And who was it that said exclusives were not important?

[LivingMetal]

Lonely_Dolphin said:

Errorist76 said:

How about variety?! Trust in the company to always, even during the last years of the console, deliver lots of new quality titles and new IPs. Additionally to the usual stuff everybody is playing, ergo multiplats.

A wide variety of games appeals to a larger group of people. Easy as that.

And how are you gonna know if that wide variety of games had an effect? :L

You don't.  You just buy the console based on the games you want regardless how well the console might sell.  But the more choices you give to consumers (variety), the more consumers you are going to attract.  Console history has proven this.