontam0]

BUSINESS!!!!!!

NO MOVE WILL MEAN MORE THIRD PARTY GAMES LOST TO MICROSOFT.

[radler]

lol, and people will be right back to raging when Microsoft announces some big third party exclusive at E3 or whenever. Then Sony will probably do another one and it will just keep bouncing back and forth between outrage/cheer depending on what console people own.

The funny thing is people don't even care how bad a game is as long as it's exclusive, that's all that matters.

[5eriously]

I revel in the fact and are happy to see you and a few of your soul mates squirm with disgust at this Sony feat if true. Do not worry as there will be many more surprises to come and 2015 is going to be very interesting for ps4 owners. I will read all your crybaby posts just to laugh at your desperation but fact remains you backed the wrong pony instead of the pedigree racing stallion. But fear not, its never to late .............. you can always jump ship by making the right decision.

[rainslacker]

Meh, MS fans were fine with MS money hatting for their exclusives. PS fanboys are no better than Xbox fanboys. Dunno why they need an article for it. It's a bad practice all around as far as I'm concerned.

[Wizard_King]

These major companies are in business not in love here people.

MS lowered the bar over 3 successive consoles and Sony simply has to keep pace or be left behind. These type of deals where exclusivity is down to nothing more than which side writes the biggest cheque will be a more common thing.

Thanks MS, this type if thing along with pay to play online and paid DLC is all MS's fault.

@ Septic, take your paid for MS support BS somewhere else buddy. You run a pro MS site that gets money from pro MS advertising then try and use you pro MS BS as evidence in an argument? GTFOHC... Your opinion is rendered completely invalid.

[BG11579]

it's amazing how everyone forgot that video that had Hadouken/Cabs/PS4 in it, that kind of already there was a deal like this in preparation.
At that time, many fought it was a joke. Well, right now it ain't funny anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[fr0sty]

There is a lot about competition that isn't "right" by many people's moral standards, but that doesn't mean it isn't done. On-disc DLC, paywalls locking you out of functionality that is already built into your console, microtransactions, it's a part of making money. If people will spend the money to support the practices, it will be done to make money... and I doubt there will be any shortage of PS4 owners lining up to play this game, and I doubt it will turn out to be a bad investment for Sony, assuming there even was one. Just like locking your Xbox One owners out of using Netflix or other basic console features unless you paid their ransom for Xbox Live didn't stop you from buying one of those consoles... Or Tomb Raider, etc... You can't complain about a practice you are participating in. If you don't like it, don't support companies that do it. But, you'll probably have to give up your gaming hobby if you do.

[TheSaint]

I'd have more sympathy if MS hadn't made this practice commonplace, as is you reap what you sow.

[donthate]

Personally, I don't care. If I want to play SF I can go on PS4, and if I want to play Tomb Raider I can go on Xbox One.

That said, hypocrisy comes from having double standard. That means, if you were against Tomb Raider being exclusive, you should be against SF being exclusive.

If you were for Tomb Raider being exclusive, you should be for SF being exclusive.

If you flip flopped in either case, then CONGRATULATIONS you are a hypocrit!

Most likely you won't see or cannot fathom or even comprehend what I said anyhow though.

[Fro_xoxo]

Microsoft didn't provoke anyone to do sh!t. It's called business! Competition!

People need to stop making naive comments.

Expect more stunts like these from both companies.

The Hypocrisy is definitely strong here. .

"Microsoft did it, so it's okay for Sony to do it too"

[mcstorm]

No matter what you say the fan boys will find a way to spin one thing or another. Im not a massive SF fan as I did not get into 4 much but its a good move by sony and I expect more things like this to be done throughout the new gen as Sony and Microsoft battle it out with each other.

I do think this type of game is the wrong one to do it on as Street fighter sold about 2 million on the PS4 and 2 million on the 360 so just like TR I think they will miss out on a lot of sales. But that said Just like TR I expect there to be a GOTY edition out after 12 months with all the DLC like they did last time and this will be on the other consoles.

[Gamer1982]

Also its still coming to PC this isn't a full exclusive unlike what MS did with tomb raider and dead rising 3 (initially).

[NegativeCreep427]

The hypocrisy is certainly STRONG...just not in the way that the article or the MS fanboys portray it; If SFV...along with titles like the next Tomb Raider and Titanfall...was announced as an Xbox One exclusive we would see a flood of articles with headlines like:

"Xbox One is making a Momentous Comeback!"
"Xbox One has the best exclusives. Should the PS4 be afraid???"
"Xbox One is the best place to Play!!!"

Yet now that the Playstation 4 is allegedly receiving Street Fighter V as an exclusive, now all those same people are complaining like they just got nut-punched. It all seems like nothing but sour grapes.

The MS fanboys want to throw the word "hypocrisy" around, yet they are the fanboy group that constantly change benchmarks to try to win arguments...hench now with the comments like "Street Fighter V isn't really exclusive because it's being released on PC", well apply that benchmark to Titanfall and Dead Rising 3 and Halo...now where does that leave you all now??? It leaves you with nothing, and that is according to your own rules.

[marlinfan10]

@negative

do you not remember the articles about MS screwing gamers when they announced TR exclusivity? how MS was giving gamers the middle finger? or is the selective memory kicking in right now.

[King-u-mad]

@theFro
All I'm reading from you is "It was fine while microsoft did it. But now that Sony did it I have a problem."

[King-u-mad]

@Marlin

How about the many other games that they didn't complain about... Don't use 1 title as the saving grace... It does not work that way. Also the reason why TR got that hate was because of PC and Sony fans. So you should be thanking them... Because it damn sure wasn't microsoft fans fighting it...

[memots]

why is no one raging about Sunset ? isn't this a third party publisher that use to do stuff for Sony only? Is like Bungie would go ps4 exclusive. Internet would blow up.

Bayoneta ? TitanFall? Scalebound? Dead rising 3?

[jackanderson1985]

isn't deep down an exclusive? developed by capcom that was announced (well shown not sure if announced) feb 2013

ya can't put all the blame on MS for this one... yes they do it and yes it's for business but to say Sony are only doing it as a strike back is ridiculous

[Mikey Mike]

It was, maybe that's why there really isn't any out cry over this when Dead Rising 3 was a Xbox exclusive. Either way, fighters only seem right on PlayStation, but that's just me.

[XanderZane]

Not sure why fanboys are blaming this on Microsoft. Sony has been doing this before Microsoft even released the original XBox. I guess people forget that Final Fantasy & MGS were a NES exclusive for awhile until Sony came it took them onto their PS1. There was no Microsoft or Xbox back then. Microsoft came along later and did it with several SEGA games. Grabbing games like Shenmue, Phantasy Star and Sega Rally Racing. Some of the fanboys on here pointing fingers, need to give it a rest.

[G20WLY]

Deep Down is a new IP. There have been no previous version for owners of any platform to buy into or become a fan of.

Dead Rising is a franchise that has appeared on both PlayStation and Xbox, but has since been denied for owners of only Sony's platform.

The two are incomparable.

Tomb Raider and Street Fighter are a different story. Both had past versions on both platforms.

With TR being story based and having recently been rebooted, however, it seems particularly mean to deny fans of the series the opportunity to experience how the story unfolds - especially since the contract between MS and Capcom would have been in place at the time they released the PS4/Xbox1 versions...

[tman7302]

@Mikey Mike

Dead Rising started as a Xbox exclusive. Again like all the other low IQ people, educate yourself.

[imt558]

I will copy/paste myself :

This is the same situation just like Bayonetta 2.

Capcom need money for making new SF. So, probably Sony jumped in.

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

Anyway, SF was teased for PS4 way before that MS Tomb Raider thing! TR was in production for Xbone/PS4/PC, but MS blocked development for PC and PS4.

http://www.el33tonline.com/...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[ZombieKiller]

I'm just glad that I made the right purchase in gaming console this gen.

[Hoffmann]

If you play fighting games, you are always making the right decision with the sony consoles since the mid nineties.

They usually have the most fighting games.

[ZombieKiller]

I never said I bought a Sony console. As a matter of fact all I said was I'm glad I bought the correct one.

@ disagrees, did I not make the correct choice this round?

[ShinMaster]

So what sense does it make to come into an article about a fighting game that is not on your console and say you made the right choice?

You remind me of this guy who thinks losing is winning...
http://youtu.be/d696t3yALAY

I know you didn't say you bought a Sony console, but you also didn't say you didn't buy a Sony console.
We ain't got time for your games. Be straight forward and say what you mean.

[ZombieKiller]

@ShinMaster: If you don't have time for games, then why are you on a site about gaming? Actually, I do own Sony console (All only now including a PS4) and my console of choice IS the PS4. The reason I said that was because after I typed it, I got a bunch of agrees. I didn't say I bought a Sony console at all but thanks to blind assumptions and "proper" wording, I got a ton of agrees. It was a game that I played but for myself. If you don't like it or have time for it, why waste the time to comment?
I just wanted to see how far the fanboyism would stretch (and you guys did not disappoint)
Thanks for the attempt at insulting me because I didn't buy what YOU might have wanted me to though! Just because it works for you MUST mean it works for everyone right?

[Multiplatguy]

I knew people would defend Sony by saying it was just revenge.. But Sony did this with ironically the same franchise before Microsoft even existed.

If we want this to stop then we can't give the companies we like a green pass to do it. Even if the TR deal had never happened, you would be defending this move still. You know it and don't you deny it.

[Yaay4me]

Well, to be fair this is just another of the practices introduced to gaming industry by MS. So i say, if youre willing to dish it out, you need to be able to take it as well.

[Alsybub]

It was introduced to the industry by Sony with Tomb Raider II, in 1997, on the PS1 and has been going on ever since. I remember people being up in arms at the time because the first game had been multiplat.

I don't get why people say this is a new thing. Oh yeah, it's a way of justifying hate towards Xbox.

[Yaay4me]

Come On you cant deny that this is MS's ace. Sony sticks to it own developers for tge most part. The difference between the two is the extent to which they will go to make a multiplat game exclusive. Currently, Sony is in a position where exclusivity will come relatively cheap. And yet you dont see a titanfall, or dead rising in its launch line up. You dont see 3rd party exclusives halfway in the generation. Why? Because for exclusives Sony relies on its own first party studios. This is the reason why MS consoles slow to a halt halfway in the middle of each generation. And Sony's consoles take off from there. When the install bases get larger its more expensive for MS to buy exclusives and the developers have less incentive to make a game for half the gamers. As a result MS's consoles stop serving core gamers prematurely as we have seen for two generations now.

[XxExacutionerxX]

This is still a rumor and has not been confirmed by capcom. Also, I could care less about Tomb Raider 2. I just won't play Street Fighter 5 on Ps4 because of the crappy dpad/controller. I would hope that Street Fighter 5 take cues from Guilty Gear Xrd because that game look awesome, only problem. ..can only play it using ps4s crappy controller.

[Veneno]

Oh really? Who has a better Controller /D-Pad?

