That's why I don't get the people who are vehemently against console exclusives. I'd be willing to bet it's mostly PC only players since openness is a draw to the platform, but so many of these kinds of titles are only funded to round out a system's offerings. They realize there's a minimal ROI for some of these titles(look at the lack of marketing for MediEvil Remaster) and there would be so many small games that'd never see the light of day if not for exclusivity.
yeah. you only need to look at the output of publishers like EA, activision, ubisoft, etc. while they make good/great games from time to time, they really have no incentive to take big risks. what matters to them is maximizing the profits from every single project they greenlight. platform holders on the other hand, they have a very reasonable interest in funding these weird, smaller projects. they're already making money in so many ways, including hardware sales, subscriptions or getting a cut from each 3rd party game. to them it makes sense to go after the smaller projects that makes their platform look "cool" or attract certain audiences who then will buy more stuff on the platform.
as a consumer, there's little to no reason to want anything to be exclusive. every game being on everything that can run it is the ideal situation. but it's also understandable why platform holders are after these exclusivity or marketing deals. without them a lot of these cool projects just won't exist in the first place.
