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WagnerPaiva on 29 March 2017

Like, Uncharted 4, Until Dawn, Horizon Zero Dawn, if it is on only one console.



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arcaneguyver on 29 March 2017

Can I buy it on only one platform? Exclusive.

If there's only one version of a multiplat translated into English, it may as well be exclusive.

If a game has been remade so thoroughly it can hardly be considered the same game as the original (Ratchet & Clank, Blaster Master DX), it may as well be considered its own game and possibly exclusive.

(As for 'console exclusive,' 'platform exclusive,' 'let me move the goalpost ten feet to the left exclusive'....that's best left to people being paid to sell machines.)



Eric2048 on 29 March 2017

If a game is only available for one family of consoles it's an exclusive. (Persona 5: PS4/PS3, Zelda BOTW Wii U/Switch).

If a game is available for only one family of consoles and PC it's a console exclusive, because it's not on any other type of consoles. (Nier Automata PS4/PC)



pokoko on 29 March 2017

All things are relative.

The qualifier for "exclusive" depends on the person asking the initial question or making the initial statement. It's up to them to set the bounds.



Chazore on 29 March 2017

if it's bound to a single platform/system, then it's exclusive. If it's on multiple systems then it's not exclusive.



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Zkuq on 29 March 2017

It depends on context, but generally it seems to mean a game that's available only on the stated platforms.



ShadowSoldier on 29 March 2017

Honestly as stupid as it sounds. I don't count PC as a Console Platform. I think PCs are capable of gaming but they arent necessarily competing with consoles.



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Platina on 29 March 2017

Exclusive is limited to one system

..or you can have [company] exclusive

but to leave the benefit of doubt, when people say [console] exclusive, I do consider that PC isn't taken into account



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Intrinsic on 29 March 2017

  1. Platform exclusive
    A game can be on PS4/PS3/Vita or WiiU/NS and even XB1/360/PC... vecause you can't get Xbox exclusives unless you buy from the windows store for PC and they are usually priced the same as their console counterparts.

  2. Console Exclusive 
    The game will be on only one console and could also be on the PC. In most cases these would be first party games and will never be on the PC but in some cases they would also be on the PC and sold on Steam or something.

  3. Timed Exclusive
    On a particular platform for any given amount of time and then is on everything. This can still have combinations of (1) and (2) above.
I honestly can't imagine why what it measn for something to be exclusive is so confusing to some or why anyone would act like teher are so many different meansing to the word. Another way to look at it is this, an exclusive is something that you can only buy from a specific place. 
I alsodo not look at PCs as consoles, as I feel that they are very different markets. But even if you treated it as a console, all the above still applies.


Ultrashroomz on 29 March 2017

I don't like use the terms console exclusive or platform exclusive or whatever, if it's on more than one platform, it's not exclusive.

BOTW, Persona 5, and Automata are NOT exclusive.



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