Games is more About Politics than having Fun

[BMaker11]

JayWood2010 said:

Me and my friend was playing Bloodborne last night and then he told me that people are making a petition for Bloodborne not to be ported to PC.......I just was in a state of "wow that's dumb".  I mean I find it absolutely pathetic that people would go out of their way just to make a petition for something not to go to PC because its a precious exclusive.......

For starters how does it effect you as a person?  Its still the same game, just more people will get a chance to play it.  In fact both me and my friend would buy it again.  Secondly I stand by my statement that PC doesnt effect console sells.  Parents arent buying their son and daughter a gaming PC for christmas, theyre buying them a Xbox or PS.  I genuinely believe that PC+Console is the future, but that is for a different day plus im sure some people are tired of hearing me say that.

Anyways my point is that a game is a game, its about having fun, yet it most often comes down to "My console is better because it has this, this, and this", arguing about what somebody on the PR said and how we are robbed as gamers.  And do you really want to know what the worst thing about a console exclusive going PC is?  Its the ridicule and childish comments you read on the internet about that game and console being lesser than what it was before.  Not the fact that it isnt only on a console.  

And while we are at it, most people that says "PC Masterrace", its meant as a joke.  In reality, its the console warriors that are the Master Race arguing about which is better and fighting over exclusives.  

So are you playing games because theyre exclusive or because theyre fun?  What do you all think about the state of the gaming community?

 

Do you really not understand the implications behind losing exclusives? You can go the pity party route of "why don't you want more people to have access to having fun?"

But exclusives differentiate consoles and PC from each other. How many times have we seen "competition is good for the consumer" and "we shouldn't have PS2 level dominance again"? If all consoles have the same games, then there's no need for multiple consoles. Let's just have one console or one standardized PC. But that kills competition and innovation.

Avoiding something like that is not "politics". Avoiding something like that is looking out for our best interest both as a consumer (e.g. how our money is spent) and in the level of entertainment we receive from the medium.

I play a game because it's fun. But I also understand the necessity of exclusives. Next time you say "how does that affect you?" when somebody complains about an exclusive going to another platform, stop and think how it affects YOU. And not in the short term (oh, I get to play this game now!) but in the long term (devs aren't pushing the envelope anymore because there's no incentive to be better than "the other guys")