In a world where work is used for the well being of society, maybe, but in a capitalist system where profit is the end of all things, it'll never happen and gamers love capitalism so it's pretty contradictory if you ask me.
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Exclusives suck (unless developed with a specific hardware limitation/use case in mind)
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But that's how games work. You need specific hardware to render it. And you don't have to buy multiple devices, you want to, it's different. Don't port beg.
Exclusives are bad unless the games only exist because of exclusivity, in which case they're good. That's my hot take.
Got to say - I like exclusives. Not that I want to see non platform holders locked out of games. It's just that virtually all my favourite games are exclusives.
Lol. I was merely told (by Multiple people) that services like Disney plus and Netflix were the same as having to buy consoles and I explained how that's not the same at all.
But to your point, yes that's how it is Now, but that doesn't mean that's how it always has to be. The option to make games available to everyone, and say not just the people who can afford to buy all the systems, is worth thinking about.
I can wrap my head around the idea of some one enjoying a game cause it was actually made because the company had motivation to put it out (I.e. selling their machine). Can't enjoy a game that never gets made. Companies have to have reasons into putting the money into making the game too. Otherwise what is in it for them?
They can still make the game and make money... if they want ALL the money, well, fuck that
They aren't getting all the money. But Sony and Nintendo are hardware sellers and they need to sell their hardware. There isn't much reason for them to make the games unless those games are going to sell the hardware. And there is definitely not reason for them to put money into games that don't make as much money by themselves but people love if it doesn't sell the hardware. Unless you want every big Budget game to be microtransaction laden multiplayer cause that is where the money is for companies that are just trying to make money off the games. Because literally every big budget publisher of third party games are going that direction. Even ones that were focused on single player games before (Bethesda and Even CDPR is getting in on multiplayer with cyberpunk and I wonder if there won't be some MTs in that). All the third party games play it safe because to put that much budget in they need a low risk chance of return.
And you're kidding yourself if you think any company does any of this out of the good of their hearts. They are trying to make money. Even CDPR's good guy image is a sales tactic that they can afford because it sets them apart. If it didn't they would probably less likely to put much emphasis on it.
And yes, companies do want all the money. In fact I find it hilarious ms is being championed here when MS has over and over tried true anti consumer crap and only backed down when it bit them on the ass. Add on the only reason they have no issues with putting it on PC is one of their big money makers (the biggest foe the longest time if not still the biggest) is windows! Of course they don't have a problem putting their games on their product!
The guy bought the hardware because of 2 exclusive games
If that's not a strong enough argument to understand why exclusives exists, I don't know what is
Sony makes machines. And they know that by selling the hardware, even if the customer just want to play one game, they may probably buy something down the line on the PS Store.
It would be much more proffitable than just selling the game on another platform.
I understand that it would be much better to be able to play everything on one platform, just like it would be awesome to watch every movie on Netflix
But that's capitalism for you
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Argumentum ad hominem. Someone always makes this post in a thread like this.
You can understand - and even support - a business model and the benefits (and downsides) it brings without "defending" corporations.
Big props to those willing to engage these crazy claims.
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That would be quite terrible because Microsoft Store has extremely strict restrictions on game file access, which prevents all forms of modding. The most popular competitive FPS in the world (Counter-Strike) was originally a mod for Half-Life.
That's not a hot take at all. Most exclusives only exist because the platform owner funded them from out of their pocket. The worst kind are when someone pays the publisher to keep them off other platforms.
I wasn't being particularly serious with the hot take statement. It's clearly the most lukewarm take imaginable.
