Microsoft Paying Third-Party Publishers to Not Show PS4 Games at E3 2013 – Report

MentalIlness

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Paying-Third-Party-Publishers-to-Not-Show-PS4-Games-at-E3-2013-Report-359264.shtml

Microsoft is allegedly paying many third-party publishers so that they won't show off their PlayStation 4 games at E3 2013, according to a new report.

E3 2013, the most important games convention out there, is set to begin next week, and both Microsoft and Sony are expected to focus heavily on their next-gen consoles, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, respectively.

In order to gain the upper hand on Sony, Microsoft is apparently resorting to some unorthodox practices, like paying a lot of money to third-party publishers so that they won't show their PlayStation 4 games either on stage or at their actual booths.

The report arrives from a source on NeoGAF, which posted a lot of true rumors in the past, so it's possible that Microsoft really is resorting to such tactics ahead of E3 2013.

The company emphasized that at the event it's going to focus only on games for the Xbox One, so it could try to create a false sense that more games are coming to Xbox One than PS4.

The following poster has been identified by many long duration GAF members as having revealed and demonstrated correct info on rumors multiple times in the past, but obviously we have to take it with a grain of salt until Microsoft and/or said developer parties provide official commentary (if ever)
 
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cmdrdredd

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Meh...guaranteed this is misrepresented. What might be more likely is that they are paying some devs to mention the Xbox One getting the game but not specifically tout the PS4 version. Not that they won't advertise that it is coming to PS4 as well, but that MS wants the Xbox One mentioned first as if it was the rimary platform. This is why Microsoft is terrible for the industry. They have to pay studios to withhold content from PC/PS3 because they don't have any compelling titles themselves. It seems that this may continue in the Xbox One/PS4 era
 

purbeast0

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once again, people are making news posts that are 100% rumors as "facts". this rumor started from a neogaf poster and has now come off as "facts" to the media. this is fucking retarded.

and i don't care about his history of rumors being true or not, it is still a rumor.
 

cmdrdredd

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once again, people are making news posts that are 100% rumors as "facts". this rumor started from a neogaf poster and has now come off as "facts" to the media. this is fucking retarded.

and i don't care about his history of rumors being true or not, it is still a rumor.

You're right, but we do know that MS has paid for timed exclusives and I would not be surprised if they pay for special advertising from 3rd parties or help them with marketing. Call of Duty is a pretty good example of this. I have seen ads where it's mentioned that it's on Xbox360 up top in bold letters then has a small logo at the bottom for PS3 as well. This doesn't mean they are not advertising the game being available on a competing syste, but it creates the perception that the main system for that game is the Xbox and maybe a few uninformed think it's an Xbox exclusive.

So you're right, but I think it is partially true but misleading.
 

ImpulsE69

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Let's remember that most if not all of the "rumors" before all turned out to be more or less true.
 

KaOTiK

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No, it's videogame 'journalists' getting desperate.

The reddit rumor stuff actually came from a user on Reddit iirc that works for a PR firm that works with MS.

I'm not saying it is true or not. But the videogame journalists in general have been keeping their mouths shut on this whole MS mess. You would expect going to any game site articles about the X1 and the DRM to be there, but in the vast majority of the cases it is not. They are keeping their mouths shut and in the process showing how much of a joke videogame journalists truly are. Mainstream press is starting to pick up on the X1 DRM crap now and doing a better job covering it than most "gaming" sites.
 

Skel

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They forgot the part where MS is threating to kill a puppy in front of publishers if they don't agree to do this.
 

KaOTiK

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They forgot the part where MS is threating to kill a puppy in front of publishers if they don't agree to do this.

Publishers are a monumental reason this is happening, who are you kidding.
 

cmdrdredd

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Publishers are a monumental reason this is happening, who are you kidding.

Exactly but at the same time I think MS will try to skim a little bit off the top from the publishers for the ability to lock out used or whatever DRM scheme they make available for publishers to use.

For example MS can have a system in place for developers to lock out used games but it is verified over XBL and the account info is logged into a database that the game will check for validation. Since MS controls thisservice, publishers will have to pay them for the service. *shrug*
 

KaOTiK

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Exactly but at the same time I think MS will try to skim a little bit off the top from the publishers for the ability to lock out used or whatever DRM scheme they make available for publishers to use.

For example MS can have a system in place for developers to lock out used games but it is verified over XBL and the account info is logged into a database that the game will check for validation. Since MS controls thisservice, publishers will have to pay them for the service. *shrug*

Oh I have no doubt at all MS is making money off of it in some form or another, otherwise they wouldn't have made it so a centric part of the system.
 

rockyct

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Exactly but at the same time I think MS will try to skim a little bit off the top from the publishers for the ability to lock out used or whatever DRM scheme they make available for publishers to use.

For example MS can have a system in place for developers to lock out used games but it is verified over XBL and the account info is logged into a database that the game will check for validation. Since MS controls thisservice, publishers will have to pay them for the service. *shrug*
Actually, Microsoft itself isn't charging for the ability to sell back your game but is giving publishers the ability to do so. If EA wants to skim from the used market, complain to EA: http://winsupersite.com/xbox/xbox-one-game-licensing-explained
 

Malak

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No, it's videogame 'journalists' getting desperate.

You act like this is neither probable nor that it has already happened before. I for one wouldn't be surprised in the least, seeing as it is nothing new.
 

Skel

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Publishers are a monumental reason this is happening, who are you kidding.

I think we're starting to swirl all the Xbox threads together because this one is :

Microsoft is allegedly paying many third-party publishers so that they won't show off their PlayStation 4 games at E3 2013, according to a new report.

which is why I said MS is threatening to kill puppies if they don't comply. Which is so wrong.. personally I believe MS is being paid off by the cat community.
 

KaOTiK

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I think we're starting to swirl all the Xbox threads together because this one is :



which is why I said MS is threatening to kill puppies if they don't comply. Which is so wrong.. personally I believe MS is being paid off by the cat community.

The shitstorm has that effect when it all combines together to create, the perfect shitstorm!
 

rockyct

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If MS hosts the server you dial into then MS is the one getting paid. Dont kid yourself
That's how it's always been with Xbox Live Gold. That doesn't have anything to do when you sell your game to Gamestop. Microsoft doesn't take a cut when it gets resold, but EA has the option to.
 

American Gunner

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If this is true, is MS forcing the studios to do this, or just offering them money? People will pile on MS for anything right now, but the studios could just say no thanks and not take their money.