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TheGreatOther on 22 December 2016
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Jazz2K said:
TheGreatOther said:

Yes paying money to keep games off a console is bad.

The only exclusives I think should exist are the ones that are funded by a platform owner and wouldn't be made otherwise.

But the reason Phil is rightfully getting criticized is because he's the head of a company that started this trend last gen, and still partakes in to this day.

And him copaining about it now when MS simply can't afford to get the deals they were able to last gen due to PS4 being the console most publishers want to align their games with just comes off as sour grapes. And that's exactly what it is.

I'm sorry but history teaches us that MS didn't start that trend at all. Other companies have payed devs to keep games from appearing on other consoles.

Imo we all have a voice and instead of using it to make gaming better we use it to hate on each other. Phil is right and we all should make companies know that this needs to stop. Keeping Titanfall, Tomb Raider etc from Playstation frustrated Sony fans as much as keeping Street Fighter V, Destiny first year DLC etc pissed MS fans. He's right and gaming is not growing with these practices. I can't wait until gaming is a service and we just pay to play the games we want on whatever device we have.

Yes exclsuivity deals existed before last gen, but last gen was when they really became a huge part of games and MS lead the charge for that.

It's easy to pretend you're for the gamers when you have no choice since your higher ups won't give you the money to buy these deals, but we already seen where you really stand when you had the power to buy them.

You can see the same thing happening with MS pushing for cross platform play this gen since they have  the smallest online communities, while last gen they wanted nothing to do with it because they had the advantage when it came to online community numbers.

 

Again, not arguing against the fact that it would be better if these companies stopped wasting cash on keeping games off other consoles and instead used it to fund more games, or cross platform play would be great. But unless the company that's in control says it it means nothing. MS is only advocating for these things now because they would benefit them since they can't afford to pay for these deals, If next gen they are in the lead and still hold this view then we can praise them as of now they're just salty.