As defined by the interwebs:
"In the consumer gaming market, mutliplatform games run on more than one gaming machine. For example, a sports game developed for Xbox, Playstation, GameCube, and PC would be a multiplatform game. If a game is developed exclusively for one system, i.e. "The Legend of Zelda," for Nintendo, it is not multiplatform. Gaming hardware manufacturers use exclusive software as a reason for consumers to buy their system."...
So what would the intention of a console/pc "exlusivity" be? Its not to define a system, nor does it ensure a reason for consumers to buy a specific system, since its availible on multiple platforms (hence the word multi-platform). So why would you not focus on releasing games on all systems, and why would you pay heavy money to keep a game off of the other systems, while still keeping the system/pc combo? It dosen't add up.
And what about games that works with consoles and PC gamers together?
Games that feature cross-platform online play include:
- DC Universe Online (future release)
- Kane and Lynch Dead Men
- Champions Online
- Lost Planet: Colonies
- Phantasy Star Online
- Shadowrun
- Uno
- Final Fantasy XI Online
How can console/pc be exclusive when both platforms interact with eachother? And these are not Crysis type games or whatever, everyone with a computer can play UNO.
Another definition:
Cross-platform (Multi platform)
Cross platform is a term which can refer to computer programs, operating systems, computer languages, programming languages, or other computer software and their implementations which can be made to work on multiple computer platforms.
Notice that the above text says "made to work on multiple computer platforms" - so you can not argue that is exclusive because PC isn't a true gaming platform. The Game is "made to work on multiple computer platforms".. i.e the PC. And if it works on multiple computer platforms, it's defined as what people? Multi platform! That's right.
