console + PC games are NOT exclusive

[ironman]

MAFKKA said:

Chairman-Mao said:
I disagree so strongly there isn't even a word for it. Yeah everyone has a PC, not everyone uses it for gaming. In fact a small percentage actually plays games. And of course I mean games like Half life, not minesweeper or solitaire.

I still consider a game thats only on one console and PC exclusive.

We've already covered that part, you need to go back and re-read the thread. But for a quick reply.

Just because YOU, as an individual, or the majority, chose to not play games on a platform, dosent make it exclusive to the one you play it on

. Platform is by definition;

• "The [consumer electronics/electronic systems] used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles."
• "The term "platform" refers to the specific combination of electronic or computer hardware which, in conjunction with low-level software, allows a video game to operate. The term "system" is also commonly used."

So by definition the PC is a platform, aswell as a console.. among other devices. So as established, if a software can be played on multiple platforms, the word for it would be what?

once again, stumbling on the common misconception that a platform MUST = hardware. Remeber, that in order for games to be played, they must be built on a software platform. Anyway, the platform has NOTHING to do with the term "exclusive". Exclusive basically means only one party. People who want to play gmaes like Mass Effect all have something in common, you know what it is? They must use MS Software. The hardware is irrelevant. Now, had the OP said console + PC games are multiplat, I would have to agree with him, but he too has fallen under the guise that multiplat = exclusive.