Titanfall designer on Xbox exclusivity: "Microsoft is like the Apple of videogames"

[sales2099]

badgenome said:

sales2099 said:

Again, I must retort that as a Xbox gamer, it does benefit me. It differentiates my purchase from theirs. And when they get it, I will laugh that they got it so late while I am playing something more current. And these aren't even exclusives, but multiplats that MS turns into an exclusive...for a period of time. 

Paying millions to give me the first class treatment while punishing the other guys who purchased the wrong console.... as a Xbox gamer I got no complaints and MS has my thanks.

The bolded is exactly my point. It doesn't benefit you as the value offered by the Xbox doesn't increase in real terms. Microsoft isn't investing in improving their product, they are investing in degrading the other guy's product. That is not a practice that gamers should champion.

Corporate cheerleaders and people who want to see other people punished for "buying the wrong console", on the other hand... yeah.

By degrading the competition it in fact elevates my console as a result. Its a practice that the winning gamer should champion.

Gamers by nature have short spans. They play a game for a few weeks and move on to the next, with exceptions offcourse. To secure a game for 6 months or a full year......that's pretty much the equivalent of an exclusive.

But yes, it is a punishment, and given enough punishments, maybe they will see the light and buy a X1....it really is a great console :)