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NinjaKido on 25 January 2009
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KylieDog said:
shio said:
KylieDog said:
Snaaaaaake said:

I don't understand why games released on the 360 and PC aren't counted as 360 exclusives in the context of the console war by some. You can't find them on any other console, therefore they are Xbox 360 exclusives.

 

Many developers do refer to single console/PC games as exclusives for the console.  Reason being the PC isn't directly competiting with any console.  It is mainly PC gamers with a chip on their shoulder that argue otherwise.

No, PC is in direct competition with Xbox 360 because it affects the games' sales. Simple as that.

 

 

...and there is the chip.

 

 

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=166516

 

However, this is an Xbox 360 exclusive and it's coming out on PC.

 

http://www.videogamer.com/news/22-01-2009-10462.html

 

Refers to the game as an 360 exclusive despite the article mentioning the PC version.

 

http://www.neowin.net/news/gamers/07/04/24/xbox-360-loses-two-exclusives-to-ps3

 

Claims 360 loses two exclusives despite stating both the have a PC version.

 

 

 

....and so on.  This is people who make the games and people in the game journo industry.  If it isn't on a rival console, it is an exclusive.  PC is not a rival.

 

Just because some people recognise PC/360 titles as being synomymous with 360 exclusive doesn't make it so.

 

Define : Exclusive

  2. Not allowing something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive conditions.
  3. Not divided or shared with others: exclusive publishing rights.
  4. Not accompanied by others; single or sole: your exclusive function.
  5. Complete; undivided: gained their exclusive attention.
  6. Not including the specified extremes or limits, but only the area between them: 20–25, exclusive; that is, 21, 22, 23 and 24.
  7. Excluding some or most, as from membership or participation: an exclusive club.

 

-In title A is on both the PC/360 then that title is no long an "exclsuvie title" because it is availible on another platform , the term "console exclusive" still has no meaning because you don't neccaserily need a console to play a PS3/PC , 360/PC game.

-A person might opt to buy the PC version of a game instead of the 360 version , therfore there is competition between the two formats.

-The PC has hundreds of millions of gamers so it is still a very viable format for multiplatform games.

-If some one's wife had sexual relations with a dog you couldn't argue she was being faithful because she was "human exclusive" by definition there is no devision or exceptions when it comes to exclusivity.