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Magnus on 31 January 2018
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Ka-pi96 said:
Magnus said:

If that was the case Wii U would have sold less than Virtual Boy. Also nobody would have bought PS4 or XBox One at launch.The whole business model of consoles is based on exclusivity to some extent, otherwise, why buy a console when you can play games on your PC or smartphone?

Because you want to play the games on that console? Whether they're available on other consoles is mostly irellevant. You think the people buying GTA and FIFA on PS4 give a fuck that it's on PC as well? Nah, they don't, because a game being available on another platform as well doesn't affect people's enjoyment of said game...

The people who play GTA and FIFA are casuals who follow the hardcore gamers who buy consoles based on exclusives and expectations. If hardcore gamers didn't buy the PS4 in droves because it's a Playstation then casuals would play GTA and FIFA on PC. In fact Xbox One has pathetic sales now because XBox games are also on PC now.