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Twilord on 10 February 2015
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Soundwave said:
Twilord said:

I was thinking about it, and I don't know that I'd buy many non-Sony exclusives if I pick a PS4 or many non-Microsoft exclusives if I change my mind and go the other route. Perhaps I am just poisoned against third-parties by their abuse of Nintendo consumers, but bar for some oddities, like a good Final Fantasy or Sonic game, I can't imagine my self playing all that many non-exclusive games. Dragon Age 4 would be one of the few exceptions (which I'd get on PC).

 

Am I just a Nintendo gamer who will be carrying over defensive habits to their secondary console or are third-party offerings just that 'take it or leave it' to anyone else?


I'm sorry but I think this is one of the cases where you shouldn't buy into the nonsense that people throw in your face. There are plenty of incredible third party games, if you're choosing to bypass them because of some mantra drilled into your head on message boards, you're missing out. 

In the day when Nintendo had good third party support, like the NES and SNES, many of the best games were third party. 

Even today, even though people crap on the Wii U versions of games, if you didn't have a PS3/360 and didn't sit there counting pixels or measuring frame rate between versions ... things like Assassin's Creed IV and COD: BLOPS2 and Batman Arkham and Need For Speed and Rayman are perfectly enjoyable games on the Wii U. Hell some of them use the tablet controller better than Nintendo's own games. 

The whole bickering about them is they don't have every little minor feature that maybe another version or has a frame rate hiccup now and again. 

Have fun on console message boards, but don't take them too seriously, especially with the games you buy. There's a lot of stupidity and childish console politics (ie: how dare company X/Y/Z release this port 3 months late! Grrr ... now its unplayable to me!). Research games you think are interesting, try out a demo if you can, and jump in. It's just entertainment that's all. 

I actually had a 360 and original Xbox... and Nintendo's back to the SNES... as well as a SEGA 'something'.

 

Honestly maybe its just my consumption habits, but now that you've made me think about it my preferred games on the Nontendo ones tended to be first party even back when I knew nothing of it, like with Alex Kid, and the first Fable. Not saying exceptions don't exist (recently got into classic Megaman and it is awesome) just asking if there is a reason beyond being a subconscious quirk why they tend to be the exception for me...