The best way to look at a game library's quality

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mantlepiecek said:

Depends. Everyone has a PC, at least everyone who has a console. The moment a game releases, they may not be able to play it on their PC, but they can definitely upgrade the system later on for cheap.

Blatant falsehood. Computer parts are not legos. Every piece cannot go wherever it feels like all willy nilly. A system from 7 years ago would serve plenty fine as an internet machine, but not amount of upgrading could ever get it to play Crysis 2 well. The parts simply didn't exist at the time which means you have to build a whole new system. Gaming PC is not the same as just a PC. Gaming PCs will set you back an amount comparable to a console if you esnt to play the latest games.

 

"For eg.: If someone wants to play Mass effect 1 now, they won't necessarily go and buy a 360 because chances are if they invested that much on their PC to upgrade it, they would definitely be able to play all the newer games as well.

Which is why console exclusives are never equal to true exclusives and shouldn't be considered as equals. But console exclusives do matter if you are more interested in console gaming or in the true exclusives of a particular system."

 

And this matters because? Does a game existing on another platform harm the game in some manner? Would Heavy Rain be a worse game if it magically could be played by the 360, Wii, phones, or toasters?