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d21lewis on 22 May 2010
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CGI-Quality said:
BMaker11 said:
I endorse exclusivity because it allows the game to be tailored to the strengths of the console it's on without having to worry about anything else. Full optimization, if you will

Also, without exclusivity, you can barely differentiate between consoles. You buy an Xbox for a reason. You buy a PS3 for a reason. You buy a Wii for a reason. Whether this is the "multiplatform gen" or not, what would be the point of choosing one over the other if they all had the same games?

Touche.

Your honor, I motion to have that "Touche" stricken from the record!  If all these multi-platform games weren't multi-platform, what would be the motivation to push a console as hard as you can?  The reason games like Uncharted, Killzone, and MAG are the technical marvels that they are is because Sony had to get up off of their asses and make people stand up and say "wow" when they saw PS3 games.  Believe me, Sony would have been more than happy to bask in insane PS3 sales while gamers bought Tekken 6 and Resident Evil 5 exclusively for the PS3.

And just because a game is available for both consoles doesn't mean that it can't be optimized for one console.  Look at Resident Evil on the Gamecube or Bayonetta for the 360.  Multiplatform doesn't mean a gimped PS3 version.  It just means more people get to play.  This generation, it's up to the first party to make sure that their console is worth buying.  Looking at my console collection, it seems like they're all doing a good job!!