[speedforce131]

Stick, ever heard of it?

[guyman]

would you like fries with that salt?

[rocketpanda]

Clearly you are not into fighting games, if you take them even remotely seriously you would have a fightstick, for casuals the dpad on either consoles are fine.

SF doesn't need to take cues from anyone, it's a different fighting game altogether mechanically and visually. Might as well ask Tekken to take cues from MK.

Now go be salty elsewhere.

[Manic2014]

This gen yeah, MS have made the first move. Though timed exclusivity really was started by Sony with Soul Calibur 3. All in all this timed exclusivity needs to stop.

OT: Street fighters gonna be awesome!

[LackTrue4K]

They made this obvious years ago, with there green tone on there console.

Lol

[Halo2ODST2]

Because of petty exclusivity xbox destiny players have to wait a year for our Downloadable content to be unlocked

[Volkama]

That's the kind that can't be argued at all, it's just plain stinky and benefits nobody besides Activision.

At least with Street Fighter you can argue that MAYBE it wouldn't have happened without Sony's funding. And even Tomb Raider, you can put up a flimsy argument that MAYBE the game will benefit from the increased focus a lower number of platforms.

But timed content lockouts (which is a more fitting term than timed exclusive)? Complete bull. No matter how hard you try and reach for an argument in favour of the practice, there just isn't one.

[Christopher]

I'm actually more okay with timed lockouts than third-party exclusives.

You're missing out on one strike mission and some sub-level 20 gear that you don't even need (I've never touched it since it's all uncommon, not even rare). But, you're able to play the whole game minus one strike as a whole than nothing at all.

Ability to play 99% of the game > inability to play the game at all in my book.

I'd rather a trend towards timed exclusive content like Destiny did over any third-party exclusives, timed or otherwise.

[Death]

It depends on how much time. One year for content isn't really timed if no one will be playing in a year. If there were more than two strikes in the DLC, missing one wouldn't be an issue. I'm already getting tired of repeating strikes, that second one would have been a welcome addition especially since Xbox owners are paying the same amount for less content. I still think Bungie kicked their loyal customers in the junk with the deal they made. I understand they want to court Sony fans, but it shouldn't be at the expense of those that have supported them this long.

[Docknoss]

Super Street Fighter Alpha Turbo Ultra Omega... no disappointment from me, not getting to play this.

[G20WLY]

I believe you*

*I don't, but I wanted to make you feel better.

[lelo2play]

Fanboys are Hypocrites (this goes for all fanboys, not only sony).
Sony has been doing 3rd party exclusives for quite some time... this is nothing new.

As for Tomb Raider/Street Fighter exclusivity (timed), don't have a X1, but I would prefer Tomb Raider instead of Street Fighter.

[Alsybub]

I completely agree. It goes for fanboys of any kind.

[Christopher]

I also would prefer Tomb Raider. Both decisions are against how I think the industry should be moving. Unless it's truly a matter of the game never being made w/o funding (a la Bayonetta 2), I think other types of exclusive deals should be focused upon rather than taking games away from other gamers.

[Death]

@cgoodno,

Tomb Raider underperformed Squares expectations. http://www.eurogamer.net/ar... Without knowing how much Microsoft invested in the new games development it's difficult to determine if the investment was made to fill a whole like Phil states or if Microsoft threw money at Square to spite Playstation fans like many claim. It wouldn't make sense for Square to take cash to prevent the sale of the game on Playstation since that effectively kills 50% of the games sales. The percentage Microsoft would have to invest needs to offset lost sales at launch minus sales after the exclusivity agreement ends to be done without losing money. There also needs to be something in it for Microsoft which is where the timed exclusivity comes in. That is the incentive for Microsoft to invest. Had the last game performed to expectations we wouldn't be having this conversation. Square obviously thought this move was in their best interest given the performance of their last release.

You also need to look at Sony's releases in contrast to Squares. Uncharted and Tomb Raider are competitors in the market. This competition is much greater when both release within the same quarter. Without a firm release date for either title it's hard to tell if this is the case, but either way Sony is in direct competition with third parties. Microsoft is too, but we all know their third party isn't as big.

[Christopher]

***Tomb Raider underperformed Squares expectations. http://www.eurogamer.net/ar... ***

Ridiculous expectations aside (seriously, they sold 4m on last gen hardware alone, that's awesome).

***Without knowing how much Microsoft invested in the new games development it's difficult to determine if the investment was made to fill a whole like Phil states or if Microsoft threw money at Square to spite Playstation fans like many claim.***

I'm not sure where I brought any of this up (hint: I didn't). I just don't like and think third-party exclusives should exist in the manner that they are.

[LonDonE]

@Findingcrybabies
Couldn't of said it better myself!!
THE HYPOCRISY ON BOTH SIDES IN LAUGHABLE!
bottom line is, MS started it off with the underhanded dirty tactics and now Sony is playing them at their own game!! just look at the countless dlc first on xbox promotions the 360 had and now x1 has too!

Its like when ms done that destiny after shave add because they couldn't advertise for destiny on xbox that made me LOL so hard at them! and proved how badly they were butt hurt over Sony getting the deal!
What must sting even more for xbots and Microsoft is that most of the games they money hat, Werther it be a temporary exclusive or for dlc first, most of these games end up selling just as well or even better on playstation! LMAO now that would pi$$ me off!

It makes me lol hard seeing fanboys cry on either side, for me as a core gamer who owns and plays on all the platform its a comedy show! i think third party exclusives and dlc first on any platform is B.S at the highest degree!! it should not be a practice, but alas MS has been playing dirty since the early 360 days and now Sony is playing them at their own games!

I LOVE IT! i love the xbox brand, but i HATE the company behind it, i swear it! Any seasoned gamer like me who has been around from the beginning should be able to recognise the industry has become worse off since ms joined the game.
All they have ever really given us is xbox live, but even that was nothing new, its because of them charging for online that now Sony has done it!

The B.S they tried to pull at the xbox launch would of ruined gaming as we know it today! lucky for us Sony has always put the core gamers first, dont get me wrong they make mistakes too, but as a whole they are allot better then ms.

LOLOL at the fan boys who will cry! what a master stroke by Sony and i sense more is to come! Sony is on FIRE and not taking no prisoners!
I have a feeling SF5 is only exclusive in Japan on the PS4 and PC, we will see.

[marlinfan10]

you think MS started this thing of buying up 3rd party exclusives? you must not be too old then cause this stuffs been going on since before xbox was even a console. keep blaming MS though, we know you will.

[LonDonE]

Dude MS did start this bull of dlc first on their platform, and even the money hatting of 3rd party exclusives was ms since they dont have enough first party studios and franchises this is common knowledge! and no Sony did not do the same in the PS2 era, 3rd parties gladly went to Sony because the ps2 was a monster and dwarfed the competition when it came to sales, the same thing happen with the PS1 because Sony used cheap to manufacture cds and was more developer friendly allot of third parties went with Sony!!! that and because the PS1 was easy to develop for compared to the sega saturn and N64!

Since ms came onto the scene all they have done is waste money on third parties instead of investing that money onto first party studios and i.p's! Sony has always had the support of third parties in every gen, only in the PS3 era because of cell difficulty devs went with the cheaper to develop for 360 and the big bags of money from ms was a big incentive granted not for all though.

I am 31 dude, and have been around and gaming since i was 3 yrs old!! do the math!! i own the x1,PS4 and WiiU see my avatar pic for proof! Trust me when i tell you, MS plays dirty! and so deserve to be played at their own game by Sony! i just feel sorry for single console gamers, and fans of these franchises they are the ones who miss out!

The salt in this thread is ridiculous! Mind you i will say Sony fan boys shouldn't get too excited either since MS has DEEP POCKETS! and will willingly waste money on pointless temporary exclusive deals instead of making more new franchises and first and second party studios! shoes on the other foot, not so nice eh?

[tman7302]

@LonDonE

DLC content and exclusives are two different things. PS2 didn't buy exclusives....hmmm does GTA 3 and Vice City ring a bell?

Sony, Sega, Nintendo and Microsoft have all wasted money on snatching exclusives way before so stop reading pro sony article and actually read history. Sony never did that....hahaha oh man that was a good one. Thanks for the laugh!

[CYCLEGAMER]

OMG....lol you guys a soooo hypocritical, just like the article says. Now these types of business practices are ok because Sony is doing it?? Now u make excuses for Sony, that MS started it, so now it's OK?? WOW!!!

I personally do not care because I buy all of the consoles but this hypocrisy is ridiculous with you people on this site.

If I am a Sony fan, I wouldn't be happy about this, for one reason...and that is that MS has more cash than Sony and they can flex their muscle and buy out any third party game they want. This generation is going to be interesting. I like it because it's gonna make a lot of people become multi console owners.

[Majin-vegeta]

and that is that MS has more cash than Sony and they can flex their muscle and buy out any third party game they want.

Lol I love when xbox fanboys throw shizznit around like this.This is why you don't you run a business.You would be out of business before you even started.At the end of the day it doesn;t matter how much $$$$$$$$$ MS has if the Top wigs dont see it as a good investment it won't go through.

[halfblackcanadian]

More to all the "Striking back" comments below, Sony did this a looooong time ago. The popular belief is that Microsoft did this first, but it's not the case at all.
Also, this is a deal because people are making it a deal. There have been PLENTY of console exclusives for Sony this and last gen that everyone just assumes is because every developer loves/pledges allegiance to Sony. More money is going on in the background, with everyone, that we all like to admit.

Now my actual comment: Lucky... I'm seriously jealous of this. I have an arcade stick that I was assuming I would be able to use for more than one (IMO awesome) game. Guess DOA will be a bigger consideration now...

[Scatpants]

Nintendo does it too.

[ALLWRONG]

Welcome to "Hypocrisy Day" a new holiday brought to you by the good folks of N4G.

[XanderZane]

The games not even exclusive. Capcom is going to lose millions once again for doing this crap. I could understand if this was a new IP, like Deep Down. That game being PS4 exclusive is fine. Dead Rising was a new IP when it originally launched on the Xbox 360. Street Fighter has been on just about every platform known to man. It has a huge following on all platforms and sells big numbers.Capcom would be stupid not to bring this game to the PS3, XBox 360, XB1 and the Wii U systems. If anything, this will probably be timed released for like 3 months at best.

[DigitalRaptor]

You sound really, really, REALLY mad it's not on Xbox.

This game was made with direct financial contribution from Sony, just like Dead Rising 3 was made from direct financial contribution from Microsoft.

The pendulum swings both ways I'm afraid. Capcom is a dying company with $152 million in their bank: http://gaminrealm.com/2013/...

The game would not even have been considered for R&D without direct support, so saying that they are stupid for not bringing it to every platform is short-sighted. This will not cost them, because they didn't pay for a good portion of the development fees.

And the "timed exclusive thing"…. NOPE. Dead Rising 3 made its way to PC, but is not coming to PS4… just like Street Fighter V is on PC from the start and not making its way to Xbox.

