Should games still be played on exclusive hardware?

[kain_kusanagi]

Jazz2K said:

kain_kusanagi said:
MS, Sony, and Nintendo make the majority of their money from 3rd party licenses. They only make 1st party exclusives to ensure customers buy their hardware for their exclusives. Then once the device in in the home they make a killing on anything else published for it.

Dumping hardware would mean far less profit.

Are you sure about this? Seems like MS is making a killing on third party then since they seem to sell the most, they also make a lot of money through Gold subscription whereas Sony seems to lose money even if they sell almost as much third party as MS.

Well, each company has their own business models and strategies, but the whole reason for producing a console is to make money on all games sold on it.