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Exclusives suck (unless developed with a specific hardware limitation/use case in mind)
- Thread starter Doc Kelso
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Here's what I have an issue with:
Also, I dunno how much of this actually happens, but exclusives just because the developers don't want to or don't have the staff/time/money to. It may just be hidden moneyhatting, but Monster Hunter used to fall under that category. Persona V is in it now. It happens largely with small indie developers or Japanese developers and it's not something that I blame the developers for, but I wish it's something that didn't have to happen.
- Moneyhatted exclusives
- Timed exclusives
- Exclusive gameplay content (costumes or whatever are fine)
- Time exclusive DLC
- Pre-order gameplay content
- Retailer specific pre-order exclusives (costumes or otherwise)
Also, I dunno how much of this actually happens, but exclusives just because the developers don't want to or don't have the staff/time/money to. It may just be hidden moneyhatting, but Monster Hunter used to fall under that category. Persona V is in it now. It happens largely with small indie developers or Japanese developers and it's not something that I blame the developers for, but I wish it's something that didn't have to happen.
Exclusive content is a fact of life, just like taxes. What's the point of this thread other than portbegging?
With halo infinite running on jaguar cpu I'm sure it'll run on Mac book pro. They are leaving money on the table.
Lol
All you have to do is wait for PS Now to include Bloodborne if not on it already. I fail to get your point as a PC gamer ?
This is lowkey reminding me of a thread on GAF where there was a load of people trying to explain why Sony not publishing their first party IP on PC was anti-consumer. The absolute height of entitlement.
First party exclusives are fine.
Third party exclusives are bullshit - even if you have the hardware *cough* Epic Game Store *cough*
Third party exclusives are bullshit - even if you have the hardware *cough* Epic Game Store *cough*
I don't know why some people were throwing out anti-consumer towards the OP when they didn't even state that word in the OP. Exclusives aren't anti-consumer they just aren't pro-consumer. I hope Sony does put their games on PC and they go the ecosystem route (which seems inevitable to me). Either way, I get it...it would be nice if software was device agnostic. Streaming will be the closest for us to get there.
A lot of the exclusives you want wouldn't exist if they weren't pitched as exclusives. You think Gravity Rush, Tearaway, and all the other PlayStation games that probably lose money would exist if Sony wasn't willing to take the hit?
Same goes for Nintendo and Microsoft. Some of these games only exist because a big company is willing to bankroll it.
What makes you think that? Exclusives are probably more important more than they've ever been.
Same goes for Nintendo and Microsoft. Some of these games only exist because a big company is willing to bankroll it.
What makes you think that? Exclusives are probably more important more than they've ever been.
Microsoft makes exclusives too, just to their platforms while Sony makes exclusives for their platform.
Microsoft supports Microsoft Windows but not Playstation platforms. Why are you expecting Sony to support Microsoft Windows but not Microsoft support Playstation?
How nice and convenient would it be for Microsoft if all you needed was Microsoft Windows to play every game...
Microsoft supports Microsoft Windows but not Playstation platforms. Why are you expecting Sony to support Microsoft Windows but not Microsoft support Playstation?
How nice and convenient would it be for Microsoft if all you needed was Microsoft Windows to play every game...
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Exactly... I dont sven know what to think between this thread, the one that said Sony is anti-consumer because of exclusive games on PS5...
I hope the standards of Era doesn't drop to Gamefaqs levels.
BTW, if you believe this thread is portbegging, report it as such. Easy.
No. It makes me a pragmatist with his feet firmly planted in reality. Unlike a pointless idealist.
Companies should have the option to make a product and release it however they wish. You're acting like games are a human right instead of the luxury product that they are.
It may not the only way, but it's one of the safest alternatives to making games on their own dime and risking bankrupcy if they're not successful. Who the fuck are you to tell them that they're wrong? If you have a problem with their choices, make a multiplatform game yourself, instead of demanding others to take that huge risk just because you feel entitled to every game ever made without paying a dime for hardware.
Before you're banned for insulting other users, humor me: describe the alternate timeline and chain of events that led to Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne and The Last of Us to both be made and be multiplatform games.
Edit: Ah well.
You can replace OP's post with
and it would have the message as his three paragraphs. Imagine whining about a company keeping games in their platform to incite users to buy said platform. Imagine doing that as an adult.
I mean, I didn't even do that as a kid. I was perfectly aware why NES games were NES games and Master System games were Master System games.
Don't misconstrue the OP, he had a very good reason why one is OK and the other isn't.
The reason is he owned a Switch and he "wasn't confortable" buying a PS4.
OP is right, I can't imagine why Sony or Nintendo wouldn't want to take less profit on their product, directly contribute to profiting their competitors, and de-incentivize their own platform. Like, I literally can't even think of one reason why these corporations wouldn't want that.
You know what's funny? If you search the word "anti" in this thread, every result for "anti-consumer" will be from posts making fun of this statement. There's actually zero posts claiming that PS5 having exclusives is anti consumer.
Who the hell even said that? I don't 100% doubt someone actually said at some point in some thread but why the hell this is being used as a strawman against people with a different opinion in 99% of the posts?
How stupid this can be? Thread just turned into an echo chamber of people mocking an argument that nobody in the thread made lol
I don't even agree with OP, but there's nothing there implying anything but how exclusives sucks in his/her opinion, which is a 100% valid opinion and don't deserve this amount of garbage.
Who the hell even said that? I don't 100% doubt someone actually said at some point in some thread but why the hell this is being used as a strawman against people with a different opinion in 99% of the posts?
How stupid this can be? Thread just turned into an echo chamber of people mocking an argument that nobody in the thread made lol
I don't even agree with OP, but there's nothing there implying anything but how exclusives sucks in his/her opinion, which is a 100% valid opinion and don't deserve this amount of garbage.
I own a PS4. Spin the wheel again!
The premise is mostly that we're going into next gen and there will likely be little difference between boxes. Other than which games are on which platform, which is pretty lame if the only real selling point isn't the hardware, but the software. I would thrilled to be wrong. I would love it if PS5, Switch, and Xbox all did their own thing and provided more than unique ecosystems.
So when you said:
I'm getting too far beyond the point in my life where I'm comfortable dropping $400+ on a machine that I'm only going to use for gaming and for an experience that I could almost definitely get if I were to run the game on my PC.
You meant... what exactly? PS5?
Yeah, PS5 and even Xbox. As of right now, I don't believe either machine will provide me with an experience that absolutely has to come from their hardware.
Excluives suck and are anti-consumer. Put games on every major platform. PC, Xbox, PS, Switch. Just fuckin' do it.
So you don't want Sony or Nintendo to make games anymore then. Got it.
There's no point in platform-holders making games if they don't exist to differentiate their platforms. It's needless financial waste.
It's been pretty prevalent in some other big related threads going on at the moment, you're probably just seeing overspill here.
