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firebush03 on 12 March 2024
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NoLimitVito said:
Chrkeller said:

3rd party is great for the industry. Steam plays most everything which is great. Exclusives are bad for the industry. Who wants to own 4 pieces of hardware instead of 2 (PC+switch)?

Who wants to waste money buying another machine like switch when you can just own a PC and play all games? if exclusives are bad for the industry then bring all switch exclusives on PC as well then no exception.

I disagree with getting rid of exclusivity as a whole. In the case of Nintendo, the problems come from (a) the experiences which they develop aren’t intended to be played on next gen consoles (people playing Zelda TotK on their PS5 are going to complain about all the graphical restrictions: triple-A experiences which release on strong hardware have a standard which they need to live up to. And as we’ve seen with the recent AAA-bubble, it’s not always best to be producing the most graphically impressive experience, for these take many many years to produce and carry a heavy budget.), (b) producing for all systems would technically make the Nintendo console version the worst version to purchase due to the weakness in the hardware (you either play 30fps TotK on Switch or 60fps, 4K on PS5/PC. The Switch literally cannot handle 60fps nor 4K especially not on such a grandiose experience, nor should we be incentivizing this seeing how the industry has been damaged with this ballooning standard in hardware strength.), it becomes a bigger risk for Nintendo to use “wacky” gimmicks on their hardware (the Nintendo Wii, for instance, took advantage of motion controls: no other console prior to 2008 supported such. So you have restrictions in how much they can truly do when it comes to taking advantage of gimmicks.), (d) etc etc etc.

At the end of the day, exclusivity is not a problem. We only have four options to choose from (Switch, PS5, XBSX, PC) and if you really want to play every experience, then it’s not too difficult to simply purchase whatever console you prefer. A lot of the charm that comes from first-party experiences is playing on the intended hardware: Without exclusives, no console would truly have any reason for existing, for only the most powerful holds any true value (monopoly is not good, technological race is not good).

Last edited by firebush03 - on 12 March 2024