By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Gaming - Destiny - The first real "Pretend Exclusive"?

jlmurph2 on 30 April 2014

Every COD and BF4 commercial I see has Xbox One at the end. Saying "get new content first on Xbox". This thread isnt too thought out.



Around the Network
The Fury on 30 April 2014

I can see where you are coming from Titanfall is a great example, advertised to stupid levels for Xbox One, even though 360 and PC were also available, I think it esspecially affected 360 sales. Although with Destiny, I've seen it mentioned for 4 platforms, PS3/4 and Xbone/360.

 

EDIT: I see your trying to get a Xbox vs PS discussion going... a lot of games are shown lead platform in advertising, it helps. Although some promotion may also favour certain companies based on insentive, CoD and GTA was enticed by MS for exclusive content deals and such alike which would have pushed advertising to their devices.



Hmm, pie.

ethomaz on 30 April 2014

WTF?

It is Multiplatform.



Squeezol on 30 April 2014

Thinking about it, the concept of pretend exclusives is pretty interesting.



sales2099 on 30 April 2014
fps_d0minat0r said:
Dark_Feanor said:
I don´t understant that narrative of "Destiny" or "Watch Dogs" being exclusives to PS4, this is going far beyond the normal co-marketing aproach, that we are very familiar with.

And I´m starting to belive that it´s more wishful thinking for a Sony domination than anything or an anti-Titanfall bias.


Would make sense if it were a sony fan who made the thread.

Still, no-one is buying it, but sales2099 insists that how it is so lets just play along for the fun of it even though we know such practises have been going on for decades.

Surely this has been done in other industries, but this is fairly new to gaming, or at least recently. Last gen only COD and GTA come to mind as major 3rd party games being heavily marketed so one-sided.

You don't think having a heavily PS vibe injected into Destiny marketing won't have a substantial impact on PS4 hardware/software sales? Because we are the minority, the in-the-know internet gamer. There is merit to this strategy, and it has been done by both sides.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

Around the Network
sales2099 on 30 April 2014
ethomaz said:
WTF?

It is Multiplatform.

Yes, to the informed gamer. Even if people know its multiplat, they are convinced that one console is THE place to play it. Hence "pretend".



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

jlmurph2 on 30 April 2014
sales2099 said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
Dark_Feanor said:
I don´t understant that narrative of "Destiny" or "Watch Dogs" being exclusives to PS4, this is going far beyond the normal co-marketing aproach, that we are very familiar with.

And I´m starting to belive that it´s more wishful thinking for a Sony domination than anything or an anti-Titanfall bias.


Would make sense if it were a sony fan who made the thread.

Still, no-one is buying it, but sales2099 insists that how it is so lets just play along for the fun of it even though we know such practises have been going on for decades.

Surely this has been done in other industries, but this is fairly new to gaming, or at least recently. Last gen only COD and GTA come to mind as major 3rd party games being heavily marketed so one-sided.

You don't think having a heavily PS vibe injected into Destiny marketing won't have a substantial impact on PS4 hardware/software sales? Because we are the minority, the in-the-know internet gamer. There is merit to this strategy, and it has been done by both sides.


Destiny is not GTA or COD. Those are the two big casual magnets. The games that parents know about. Destiny is not that.



papamudd on 30 April 2014

ugghhhh why do you create threads )o:



Talal said:
I will permaban myself if the game releases in 2014.

in reference to KH3 release date

ethomaz on 30 April 2014

sales2099 said:

Yes, to the informed gamer. Even if people know its multiplat, they are convinced that one console is THE place to play it. Hence "pretend".

I can see people that have both consoles or even neither (and want to buy a new one) to choose PS4 because it have better multiplatform games but I'm sure who already pretend buy a Xbone, or have more friends on Xbone or even have only the Xbone will chosee it and will be happy.



fps_d0minat0r on 30 April 2014
sales2099 said:
ethomaz said:
WTF?

It is Multiplatform.

Yes, to the informed gamer. Even if people know its multiplat, they are convinced that one console is THE place to play it. Hence "pretend".


But why would you assume the default reaction to the uninformed gamer would be that its an exclusive?

they maybe uninformed about the particular game but based on their knowledge from massive multiplatform games which still only have 1 logo, they know an advert only having 1 logo does not mean it is only on that platform.

uninformed is not the same as stupid.