[XanderZane]

Not mad. I own a PS4 & PC. Sigh.. Unless Sony paid them enough to actually make a serious profit from sales, they will be in further debt over this deal in the end. Not sure where you're getting your info from. You have a link stating Sony financially contributed to the development of the game? It's not short-sighted if you lose more then 50% of your potential sales. How do you know how much this will cost Capcom. Are you in their financial department? No one knows if this is timed exclusive or not, as Sony & Capcom hasn't said a word about it. Yes fanboys were screaming at M$ to tell gamers if Tomb Raider was timed exclusive or not. How come fanboys are screaming for the same thing with this exclusive? Sony/Capcom are tight lipped and I'm sure many fanboys want to know if this is timed or truly only on PC and PS4. I still say it's timed. I can't see Capcom losing millions in PS3/XBox sales.

[DigitalRaptor]

"Unless Sony paid them enough to actually make a serious profit from sales, they will be in further debt over this deal in the end"

You slated me for not knowing about the financial details of the deal, yet you make this statement as if you have the details about what went into making this game. SIGH…..
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"Not sure where you're getting your info from. You have a link stating Sony financially contributed to the development of the game?"

My information? http://www.dualshockers.com...

I wonder why Ono-san was thanking SCE staff for his time in Hong Kong and China, where he was doing research for his next game… I bet those kind folks at Sony gave him some masterful travel tips and he's thanking them for that… ;)

Get some damn perspective dude. Work it out. Sony have paid for R&D on this game. They have paid for that in return for exclusivity, just like Microsoft paid for Dead Rising 3. How is it that you think Microsoft can keep exclusivity on one game, but Sony cannot keep it on Street Fighter V?

You are sounding about as hypocritical as this article is trying to make others seem.
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"It's not short-sighted if you lose more then 50% of your potential sales. How do you know how much this will cost Capcom"

Again… how do you know if this game was even going to be made? How do you know they would have made it cross-gen when SFIV wasn't cross-gen with the PS2, Gamecube or Xbox? How do you know that they are not being compensated by Sony for even enabling this game to be made in the first place? You have to understand that Sony benefits from this deal FAR more than Capcom ever would and both would already know this. An exclusive Street Fighter is MASSIVE for a console maker.
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"Yes fanboys were screaming at M$ to tell gamers if Tomb Raider was timed exclusive or not. How come fanboys are screaming for the same thing with this exclusive?"

Microsoft lied on stage about the exclusivity, Aaron Greenberg further perpetuated the lie on Twitter, and it needed clarification from a more honest source, Phil Spencer who called it "timed". Sony and Capcom are being honest enough to say that it's also coming to PC and doing so upfront. You are guessing that it's timed exclusive but the truth is, Sony doesn't try to bend the meaning of the word.

If you're THIS desperate to prove that it's a timed-exclusive, why not do it with every exclusive game that gets announced for PS4, see how far that gets you. Why aren't you rallying fans on Twitter to make Sony "admit" that Deep Down is really just a timed-exclusive? I mean it has to be… right?

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

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[DragonKnight]

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[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I'll be ready when SF5 comes out. Will you be up to the challenge?

Hahahaha...

[DemonChicken]

Isn't this coming to the PC as well, which ALOT of people did not mention

Whereas lol rise of the tomb raider is exclusive to the XB consoles only correct me if I'm wrong?

Before fanboys start bitching about Capcom, read the article?

[Kratos0Ace]

This is it. Totally agreed. People like to say both sides are to blame. Actually, it's Microsoft that started this with the X360 and continued with XBone. Sony only followed suit a full generation later. The fact remains that: Microsoft started this. Are people so dumb to think that Sony would let that slide forever?

[xx4xx]

Again the hypocrisy. Though you are probably oblivious to it.

It's always big bad Microsoft's fault. Don't didn't want to do this but Microsoft backed them into a corner.

Video games area commodity in the business. Neither company cares about you. They make business decisions.

[GameLover56]

Keep telling yourself that Sony fan

[holin4]

LOL SF exclusive.... who cares??? nice try sony

[q8kik]

Millions and millions of people care
SF is the biggest fighting game ever.

[Majin-vegeta]

Try telling that to the Evo community

[q8kik]

Lol at the disagrees ^^
SF iv sold 8 Million copies
2.8 Million of those were 360 sales ......
Stop downplaying a big franchise like SF just because it isn't coming to your console SMH.

[kenwonobi]

You called it bro. Xbox got a direct response to their own tactics. its too bad it cost the Xbox brethren perhaps the biggest fighting game franchise there is.

[DLConspiracy]

While that may be entirely true. We now know neither company is above throwing money at 3rd party exclusives. Even though its not really exclusive.

[VP37]

It's called business, and in the entertainment business, content is KING!

Your statement blaming MS is ridiculous and completely incorrect.

You were probably one of the people who said MS should develop their own games and not just buy them...am I right?

Yup...I thought so.

[reaperofsouls]

Sonic Boom

[Gaming247allday]

Man look at you all trying to excuse your hypocrisy, the truth is, if you bashed Microsoft for the Tomb Raider deal but you support the exact same practice from Sony, then you are a hypocrite and that's it, not only that but we all know most of the people here are hypocrites and most of them would bash Microsoft anyways without them securing exclusives because at the end of the day they are just insecure fanboys, that's it really

[skwidd]

Lol. This article sounds like an angry kid wrote it.

[dumahim]

Why are people talking like this is some new thing? MS was doing this during the last generation as well. Sure it isn't right, but Sony has to do the same to remain competitive.

And what the hell is money-hatting? People making hats out of money?

[Notramagama]

I wouldn't be happy about this if I'm a Sony fan. If buying games is now fair game... (which it fully is now after this megaton), MS will buy buy buy. And we know who has the deepest pockets... MS could buy capcom, EA, Activitsion, whoever lol

[starchild]

All I know is that I'm against it no matter who is doing it. I believe that investing in strong first party content is the right way to support and drive a platform.

[Muzikguy]

I completely agree. This article is stupid IMO. Do we really think that Sony would be throwing money at a third party game had MS not been doing it since the One's inception?! They're doing what needs to be done because as a business, they too are trying to sell their own products and services to as many as possible. Not once did I think "wow cool this is awesome thanks Sony!" And think it's ok. This is one of those cases where I believe competition is a bad thing. Also, do we really know if mine was thrown at Capcom for this?

[BX81]

@abash
That is stupid. Sony did it because they want the most money. The same reason ms does it. I bet you blame ms for PSN being a charge service now. Sony didn't do it because they were provoked they did it because they saw a business model that puts more money in their pocket.

[Cam977]

Microsoft continuously exercise dirty practices, they should expect nothing less.
Ahem.. Times exclusivity BS that always happens on XBOX? That shit's dumb.

[kenshiro100]

I'm not going to imply that its right for Sony or Microsoft to do this, but Microsoft has been doing this for a while. It was only a matter of time before Sony retaliated.

Also, the PS4 is selling extremely well. Capcom isn't that stupid to ignore that either.

'If you tease an animal long enough, they will bite back.'

I'll just leave this quote here.

[Blaze929]

the amount of defending and comments for this submission tells you everything you need to know.

[Azzanation]

The fact you think this is ok if Sony do this is where your double standards show. Money hatting is wrong PEROID!

[BallsEye]

how old are you and most of posters? 10? Sony been doing this hardcore before MS even got into the game. That's how they won ps1 and ps2 era. You guys are unbelievable. Get some info, kids.

[awi5951]

Sony invented money hatting. They did it alot during the ps2 days to keep games from nintendo, the dreamcast, and the xbox.

[DARK WITNESS]

I must me missing something here or people have only been playing games since the last gen?

I mean when they say "ugly NEW trend".... Sony and ms have had 3rd party exclusives since their original consoles and before that Sony and Nintendo... and before that Nintendo and Sega.

It's only within the last generation that it's suddenly become this big issue thanks to the "entitlement" mentality that has developed over the years.

In all honesty though does anyone expect this to really stay exclusive?

it's nobody's fault, not MS not Sony. it's just business and it's been a part of gaming for a very long time. can't believe some some of the crap I am reading here lol

[awi5951]

Yeah exclusives can be good. Allot of games that were exclusive sold like crap when they went multiplatform, AKA dead rising and lost planet.

[SoulWarrior]

Surely if Sony money-hatted this exclusive, it wouldn't be on PC?

[Gazondaily]

So what was the Titanfall deal then?

[SoulWarrior]

I'm just saying, MS have a trend for lots of their 'exclusives' being on PC, yet Sony largely do not.

So I think if they were buying this exclusive they wouldn't put it on PC.

[ZeroX9876]

you realize PC platform IS MS right? Microsoft still got their hands on this exclusive in some way. I wouldn't buy it on PC since most of the community will be on the PS platform, but it's nice to see japanese dev giving the PC platform a bit of love.

[ravencry]

@zerox9876 pc platform is open source. only windows os is developed by microsoft. so ms doesn't own pc. there are different os like linux , ubuntu.....

hell even soe(sony company) develops game for pc like planet side 2. in the end its all about the profit.

anyone can develop for it.

[GameDev1]

Can Titanfall be played on any other PC software except for Windows?

Think very well with that brain of yours

MS owns windows, MS owns Xbox, they get money for Titanfall on both whilst excluding PS owners, Linux Owners and MS gets money either way

Therefore it is obvious moneyhatting

Apart from SOE, Sony has no stake with games on PC, so why put money into developing a game for another platform you wont get money out of?

Septic, you were given a brain, use it and the logic that supposedly comes with it

[ravencry]

@gamedev1 yes titanfall is exclusive to windows because most of the gamers use windows for gaming.

microsoft gets money only when people buy os. it doesn't money when developer publishes it on windows as it is open source. anyone can publish freely on pc except companies like steam and gog takes 10% of the cost of a game.

publishing games on consoles the fee goes to vendor in this case sony and microsoft.

most of the japanese developers are releasing their games on pc realizing its making them profit using steam so you are fool to think pc games don't make money

[Christopher]

***you realize PC platform IS MS right?***

That's incorrect. Unlike consoles, MS doesn't get fees for each disc pressed and sold for their system.

Windows is more an open platform and the reason why they are cheaper is because there is no producer of the hardware/software that takes a cut of the price as their own.

***So I think if they were buying this exclusive they wouldn't put it on PC.***

I disagree with this. I think Sony just couldn't put that much in to make it a PS4 exclusive and putting it on PC is not much work since the game is developed on the PC in the first place and then ported to consoles.

[awi5951]

It's because microsoft gave them free dedicated servers that's a huge deal. Look at advanced warfare pc its a lag fest and i just can't play it even though i have 2 R9280x cards in my pc. The lag is just stupid because it seems it picks the worst host everytime.

