Reasons for why Microsoft has timed exclusives (NO TROlLS OR HATERS HERE)

[DM235]

r505Matt said:

DM235 said:
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If I was an XBox owner, I would feel cheated if a game I thought was exclusive ended up not being exclusive, and it ended up being more polished on a rival console. As a consumer I would prefer to know if it was a timed exclusive or not, but this would definitely minimize the impact of the exclusivity deal. The only exception to this that I can think of would be GTA on PS2/XBox, where I think everyone knew that it would come to the XBox, but most people got it for the PS2 anwyay.

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To your 2nd paragraph, why would anyone feel cheated? Why would it matter? I don't feel cheated at all about Eternal Sonata, or Tales of Vesperia, or Star Ocean. So what if it's ported? And maybe more content? A PS3 owner is paying in time (waiting about a year), and money (the game is a year old, but still full price). I got the games earlier, that's good enough for me at least. I guess not everyone would react the same though, and may feel more like you would feel.

Losing the exclusivity I could deal with, but I would at least want them to patch my copy to make them equal.