Its just my opinion on the strengths and weaknesses of exclusivity.

Some games benefit from exclusivity and other are hurt by it. I believe games like Uncharted, Gears, Halo, Gran Turismo etc. all the big ones that have mass appeal are negatively impacted by exclusivity.

Smaller unknown games that get an abnormal push from the publishers are positively impacted by it. Demons Souls i think is a good example of that.

Considering that Titanfall seems to have mass appeal, similar to that of COD, i think it will be negatively impacted by the exclusivity. So while it might sell 8 million on X1 it could have sold an additional 8 million on PS4.

In general though i think most games dont benefit from exclusivity.But thats just my take it on it...i dunno about everyone else.

Edit: I dont laught at people who say Titanfall is exclusive. It is exclusive to X1 where the PS4 is concerned.

I mostly agree with you and it wasn't meant especially against you but your opinion is seldom. Most people, in my opinion, talk about Titanfall because it is not on Playstation. Imagine it would've been the other way round... I think we wouldn't see so many "Titanfall not big" threads.

To me, I don't care if a game is exclusive. I just want good games, as easy as this. And buy the system which is more appealing to me.

To me, especially Tomb Raider and Mass Effect 3 were one of the best games this gen, both multis. I didn't have less fun with them because they are not exclusive. Of course I also enjoyed every Gears or Forza (especially Horizon) but not because they were exclusive but because they were great games.

Pre-orders mean nothing in the long run... Infamous will be ps4 only but TitanFall will be for 360, PC, and X1 but if we are only including X1, then maybe... If MS and EA market it right with bearly any launch issues, TitanFall is looking like the new Cod so I really don't think Infamous has a chance... Maybe in the first month it will outsell but if TitanFall really is good as everyone is claiming, then it should sell like crazy

Infamous 2 sold only 1.64 million units with an install base of over 60 million

I have some trouble believing those digital pre-orders.

Bravely default 600k+? I'd like to believe that, but i dont.

True but you should have asked what my opinion was before you quoted me

But anyways i agree Titanfall wouldnt get downplayed/hyped as much as it does now if it was multiplat but thats just how people are i guess.

And yeah games are games..the only reason i sometimes get more excited for exlcusives is because it allows devs to really get as much as they can out of one particular system. Although this appeals more to my graphics whore side!

Gamestop will be full of Infamous 2nd Son a week afther release.

Ratchet and Clank is declining enormously, though I will give you Killzone.

So we're arguing between top two and top five, the point is moot.  Ultimately you have a highly established franchise versus an unknown quantity.

Not really that moot. I think the difference between top 2 and top 5 is quite huge in terms of consumer awareness. Pretty much every gamer who isn't living under a platform loyalty rock knows GT and Uncharted. The same can't be said of any of the other franchises mentioned here.

It's probably not good to talk about top 5 / top 10 franchises. Better would be A list, B list and C list titles. Realistically I think PS only has 2 A-list franchises. So in this thread TF is up against an established franchise, but only a B-lister.

600k+ in digital? Where did those numbers came from? :O