Why are people happy with game exclusives but not movie exclusives??

[DonFerrari]

binary solo said:

zero129 said:

mornelithe said:

A made-up, non-thing.  Is my best understanding of the situation.

The is no movie exclusives today but back when the HD-DVD vs BluRay war was going on some movies was exclusive to one platform or the other and before that the was the betamax vs vhs.

The format war is a reatively brief fight to the death, always has been. The only time 2 formats truly existed side-by side was in the music format with cassette tape and vinyl.

If you like you can think of the console war as also being a fight to the death, but it takes a lot longer, and because of the time scale of the war and the shortness of a generation when one console format dies another comes along thinking it can take the incumbent(s) out. Consider all of the console formats that have come and gone over the years. If they all still existed we'd have 7 or 8 gaming consoles to choose from. They other way to look at it is that Blu-ray and DVD are exclusive mediums, and in theory HD-DVD, minidisc, UMD and other formats exist in theory but no one has found an economic way of being able to create a competitive multi-format market except for last gen / current gen / new gen formats existing simultaneously for a period of time. 

The main point is, it's always a fight. So if you are expecting these companies to come together, hold hands and sing kumbaya then you're dreaming.

In any case, there is exclusivity in movies and TV in the broadcasting space. Some movies and TV shows are available on all broadcast formats. Others are available on just a few, others are available on just one. When there is more money to be made through exclusivity, t

You could say format war is attriction war with battle... console war is could war and we are just renewing troops every 5 or so years with some dictatorship falling amid it.