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S.T.A.G.E. on 11 March 2013
BenVTrigger said:

It seems like every thread I go into all I see are people arguing or discussing exclusives. Which ones look the best, play the best, or sell the most. It seems like multiplatform games are almost completely ignored here at time's or at least never have near as much hype. 

It has become a common saying on here how Xbox has no games. That is so far from the truth it's unbelievable. You could never buy an exclusive game for the Xbox and still have a fantastic library of titles. 

Not to mention exclusives generally aren't even the best selling titles on a console. I'm down with discussing exclusive titles but it seems like great games aren't getting discussed a lot of the time due to silly console war battles.  


Exclusives set consoles apart. They are the calling card of the console maker trying to show create franchises that are synonymous with their console. Nintendo started it, Sega followed, Sony follow and now its Microsoft. We all know who has more and who has  less. When someone says console A has no games compared to console B or C it means exclusives are not being provided, they dont need to go to another console too attain a multiplat, therefore boasting about it isnt an issue. Without exclusives a console is just a shell unless you're not really into games. They are multimedia hubs now. Multiplats can be played anywhere they are available so its not an incentive to choose one console over another unless you're wholly nitpicky.

Without exclusives there might as well only be one console. Also, exclusives are more popular than theyve been in years and have been very competitive with multiplats and even setting standards for multiplats with console makers budgets competing for dominance even against third parties.



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Weedlab on 11 March 2013

Also ... I recall healthy discussions here concerning DmC, MGR and Tomb Raider recently. In fact, TR is being discussed right now.



 

Playstation = The Beast from the East

Sony + Nintendo = WIN! PS3 + PSV + PS4 + Wii U + 3DS


S.T.A.G.E. on 11 March 2013
Lafiel said:
HesAPooka said:
Because exclusives are what sets consoles apart. Multiplat are just that, you can get them regardless of what system you own.

not necessarily right - a lot of "multiplatform" titles haven been PS360 this gen, so Wii only users were not able to access these


Yeah, but on the flipside Nintendo had a lot of exclusives even though the majority of them werent gems. Nintendo not getting multiplats is their own fault and it always has been.



Veknoid_Outcast on 11 March 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Lafiel said:
HesAPooka said:
Because exclusives are what sets consoles apart. Multiplat are just that, you can get them regardless of what system you own.

not necessarily right - a lot of "multiplatform" titles haven been PS360 this gen, so Wii only users were not able to access these


Yeah, but on the flipside Nintendo had a lot of exclusives even though the majority of them werent gems. Nintendo not getting multiplats is their own fault and it always has been.

In a way that's true, but not in the way you mean.

@OP: I think fans of a single hardware manufacturer use exclusive games, metacritic scores, and game-of-the-year awards to defend their company of choice. It's propaganda, to be perfectly frank. If the conversation moved from "exclusive games" to just "games," we would all be a lot better off. But I think asking some people to look beyond the brand and celebrate the medium is too much.



Player2 on 11 March 2013
Veknoid_Outcast said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Lafiel said:
HesAPooka said:
Because exclusives are what sets consoles apart. Multiplat are just that, you can get them regardless of what system you own.

not necessarily right - a lot of "multiplatform" titles haven been PS360 this gen, so Wii only users were not able to access these


Yeah, but on the flipside Nintendo had a lot of exclusives even though the majority of them werent gems. Nintendo not getting multiplats is their own fault and it always has been.

In a way that's true, but not in the way you mean.

@OP: I think fans of a single hardware manufacturer use exclusive games, metacritic scores, and game-of-the-year awards to defend their company of choice. It's propaganda, to be perfectly frank. If the conversation moved from "exclusive games" to just "games," we would all be a lot better off. But I think asking some people to look beyond the brand and celebrate the medium is too much.

