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Short version:
Are exclusive experiences important for the success of a platform?
| Game |
Duration of exclusivity |
New platform |
| Halo: Combat Evolved |
22.5 months |
PC |
| Ninja Gaiden |
39.5 months |
PS3 |
| Fable |
12 months |
PC |
| Halo 2 |
30 months |
PC |
| Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath |
71/83 months |
PC/PS3 |
| Enchanted Arms |
12.5 months |
PS3 |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
12 months |
PS3 |
| Gears of War |
7 months |
PC |
| Eternal Sonata |
13 months |
PS3 |
| Bioshock |
14 months |
PS3 |
| Mass Effect |
6/60 months |
PC/PS3 |
| Ninja Gaiden 2 |
16 months |
PS3 |
| Braid |
8/15 months |
PC/PS3 |
| Tales of Vesperia |
13 months |
PS3 |
| Castle Crashers |
24 months |
PS3 |
| Left 4 Dead |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| The Last Remnant |
4 months |
PC |
| Star Ocean: The Last Hope |
11.5 months |
PS3 |
| Trials HD |
43 months |
PC |
| Shadow Complex |
75/84 months |
PC/PS4 |
| Left 4 Dead 2 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Mass Effect 2 |
12 months |
PS3 |
| Metro 2033 |
53 months |
PS4 |
| Splinter Cell: Conviction |
0.5 months |
PC |
| Alan Wake |
21 months |
PC |
| Limbo |
12.5 months |
PC/PS3 |
| Super Meat Boy |
1/60 months |
PC/PS4 |
| Fable 3 |
6.5 months |
PC |
| Bastion |
5/44.5 months |
PC/PS4 |
| Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet |
8 months |
PC |
| Alan Wake's American Nightmare |
3 months |
PC |
| Fez |
12.5/23.5 months |
PC/PS3 |
| Trials Evolution |
11 months |
PC |
| Spelunky |
14 months |
PS3 |
| State of Decay |
5 months |
PC |
| Halo Online |
N/A |
PC |
| Killer Instinct |
28 months |
PC |
| Ryse: Son of Rome |
10.5 months |
PC |
| Dead Rising 3 |
9.5 months |
PC |
| Max: The Curse of Brotherhood |
5 months |
PC |
| Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare |
4/6 months |
PC/PS4 |
| Project Spark |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Titanfall |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die |
9 months |
PC |
| Ori and the Blind Forest |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Minecraft: Story Mode |
Simultaneous release |
PC/PS4 |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider |
2.5/12 months |
PC/PS4 |
| Gears of War: Ultimate Edition |
6 months |
PC |
| Quantum Break |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Forza Motorsport 6: Apex |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Halo Wars 2 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| ReCore |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Gears of War 4 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Scalebound |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Forza Horizon 3 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| State of Decay 2 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Sea of Thieves |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Crackdown 3 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Halo 6 |
Simultaneous release |
PC |
| Dead Rising 4 |
3/12 months |
Steam/PS4 |
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OP updated.
Dead Rising 4, Halo 6, Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2 and Forza Horizon 3 have been added.
