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Rainbird on 15 May 2011
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fps_d0minat0r said:
Rainbird said:

So if we want to exclude emulators, it could go something like this:

"Every videogame is exclusive to a subset of all platforms, where the game has been officially released on each platform in the subset.

If a subset of platforms exist such that the game has been released for each of those platforms, but also on a platform outside of that subset, then that the game is not exclusive to that subset."

but by involving "subsets" havent you already compromised the meaning of the word?

Not at all. The problem with the discussion on exclusive games, as I see it at least, is that the term is used very loosely, when in truth, every game is an exclusive. It's just a matter of what it's exclusive to, and as Squilliam posted, a game can be exclusive to a bunch of things, even things that aren't remotely related.

Is Ocarina of Time an exclusive? Yes, but not to the Nintendo 64. But you could say that is exclusive to Nintendo devices, which is absolutely correct. God of War isn't an exclusive either, because you can play it on both PS2 and PS3, but it's still a Sony exclusive. 

Is Gears of War exclusive? Yes, to the 360 and PC. Is the 3DS exclusively a 3D machine? No, because every game can be played in 2D.