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LudicrousSpeed on 06 June 2014
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
And if/when GTA V launches on PC it will sell a fraction of what it sold on consoles. Again, extreme minority of people would be affected. Yet to read the Internets thoughts on this it seems DR3 was the most anticipated game for those who supposedly want it and an Xbone yet have neither for whatever reason.

You're missing the point. The fact is that people ,regardless of how small, are waiting for it. Microsoft would not willingly port an exclusive to PC, unless it was an exclusive on their vending platform the W8 store irc, the fact that its on Steam, means that they did not pay for full exclusivity. While this might make exclusives cheaper for them in the long run, it also harms the XB1 because it decreases its exclusive library (which is of paramount importance), its multiplat library being moot because PCs have , generally, the best and the cheapest multiplats, and PS4 has the best console multiplats.

While it arguably made sense with 360 as their first party exclusives with the multiplat advantage was enough to sway the US, but the XB1 and 360 share few similarties if we are talking pros and cons.

The ironic thing is that many MS execs have claimed that they are in this for the long game. I refuse to believe they did it on purpose until I have some confirmation of the fact, but by Allowing this to happen they are directly contradicting this claim by reducing their exclusive library. To add insult to injury, PS Now makes gives the PS4 backwards compatibility, which doesn't necessarily increase its exclusive library since PS Now can be used on multiple devices, but it does increase its library hugely.

To think, streaming games has already been commercially tested, should be an easy task for the XB1 and the cloud and yet the closest thing we're getting to that from MS is a Halo Collection.


I know there is a small section of people who will get the game on PC. Even a smaller group of people who might have gotten it on Xbox One, if they were ever going to buy one at all. My posts have said as such.

idk the details of Crapcoms deal with MS and neither does anyone else here. For all we know they did pay for a total exclusive deal on DR3 and allowed them to port to PC for some other incentive, maybe money or timed exclusive of something else. Or maybe they just didnt think buying the PC release was worth it. Which i wold agree.