| ArchangelMadzz said: Why do people bother buying consoles? Cause they like the exclusives, the ecosystem and they've invested time into a brand with their PSN/Xbox Live friends list, gamerscore, trophies etc. All you've done is list reasons why YOU wont be buying consoles. You've not deterred anyone else from buying them. |
What this guy said.
| Nautilus said: I think that, at the end, the most compelling argument for there to be different ecosystems, and thus exclusives to one console or another, is quality.Look at Sega.The quality of its games plummeted after it became a third party developer.If it were to happen to the other developers, they would lose their biggest motivation to make excellent games:To sell a console. And while I am not saying thats what would happen for sure, you dont have to look much further than Sega or Valve to see its effects:How many years has it been since Valve made a decent game?Or made an actual improvement in their storefront?How many years has it been since a Sonic game has been deemed as excellent, outside of Sonic Mania?Or any Sega property, outside of Atlus(thats wasnt part of Sega to begin with) and a few odd titles? Competition is essential, and a rival always needs to exist. |
Absolutely agree with everything, especially the bolded.
The reason Nintendo and Sony put so much effort into trying to make stellar games (like GOW or BOW) is because they need to make games that are SOOOO GOOD that people will pay for a console just to play them.
Edit: i also wanna add that in my case i actually like playing on console more, i just like the ease of use a lot.
Last edited by estebxx - on 11 March 2019
