As i said in the TB thread, exclusivity (whether it be deals with third parties, or in-house development) is an unavoidably bi-product of competition. You don't have to like it, in-fact it's fine to outright hate it, but you have to accept that it's inherently tied to something important. Personally, i think the average consumer benefits far more from that competition than they're hurt by some games being locked behind an additional hardware paywall (or in some instances simply time).

Poor thing.

Really?, you're going for that shot?.

I mean I got the mobile gaming jab you made at Basil but you're going with this as well?.

Actually without exclusives Nintendo or Sony will have a monopoly right now and monopolies aren't good for the industry.

I'd agree to this but only because it;s been made clear for a long time now that talking about the subject matter always gets very muddy an ends up beign a crapshoot after a number of hours, especially once the vs shots start coming in (which we've clearly reached already and I didn't even make this thread nor spark off PC vs consoles and we've already got someone doing that already).

daredevil.shark said: Btw there are lots of PC exclusive games in the market. There are also hurting the industry. This needs to stop. Lol. This dual mentally is carefully skipped by OP.

I thought they were just Moba's and MMO's =P, that's what I keep getting told anyway on here, that and they are all tripe or really bad looking tiny exclusives apparently.

If you want them to pass on then you kinda have to start passing yourself.

Simply wrong. Gaming exclusives only hurt the consumer but make the industry thrive.

Hate to say it but IMO it's a double standard.

If Nintendo or Microsoft get an exclusive it's always "F this and F that! I hope the developer goes bankrupt" and cheering when/if the games don't sell well.

When it's Sony getting exclusives then it's A-OK.

Exclusives in established multi plat franchises are not ok in my book (tomb raider, SFV, and Bayo 2), but new IPs are fine like Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, Bloodborne, and the new Kojima game.

There is a BIG difference friend.

So no one complains whne Sony gets an exclusive? Because you know if someone does then.....it's not a double standard.