HappySqurriel said:
No, I'm really not ... It is a well known effect, if a game is not exclusive it doesn't receive the same level of hype as an exclusive game; had Grand Theft Auto 4 been released exclusively for either the PS3 or XBox 360 we wouldn't hear much about games like Lair or Mass Effect because either systems fans would use it as an example of why their system was so great. Platform specific gaming sites devote far more attention to exclusive titles than multiplatform titles ... You do see some increase in sales by making a game multiplatform but it certainly is not a linear scale ... Releasing a game for the PS3, XBox 360 and PC would probably increase sales to 1.5 to 2 times the sales of putting it on a single platform (obviously depending on the genre and popularity of the game). If producing a game as a multiplatform title really brought in the sales increases you are anticipating no game would ever be exclusive ... |
What fanboys use in their arguments is insignificant. For the average buyer, GTA IV on the PS3 (if they own that) or GTA IV on the 360 (if they own that ) is the same. Doesn't matter which one was the ported version.
Also you say there would be no exclusives, haven't you noticed, there are like no 3rd party exclusives anymore? Everything is being announced for PS3 and 360. The Wii doesn't factor into this because of the disparity.
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