[ravencry]

to put it simply sony only buyed the rights for console exclusive. timed or not. so developers themselves said why not make some profit on the side by releasing it on pc as it is not a console technically

[XanderZane]

It'll most likely be timed exclusive. Not sure why Capcom haven't said that yet. Everyone drilled M$ about TR being timed exclusive, when it's unlikely Sony has enough money to make any game completely console exclusive. Capcom would lose a lot if they didn't put this game on other platforms.

[CYCLEGAMER]

I said it once and I will say it again. THESE CONSOLES ARE NOT IN COMPETITION WITH THE PC. The PC is not a console, it's a personal computer.

[Christopher]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Uh... whoa!

Are you saying the 'C' in PC stands for computer and not console?

WTF? When did that begin?!?!

[dumahim]

What is money-hatting anyway? Never heard of a money hat before.

[Stiffler]

Ok so it's where you get a hat and put money in it...

>_>

[ChrisW]

Ah...>>> Conspiracy theories!!!

If Microsoft seriously felt that it was worth the risk, they would have put down enough.

Or... There's another game that will be coming out later that Sony allowed MS to take in exchange.

Hmmm...

[SuperDan-Dare]

Meh, let them have it - Street Fighter is nothing special. Rather have MKX any day.

[BigBosss]

Great move Sony! Can't wait to play this game, looks freaking awesome!

[talocaca]

Maybe they paid for it...or they wanted to be in the most popular console that is also the most powerful.

Big franchise in Japan too.

Give me one good reason why Tomb Raider would go Microsoft exclusive.....because I really can't find one.

[DeadManMMX]

The series Is popular in both consoles. They would be losing too much money going completely exclusive it's likely it's for the first iteration which is fine. I'll grab it for ps4 to play with my friends in there when it come out and for one when it comes out a year later. I'll probably have to grab PC because my best friend is hardcore about street fighter and only has the one. This is cool too. Street fighter I one of the few games that continues being played years after it's released.

[Death]

http://venturebeat.com/2014...

From the looks of it the publisher wanted a partner to reduce development costs. It makes sense since the Uncharted is in direct competition with the Tomb Raider series. Without competition from Microsoft's first party studios it seems like partnering up made sense for both companies.

[TheFallenAngel]

MS got dead rising 3 as exclusive from capcom. Soo

[Christopher]

And Sony has Deep Down and SFV...

I think trying to find a balance between the exclusives isn't a logical thing to do. In the end, there are factors beyond our understanding at play and we can share our opinion on the result, but not truly understand the reasoning behind them.

[GameOn_ily]

Only had to look at the title to know this was you lol. The difference is that unlike Microsoft, Sony don't rely on third party exclusives that much because they have a very strong first party family making games which makes their tactics less anti-consumer. That's why in a lot of people's eyes this isn't as inexcusable. Didn't see anyone that mad at Nintendo for Bayonetta 2 being exclusive because Nintendo rely on third party even less.

[mydyingparadiselost]

If you didn't see people angry about Bayo 2 being exclusive you must be blind and have severe hearing problems. LOTS of people got irate about that, some still complain about it being exclusive.

[GameOn_ily]

Nowhere near as angry as when third party exclusives were secured by Microsoft...

[DarkLord1003]

Things like that really uncover the fanboys on all sides and ranks...

Edit: and to call third party exclusives an new trend.. I mean seriously?

[Pro_TactX]

There is no hypocrisy unless the exact same people who are opposed to third-party exclusivity on one side also support it on another side. If a group of people who own one console express one opinion, and a different group of people who own the same console express a different opinion, that is not an example of hypocrisy. That is an example of different people having different opinions.

TL;DR: We are not the Borg. We do not have a hive mind.

[Volkama]

On N4G people quite often generalise a community and cite hypocracy when there is none ("Oh you don't care about resolution? You thought it was important last gen!").

However in this case there are some clear examples of individuals that really are hypocritical.

The exclusivity hasn't even been confirmed yet. Would be quite hilarious watching arguments change yet again if it turned out to be a false rumour!

[Twinblade]

This game will end up on Xbox one, just like the new tomb raider will just end up on the ps4, eventually.

[Masterchief_thegoat]

ms big money led, sony for this exclusive deal.

[JonnyBigBoss]

You must have serious issues if you honestly believe this.

[CocoWolfie]

this is an interesting argument. how are exclusives suppose to work? think about splinter conviction for example, im sure that pushed 360's but playstation fans were like :(. but if anything at least its not fully ps4 exclusive.

[Findingcrybabies]

I still can't believe SONY just locked down Street Fighter. Holy crap. What a boss move.

[Dudebro90]

Ha man this is great. So many Microsoft haters are trying to defend themselves, and end up just looking stupid.

I've been saying this for months, anything Sony does can be justified, by their rabid fanbase. EA access denied, PS now prices, and now third party exclusives.

Even though Microsoft is constantly slammed for their decisions, Sony can do no wrong even if it's the same thing.

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[DigitalRaptor]

LOL @ the rabid Xbox fanatics trying to put a damper on what will be a fantastic weekend for Sony and PlayStation gamers, with the VGAs and PSX. It's not working, just so you know.

I'm not personally rejoicing this Street Fighter V exclusivity, I'm just mentioning that it's a much bigger deal than Tomb Raider, since it's a bigger franchise and this will cause a lot more damage in terms of units sold.

But let's get real… Capcom is a dying company and just like they did with Dead Rising 3, they needed financial support on a game that would not have been considered for production otherwise. If you think accepting these facts is hypocrisy then you need quite some degree of help.

[ScorpiusX]

I'll wait for it , if not then oh well money for another game .

@Silly gameAr. But sony has done these things before MS was even in the console game. Any remember the second tomb Raider exclusive deal they made or the tactic we fund you're game we keep IP , so please stop with the whole sony is innocent B.

[Silly gameAr]

No, 3rd party exclusives aren't right, but it seems like this is the gaming world we live in right now. MS has been doing it since the start of this gen, but it doesn't make it right for Sony to start doing the same crap.

[Sm00thNinja]

LMAO @ N4G BOYCOTT TOMB RAIDER! Sony locks down Street Fighter , what a boss move Sony wins again! Wtf is the logic here?!?! Microsoft moneyhatting made them do it GTFOH. Good move by Sony nonetheless bottom line at the end of the day Street Fighter won't be on Xbone day One and TOMB Raider won't be on PS4 DAY ONE.

[Slevon]

Can't agree enough, was waiting for someone to bring up that boycott.

[christocolus]

@smooth

Lmao. I actually remember those comments about boycotting TR. Lol. Hilarious. I think these deals are fair game though and this kind of justifies MS move on TR. From here on out deals like these between MS and Sony should be considered normal cos both sides are definitly going to start making deals with third party devs regarding timed and full exclusive deals.

Nothing is holding both camps back anymore. Its free for all from here on out. Great times ahead.

[Sm00thNinja]

@christ. These fanboys are effin ridiculous! I just wanna know are we all still boycotting TOMB Raider???

[XabiDaChosenOne]

I have yet to see evidence of money hatting though.
1. Why would Sony pay for an exclusive and not have it only for the PS4? That is very uncharacteristic and a complete waste of money, something I was lead to believe Sony was short on.
2.They're about 2-3 games that would make sense for Sony to money hat for exclusivity like Kingdom hearts 3, FF15, Monster Hunter and Tekken because they are synonymous with Playstation. Street Fighter is not.
3. And just last year Ono mentioned that there was no budget for street fighter 5
http://www.gamespot.com/art...
This tells me that they are probably in the same position as Ninja Theory with Hellblade and only have the resources to make the game for one or two platforms a t a time.
Don't forget that Capcom was struggling and they only recently got back into the black.
http://www.forbes.com/sites...

[Blackcanary]

Feel's like we are slowly going back to the PS2 years when Third Party developers made games exclusive for 1 console. Got a strange feeling that Tekken will be the next exclusive Third Party Game going exclusive to one console. Any how does anyone know that Sony paid Capcom to get SF5 exclusive on the PS4 all you know they wanted it to be exclusive for the PS4. Like how a lot of Level 5 games have always been exclusive for Sony console in the past.

[Jdoki]

All we know right now is it is coming for PS4 and PC.

Could be timed exclusive, as I doubt Sony could afford to pay enough to make up the loss from not releasing on XB1. But we just don't know.

We also don't know anything about the deal between Capcom and Sony. Street Fighter is a huge deal - so I'm surprised MS didn't bust out their wallet to pick this up - so maybe there's more to it than simply money.

[Blackcanary]

double post my bad.

[Blackcanary]

I completely agree that there's a lot here know one knows and the only people that know whats going on is Sony and Capcom and maybe MS. People need to stop over reacting. We will know the full truth in the next 2 days.

[jmac53]

So this was the rage-inducing anouncement that they were talking about a few weeks back.

[TekKing]

Mind. Blown.

First of all I'm surprised that Street Fighter is a PS4 console exclusive and not only that but it's Street Fighter 5! That is a MEGATON announcement. I did not expect that at all.

[MonChiChi]

Yea, the gloves came off for this one.

[jhoward585]

Mind. Blown too.

This rumor is MEGATON with a capital M. I wonder will history repeat itself. I remember in the 80s the Japanese gamers use to get gaming console/games before anyone else in the world. Seeing how Nintendo primarily shifted their focus from American market to Japanese market makes me feel like Sony will do the same thing.

Heck, I can't think of a better game to do that with other than street fighter 5 if the rumor are true.

[lnfiniteLoop]

dont forget Killer Instinct on the XBOne was first beat-em-up to pull the first punch...

[creatchee]

The KI IP is owned by Microsoft. Completely different situation. It would be like Sony releasing Uncharted on Xbox.

[SmielmaN]

And killer instinct doesn't have nearly the same level of popularity as Street Fighter. I've heard nothing about KI aside from fans booing something at a KI competition (my memory may not be 100% accurate on that one).

Either way. No one really cares too much about KI not appearing on PS4. IF this rumor is true and it's a 100% console exclusive to PS4 then that's a big card for Sony to lay on the table. Ppl are also right on here that this is a move by the big 3 companies since MS entered the scene and started tossing money around. It forced competitors to do the same and that's a loss for gamers as some ppl may only have a personal budget for one console. Not saying it's right, but neither was buying up TR exclusivity last minute either.

I also have no idea how Septic keeps that many bubbles despite being a annoying Xbox fanboy and constantly quoting ppl and trying to demean them in his posts. Must be a admin or something. Down bubble that guy all you want and he never loses any bubbles. I tell a hard coded troller to shut his mouth and I lose a bubble a day. Annoying to have to see that guy constantly play Ms PR monkey with no consequence. #septic-gate

[DragonbornZ]

...No. Microsoft brought Killer Instinct back.

[Ryan741]

I dont mind Sony doing this business is business plus I doubt there would of been much of a bidding war with MS having Killer Instinct. Sony fans do come accross is a bit simple minded when the applaud this though considering they hate and bile they vomited at MS over the Tomb Raider deal.

[ShadowWolf712]

There's a difference there.

