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Sony doesn’t feel the need to buy third-party exclusive titles thanks to its strong first-party line-up and third-party partnerships, according to PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan.
Much debate followed Microsoft’s announcement that Rise of the Tomb Raider would be a timed-exclusive to Microsoft platforms, leading to CVG asking Ryan for his thoughts on the idea of securing third-party exclusive titles.
“Well, you know, we’ve got a very large and very powerful network of studios on our own, all of whom are working on games that will be fully exclusive to PlayStation, and we feel that this on top of partnering with third parties where it makes sense,” he said.
“I think the partnership we have with Activision on Destiny is a good example of where it makes really good sense for them, it makes good sense for us and it benefits our consumers – when you complement those two things we think that gives us a pretty complete position in the market.
“So do we feel the need to go out and buy outright exclusivity? Probably not. You saw last night [at Sony’s press conference] that before the media briefing we showed updated videos of games that we had revealed at E3. That’s because we wanted to keep the show itself full of new, fresh things. We think that gave us a good, strong, convincing portfolio of exclusive stuff and we’re happy with that.”
You can read newshound Dave Scammell’s thoughts on Microsoft’s announcement here.
Source: computerandvideogames.com
