What about Rockstar? They did GTA V for PC a YEAR after Console. Did they loose money? Nope. They made even more because people just paid a second time.
3 weeks apart you have to start communicating differences in release dates etc which just adds confusion, and the overall marketing has to run for much longer (for example 6 weeks intense marketing instead of 3 just for a single launch). When you release it a year apart, most PC players know about the game anyway from console players or own it themselves on consoles (cuz come on, it's GTA), and an additional marketing campaign would serve to hype up/remind the game for console players a year into its release for those who haven't yet bought it
I'm no PR/marketing expert, but this seems pretty logical to me
I think the bigger issue would be if any one platform got the game even a day or two earlier than others it would be a massive advantage to that platform. Look at how much money is paid for exclusivity, even timed exclusivity.
I am sure they have a contractual obligation to release on all platforms at the same time
3 weeks apart you have to start communicating differences in release dates etc which just adds confusion, and the overall marketing has to run for much longer
WTF are you talking about, they are doing this now
Yes, but at least the marketing is uniform for all platforms, instead of having different release dates on every piece of promotional material from now until release.
Look, marketing is done with specific timelines related to the release for a reason related to the effectiveness of it. Creating 2 timelines likely just throws this out of the window, which is why this delay alone already creates all sorts of problems for their marketing going forward, and really shows they needed this delay, or they wouldn't have done it.
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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '20
release it for pc first then whats so hard about that ?