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LivingMetal said:

Let's face it.  We have three major competitors, and they all want our money.  And what makes one stand out from the rest... EXCLUSIVES!  If a title is released on both the Xbox One and the PC, then it's exclusive to Microsoft.  So Microsoft reaps the benefit whether the title is bought on the One or a Window based PC.  The same with Sony with Persona 5 being released on the PS4 and the PS3.  And we've had titles to be released on both the PS4 and the PC.  If one can make the argument that "Why do I need an Xbox One when I can play it on the PC?", why can't the same be argued against the PS4 when that game is also on the PC?  The exclusivity, I think, refers more to the competing company rather than the hardware itself.

> Plays it on Linux via Wine/Steam

> Plays it on Mac via parralels/bootcamp

Now what?



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Soonerman said:
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.

Not everyone has a gaming PC. So what? Not everyone has a PS4 and an Xbox One, I guess all those multi-platform games are actually exclusives because most people only have one or the other. The fact that I can not own an Xbox One, and play an "Xbox One" exclusive is ridiculous.



RolStoppable said:
Barkley said:

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
Hellblade

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

Does that constitute an improvement over previous years? Probably yes.

That's only 17 games and it qualifies as a very good year.

Nintendo has more than 17 this year?

edit: counting all the 3ds games I forgot about yeah it does have quite a few more then that, but not enough to make the statement that PlayStation doesn't offer much in terms of exclusives, and PS certainly shouldn't be grouped with MS in that statement.



I agree with the premise, not the weak ass reasoning.

I'm fine with PlayStation or Xbox calling a game that comes to their console and PC an "exclusive" provided that it's prefaced with something letting people know that it's not 100% exclusive.



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Exclusives aren't Everything. Why do we obsess over them?



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Tulipanzo said:
Sure Jan

WHERE IS THIS FROM!?

I've heard it so many times....



Predicted 15+ million lifetime-sales for God of War:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=234612&page=1

Thats fine. The X1 still has a horrible offering when it comes to exclusives though.



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d21lewis said:
Exclusives aren't Everything. Why do we obsess over them?

I think that's what's Microsoft and PC gamers want



Tmfwang said:
Tulipanzo said:
Sure Jan

WHERE IS THIS FROM!?

I've heard it so many times....

Brady Bunch Sequel

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