Nintendo doesn't get multiplats because they don't give third parties what they want. Nintendo doesn't have those bondage-esque "must release at the same time" or "must have extra content if released later" contracts third parties seem to love.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 11 March 2013
Player2 said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Lafiel said:
HesAPooka said:
Because exclusives are what sets consoles apart. Multiplat are just that, you can get them regardless of what system you own.

not necessarily right - a lot of "multiplatform" titles haven been PS360 this gen, so Wii only users were not able to access these


Yeah, but on the flipside Nintendo had a lot of exclusives even though the majority of them werent gems. Nintendo not getting multiplats is their own fault and it always has been.

In a way that's true, but not in the way you mean.

@OP: I think fans of a single hardware manufacturer use exclusive games, metacritic scores, and game-of-the-year awards to defend their company of choice. It's propaganda, to be perfectly frank. If the conversation moved from "exclusive games" to just "games," we would all be a lot better off. But I think asking some people to look beyond the brand and celebrate the medium is too much.

Nintendo doesn't get multiplats because they don't give third parties what they want. Nintendo doesn't have those bondage-esque "must release at the same time" or "must have extra content if released later" contracts third parties seem to love.


Actually you have it backwards. Nintendo had third parties in bondage from the NES to the SNES period and had almost complete third party exclusivity dominance over Sega until Sony came into the industry and gave the third parties what they wanted. They wanted tech to push their ideas and games and Nintendo has never given that to them. Nintendo negotiates with no one if they cannot win the argument, plain and simple. Nintendo was very pushy with Rare as well if I recollect the documentary I saw about them their fall and rise to the top.



ethomaz on 11 March 2013

I think you just got wrong the purpose of this forum...

It is aa SALES forum and not a gaming forum.

Said that exclusives are what move hardware and make the people choose between buy the console A or B. So if you need to talk about the future sales of a console you have to discuss the exclusive support library and not the multiplat.



d21lewis on 11 March 2013

My game of the year for 2012 was Dragon's Dogma and my pick for 2011 was Arkham City.


I'll show myself out.



NeilStrauss on 11 March 2013
HesAPooka said:
Because exclusives are what sets consoles apart. Multiplat are just that, you can get them regardless of what system you own.


That is my reason, exclusives are the reason why I have both, PS3 (Siren, Heavy Rain, Uncharteds) and XBOX360 (Alan Wake, Gears). The bad multiplataforms are the reason I don´t have a Wii.

Let me rephrase this, so I don´t get banned: I love them all, Wii is awesome, rainbows and unicorns all around.



Player2 on 11 March 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Player2 said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Lafiel said:
HesAPooka said:
Because exclusives are what sets consoles apart. Multiplat are just that, you can get them regardless of what system you own.

not necessarily right - a lot of "multiplatform" titles haven been PS360 this gen, so Wii only users were not able to access these


Yeah, but on the flipside Nintendo had a lot of exclusives even though the majority of them werent gems. Nintendo not getting multiplats is their own fault and it always has been.

In a way that's true, but not in the way you mean.

@OP: I think fans of a single hardware manufacturer use exclusive games, metacritic scores, and game-of-the-year awards to defend their company of choice. It's propaganda, to be perfectly frank. If the conversation moved from "exclusive games" to just "games," we would all be a lot better off. But I think asking some people to look beyond the brand and celebrate the medium is too much.

Nintendo doesn't get multiplats because they don't give third parties what they want. Nintendo doesn't have those bondage-esque "must release at the same time" or "must have extra content if released later" contracts third parties seem to love.


Actually you have it backwards. Nintendo had third parties in bondage from the NES to the SNES period and had almost complete third party exclusivity dominance over Sega until Sony came into the industry and gave the third parties what they wanted. They wanted tech to push their ideas and games and Nintendo has never given that to them. Nintendo negotiates with no one if they cannot win the argument, plain and simple. Nintendo was very pushy with Rare as well if I recollect the documentary I saw about them their fall and rise to the top.

We're at now "now", not in the 80-90's.