1. Tomb Raider was already unveiled as a Multiplat game and then later it's announced as Only on Xbox for a while. Not even PC can touch it.

2. Street Fighter V is being ANNOUNCED as a console exclusive but PC gamers can still get it. AKA you're not forced to buy their system to play if you don't want to. They left an option.

[jhoward585]

if the rumors are true than this could be a hard hitter for x1 owners. Street Fighter 5 exclusively on the ps4 will certainly hit harder than the Titian fall exclusively deal for x1.

[AKissFromDaddy]

Nah it's true. There's a video: http://www.eventhubs.com/ne...

That move is so BOSS, lol
This much BOSS shouldn't be legal.

Granted, I am truly excited, maybe even pumped, that Sony snatched this incredible exclusive up because of the Tomb Raider's holiday exclusivity deal to counter Uncharted 4.

Nevertheless, there is a lot of fighters that's exclusive to Sony's console: Blazblue ChronoPhanstama, Guilty Gear Xrd and now Street Fighter 5.

Nonetheless, if Microsoft hadn't done their exclusivity deal with Square Enix for Tomb Raider, Sony wouldn't appear completely justified in their similar deal with Capcom.

However, this deal looks too good that it hurts, in my opinion. It's way better than Microsoft's deal and that's what makes it look much worse for Xbox One gamers or way better for PlayStation 4 gamers. Just sharing my opinion.

"Street Fighter 5 exclusively on the ps4 will certainly hit harder than the Titian fall exclusively deal for x1" 105% Agreed.

[SmielmaN]

This is true. There are too many shooters out there for console gamers, but street fighter is absolutely iconic in video game fighting genre. So much so that there really is no direct competitor to their games

[VJGenova]

Ever hear of Mortal Kombat or Blaz Blue? I mean, Mortal Kombat, "isn't for kids," so maybe it's different but kids definitely still play it ...

[Ninver]

Think about it for a second. The ps4 will have sold 2:1 by the time of SF5 release. Capcom probably made the deal knowing the PS4 would accumulate the xbone sales. They save money and resources on a port yet reep the high sales from the PS4.

Step your game up!

[Dudebro90]

2:1??

Math isn't your thing is it?

[XabiDaChosenOne]

No I don't think its yours, since that clearly went over your head. 2:1 is the ratio in which the PS4 will outsell the Xbox.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

Currently we don't know any details. I don't care about Street Fighter because I do not like Beat'n'Up games but I guess for others this will be great news.

Maybe exclusive only in Japan, maybe timed?

I'd rather like to see Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts being exclusives! But that is just my taste.

[overrated44]

Street Fighter isn't a "beat 'em up" game, it's a fighting game there's a difference. The Simpsons arcade game is a "beat 'em up" game, Turtles in Time is a "beat 'em up" game, not Street Fighter.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

I mean I don't like Fighting games very much. I like Sid Scrolling Beat'emUp games though :D

[overrated44]

I gotcha, I'm pretty bad at fighting games but I'll occasionally try to jump in there

[Bathyj]

I have three points.

1. I'm not a hypocrite because I don't like it that Sony does it anymore than when MS did it. I don't like that they HAD to do it. I don't like that this is a thing now.

2. This isn't the same thing as Tombraider at all. Tombraider BELONGS on PlayStation. PlayStation arguably helped make Tombraider. Just look at the sale comparison for the last game, let alone the whole series.

3. Really, what are Sony supposed to do? Just let MS keep snapping up exclusives and do nothing about it? It's like charging to play online. At first it's a horrible idea, then someone just made it normal and now they both do it. I still really hate that this is what gaming has come to, paying money to make sure gamers with the other machine don't get a game, but if any Xbone gamers have a problem with Sony doing it while they were applauding Tombraider all I can say is, you reap what you sow.

[CervantesPR1]

Ouch xbox fans,it sucks dont it?

Not being able to play a franchise that was previously on your platform of choice.

There is too sides of the coin about how i feel about these HUGE news.

My selfish side thinks:

SERVES YOU RIGHT, NOW WE ARE ALMOST EVEN

Titanfall,dead rysing 3,tomb raider=enough said

now you know how it feels and why us playstation gamers hate the xbox brand so much, because they are the kings of this practice, karmas a b*tch

My humble side thinks:

I wish this stupid buiseness practice would end and we could all just freely play multiplats on our console of choice without problems.

I want all of us as gamers to be able to play tomb raider or SF5 on both xbox one and PS4.

i feel bad that xbox fans wont be able to play SF5 and you xbox fans should feel the same way about TR being exclusive to Xbox one.

[Daz]

You know its been happening since ps2 and so on? but i bet they go over your head.
Even Nintendo done it
http://geekcomix.com/vgh/fo...

[lolosgolos]

Well played Sony

[dillhole]

It'd be naive to think fanboys on either side wouldn't welcome an exclusive on their chosen console. Hypocrisy? maybe, but not really surprising. As a PS4 owner I try to be impartial to what is happening - I picked up the PC version of Titanfall without crying about it yet I made the comment that as soon as it turns up on the PS4, everyone would stop hating it.....and my comment was hidden for "trolling" - just shows how sensitive and defensive people get over silly little things. I don't really care about Street Fighter but it is sort of surprising to see that it isn't only Microsoft who are paying to deny the opposition something they expected to be multi-platform. But who really thought either of these corporations were the "nice guy"?

[TheJacksonRGN]

Funny this article talks about hypocrisy now that Sony has done it. I see hypocrisy from both sides. Some Ms fans mocking PS fans over the TR deal, now they come out attack PS fans for getting happy.

Plus the PS fans bragging about the SF deal, while being angry about the TR deal.

[Tzuno]

Is a timed exclusive, on the other hand i game on PC so i don't care.

[Predaking77]

Sorry but Microsoft started this. Sony can't stay dormant, they have to react to Microsoft's business practices.

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

Glad I didn't buy an Xbox One. Love a bit of Street Fighter!

[upallnightgamer]

Nothing different from what we've seen. The three console makers are always gonna be trying to one-up each other.

Microsoft has stuff like KI, Gears, and Halo.

Sony has stuff like KH, God of War, and now SFV, and even if KH3 is multi-platform, anyone who has an interest in the story is gonna have to buy the PS3-exclusive 1.5 and 2.5 to get the whole story, so Sony still wins there. (And no, watching the story on Youtube is not the same as whupping Xemnas's ass in real time.)

Nintendo still has all its titles, i.e. Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Kirby, Star Fox, and SSB.

Console exclusivity is never gonna go away.

[Amuro]

I find funny how this opinion piece comes right after the SFV teaser but didn't happen before with Titanfall, Dead Rising 3 or Tomb Raider. I mean, who is the real hypocrite here?

[Notramagama]

I don't think you know what hypocrisy is...

Complaining that you hate something... then welcoming/doing it.

[Skankinruby]

Lol Microsoft basically invented this moneyhatting 3rd party exclusive thing and now Sony throws that sucker punch back at them and people wanna whine like little b****es about it. The hilarious thing is that Microsoft can't just be professional and take it, Destiny fragrance ad comes to mind. I agree that Sony are much better than this and shouldn't stoop to that level but these Microsoft loyalists and definitely the idiot that wrote the article are the most pathetic hypocrites of all for complaining about it.

[Artemidorus]

Capcom support Sony plain and simple

[kranker]

Not a fanboy by any means but i was more upset at RotTR being xbone exclusive than this being a sony exclusive just because I loved the first game by CD and i refuse to buy another microsoft product because of the nightmare i had with the 360. I'm not a fan of third party exclusivity but I understand the reasons behind it. This is definately a big win for sony just as RotTR being exclusive on the xbone. Just glad I have a PC so I dont miss out on some of the 'exclusives'.

[corroios]

Did sony told they payed to get it??? Because with all the money problems i dont know if they can pay 30 or 40 millions like microsoft did with tomb raider ans sunset overdrive

[Black_Adam88]

why are you guys thinking with the mentality of a five year old? nothing wrong with a game being exclusive to ps4 or exclusive to xbox one thats pretty much the name of the game " we have games over here that you cant play over there" if both consoles had no difference in games everything was playable on every console than what is the difference between them? xbox has killer instinct me personally i would have liked sony to bring back bloody roar as an exclusive but its ok

[mamotte]

I'm not that worried. Maybe Street Fighter 5 is exclusive, but we dont know about Super Street Fighter 5, Ultra Street Fighter 5, Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition and Super Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition.

[Viryu]

Microsoft started it this gen, with buying out exclusive rights for games like Dead Rising 3, Titanfall (it was developed as a multiplatform title), Tomb Raider (that was just sad). So to those people now hating on Sony and their fans, well, MS had it coming for playing dirty the whole last year.

[JJShredder]

There's no two ways around it. Buying exclusivity for either company is a disservice to customers.

Sony fans need to stop justifying this and MS fans need to cry foul when their camp does it to.

Create your own damn IPs!!!

[DougLord]

Street Fighter 4 sold 4 million copies worldwide on PS3 with an install base of 80 million+. It was #35 all time for PS3 titles. All 154 fighting titles for PS3 sold a combined 5% of total PS3 software. Not a big deal. The only fighter that moves the needle anymore is SSBM.

If you want fighters to make a comeback you need to recreate that arcade, smack talking feeling or you need to mimic the 4 or 8 way action of SSBM.

The single player game should be ignored like Titan Fall. Playing vs AI SUCKs in fighting games (and Deathmatch style shooters). The AI simply isn't there and it has to cheat to raise the difficulty level.

Focus 100% on matchmaking and online tournaments. Imagine if you could select to take place in a 16 (4 fights), 64 (6 fights), or 256 (8 fights) player tournament - knowing that everyone is around the same skill level as you. Have the ability to trash talk over the mic (with abusers getting banned by the community) and maybe even see each other on camera. That's how you resurrect fighting games.

[Dewitt]

What a slap in the face to any hardcore player that has played tournaments such as Evo, UFG, ect.. This is not only going to hurt the game's community, this is going to kill any hope they have of running tournaments to anyone who isn't a PS veteran.

[svoulis]

Every single day hypocrites are exposed on the internet, everyday here on N4G it happens quite often.

The point is this is business and this happens, and will continue to happen. You can't just ASSUME that Sony paid them to have it exclusive to their platform without proof.

Microsoft came right out and said it basically about Tomb Raider.

For all we know it could be because of Dead Rising sales, or even the fact that Killer Instinct is pretty popular on that system and they didn't want to compete.

I think this article is way to pre-mature.

[plmkoh]

People making something out of nothing, trying to excuse shit by playing shit.

- No this isn't the same as Tomb Raider, because it wasn't announced as multiplatform and then turned exclusive. There is also no story to follow, so you miss out on nothing.

- No this isn't the same as Bayonetta, because core platforms are still being served without jumping to a platform with the most alien crowd.

- No this isn't Sony blocking exclusives, because it's on PC.

And with all that said and done, Street Fighter is a competitive game where the crowd always follow the most competitive platform (the PC) to play. If you cared, intend on buying it then you'd know missing a console is no big issue.

