Aeolus451 said:
It's not a true exclusive in the traditional sense but it is one. The closest term to describe it is console exclusive. It's less effective than true one, though. The point of an exclusive is incentivise people into buy one gaming platform over another. So it makes sense, that the more platforms that the game can be played, the less effective it is as an exclusive.
So people who say that "Why do I need an Xbox One when I can play it on the PC" are correct. Especially with most of the xbox one's new exclusives being console exclusives. People are having less reason to buy an xbox one and xbox one x. Just buy a pc with win 10 on it and you're good if you want to play those games. The PS4 doesn't have this problem since most of the it's exclusives are true exclusives. If you want to play those games, you can only play them on one platform.
Lastly, the point "If a title is released on both the Xbox One and the PC, then it's exclusive to Microsoft. So Microsoft reaps the benefit whether the title is bought on the One or a Window based PC." is really just silly.
Who gives a shit about that unless they are a MS employee or someone who has stock in the company. It doesn't matter in the way some people want it to in a debate about the xbox one not having much incentive for people to buy it.. "So microsoft reaps the benefit whether the title is bought on the one or a win 10 pc....." is really just a consolation prize type of comment.
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To further elaborate on the bolded portion.
Microsoft does not get a dime for any game sold on the PC unless it is sold through the Win10 Store or from a micorosft owned subsidiary. Games on the PC do not operate the way they do on the a console. There are no royalties required to publish a game on the PC. When a vendor chooses to sell a game through Steam, GOG, or other they pay royalties to that distributor, not to Microsoft, and they only do it so that it reaches a wider market . Microsoft get's nothing from games sold on any non-Win10 store distribution so they do not reap any rewards.
