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

[mantlepiecek]

Gnizmo said:

mantlepiecek said:

I am not sure where you think upgrading is that expensive, I just upgraded my RAM for 50 dollars.

I am trying to find a non-jerk way to say something. Forgive the bluntness but you really have no idea what you ae talkng about here. After a certain point you have to just start over from scratch because the latest CPUs and video cards as of of late it seems won't work with your old ass set-up. Replacing that means pretty much replacing everything potentially including RAM even though it is a lot more universal than other parts.

"On my second point, you took it the wrong way. What I meant was the equality in attracting a gamer, that is the worth in a console's library. Is red dead redemption an exclusive because its not on the PC?

Is extraction an exclusive because its not on the 360? Is okami a wii exclusive because its not on the PS3/360?

No. There are multiple systems and multiple ways of playing games, nowadays all you need is a pre-order of Homefront to get a new gaming system (onlive)."

No I think you took my point the wrong way. The question was not rhetorical. Exclusivity is meaningless when playing a game. FFVI has been on countless systems, but I still love replaying it as much as when it was exclusive to the SNES. A game existing multiple places does nothing to diminish its value, and as such contributes to the value of the system it is on. My 360 is fun to play even though I own maybe 2 exclusives. I still like owning the system, and it was still the best choice for me at the time I bought it.

The first point can be avoided by sacrificing RAM and video card early on to reduce the costs, and get a comparitively good CPU. Later on as you need you can go on upgrading your video card and RAM without changing anything else.

But you are right of course, some people will have problems. Which is why I did point out that console exclusives are important as well.

The third point I didn't mean the value of a game. I meant the value that it gives exclusively to a system.