[Enigma_2099]

No it's not OK when Sony does it. It's just funny when once again, Microsoft gets a taste of their own medicine.

[Daz]

so Sony has never done this before?

[Christopher]

He didn't say that...

[Enigma_2099]

Uhhh, I don't think you read my coment that well.

[Wingsfan24]

Third party exclusives benefit no one when you really look at it. You all can complain and fight about some lame argument that shouldn't even be happening. PS4 players won't get to play Tomb Raider at release and X1 owners won't get to play Street Fighter at release.

By even fighting over something like this all you're doing is generating buzz for both parties and that helps these 3rd party exclusives live on because the lot of you will buy it out just out of spite from the sounds of it.

Gamers are as much an issue as the game development companies. This whole industry needs an overhaul.

[kingPoS]

I'll admit, was a bit dismayed when Bayonata 2 was announced as Nintendo exclusive, I felt much the same when a similar fate happened to Killer Instinct. Hearing about this now, I can't help but think there's strategy involved in this move.

Gatway MT6706 2008

[Dewitt]

Killer Instinct is owned by Rare, MS owns Rare. Of course it would be an exclusive, this isn't even close to the same thing.

[kingPoS]

It's similar in that MS paid Rare so much, that they practically owned them.

It's a paid exclusive, same difference no...

Gateway MT6706 2008

[DarXyde]

As long as Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy aren't part of any Microsoft deals, whatever.

I love those franchises and I can't be bothered to buy an XBOX One for just those games. Nothing wrong with X1, I just don't want one (yet, anyway).

[ultralow]

o please stop all this b.s about microsoft sony been doing this shit for years...

[Edvin1984]

I will skip the first version and wait for a re-release of a super duper arcade version they will bring to all platforms like they always do and did with SF4.

[mediate-this]

I got all consoles, so im shielded by fanboy tactics. Streetfighter is my fave fighter. So this is a guaranteed buy regardless the console

[Father__Merrin]

It will be timed but the biggest draw for me is the meltdowns...

[Claudinho69]

actually you are saying is not ok when sony does it.

[younglj01]

This is not the only 3rd party exclusive coming too PS4. More too come next year at E3..:D

There will be an exclusive TPS/FPS from an noticeable franchise/series announce next year for PS4..

[brewskiebob]

I havent played street fighter since super nintendo...will it be 2d or 3d?

[we420]

I'm guessing this is the announcement that was gonna make people rage.

[Amuro]

rumor has it that this is not even its final form.

[AutoCad]

So MS will still make money off this game...
Cant wait to play this on PS4 AND MY SUPER HIGH BEASTLY PC.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

[SonyAddict]

Oh MS look what you started!.

[addictedtochaos]

Not thrilled about it, but it is only Street Fighter so I don't really care.

[mediate-this]

Honestly i think its healthy for business, a exclusive street fighter is huge, and i think this keeps companies on their toes. Sony has done this in the past, threatening ea they would pull their support if ea supported dreamcast. Its business and they are sharks.

This is obviously a system seller, because the fighter community is so huge and evo and all the tournaments are get more popular every year.

micro just has to make their killer instinct more appealing.

I find nothing wrong with this, if businesses are competing for my money i win.

[Sunsun7]

1. Keep in mind, Capcom has ANOTHER PS4 exclusive in the works already, DEEP DOWN. And it looks amazing. Capcom is in financial trouble, and it is leaning on the company that has the best balance of sales and install base in both Japan, USA, And Europe.

This article is stupid and we all gave them free clicks for nothing.

2. Back in 2013, I remember seeing articles like, "In recent news, Capcom has said, to my understanding, that the resources don't exist to make Street Fighter V any time soon, to the dismay of SF fans"

Ono was even quoted as saying, they couldn't even update Street Fighter x Tekken, without someone investing $3 Million Plus into the franchise.

So... it's just another Bayonetta 2, it sounds like. At least people can still get it on PC. I'm sure Capcom negotiated that, for the purpose of their competitive leagues. But, it makes sense if the game was not going to be made otherwise. And it's a heavy Japanese title. It's funny how people are only mentioning microsoft. I'm more surprised it's not coming out on NINTENDO (WiiU and 3DS would mean much bigger sales in Japan than Xbox One)

3. Tomb Raider made less sense at first glance, because it was basically grown on PS platforms from way back, and therefore it has always sold better on PS. Definitive Edition sold twice as well on the PS4 as the Xbox One. If they needed development money, Sony would have been the obvious choice.

BUT, It's more likely that they went with MS for MARKETING Dollars. In that case, MS makes sense. Why? To battle Uncharted 4, of course, which is going to probably be just as monstrous as The Last Of Us was last gen. It makes sense. Tomb Raider NEEDS to make lots of money, on the front-end this time, not over time. Of course, still it's slightly a catch-22, because there are supposedly 15 million PS4s in the wild, maybe 30 or 40 by next holiday... those sales would seemingly equal up to any money a company could afford to pay them.

I don't really think any of it is striking back, or any of that. That's just flame bait. It's all an economics thing.

4. What all this REALLY means, is that bigger budget AAA games are in serious trouble. And it's starting to show in the quality. Game breaking bugs are ridiculous right now. That is the REAL story here. Something that would effect gamers much more than 2 or 3 exclusives every other year. Videogame journalists should be writing about this type of stuff rather than baiting for clicks, in my opinion.

[ravenl0rd]

If it was because Sony footed a lot of the bill to make the game, that does change things about the narrative quite a bit.

[Gore-Content]

MS made an exclusive deal, media: Hell yea! Well done MS!!!

Sony made an exclusive deal, media: How dare they! Let's hang some fanboys!!

[StarElite]

It is the other way around

[ravenl0rd]

Again, third pary exclusives that don't have to be exclusive shouldn't be exclusive in this day and age. If there is something that it needs the PS4 for that the XBOX One cannot accomplish, that is a different story, but it is a fighting game. I doubt that the capabilities of the systems entered into the discussion. It isn't like Sony to pay for exclusives, but I don't necessarily blame them after the Tomb Raider stuff.

[josephayal]

Ultra Cccccccombo Supreme Victory X300 For Sony

[shadyiswin]

Even on super Nintendo I perfered killer instinct,on n64 didn't have much of a choice with fighters. Street fighter will come to Xbox one anyways,on top of that I prefer killer instinct to anything capcom has made other than power stone 2. Mortal kimbat x will be out next year,the only fighter I'm buying other than KI season 3,good job Sony,will take way more than for me ever get a ps4 again.

[Butters360]

So PS4 now has two of the biggest fighting games in Mortal Kombat X and now Street Fighter V. PlayStation was always big on fighting games.

[XtraTrstrL]

Even though it looks more polished and refined, I must say that I don't like that it looks so much like SF4 style-wise. I mean, SF1 to SF2 was a major upgrade visually, same for 2 to 3, and 3 to 4 was completely different with the 3D. This will be the first time they basically left the visual style the same, and I can't help but feel it's Capcom doing their lazy low-budget move. That way they don't have to spend time on creating new assets, that could be a bad sign for the game. I really don't want SF to go down the same route as every other major Capcom franchise from back in the day - of turning to complete sh*t. Please do this game right Capcom, even if you go the lazy route on the visual style. Don't make it basically a new edition of SF4 with a few more characters, and chill out on pointless overpriced $DLC$.

[masterfox]

the problem of Tomb Raider exclusivity is that is being grab by the less common denominator(sorry Wii U doesn't count)

Sony's plataform has been always the home of fighting games and thats much cause of the better gamepad, so I don't really have a problem with this, also the PS4 is a much powerful console too. :D

[yewles1]

This actually just became one of the biggest purpose-defeated articles around.

[PsVitaBuzz]

This deal was made a long time ago. I always wondered why ryu was in thé ps4 advert in thé uk. If you go youtube ps4 commercials for when ps4 was being released u see ryu in thé car

[mochachino]

I'm a PS4 owner and still think 3rd exclusivity is a lose-lose situation for all gamers. In this case, or in the case of Tomb Raider for example, one set of gamers doesn't get a game and the other set has had the money they contributed towards their company's gaming budget wasted on securing a game they would have had anyway. So it literally is a lose-lose for all gamers.

I much rather game companies spend their budgets on new content instead of paying to prevent other people from having something. Money is spent on creating nothing.

I don't enjoy a game more knowing other people can't play it.

[N8]

The only problem with decisions like this is if the game is limited because of the platform.

[Killzoner99]

Sony is just returning fire. They didn't start these sleazy business tactics , Microsoft did. Frankly it's a genius business move on Sonys part. Microsoft can keep Tomb Raider, I think Street Fighter 5 is the most anticipated game anyway.

[kenwonobi]

It was genius. I am more inclined to buy Street Fighter as are more people than Tomb Raider. I guess Sony had a backup plan to the Tomb Raider thingy by getting the bigger franchise with Street Fighter?

[TheGrimReaper0011]

I might get disagrees up the ass, but I remember when everyone had the idea that the next tomb raider would be an XB1 exclusive. Everyone FREAKED out and got mad at Crystal Dynamics. I too, was upset until I heard that it was timed exclusive.

Now, Street Fighter 5 is exclusive to ps4 (and PC? not gonna bother reading) it's all fine and good for Sony. I personally don't care about the Street Fighter series too much, but I can imagine the XB1 owners being upset now. So tell me, why was Tomb Raider unacceptable, but this is great news?

[ShadowWolf712]

Tomb Raider had been announced as a multiplatform title which was then cut off from anyone not owning an Xbox. Street Fighter V never was. We never even knew it was happening until this. And they were hinting that Sony and SF would be working together for a while now, AND it's still accessible on PC. No one is FORCED onto the PS4 if they desire not to get it.

[TheGrimReaper0011]

Way to see things in a twisted point of view.

Just to get this out of the way, I don't own an XB1 and have no desire for it, only have a PS4.

Tomb Raider was released on PS3, XB360, PC, PS4 and XB1. Street Fighter 4 was released on PS3 and XB360.

Now, the sequel of Tomb Raider is a TIMED exclusive, which is unacceptable to many people, but Street Fighter V is an exclusive to PS4 and PC and that's fine?

You're not forced to buy an XB1 if you want to play the TR sequel. You ARE forced to either buy/upgrade your PC or buy a PS4 in order to play Street Fighter V.

I'm not saying that eclusive games are a bad thing, that's basically a part of what thrives console wars, but when something like this happens, it just makes most gamers look like hypocrites.

And one more thing. Rise of The Tomb Raider was never officialy announced as a multiplatform title. We only got official word on the Microsoft conference.

I feel that if you have a main series like Street Fighter with a fanbase on both consoles, you kinda betray those who dont have the money to support more then 1 console. Imagine if all of a sudden, Final Fantasy 16 is announced as an XB1 exclusive. It's fine right, cause Final Fantasy 16 wasn't announced yet?

