Rise of third party exclusives on Switch

[KrspaceT]

vivster said:

KrspaceT said:

Exclusives are life, they bring life and make things meaningful. They are the constant and the good.

Except when they're on platforms I don't use. When someone paid to have them not be available on other platforms.

Yeah, that's how it works. Cry me a 'Exclusives are bad for the consumers' river, and then tell me how E.A is better.

Darwinianevolution said:

bartkuz said:

Why can't third party create something unique for Switch hardware which is quite different from competition. That's what I been missing so far, not some third party inferior ports.

They can, it's just that nowadays having so many platforms makes no sense to limit software to a singular hardware, when you can make it so it works on most platforms. The only real hardware exclusives (as in, games that could only work on one unique type of hardware) are either very niche projects, motion control family friendly titles and VR games.

Yes, because games like Octopath Traveler would sell on Xbox. 

Exclusives are cheaper for a single platform and can be helped through the door by the 1st party studios. This allows for diversity that third party spread outs do not have. 

See the dearth of diversity beyond that.