It would be hard to give you a full list because Sony doesn't release such information as they view this info as strategic. A US Senator has asked them to provide him with a list though so we'll probably have a definitive list soon. LINK I doubt any of us will be surprised when it is very lengthy. Sony readily admits that paying for third party exclusivity is part of their strategy.

Demon's Souls Remake would probably be a good one to mention on this board. Bloodborne. Any Fromsoft PS exclusive title was definitely because Sony paid for that.

Sony doesn't own the gaming rights to Spiderman, so they definitely gave Disney something to make those games PlayStation exclusive (through payments or other agreements involving the character). Not a "third party" game now that they have bought Insomniac, but still not something that happened organically by any stretch of the imagination. Microsoft doing an exclusive Indiana Jones game was likely a response to this.

I will link an article just about their third party exclusivity spending in 2020: $329 million.

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To say that Sony has struggled to develop its studios is not at all based in reality

How they spend their money, and their complete opposition to MS owning Call of Duty even when there is no threat of MS making it exclusive to the point of lying to regulators, makes it pretty clear that Sony does not agree with your assessment. Internal Sony documents filed with the court showed that they believe Call of Duty going exclusive to XBox would completely kill the PlayStation. They do not have faith in their exclusives to carry their system. That's why they have done so much co-branding with Call of Duty, which is another form of exclusivity that is very valid to this discussion.

I agree with their view of it. The PlayStation exclusives aren't enough to compete with what XBox has to offer.

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Posted by Carson123987

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Posted on 9/24/23 at 9:08 pm to imjustafatkid

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Sony readily admits that paying for third party exclusivity is part of their strategy.

For sure. But every company has done this at some point

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Demon's Souls Remake would probably be a good one to mention on this board. Bloodborne. Any Fromsoft PS exclusive title was definitely because Sony paid for that.

Not quite. Sony owns the IP for both of them. FromSoft co-developed both of them with Sony Japan Studio. That’s not a case of just paying for exclusivity - they financed and assisted with development. All the other FromSoft games were made solely by FromSoft.

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Sony doesn't own the gaming rights to Spiderman, so they definitely gave Disney something to make those games PlayStation exclusive (through payments or other agreements involving the character).

Yeah I don’t know how this came to be

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How they spend their money, and their complete opposition to MS owning Call of Duty even when there is no threat of MS making it exclusive to the point of lying to regulators, makes it pretty clear that Sony does not agree with your assessment

Of course they don’t want their competitor to own the biggest franchise on the planet. There is no reason to believe MS would’ve kept COD multiplat past the previously agreed upon deal. They were going to say whatever they could to stop the deal.

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Internal Sony documents filed with the court showed that they believe Call of Duty going exclusive to XBox would completely kill the PlayStation.

Link?

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They do not have faith in their exclusives to carry their system.

This is nonsense dude. I’ve seen you make solid points in discussions on this topic but statements like this kill any momentum you gain. Their opposition of the deal has nothing to do with their confidence in their other franchises and studios. Their games are objectively critically acclaimed, they sell objectively well, and they’ve just come out and said they’re sticking to the formula. It works. I personally think it’s starting to get stale and would like to see some more variety, but there’s no denying that it’s successful.

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That's why they have done so much co-branding with Call of Duty, which is another form of exclusivity that is very valid to this discussion.

For the 100th time, Microsoft did the same shite with COD back when PlayStation sucked. Marketing deal, timed DLC, whole 9 yards. Nobody cared back then though, just like I don’t care now.

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I agree with their view of it.

It’s not their view. Youre projecting your views and analyses from that stupid frickin trial onto them. Their crying and embellishment to help prevent the deal are no different than some brokedick embellishing his back injuries for a payout in a fender bender.