Why don't multiplatform and digital games count?

[nitekrawler1285]

MikeRox said:

nitekrawler1285 said:

It largely has to do with context. On a sales website an often unstated context lies in how does this game sell the console. Multiplatform games dont offer any advantage in that context. Download games without retail presence are also similarly useless so they get discounted from discussion. 

But most games sold tend to be barring the Nintendo stuff, multiformat.

I'm pretty certain most Xbox and PlayStation owners buy the systems for 3rd party releases which are available on other systems. Exclusives may help steer which way someone leans if they're only going to buy 1 format, but if you want GTA, either price or best version is going to be the factor, rather than the fact that ICO is on one of the systems.

Many of those games you speak of as being multiplatform now such as GTA were not originally. Millions of dollars were paid by companies to make them exclusive if only for a time.  The console that had all of them that way first has far and away beat every other console ever. Only edge out DS I guess.