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I now have no reason to buy xbox one



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Skeeuk said:
I now have no reason to buy xbox one

PC gaming is better anyways. Use the savings to upgrade your rig.



KLAMarine said:
Skeeuk said:
I now have no reason to buy xbox one

PC gaming is better anyways. Use the savings to upgrade your rig.

Should this be MS approach? Because it seems like that's the case.



I don't think they deserve praise. Now if there were some shared games between Xbox One and PC, that would be one thing. Instead, almost every major first party game is coming to Windows in addition to Xbox One. I have no reason right now to get an Xbox One. I'd rather just save up the money for a PS4, or better yet a gaming PC.

Sure people buy consoles because they are easier to figure out than a gaming PC, but it's also largely for exclusives.



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PEEPer0nni said:
KLAMarine said:

PC gaming is better anyways. Use the savings to upgrade your rig.

Should this be MS approach? Because it seems like that's the case.

I think so. PC gaming is THE place to play in my opinion.



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KLAMarine said:
PEEPer0nni said:

Should this be MS approach? Because it seems like that's the case.

I think so. PC gaming is THE place to play in my opinion.

Not if you want the 3rd game of your favorite franchise.



method114 said:
b00moscone said:
I feel a chunk of people just want justification for buying their platform, and exclusives are the easiest way to do that.

To me it's not about saitisfaction it's about having more good games. The PS4 exclusives aren't great to me because no one else has them they're great because they are good games and I have the only console that can play that game. I also have the ability to play the other great multiplat games.

 

I agree with TS that multiplats is the  best solution everyone should get the chance to play these games. We don't though so if I have to choose I'll choose PS4. TS is basicalyl saying MS should be praised for having less good games avaliable to their consumers.

What would be the point of competing if all exclusives became multiplat? Eventually only one brand would matter and you would force the mass population to think based on specs rather than what the company makes that or provides which makes them happy. There's a point where pro consumer wholly becomes anti business.



KLAMarine said:
derpysquirtle64 said:

One of the main problems here is that MS Play Anywhere program doesn't work like it should be. You still have a lot of differences between XB1 and PC versions of games. The majority of PA games doesn't have cross-play or cross-save. So, what's good in splitting the userbase between two platforms. When the program was announced it sounded good in theory but MS seems to have failed to achieve what they were expected to. Also, they release some games on Steam and this versions doesn't use XBL for online play at all splitting user base even further. Now between three different platforms. I think that people doesn't praise them because it all looks like MS is just being desperate for a quick buck instead of thinking about the future of their gaming platform.

I don't think I was discussing Play Anywhere in my opening post...

Aeolus451 said:

Again, exclusive games are the most important aspect of what distinguishes each console from eachother because well... the point of consoles is to play video games. Desirable exclusive games are a major draw of gamers. Third party games help fill in the gaps between exclusives and they add further to a console's library but they are not the true draw to one particular console over another when they can play the same 3rd party games. The wii u's exclusive offerings sucked donkey balls and it sales reflected that. It's games and marketing were too focused on the smallest demographic of gamers. Having exclusives just for the sake of having them doesn't count for much with gamers. 

That last point of yours is just bonkers. How is "X1 games not being playable on PC AT ALL, is worse" when xbox fans can just play the games on the X1 and pc gamers won't touch the games on win 10 because they can't be modded? It defeats the point of the feature to consumers. 

Who really cares if X1 games are playable on win 10 or not. MS is only putting xbox exclusives on win 10 to draw more ppl to using windows store on win 10. It's in vain though because the consumers they're trying to convince are knowledgeable on this stuff. 

"Having exclusives just for the sake of having them doesn't count for much with gamers."

So what's so wrong with what would have been an exclusive X1 title being ported to PC?

"pc gamers won't touch the games on win 10 because they can't be modded?"

Just because a game can't be modded on Win 10 (which doesn't seem to be true according to https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3itpdt/so_ive_heard_you_cant_mod_games_on_windows_10/ ) doesn't mean pc players won't give it some play time.

"Who really cares if X1 games are playable on win 10 or not."

Win 10 gamers.

So what's so wrong with what would have been an exclusive X1 title being ported to PC?

It devalues the xbox console. Pretty basic stuff.

 

Just because a game can't be modded on Win 10 (which doesn't seem to be true according to https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3itpdt/so_ive_heard_you_cant_mod_games_on_windows_10/ ) doesn't mean pc players won't give it some play time.

i doubt that the majority of or even some pc gamers will bother with it. There's no point in investing in something that doesn't have as many features as a service compared to an overall better service that's the established method for pc gamers to play (steam). 

 

Win 10 gamers.

Don't you mean steam/pc gamers? Also they wouldn't care about a redundant inferior service that's more anti-consumer than what they use already. 

 



b00moscone said:
I feel a chunk of people just want justification for buying their platform, and exclusives are the easiest way to do that.

Indeed. God forbid brand loyalty towards Microsoft becomes a thing... 



b00moscone said:
method114 said:

To me it's not about saitisfaction it's about having more good games. The PS4 exclusives aren't great to me because no one else has them they're great because they are good games and I have the only console that can play that game. I also have the ability to play the other great multiplat games.

 

I agree with TS that multiplats is the  best solution everyone should get the chance to play these games. We don't though so if I have to choose I'll choose PS4. TS is basicalyl saying MS should be praised for having less good games avaliable to their consumers.

I mean, the satisfaction of having amazing games exclusive to that platform is what i was hinting at, but yes.

And it would be interesting if all games were multiplat. I'd imagine then the big 3 would then have to concentrate on their hardware and their user-interface perhaps to differentiate themselves from their competitors, as doing so with the games would of course be impossible. It would be interesting to see what each company would come up with.

I meant to say it has nothing to do with the satisfaction of me having an amazing game and everyone else not having it. Yes you're correct though there is great satisfaction in having the ability to play an amazing game.

If that ever happened it would be the little things that made people deicde. What do my friends have? Better network? Better interface? Better controller? Etc.  I imagine what your friends play would be the biggest deciding factor at that point. As it's already a pretty big factor these days.