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Forums - Gaming Discussion - If it's on a Microsoft console AND the PC, it's an exclusive.

Soonerman on 13 June 2017
Medisti said:
No. If I can get it on another platform, like PC, then it's not exclusive. Why would I ever buy an Xbox version over PC?

Because not everyone has a gaming PC. The logic of Xbox haters is that apparently every single PC will play games at the same quality of an Xbox One is absolute crap. My pc has Windows 10 and it can't even play  Alan Wake which is a is like an 8 year old game. Also, if PC was the go to gaming system for everyone, every PC game would obliviorate PS4 and Xbox game sales, yet they never do.



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FloatingWaffles on 13 June 2017

Microsoft views Xbox/Windows 10 as the same thing now essentially I would think based on what they're doing, so yes games that are released on both of those are still Xbox exclusive because they can only be bought from the Xbox/Microsoft ecosystem, which now includes Windows 10. It's why they just label stuff as "Xbox One Console Exclusive" now since they know the games can be bought on Windows 10 but Xbox is the only console you can get them on other than that. 

A lot of people make the argument that well they no longer need to buy an Xbox for this game since they can just get it on Windows 10 but either way Microsoft is getting your money.



jason1637 on 13 June 2017

Games only on PC and Xbox are Microsoft exclusive since they can only be played on Microsoft platforms.



WolfpackN64 on 13 June 2017

Wine would argue these Microsoft exclusives will one day all be non-exclusives :)



arcaneguyver on 13 June 2017

We used to call that a 'console exclusive.' Which in itself is some sad goalpost adjusting.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 13 June 2017

It's not.... really, but these terminologies started once Microsoft entered the console industry. Let them have their training wheel words. Other companies can uphold tradition



SkyerIst_Huiesos on 13 June 2017
pokoko said:
If I can only buy the game on PC from a Microsoft source then I'm fine with calling it an "Xbox exclusive". If I can buy it from Steam? No, it's not.

nope, it;s Microsoft exclusive, not xbox exclusive. If the game is available on ps4 and pc, it's console exclusive.



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SkyerIst_Huiesos on 13 June 2017

xbox one console launch exlusive - that's some really stupid bullshit PR



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Roronaa_chan on 13 June 2017

So a PS4+PC game is a PS4 exclusive, got it.



Barkley on 13 June 2017
RolStoppable said:
The same is argued against the PS4 and rightly so. The reason why it has come to this with the term of exclusivity is that neither the PS brand or the Xbox brand have much to offer in terms of actual exclusives anymore.

Disagree.

Horizon: Zero Dawn
Gravity Rush 2
Wipeout Omega Collection
Yakuza 0
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8
Kingdom Herats 1.5 + 2.5 HD
Final Fantasy XII: HD
Digimon World: Next Order
MLB The Show 17
Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy
Nioh
Persona 5
Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Gran Turismo Sport
Everybody's Golf
Knack 2

These games are all actual exclusives, none of them on pc, and these titles all released or are releasing in 2017.