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NintendoPie on 09 February 2013

Yes, until the company back-stabs you and makes it a timed-exclusive. Other than that they do help, quite a lot actually.



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NobleTeam360 on 09 February 2013
MB1025 said:
NobleTeam360 said:
They matter more early in the generation than at the end but they should still make an effort to release exclusive late in the cycle (cough, cough Microsoft).


7 of them are comming out sometime after Q2 and Gears drops next month.

4 Retail and 4 Arcade

Gears of War Judgment

State of Decay

Dark

Ascend New Gods

Lococycle

Matter

Deadfall Adventures

Ryse

 


You have defied all of my previous thinking that MS wasn't releasing any games this year the horrible irony. 



NinjaMonkeyLuchadore on 09 February 2013

Yes they definatly can. If Activistion were to announce that for the next generation, Call of Duty will be a Playstation exclusive franchise, it would make a difference.



hollabackenny on 09 February 2013
NinjaMonkeyLuchadore said:
Yes they definatly can. If Activistion were to announce that for the next generation, Call of Duty will be a Playstation exclusive franchise, it would make a difference.

Playstation would just love that. hahahahahaha 



UnitSmiley on 09 February 2013
MB1025 said:

Nope. Only to the bubble audience on the internet. They meant as little as they ever had this gen and will be a non factor next gen. Sure you will get a very small majority switch brands or buy both who normally wouldn't, but at the end of the day both companies have their audience. It is all about what systems your friends have, achievement/trophies, and what they offer as far as an overall entertainment experience.

The reason why no one understands this is because the people on this forum and every other forum are part of this shrinking community that is being left behind. They are still hanging on to this 1995 mentality of which ever company has the most games wins.

Nintendo is different than Sony and Microsoft. They don't get much 3rd party support, so they need their legendary first party titles. Sony and Microsoft are trying to take over your living room and be your media hub to the world and to your friends and family.

Gaming needs to be about gaming again, not this media hub bullshit. It's appalling to think that the focus will shift from the actual games to a bunch of useless crap that can be used literally everywhere else. The games and the experiences they can offer should always be the deciding factor, not what apps it can use.

Things are focusing more on media hub bs, but I highly doubt exclusives will cease to matter. I think they will always exist and REAL gamers will go where the games they want are.



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Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 on 09 February 2013
hollabackenny said:
NinjaMonkeyLuchadore said:
Yes they definatly can. If Activistion were to announce that for the next generation, Call of Duty will be a Playstation exclusive franchise, it would make a difference.

Playstation would just love that. hahahahahaha 

But sony wont. 



Yay!!!

MB1025 on 09 February 2013
UnitSmiley said:
MB1025 said:

Nope. Only to the bubble audience on the internet. They meant as little as they ever had this gen and will be a non factor next gen. Sure you will get a very small majority switch brands or buy both who normally wouldn't, but at the end of the day both companies have their audience. It is all about what systems your friends have, achievement/trophies, and what they offer as far as an overall entertainment experience.

The reason why no one understands this is because the people on this forum and every other forum are part of this shrinking community that is being left behind. They are still hanging on to this 1995 mentality of which ever company has the most games wins.

Nintendo is different than Sony and Microsoft. They don't get much 3rd party support, so they need their legendary first party titles. Sony and Microsoft are trying to take over your living room and be your media hub to the world and to your friends and family.

Gaming needs to be about gaming again, not this media hub bullshit. It's appalling to think that the focus will shift from the actual games to a bunch of useless crap that can be used literally everywhere else. The games and the experiences they can offer should always be the deciding factor, not what apps it can use.

Things are focusing more on media hub bs, but I highly doubt exclusives will cease to matter. I think they will always exist and REAL gamers will go where the games they want are.

The gaming industry is evolving. It is more mainstream today than it has ever been. Games are becoming events and cool to play. The once majority has now become the minority. This is how gaming is going to be from here on out.

I never said exlcusives would go away. I said they wouldn't matter. People have their prefrence. People want to play with their friends, have the most apps, and just be entertained. That is what this online community of gamers don't understand. The industry is passing everyone by.

Embrace it or move on.



UnitSmiley on 09 February 2013
MB1025 said:
UnitSmiley said:
MB1025 said:

Nope. Only to the bubble audience on the internet. They meant as little as they ever had this gen and will be a non factor next gen. Sure you will get a very small majority switch brands or buy both who normally wouldn't, but at the end of the day both companies have their audience. It is all about what systems your friends have, achievement/trophies, and what they offer as far as an overall entertainment experience.

The reason why no one understands this is because the people on this forum and every other forum are part of this shrinking community that is being left behind. They are still hanging on to this 1995 mentality of which ever company has the most games wins.

Nintendo is different than Sony and Microsoft. They don't get much 3rd party support, so they need their legendary first party titles. Sony and Microsoft are trying to take over your living room and be your media hub to the world and to your friends and family.

Gaming needs to be about gaming again, not this media hub bullshit. It's appalling to think that the focus will shift from the actual games to a bunch of useless crap that can be used literally everywhere else. The games and the experiences they can offer should always be the deciding factor, not what apps it can use.

Things are focusing more on media hub bs, but I highly doubt exclusives will cease to matter. I think they will always exist and REAL gamers will go where the games they want are.

The gaming industry is evolving. It is more mainstream today than it has ever been. Games are becoming events and cool to play. The once majority has now become the minority. This is how gaming is going to be from here on out.

I never said exlcusives would go away. I said they wouldn't matter. People have their prefrence. People want to play with their friends, have the most apps, and just be entertained. That is what this online community of gamers don't understand. The industry is passing everyone by.

Embrace it or move on.


Exactly, and that is totally a negative. As anything becomes more mainstream it brings in people who love to follow the sheep like mentality of "Oh it's popular? Gee it must be the best". I honestly wish those people would just go do something else lol.


I hear it all the time, the "media hub" talk. I'm not saying you are wrong, i'm just saying I don't like it and I think the industry would be better off NOT heading in that direction, but instead focus on making great games that entice people to purchase one console over the other.



cloud1161 on 09 February 2013

They still matter, just not in the same way they used to or to the same extent.



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V-r0cK on 09 February 2013

We need exclusives as they're the ones that define a console or else the big three might as well join forces.