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Otter on 08 June 2022
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Chrkeller said:

"Forbidden West and GT7 are not PS5 exclusives. You can also get them on the PS4, which has an install base of around 117m. Those 117m people do not have much of a compelling reason to buy a PS5. Demon's Souls is not really an exclusive either, but there are enough people who didn't play the PS3 version that it probably helps to sell the PS5."

By that logic xbox effectively has zero exclusives because all their games are on PC.

All I can tell you is, as a ps4 owner, I bought a ps5 for demon, ratchet and forbidden. I'm guessing I am not the only one.  

I'm not sure exactly what that user thinks has been driving sales 35m units into the the generation.

The sales data is in front of us, a large number of people want to play new games on PS5/Series X, not on last gen platforms and they will buy a new system to do so. Furthermore they're not daft, so they know plenty of current gen exclusives are on the way too. In the next 12months Arkham Knights, Forspoken, Avatar, Resident Evil 4, Starfield, Final Fantasy 16 are all confirmed to be skipping last gen. Cross gen so far has not hindered demand for the new consoles and I'm certain that God of War Ragnarok and Hogwarts will give much demand to PS5 this holiday despite being available for PS4. Then in 2023 I don't expect many cross gen titles at all (AAA).