Jaycee_Bam said:
ironman said:
Fufinu said:
I have a PS3 but no gaming PC, so when a game is exclusive to PC and 360 it does mean a fair bit to me. |
And that is one of the flaws in WereKitten's and a few others argument...You cannot use a variable as a solid argument, it cannot be proven, nor denied, and as such, is an easy way out.
Anyway, I really don't believe PCs are consoles, But if by some miracle somebody could show me one thread of evidence to the contrary, my argument about the Software platform stands. I have been using the MS platfrom because A. That seems to be the big one for shunting exclusives, and most likely the main cause for the OP, and B. I am most familiar with it. However, Anything that is ported from the PS3 to the PSP family, would be an exclusive because it is all run on Sony firmware and cannot (without modification) be run on any other brand firmware. Same goes for the Wii and the DS.
Now, if we were to then go over to the "PC is NOT a gaming console", well the area between the main systems, and the portables becomes more of a grey area.
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In a sense you are right. It is MS exlclusive, but that doesn't mean anything past the ability to beef up your fanboy list of exclusives, unless of course all you want is MS to get your money (when they don't always on PC).
Excuse me? Fanboy list? Try reading my other posts in other threads...then come back here and say that to my face.
Look at the top the screen and you will see PC as it's own section. Even if you go to Metacritic it will say: "other platforms: PC ..."
We are not talking platforms, we are talking exclusives, besides, I already proved Metacrat wrong...A PC is NOT a gaming Console, try reading my last few posts again.
IGN takes VgChartz and Metacritic to the next level when they don't include each companies sub-platform in one branch. They specify between each platform. And guess what they include the PC. So what that it does other things too, it doesn't mean that you can discount it's gaming attributes. There is an entire market built upon GAMING PC's.
But they are still PCs and THIS is where the destinction lies. They are NOT consoles.
As for handheld games ( or in the case of Sony PS3 vs. PS2) such as the distinction between MLB:09 the Show on PS3 and PSP, there should be an asterisk. This is because when the quality of the game changes drastically the relevence of the game being multiplatform doesn't really mean anything. Your comparing a gala apple to a pink lady apple. They are still apples, but very different apples. The same goes for the games.
That was kinda my point, but ok...
As some other guy was saying about console exclusive, that too is true. But the main purpose of adding the word 'console' is to fight a fanboy war between the 360 and PS3 (but it's fun and entertaining, it's understandable why it is that way). It is a word that essentially is inclusive to the 360 and PS3.
You forgot the Wii, there is a reason for that, and it's not so deleterious as you may think, it's because UNLIKE the PC, the Wii, PS3 and 360 are gaming CONSOLES.
On a whole it is moot because you are excluding other platforms. Excluding other gamers. To determine what gaming decision is best for a potential gamer you should start by including everything, AND THEN taking pieces away. That way a gamer can make the most educated decision.
The term "exclusive" when used on this site is generally used in the context of CONSOLE games, Other platforms are irrelevant in these types of discussions.
Start big, then narrow it down.
You would do well to follow those words.
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