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Machiavellian on 15 February 2024
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KLXVER said:
Machiavellian said:

Does it make Xbox look better.  You just named a few games on Nintendo system but can you name or even care about 50% of the exclusives that come to the system.  That goes the same for Playstation.  Its not about the quantity its about the quality.  The staples that define your console is what make consumers purchase the system.  Some games really just need a bigger audience and if they are successful on other platforms, the sequel will make you want it more but are you willing to wait 2 years before you get that sequel is the case.

If I love the game, then yes. Now I have played Gears and Halo, so it wouldnt convince me of anything. Indiana Jones and the new Doom has me interested though.

So you would argue that Pentiment and Sea Of Thieves have just a big of a chance to succeed on PS5 and Switch as Halo and Gears? Im not really sure what youre argument is.

My argument is that you believe these games need to stay on the Xbox and PC because of some preceived amount of exclusives to the customer.  Do you believe that gamers are buying a Xbox because of Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, Grounded or even Hi Fi Rush.  If they are Nintendo gamers or PS gamers why would they even know the quality of those games until they try them.  I am sure all of these games will be discounted on those platforms and if all get a sequel, it will make those gamers who experienced the games that more willing to pick the sequel up no matter the platform its on.

Consoles have always been defined by their AAA big hitting games not their smaller games or even their service games.  So no I do not believe keeping these games on just Xbox and PC does anything.  Hell it might not even move not one Nintendo or PS customer to MS platform but then again it doesn't have to.  What they need to do is sell which then justify bigger budgets for the sequel and the success of those games.  If all you see is the console war and not realize how huge gaming is in general is, you will always think of the market in outdated terms.  The cost of development as we all have been saying is rising and budgets need to be justified if you are going to invest a certain amount of money into it.