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Nem said:
I thought Black desert was exclusive aswell. Or is it just one of those "released first"?

Quick google search and found a page saying "Black Desert Online Is On Its Way To Xbox One and PS4, But When?"

So I think the answear is its just a timed exclusive, as well.



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Kaneman! said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

It means they think the common man is stupid. 

What exactly is so terrible about timed exclusives?

It's not that, it's inventing yet another term so we have to grapple with what it actually means. They could have said "Timed Exclusive" but now it's "Launch Exclusive."



Barkley said:
Kaneman! said:

What exactly is so terrible about timed exclusives?

It's not that, it's inventing yet another term so we have to grapple with what it actually means. They could have said "Timed Exclusive" but now it's "Launch Exclusive."

They might have said Launch exclusive because some of the games dont have plans to release on PS4 yet but could launch on PS4.



jason1637 said:
Barkley said:

It's not that, it's inventing yet another term so we have to grapple with what it actually means. They could have said "Timed Exclusive" but now it's "Launch Exclusive."

They might have said Launch exclusive because some of the games dont have plans to release on PS4 yet but could launch on PS4.

True, but man every e3 there's something, like Tomb Raider (Exclusive Holiday 2015) we didn't know if that meant exclusive, or exclusive just at that launch!

It'd be so much simpler if company's were willing to be more explicit. "Launching first on XBO" < that works.



Launch exclusive sounds like a term to cheat people into thinking "just exclusive". Seriously. Some marketing BS.



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Volterra_90 said:
Launch exclusive sounds like a term to cheat people into thinking "just exclusive". Seriously. Some marketing BS.

Well when the "World Premiere" came up, the voice only said "Exclusive" every time, they didn't say the launch bit out loud. xD

That's just how marketing is.



Barkley said:
Volterra_90 said:
Launch exclusive sounds like a term to cheat people into thinking "just exclusive". Seriously. Some marketing BS.

Well when the "World Premiere" came up, the voice only said "Exclusive" every time, they didn't say the launch bit out loud. xD

That's just how marketing is.

Yep, I think that it's a bit naive of me to think that marketing could be sometimes honest XD. But I think MS outdid themselves this time lol.



I agree. I miss those days where their first party was producing things like Viva Piñata, Crackdown, Fable and the likes while actively creating content through 2nd party developers such as Gears, Lost Odyssey or Alan Wake, or agressively making deals with third parties in the form of Tales of Vesperia, Ninja Gaiden, or collaborations with Certain Affinity for ports of Left 4 Dead onto the 360.

While I'm actually glad because of the way they did the conference (i.e. games, games and more games), I'm not really hyped for Microsoft at all. Their idea of enticing me to purchase their hardware isn't really how I'd like it to be, and I'm not sure what's all that raw power of Xcorpio for outside better multiplatforms, which I agree it will entice some people, but that steep price might also scare them. It's also a bit telling that their only new IPs I can think of so far are Sea of Thieves and Super Lucky's Tale for this conference, as far as MS itself is concerned. Although I'm glad they're trying with that fox game, looks charming.

EDIT: I also forgot to say that one of their most enticing things is...the ability to play OG Xbox games. Seriously, I love the B/C aspect of Xbox One, but it's quite telling too that the thing I like the most from Xbox One is the fact that it allows me to play 360 and OG Xbox games. xD



Just stunned that they did not really announce any new first party AAA games. It was a lacklustre show. And their use of 'Exclusives' was just too much, it got sickening.
Why did Phil not use his trademark t-shirt-thing, with announcement of a new game?
Why did he not use the scene to make som teasers for 2018/2019 with a new gears or Halo?
And they totally bombed flat when announcing the price of the console. By the time it hits the market, the PS4pro will be slashed in price..
Why does Phil make does horrible business decisions?



Ashen also received a November 7th release date, Dark Soul esque RPG that is looking quite good.

The variety is quite good, no FPS.

So:
Tacoma Aug (SP)
Cuphead Sept (Platformer)
FM7 Oct ( Racing sim)
Ashen Nov ( RPG)
Super Lucky Tales Nov ( Platformer)
Crackdown 3 Nov (3rd Person Sandbox)

Sea of Thieves (early 2018)
State of Decay 2 (Spring 2018)

Frankly plenty of exclusives for that last stretch of the year considering they'll be fighting for marketing and gamer time vs the big titles like Shadow of War, Destiny 2 Battlefront 2, AC Origins, CoD WW2 etc...which will be THE games ultimately responsible for selling the 4K box.



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