| Scoobes said: I completely disagree. As a gamer, I would much rather have 3 very good exclusives to a single good and popular game. I'd much rather have the choice and the variety. Is money an issue? Possibly, but I'd still rather be spoilt for choice then have only a small set of games to choose from. For the console manufacturer it can also be beneficial as you're bringing in users and customers with diferent tastes which can increase sales of all software in a range of genres. Also, your point about number of hours spent on the titles is true, but just because their are more titles out their doesn't mean people don't devote large amounts of time into those titles. The content available in Sony and Nintendo exclusives is more than enough to keep people playing for over 100 hours, and many do. |
The console makers have found out it is better to sell one game to people who buy between 1 and 4 titles per year or even increase the numbers of titles they buy than to sell 2 or more games to people who buy 5-15 titles a year. Cue Nintendo for the former and Sony for the latter, Nintendo of course being the more successful at moving units of the two given the fact that the thick edge of the wedge is a much better side of the market to work on. This is the market reality and here what you prefer doesn't really factor into anything.
Tease.
