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walsufnir said:

I am surprised how many think that exclusives are that much of a factor to buy a console, really. Of course it is one part of the equation but look at which games sold the most last gen: it was multiplatform games.
If we take VGC's numbers and assume that exclusives are one of the main reasons, if not the main reason and that every exclusive game is a reason to buy a console and that there is no overlap, meaning that people don't buy multiple exclusives on one console and take playstation3:

HW total: 86.29

Best selling exclusives:

Gran Turismo 5 (the only exclusive being in the top 10) : 10.73
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception : 6.79
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves : 6.68
The Last of Us : 5.88
LittleBigPlanet : 5.88
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune : 4.92
God of War III : 4.82
Resistance: Fall of Man : 4.33
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue : 4.20
MotorStorm : 3.87
Sports Champions : 3.84
Gran Turismo 6 : 3.47
LittleBigPlanet 2 : 3.39
Heavy Rain : 3.07
Killzone 2 : 3.01
inFAMOUS : 2.92
Killzone 3 : 2.76
God of War Collection : 2.60
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction : 2.56
Resistance 2 : 2.47
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Total : 88.19

So it takes 20 exclusives to overcome the total amount of consoles sold, with Resistance being at number 71 in the overall list. The tie ratio for PS3 is 11.02.
I think it is clear that people only use exclusives as an argument on enthusiast forums, the majority buys games, no matter if it is exclusive or not. There are way more reasons to go for a console than just exclusives, as indicated by several points in this post.

Playstation 3, had over 200 Exclusives, you is just using 20, Exclusives is what sell consoles, (even if the other exclusives sold a average of 500 Thousands units, already is 180 Millions of exclusive games sold, and already is enought to make the Plataform worth, and make the Exclusives be the Reason to purchase the console) people purchase Multiplataform, after that, Exclusives is what sell consoles, if 1 People purchased the console for 1 of those exclusives, instead of geting it on Xbox 360, or on PC, already is Worth.

 

Is Funny how Exclusives suddenly does not matter, is what sell consoles, Only because Microsoft, does not want to push Xbox One's hardware sales, does not means that Exclusives, are not what move 10000000000% of the hardware sales, 3 Exclusives per person already is much, and enought to make the person chose that Plataform, over the another.

 

And you forgot Metal Gear Solid 4, that sold 6 Millions on Playstation  3, is a exclusive, if is not made by Sony, but is a Exclusive, still count, this put.

God of War Ascencion, sold more than 2.2 Millions units.

more 1.8 Millions from another Ratchet & Clank game,

1.8 Millions from Demon Souls,

1.8 Millions of Infamous 2,

 1.7 Millions of Beyond Two Souls,

1.7 of Kingdom Hearts,

1.65 of Heavenly Sword,

1.51 of Ni no Kuni,

other Motorm storm for 1.31 Millions,

1.25 Millions of Socom,

1.23 Millions of Tales of Xillia,

other Kingdom Hearts,  1.21 Millions,

1.19 Millions of One Piece Warriors,

1.14 Ninja Gaiden Sigma,

 1.14 Hot shoot golfs,

1.14 Sing Star,

1.13 Ratchet & Clan all in one

1.12 ModnationRacers.

1.12 Yakuza 3.

1.07 Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm

1.05 Warhawk

0.95 Yakuza 4

 

With those exclusives already is 124+ Millions of exclusives sold, More than all the Call of Duty games that launched on Playstation 3, more than All Assasin's creed, and any other game series that launched on Playstation 3.

 

With the other Exclusives that VG Chartz, don't track, can be 200+ Millions,  or even more, and already is a good thing, 70% of the 124 Millions of Exclusives, made the people want the Console, and sold the Hardware, already is more than 84 Millions units of Hardware sold, for the Main Exclusives, and still had a lot of other exclusives that would Add Dozens of Millions of Software sales,  Fat Princess, also did very well on Sales, but VG Chartz, don't track it.

 

Exclusives do move Hardware, otherwise, people would move to PC, and just Upgrade their PC, over the Years, and would be able to play any Exclusive, and Multiplataform, also play Moba, and MMORPG,  cheaper than Paying 1000+ US$ per generation to own all the Consoles.