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OTBWY on 03 May 2019
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vivster said:
OTBWY said:

You know. So you're okay with the platform it is on if it is a very good game or "best games of all times". I seem to remember a certain game called Shmayonetta 2 that turned out to be one of the best games this gen. Did things change? My issue is that before you were arguing very much so against exclusivity because of one certain company, and now you condone a company that outright buys up exclusives (let alone save them from development hell). Surely you see why this bothers me right? 

RL isn't exclusive to a single platform and it's also a way better game, so i don't get that comparison. As I said, I'm a bit more lenient for different PC platforms because PC itself is not a closed platform and even if you're bound to a certain launcher you still have tons of choice of how you want to play the game. That isn't the case with console exclusives because they completely lock you in, not only on software but hardware as well. A game switching to a different store on PC doesn't automatically make it unplayable for me, like games that become exclusive to consoles.

Console exclusives are just way way worse than PC exclusives because they are just so much more restrictive. And I still don't condone exclusivity of any kind. It's a terrible practice. If RL switches over to Epic and I can take my progress with me literally nothing changes. RL has always been exclusive to a single platform on PC. There is literally nothing changing for me if the transition is done properly. Why would I be against it when nothing is changing for me? Again, I'm not saying I'm thrilled with the change and I'd rather have it if RL is on both platforms, but I will accept the change, firstly because nothing changes and secondly because Steam.

All things compared, making a game that's already on basically all platforms switch to a different launcher is absolutely nothing compared to games that are made exclusive to just a single platform. You must understand the completely different levels of scumbag we're talking about here.

Sorry but no. It's not about RL perse, but supporting a platform which buys up many exclusives in order to gain users to its shitty store application. So it defeats the purpose of what you're trying to say. Besides, it comes down to one simple choice: Do you support exclusivity when a game is brought from development hell in order to even be playable, regardless of platform. Or do you support a company that buys up exclusives, perfectly fine games, that were going to come out on a multitude of platforms but now they're not. It's a simple choice.

I'll make it even simpler, so there is no confusion: Is Nintendo saving a game that wasn't going to come out a more scumbag move than Epic buying up games for exclusivity that were gonna come out elsewhere before.