Why are exclusives so important to you?

[forevercloud3000]

The second I hear a game is multiplatform my expectations immediately drop. I didn't purchase a single MP game last gen and Im still not a total fan of them in this one. Her lies the issue....

MP games are inferior to Exclusive games, plain and simple. Take any MP game and just think, "What would this game have been like if it were Exclusive to one console or another?". Exclusive games push envelopes and utilize everything to their disposal. Imagine Halo:Combat Evolved being MP, forced to bend to the will of the weaker PS2. That game would not have garnered the attention it has today. Exclusives pave the way for what is possible as a game designer and encourage further improvement in time.

The Recession forcing most game publishers into going Multiplatform, and the heavy usage of Unreal Engine have crippled this gen in my opinion. Its like Video Game Dark Ages...