Again, I get exclusivity of games, I don't get the hate Crystal Dynamics got and the praise that Sony and Capcom gets >_>

[ShadowWolf712]

Sony also helped in the development for Street Fighter 5, so it's far closer to Bayonetta than it is the Tomb Raider situation.

It was also, again, REVEALED as exclusive. Not revealed and then made exclusive at its second showing.

And on top of that, Sony, being able to have asked for complete exclusivity, allowed it to be published on another platform without objection, and even allowed cross-platform play. It's also the system with the 2:1 install base, so that's a factor.

[jcnba28]

It will still prob come to xbox since capcom love to milk SF. 

[xDHAV0K24x]

super duper hyper ultra megamix SF5 remix to the remix edition

[XanderZane]

I hope it doesn't come to the XBox One/XBox 360/PS3 & WiiU until it's gone through all it's versions on the PS4. Let them milk the fanboys through 3-4 version and then just bring the final version out on the other platforms with everything intact. I'd be fine with that. lol!! You know Capcom will milk this title to death just like they did with SFIV.

[Amuro]

that's without a doubt.

[Jarrettjawn]

Since when is third party exclusivity new?

[shadowraiserx]

People are just angry because they have to wait or buy another console XD,I remenber the sega dreamcast time when MVSC2 was Dreamcast exclusive I buy the dreamcast over the ps2 and I never complain about it.Good days

[majedx9]

and thin SEGA bankrupt on us.

[JP1369]

I refuse to click on flamebait articles, but does the guy actually say that this is a new trend? If so, he sacrifices credibility in favor of historically incorrect nonsense. Third-party exclusives used to be the norm. The high rise in costs brought on by the HD era changed that, but there's no reason to think it may become a more viable option in the future.

[IIFloodyII]

So because it's not on the Xbone, Sony must have bought exclusivity?
People really should wait before jumping to conclusions, it could definitely be that Sony paid for it not to show up on Xbone, or it could just be Capcom not having enough money to develope for all 3 platforms at once and decided that the PS4 and PC versions should get priority, due to their bigger market share. Either way just wait, we'll know soon enough.

I'm loving all the hypocrisy from both sides though.

[wannabe gamer]

ooo poor xbone doesnt get a game for once. they have done this crap so many times that they need to get a taste of their own medicine for once. M$ has been setting the rules with their bullying ways for far too long, the gaming scene in general would be far better without them trying to set the tone for things with their policies and strongarm ways.

[LightDiego]

Hipocrisy? Tomb Raider was always related with the PlayStation brand, i do not blame Microsoft but Square-Enix for this ridiculous move. Another example is the first Titanfall, even Sunset Overdrive.
This is just an answer of Sony, Microsoft started all this.
Edit: lol, another examples are Dead Rising 3 and Ryse.

[xDHAV0K24x]

w/o MSFT, TF wouldn't have existed. They fronted the $ kinda like Nintendo with Bayonetta 2

[Picnic]

It's not like Microsoft bought any of those studios though. Unlike with Rare.

Then there's Remedy. Microsoft's relationship with Remedy appears to be that Microsoft give them as much time and a decent amount of money as they need to release 1 full game per generation (on Xbox360 form anwyay) so that they don't release a slightly retread game like Max Payne 2 was, so that Microsoft, in their own interests, ensure that Remedy don't have a need to release on multiple systems just to stay in business and also so that Microsoft has as potentially fully (graphically- and hopefully story/gameplay) polished a console exclusive as anyone has the chance to achieve in several years. Remedy is conveniently kind of the next best thing to not having Naughty Dog or Quantic Dream on Xbox One. Although Gears of War was also kind of Microsoft's Uncharted equivalent.

[xDHAV0K24x]

This doesn't affect me *shrug* Enjoy ps4 kids

[Picnic]

Xbox One had Killer Instinct.

Sony probably thought that they should also find a way to get a big name hardcore console exclusive fighter. (Super Smash Bros inspired Battle Royale isn't quite the same thing).

[majedx9]

i played Killer Instinct
M$ f**ked up my childhood game with the DLC BS!.

[VINNIEPAZ]

So glad I own all the systems so I don't have to care about this BS

[2pacalypsenow]

Exclusives are good , gives you a reason to get a certain console

[Give_me_head_strong]

I'll buy the superior PC version and play with an Xbox controller.

[BlissSeeker]

No.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Why wouldn't you just get a fight stick at that point? It's like you're trying to be badass but doing the softest things possible.

[outsider1624]

GOOD!! Because i'm still pissed off Tomb Raider went exclusive...

[BlissSeeker]

"We struggle to think of any benefit this serves to anyone other than the companies involved and of course, the fanboys who will use this to further the cause of their virtual war."

Exclusive deals help consumers in their decision as to what console they should buy. It will also make people who own only the PS4 feel more pleased with their purchase decision.
Regardless it may not be morally right, but it certainly is fair.

[GameLover56]

What exclusive I will buy it for PC not PS4 and that how most Ps4 games will end Up

[ThePandaMaster]

I really have no problem with this or the tomb raider thing. The companies need reasons for you to buy there hardware and there not just gonna let eachother do it and the other not respond. Sure it sucks if you don't own a ps4 but that's the point to make you buy it, and anyways its the same for playstation owners and tomb raider and both console owners and bayonetta. Also the money sony gave capcom will likely make more content for both consoles possible from capcom since they have more money to spend on other things.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

"Third Party Exclusivity- an ugly new trend rears its head"

Stop reading here. It's like he started gaming in the ps3 era. LOL

[8BitSoul]

I don't understand why people are losing their shit over this. What did you expect? Obviously Sony wasn't going to sit back and let MS scoop up exclusive deals without a counter attack. It's not like it matters anyway, as we all know Capcom is going to milk the crap out of SFV and probably release 10 million different versions of the game, which will more than likely be available on all platforms! Besides, it's coming out for PC too!

[Elda]

Good for Sony!!...it's about time!!

[BlissSeeker]

@Septic: http://www.gamespot.com/art...

Looks like Sony did fund the game's development.

[MasterCornholio]

Same thing as Bayonetta 2 then.

In other words Sony saved the franchise by funding it. What's nice is that they allowed Ono to produce for PC as well so even non PS4 owners will be able to enjoy the game.

[theFAYEsorceress]

idk why sony would bother. i'm pretty sure every single fighting game that has been released multi-plat has sold more on sony consoles. waste of money, imo. besides, ps controllers were always better for fighting games.

[kenwonobi]

To sway buyers they need exclusives. There are some buyers going with xbox in America still. Its a good business decision to get a very popular American title.

[redknight80]

What is this journalist's barometer for the rage? Did he browse a few articles, see there are less rage comments and then make this assumption? It is rather annoying that every time Sony does something, there comes along the usual "well..you hated it so much when Microsoft/Nintendo did something similar, why aren't you equally as enraged....HYPOCRITE!" Just because you don't see as many rage comments from likely trolls on these articles, doesn't mean that every one is thinking that Sony is god-like and Microsoft is evil.

Don't take the comments on IGN or N4G, etc. from 12 years old raging as proof of hypocrisy in the gaming world.

[cbrcsg2001]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

lmao

[kenwonobi]

Wow. Talk about a bomb shell. Certainly a bigger get than Dead Rising franchise for Ps4. The console wars. Begun has it. Xbox finally made a tiny dent into Ps4 sales in one area. So Sony responded.

[arbitor365]

Im a huge playstation fan, but this is BS no matter how you slice it. Exclusives arent a bad thing, but these third party games, these multiplats they are snagging have no business, no reason whatsoever to be exclusives. tomb raider? street fighter? those games have been multiplat for around 2 decades.

While I do blame microsoft for this trend, as they are the ones who came right out of the gate doing this. With dead rising 3, Ryse, titanfall, sunset overdrive, and tomb raider. They are really the ones who set this precedent and have no intention of stopping.

but now that we have two companies doing it, it will be bad for gamers and bad for the industry in the long run. Devs are now deciding to get their profits from console companies instead of game sales. In other words, they dont care who gets to play their game, as long as they make money. They dont care if the game sells a fourth as much as its previous iterations.

Just look at how badly bayonetta 2 and sunset overdrive flopped, neither of them breaking .4 Million. All because they gave the middle finger to millions of potential gamers on the PS4 who would have supported the hell out of those games.

I just dont see this as a good long term strategy for the industry. it is going to lead to gamers buying less games and sony and microsoft wasting money on withholding third parties, instead of making their own exclusives.

[mokkeyrg2]

good for sony , dont worry xbox lot will just wait for the ultra verison lol

[MCTJim]

I guess exclusives really bother certain people...as these people are the ones that will never be able to play it on their system of choice...too bad :(

I remember SF in the arcade and then on the SNES and Genesis. Fun games. I probably wont buy it until its on sale.

[Kingoftherodeo]

If this continues sony is playing with fire. Microsoft has deep pockets they could land all the big exclusives by throwing money at devs and publishers. They can offer money sony cant afford to match thus ps4 gamers would be locked out of great games. Imagine next mass affect exclusive once again on x1.

[MasterCornholio]

Not with the PS4 dominating in sales and owning the majority of the market. Microsoft will only be able to secure exclusives with developers that really need the money to survive.

[kenwonobi]

Thats not entirely how it works. The 3rd party developers generally take into consideration which console will release its game to the largest possible buying audience. Which at the moment is PS4.

[bjmartynhak]

No. It's not ok.

Disclosure: PS4 owner and I'm not into fighting games.

[ICANPLAYGAMES2]

I'm gonna put it like this, MS fans can bitch and moan all they want, and rightfully so (can't blame them it didn't feel to good being on the receiving end). Though as it doesn't affect me this time around, guess all I can say is, "it sucks to be you guys" (but it's just business right?).

[JMyers]

So when MS does it it's okay? ... Do these ring a bell Dead Rising (Capcom again), TitanFall, Tomb Raider... At least SF5 is on PC, Tomb Raider is only announced for Xbox.

MS needs third party exclusives as they don't make their own games. This year for instance for Forza and MCC. Everything else third party.

Imagine for sec where the X1 would be without TitanFall and the holiday bundles + price cut... dire straights.

Third party exclusives help no one... but MS you rolled up with the truck load of money first. Sony STILL has its studios to come as well.

[PurpHerbison]

SFV? PS4? Lets gooooooooooooooooo!

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Who gives a shit? SF has sucked since SF3 anyway. And im sure it will be a timed exclusive anyway. Lucky for me i have all systems so i have the option to buy it or not. Unless SF goes back to its pure gameplay roots ill skip this verion anyway. Plus we all know by know that the following SF5 update wont be exclusive.

[MrChow666]

I think I'm going to skip this generation of consoles, the bullsh@t, the famboyism and the hypocrisy is just too much, and the games arent that good anyway

[turdburgler1080]

This is too hilarious. Reading the comments that people are posting trying to justify it is great. I'm assuming it's a bunch of children posting who don't even know the meaning of the word hypocrisy lol. It's all "if than" excuses. This articles titled nailed it!

