Exclusives - Bad for the consumer?

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BMaker11 said:
Saying exclusives are bad is like saying competition is bad...and we all know that's not true

Not at all.  I'm saying exclusives (or at least some exclusives) are just methods of competing that don't actually favour me as the end consumer.

I don't multiple TVs to watch competing channels, nor does the fact I only have one TV prevent multiple companies making them and competing for my choice.

I'm just noting that certain exclusives are the equivilent of having to buy a Sony DVD to watch a Sony pictures film.  Take the GTA IV DLC for 360.  The actual game is on both platforms - does it really benefit the end consumer that MS can pay to have additional content to aid their own purposes?

I don't have an answer and wondered how others felt.