Are exclusives anti-consumer?

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Cerebralbore101 said:

The people that complain the most over exclusives are PC-Only gamers. I've always thought this was funny, because if you can afford a great gaming PC at around $1000 to $1500, then you can afford a $300 console. 

Bit of a stretch.

Cerebralbore101 said:

Some people don't like that Epic is making certain games timed exclusives. I feel for them there, because Epic still doesn't have an offline mode, and I wouldn't want to buy a game that would become unplayable should anything happen to Epic's DRM servers. 

The issue isn't so much the Epic store having exclusives, the PC is an open platform.
Steam has exclusives, Battle.net has exclusives, uPlay has exclusives, Origin has exclusives... No one really gives a shit.

What is pissing people off is that games that used to be available on all the popular digital distribution stores are being money-hatted behind a single store front.

Or ironically games that were being released on one Storefront (Steam) are suddenly being cancelled and moved to another Storefront, some users were waiting for the games full release on Steam to take the plunge... But have had that opportunity taken away.

It's a shit situation. And people are pissed. Deservedly so.

But no way is the bulk of the PC community Anti-Exclusive. We are just Anti-Bullshit.

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The PC itself has exclusives that consoles don't get though and vice versa, that has been happening for decades, no one really cares.. It's a selling point that draws consumers to a particular platform.

I.E.
- If Xbox didn't have Fable or Halo, there is no way I would have purchased an Original Xbox console.
- If The Super Nintendo didn't have Donkey Kong Country I would never have purchased a SNES.
- If the Nintendo 64 didn't have Golden Eye and Perfect Dark I wouldn't have purchased an N64.
- If the Playstation 1 didn't have Final Fantasy 8, I wouldn't have purchased a Playstation 1.

And just like with the PC, games like Command and Conquer, Age of Empires, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Dungeon Keeper, Alpha Centauri, Civilization, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights, Baulders Gate, Icewind Dale, Arcanum, StarCraft and so much more drew me into the platform and it's been my primary platform since.

SvennoJ said:
No. Exclusives receive extra funding to get the best out of the hardware. It's only in the interest of the consumer if they want to enjoy the full potential of the hardware they spend good money on.

I think exclusives are important for every platform, it gives a platform it's identity.
Myself and I assume the bulk of the PC community just hate bait and switch tactics.