[Tedakin]

MS fanboys won with Tomb Raider. Sony fanboys win today with this. In a month another huge third party game will be announced Xbox exclusive and the cycle will continue.

[GundalfDeGrej]

Yeah, I hope this doesn't become a trend. Exclusive third party content is shit no matter who does it or who does it first. Some PS4 players would rather have Tomb Raider and some X1 owners would rather play Street Fighter. A lot of people want to play both.

[Nicominoru]

Holy...shit...congratulations Sony, you've just ensured that 90% of the Fighting Game Community will now be buying a PS4 if they didn't plan on it in the future or haven't done so already.

I've always said Killer Instinct was the only game that made me want to get a XB1 just because of my love for the franchise, I'm sure most fans of SF feel the same way about the franchise.

Well at least now we know what that "Hadouken Cabs" trailer was all about from Sony a year or so back.

[voodoogts]

But so many tears from the Sony fan boys when Tomb Raider was going to be exclusive to XBox One... Lots of tears.

[Miraak82]

With Deepdown and SFv both being exclusives and the ps4 doing amazingly well who's to say capcom didn't make the decision to stick to their home territory with the Sony . People forgot SF3 only came out on ps2 and Capcom was in it's prime in the ps1/ps2 era with nothing but Sony console exculsives .. I wouldn't be surprised if more well known franchises end up being exclusive ( Resident evil, DMC , Megaman )

[MALVAD0]

Round what? sony : 👊shoryuken M$ 😵K.o

[StormLegend]

They be hating lol

[Tzuno]

In the meantime https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[MrChow666]

lmao

[captainexplosion]

Microsoft really shot themselves in the foot with Titanfall, Dead Rising 3, Gears of War, Sunset Overdrive, Garden Warfare, and Tomb Raider third party exclusivity. Now Sony has significantly more money coming in to the game department then Microsoft, and with twice the install base and with the PS4 being easier to develop for those 3rd party exclusives will cost significantly less for Sony to purchase than for Microsoft. I expect Sony to purchase more 3rd party exclusives.

[user7402931]

HADOOOOOUKAN!

[VJGenova]

Yay! It's coming to PC! I bought Titanfall for $5 last week. Loving it!

[bluto34]

Wow hypocrites for sure lol

[liljandjer]

The popular thing to do is hate everything Microsoft does and says its ok when Sony does it. When Microsoft announces an exclusive the whole internet blows up. The Sony loyalists not the fans made death threats and they justify that is okay behavior. My opinion is buy the system that has the games on it you want. IF i want to play this game i will buy a ps4 if you want to play tomb raider buy and xbox one its that simple.

[Cogentleman]

"New" trend? What? 3rd Party exclusivity has been dying for a long time now, it's only going away more and more.

[Abaddon]

"you started it MS!"

Today's "gamers" that voice themselves, like i've said multiple times, are shameless. Makes me sad. How much lower can this convo get. Back in the day you knew a kiddo was participating by their comments. Now, what's pathetic, is that no matter the age everyone sounds the same.

Quality comments...

[Tex117]

My guess, is that this will be a thing far more often than in past generations.

Its a way to not have to develop your own exclusives, but still lucrative for developers to make for two different consoles.

In other words, it spreads the risk around.

[mokkeyrg2]

so they remove my comment when its a fact and the joke is SF5 is timed exclusive so ....

[Jag-T1000]

I will wait for the Ultra Arcade Mega Super-Dupper Street Fighter 5 Deluxe Edition.

[mayberry]

I wonder if pro-gaming will be ps4 centric after this?

[knickstr]

" the internet is about to go into meltdown and we’ll no doubt be on the front lines witnessing the war unfold as tears are shed, keyboards are smashed and hypocrites are exposed."

A little dramatic isn't he?

[MrChow666]

pathetic I'd say

[acemonkey]

boo hoo, when Tomb raider was announce like this everybody was like i got an xb1 and ps4 so it dont matter or TR was decent at best and now Sony has got a good fighting game under their roster its time to hate on sony? its a war some games we wont be able to play (ps4 or xb1) going have to make the jump or sit back and wait for a port. its a ashame to true fight fans that own an xb1 and cant pay for a ps4 or pc but exclusives are exclusives

[Lord_Sloth]

So....I'm supposed to start crying because the console I own has an exclusive?

[x_RadicalAura_x]

It's not hypocrisy, it's called reveling in the beautiful thing known as karma (e.g. for the shit Microsoft pulled with Rise of the Tomb Raider).

If that would've never happened, I would've been against the decision to make SF5 PS4 + PC exclusive.

Also, SF > KI. Sony recognized this and capitalized on it.

Meanwhile for Microsoft: Uncharted 4 > RotTR. :'(

[thesh8pe]

Microsoft have been doing this for a few years now. why is it such a big deal now that Sony are doing it ????

[StormLegend]

I can't wait for tomorrow!!!

[Dasteru]

The main difference is Sony doesn't actually "pay" for exclusivity like MS does. They get 3rd party exclusives by creating developer relations. Providing the tools nessessary to make a game the best it can be, by being exclusive and/or providing physical assistance in the development process. If SFV is PS4/PC exclusive, it is for a reason other than money.

[Gr1mmyshadows]

you really believe that BS you just typed? how idiotic can you be? to believe capcom went exclusive on ps4 and pc because they're "cool guys" is just hilarious. 3rd party exclusives are done with money, not relations. This practice has been around way before playstation and xbox, so it shouldnt be a surprise to anyone. its buisness and both companies are trying to win regardless of the BS both sides feed us.

[Dasteru]

@TRD4L1fe:

Less idiotic than you it would seem. It has been proven over and over that Sony does not pay for exclusivity. They themselfs have said multiple times that they have never payed for an exclusive, and never would. There are more ways for a company to make money besides direct handouts. This is also most likely only a timed exclusive.

[Slugfest321]

I would just like to say i am glad i got ps4 nd get to play this but i think its f+++ing stupid. Established franchises shouldnt go exclusive when there previous games werent i hate it just like hate the tomb raider xbox deal even though this one benifits me.

[Khronikos]

Videogames used to be about semi-friendly but intense wars between the systems. Then the millenials came on board. And now tweens across the world fight each other when all they have to do is buy the other system. Millenial gen is the worst generation of idiots I have ever witnessed.

[IndoAssassin]

LOL at people humanizing corporations.

[InTheZoneAC]

sony simply corrected the issue of making this game available on the console it only deserves to be on...

being on pc is fine, that whole matter is irrelevant to me. What's important is that the people that blindly purchased a One and don't get the best games in the end.

Xbox to me is the GM of consoles while Sony are all the imports that have proven to be reliable and worth your money.

[NerdStar7]

Shouldn't be exclusive, but MK is better anyway.

SCORPION WINS! FLAWLESS VICTORY! FATALITY!

[tontontam0]

Actually Sony making a move like this does not make them hypocrites.

[Apocalypze]

Imagine Tekken 7 only exclusive for PS4 and Vita lol

[KontryBoy706]

your move Microsoft... after black friday I got both consoles now.

[baph777]

There's zero hypocrisy here. Since Sony has returned to being the dominant player in the console wars, it's only right that the get the same level of exclusives for Playstation 4 as Playstation 2 had.

The only hypocrisy is Microsoft buying games like Tomb Raider and their parity clause which will keep those games from being as good as they could be due to their inferior console.

[shotime97]

I see it this way x1 has killer instant witch is badass by the way. so let them have street fighter!!! if your mad u don't get to play it go out and buy a ps4 it's not that big of a deal guy's

[P_Bomb]

MS did it with Splinter Cell Conviction, Ace Combat, Dead Rising, Saints Row, they bought Minecraft and had timed deals on Mass Effect and Rise of the Tomb Raider. You live by the sword you die by the sword

[MoreRPG]

Im pretty sure super and ultra street fighter 5 will be on xbox

[urwifeminder]

Lol not my thing is this some big deal wow mash mash.

[Adolph Fitler]

"Two wrongs make a right do they?

Like the article says, money-hatting is okay if Sony does it."

The article may say that, MS fanboys may say these things, BUT, the truth is, it's business.... If MS is gaining more sales by doing this very same thing, then WHY SHOULDN'T Sony?

So, what all you MS fanboys are saying is, "MS can keep doing this, as I have XBOne & I love MS & Hate Sony, so saying that, Sony has NO RIGHT to do this"..

Guess what, this is business dumbar$es, if you don't like it....then don't be the same a$$wipes that carry on & laugh at Sony fans, when MS gets an exclusive like this.
NO, it is no better that Sony is doing it...it $ucks for gamers that can only afford one console, & miss out on a great game... BUT, it is now a common practice (thank MS for that).... And lets take a reality check here & admit ONE LITTLE FACT... & that is, it will only be a timed exclusive anyway.

[Folezicle]

Honestly this is just a sign, on who bought Capcom (if you remember a couple of months back they went up for sale).

[ScaryMonkey]

Well if we can take one clear thing away from this article its that G. Lehri is a very upset xbox fanboy.

[fatstarr]

how can it be exclusive if its on the PC

LOL Ps4s gaming library is such a grasp for straws.

[Zero-One]

http://img2.wikia.nocookie....

[truewittness]

Shouldn't the exclusivity title be read:
"Street Fighter 5 coming exclusively to Sony Playstation 4 and Microsoft Windows PC"

[MasterCornholio]

Im only going to say one thing.

I hope this doesnt turn into a war between the two on buying 3rd parties because that would suck for everyone.

:(

I really dont care who started it but it has to stop.

[Gr1mmyshadows]

it'll only suck for the one who refuse to purchase all 3 consoles

[MasterCornholio]

Which account for the majority of consumers.

Do you really believe that everyone buys every single system and has a good gaming PC?

Thats where your logic is flawed.

Minority <<< Majority

[TimeSkipLuffy]

As a PS fan I am ashamed of fanboys who made a rage with Tomb Raider and now try to defend this... As I said with TR these are business decision and we will see the result of those business decisions. The best way to play is always to not be a hardcore fanboy of a console but a fanboy of games!

[shadowboxer23]

Wait we are arguing over Street Fighter...really? Who cares what system gets what game. If needed play the system you have now and pick up the other system later along with that exclusive game that system has. Just saying stop the stupid arguments.

[falviousuk]

Sony fans defending something that they criticised MS for.

WHAT A SURPRISE /s

[Haki1112]

it's always like that lol MS does it BAD MS GO SIT IN THE CORNER! Sony does it Oh it's okay Sony <3

[tigertron]

All I know is that I wanted Dino Crisis.

[Stoppokingme]

Third party exclusivity is rubbish.

It doesn't matter what console your prefer, if you are denied the chance to play a game just because another manufacturer wants you to buy their product, then that is just sad and shame on MS and Sony for embracing the idea.

Sure people will argue that it is a sound business model but we are not businesses, we are consumers and the consumer is always right.

[cbrcsg2001]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

lmaooo