Rise of third party exclusives on Switch

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KrspaceT said:

Darwinianevolution said:

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. 

Who knows? As long as the projects earns more than the cost of the port and licensing, why shouldn't Xbox fans enjoy it, if they want to? Also, bigger instalbases would mitigate the risk of trying new ideas, so why would it hurt diversity?