If all PlayStation/Xbox games were on PC day 1, would you still buy a console?

[DonFerrari]

sales2099 said:

DonFerrari said:

I think that with MS releasing all their games on GamePass and PC day one the system seller status of their top franchises get a lot diminished, because there would be a small subset of people that would think "I really like exclusives, but must be from MS and I hate to play on PC".

Then by that logic GamePass in itself becomes a system seller the more games MS releases. Which would have a compounding effect with lower budget titles like Bleeding Edge and Grounded with higher budget titles like Hellblade 2 and Halo Infinite. I mean it’s already a killer deal but I see it going to the next level once MSs studios really start pumping the games out.

But even then there will always be people that stick to physical games. I wouldn’t call a console only gamer a “small subset”. Maybe this gen you’d be right with Xbox 1st party releases being spaced out too much but this year alone has a lot of MS 1st party releases. And looks like the trend will continue. 

Gamepass also available on PC wouldn't be a system seller for XSX.

And sure many will stick to physical (I buy all relevant games physical), I'm not calling console only a small subset, but a console owner that really wants to play Xbox exclusives are a smaller subset, just look at the sales of their exclusives this gen, FM, Gears and Halo all had severe drop compared to last gen.