Do you endorse exclusivity?

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d21lewis said:

.jayderyu said:
here are my 2cents in regards to the topic

Well as some one who trying to start up a company I can honestly say no. When I work on a game I'm making the game to share the experience I'm envisioning. Of course I can't consider it free. I need to invest money in the game and I would like to make my career sharing my visions. This is a circle. So while I consider the highest priority as the game and vision, money cannot take a back seat. The game is the engine and chassis Money are the wheels and steering wheel.

Having said that. Exclusivity sucks. It essentially defines that sharing my vision becomes less important. I want my vision to go to as many people there are. That way more people/gamers/consumers know what I make.

In pointing out the OP
"For me yes. Exclusivity drives the market and sets brand recognition."

This explains a lot of the consumer point of views. Who's Brand Recognition? my game? or the platform? TMNT, Mega Man have appeared on multiple console brands. Clearly in the case of the OP the Platform is more important than my company or the game. Where as what really drives the market is the reverse. Exclusives don't drive the market. The Market is based on supply and demand. A game produced in a limited scope of potential demand does not need more supplies. As is the last Generation the GC has the minimal potential demand. How could that drive the market in anyway? It can't and doesn't. What the OP is actually saying is this. "I want MY preferred console to have higher demand. That requires more exclusives to MY console."

So in the end. Exclusives only support a console, but hold back the industry as a whole. In many ways. As others have pointed out elements that are considered positive in light(as in graphics) generally have the cost that the code is not as portable and come next generation there is a lot of building from scratch again. So yes PS3 Exclusive can and will do fabulous graphical games, but at the cost that all the hours spent working on the games engine is borrowed from the next generation.

So Exclusives make bragging, fapping rights are in overall more harmful to the gaming console industry than helpful.

Eloquently stated.

Who wins if Street Fighter 4 or Call of Duty:  Modern Warfare were exclusive?  Certainly not the gamers.  For me, multi-platform gaming means that I can choose the "best version" (being a multi-console owner) and people who only on one console can play some version of a game.  What's wrong with that?

This is basically what I think.

However, some games should be exclusive if only to drive interest for a certain console. This is what the 1st parties are doing with Mario, Halo, etc. 

However, with 3rd parties, no one wins with exclusivity. The "optimization" of a game if it is exclusive is nothing more than minor technical differences. FF13 not being exclusive is a pretty good example.