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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 August 2008
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shio said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
naznatips said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Try this on for size people. If its on PC...it STILL COUNTS AS A PS3 EXCLUSIVE! Exclusivity only focuses on consoles.

 

No, it doesn't. The PC is a gaming platform playing the same game as the consoles (often for less cost). PC games effect console sales, and buyer perception. Valve games will never be exclusive to a console, because they are PC games. The console versions are just cheap ports. When you call a cheap port of something exclusive, you only make yourself look dumb.

 

WOW..like I didn't know that it was a platform. ANYTHING that plays videogames is considered a platform smart one. Exclusivity only implies console exclusivity between warring consoles, vying for brand dominance. (IE: 360 vs PS3 or DS vs PSP) A PC is not a console, it runs differently and it plays differently while standing alone. MS puts it on PC because they create PC software as well as publishing games for consoles. It's two different experiences. One is infront of your television set and the other is on a computer screen. Get it straight.

don't bury yourself even more.

PC and Console directly affect each other's sales. That's all that matters.

Oh and more and more people ar starting to move their PCs into their living room. Get it straight.

 

 

So basically you mean to tell me that the Halo franchise isn't Xbox console exclusive in the console wars? So you're going to tell me that Final Fantasy VII wasn't console exclusive to the PS1? Please tell me you think deeper than that. Consoles are a booming market that are really giving it to PC's these days (Even though PC's are holding their own). PC games don't war with consoles, therefore the implication of blocked off exclusivity doesnt apply to PC. They are used as additional sales for Microsoft owned games. Those games are provided for those who don't have consoles (and trust me alot of pro PC fanboys hate consoles), they run differently for the PC and everything.

 

To further bolster my statement:

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television, monitor, etc.) to display a video game. The term "video game console" is used to distinguish a machine designed for consumers to buy and use solely for playing video games from a personal computer, which has many other functions, or arcade machines, which are designed for businesses that buy and then charge others to play. -Wikipedia

 

Console exclusivity only counts to keep one game from being on another console. 1st party exclusives are usually set, 3rd parties can change any day of the week. PC's don't count.