Bandorr said:
The_Yoda said:
Re-read what I wrote and then read your statement "While several definitions say "one" none have stated that it CAN'T be across multiple groups. As long is someone is excluded, something is exclusive." Don't Starve is a good example of one crap platform being excluded which by your definition would alow you to say that of the 10 platforms you listed all can claim the title Don't Starve as an exclusive because one platform is excluded. Now do you see where your modified definition breaks down? Exclusive means there is only one place to get, watch, read, or play something.
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I did re-read it. None of it made any sense. Allow me to quote one of the strange statements I have ever seen
"So by your definition Don't Starve would be exclusive to Nintendo because it isn't on the Ouya and that system is therefore excluded making it a Nintendo exclusive when it can in fact be played on all major platforms ."
Is the game on Sony? Xbox? Pc? Nintendo? Yes. Are those all the Major Platforms? Yes
So how would the game be considered exclusive if it is on ALL major platforms? That is the exact opposite of my definition.
Is Disgaea 5 on the ps4? Yes. Switch? Yes. PC? No. Xbox? No.
Are the PC and Xbox being excluded? Yes. That makes it - exclusive. The act of excluding makes something exclusive.
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Did you say major platform exclusive? No. Does that mean we are including ALL platforms then? Yes
Is the Ouya a platform? Yes. Can you play the game on the Ouya? No. Is the Ouya excluded? Yes. Since a platform has been excluded can all platforms that have the game (even if it's 10 or more) claim the game as an exclusive? Yes.
Does your definition leave nearly every game open to being called an "exclusive" because one platform doesn't have it while ALL the others do? yes. Does the term exclusive then loose its meaning? yes.
If you are going to call something exclusive (when it really isn't) then you need to define the scope of what is included. This I think is where you had issue. You are mixing in definition of the verb with that of the noun or adjective.
adjective
1.
not admitting of something else; incompatible:
mutually exclusive plans of action.
2.
omitting from consideration or account (often followed by of):
a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes.
3.
limited to the object or objects designated:
exclusive attention to business.
4.
shutting out all others from a part or share:
an exclusive right to film the novel.
5.
fashionable; stylish:
to patronize only the most exclusive clothing designers.
6.
charging comparatively high prices; expensive:
exclusive shops.
7.
noting that in which no others have a share:
exclusive information.
noun
13.
Journalism. a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first.
14.
an exclusive right or privilege:
to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area.
verb (used with object), excluded, excluding.
1.
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2.
to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.:
Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3.
to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject:
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
