Imaginedvl said:
Yes for your point about the "box" itself; I concede that :) This move may not be the most beneficial for sure. But that's not what Microsoft is aiming for, their vision is about the eco-system. This means less Third Party support for Xbox One, and only because the game will launch for PC, does not means that will came for Xbox, only because they use "Windows", is just a OS, the port of the game need to came from the Developers, and they will still need to make the port for the console, i don't see how this can benefit Xbox One's Owners, if is for more people in the Multiplayer Lobby, they already have enought, and would grow more without exclusives coming for PC, this was the only positive thing i could think about the Xbox One, and PC Integration. And the biggest problem is that now all Microsoft's games will be made for 2 Plataform, more Development work, and less optimization for the Xbox One, because will also need to make the PC Port. Why is that? While it may requires more work (I mean after all they need to optimize for both platform and one of them supports a lot of different hardware); third parties are ALREADY doing that. There is nothing new here. Why would it be different with Microsoft openly supporting that from the start? (and actually providing better unified tools to develop for WU API, Xbox and Direct X which may speed up the process and optimization at the end). |
With some few Exceptions, Third party games are not better than Exclusives, this is because they focus on what will sell consoles, the Exclusives, and work just in 1 Version, you can only attain such Quality when you are working just for the Game, and don't have to worry to port the game for others Plataforms.
And about your comment up there, the Price is important, but isn't All, they don't purchased PS4, because was Cheaper, is because of the Games, and Exclusives as well, PS3, sold more than Xbox 360, in the same time, and was Twice the Price, LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted, and Demon Souls, helped it to sell, you can see the jump that Hardwares have when Exclusives come out, the Games are what sell consoles, and if is exclusive for 1 Plataform, this sell more Consoles.
And, other reason that the PS4, is selling so much is because the console is the Main Standart for Third Party Developers, the console receive more support, than Xbox One, and Wii U, and is all thanks to its Install-Base, and the Install-base, is thanks to Sony's Decision to stay as a Traditional Home Console, with Exclusives, without any Mandatory, while Xbox One, was launching games for PC, had a Aways Online Mandatory, and was 500US$ because of Kinect.
The Wii U, have good Exclusives, but the console don't sell because only launch 1 Game each 2-3 Months, and have a Poor name that confuse consumers, while PS4, for example, have a lot of Exclusives, and a lot of Third Party Support.