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Scoobes on 27 October 2009
Squilliam said:
Hapimeses said:
Squilliam said:
IMO the only people who really care about the number of exclusives own more than one console and Microsoft would rather not cater so much to these whores and instead cater to those people whom purchase most of their games on the Xbox system. Theres so much good content incl multiplatform stuff that it doesn't really matter anymore.

Whilst I respect your opinion, I'd have to disagree. The number of quality, recognisable exclusives a platform can boast is a primary issue for people looking to move into this generation of consoles, which, by far, the majority haven't. Any company looking to expand its user base wants to attract these customers.

That said, the 360 has exclusives of this type, just not many recently.

 If that were true then the massive exclusive gulf circa 2007 would have meant a hell of a lot more than it did to the relative sales of the Xbox 360 and PS3. People buy them for the content and experience as well as the social aspect of community. The exclusive content is only a fraction of the actual desireable content. Also much of the content which is exclusive tends to excite those whom already own the console more than the people who don't.

 

I'm pretty sure in 2007 a lot of people bought a 360 for the promise and due to the hype of Halo 3. And I'm pretty sure a lot of PS3 owners bought it for the promise of MGS4. Diehard fans of a game will always buy the console their games are on. Halo and Gears are essential to the sucess of 360. MGS4, God of War and GT5 (and potentially Uncharted now) are essential to the success of the PS3. Exclusives help define a console.




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Hapimeses on 27 October 2009
Scoobes said:
Squilliam said:
Hapimeses said:
Squilliam said:
IMO the only people who really care about the number of exclusives own more than one console and Microsoft would rather not cater so much to these whores and instead cater to those people whom purchase most of their games on the Xbox system. Theres so much good content incl multiplatform stuff that it doesn't really matter anymore.

Whilst I respect your opinion, I'd have to disagree. The number of quality, recognisable exclusives a platform can boast is a primary issue for people looking to move into this generation of consoles, which, by far, the majority haven't. Any company looking to expand its user base wants to attract these customers.

That said, the 360 has exclusives of this type, just not many recently.

 If that were true then the massive exclusive gulf circa 2007 would have meant a hell of a lot more than it did to the relative sales of the Xbox 360 and PS3. People buy them for the content and experience as well as the social aspect of community. The exclusive content is only a fraction of the actual desireable content. Also much of the content which is exclusive tends to excite those whom already own the console more than the people who don't.

 

I'm pretty sure in 2007 a lot of people bought a 360 for the promise and due to the hype of Halo 3. And I'm pretty sure a lot of PS3 owners bought it for the promise of MGS4. Diehard fans of a game will always buy the console their games are on. Halo and Gears are essential to the sucess of 360. MGS4, God of War and GT5 (and potentially Uncharted now) are essential to the success of the PS3. Exclusives help define a console.

Yup, that's how I see it.



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selnor on 27 October 2009

It's all subjective. Personally 2009 is the best year ever in gaming for me. FM3 is my number 1 game ever. So as you can see it's subjective.



Aion on 27 October 2009

Are you kidding this year kicked so much ass for the 360.



 

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Squilliam on 27 October 2009
Hapimeses said:
Really, I think you underestimate the power of an exclusive title. Almost everyone I know bought their consoles because of a title they wanted to play. Of my friends, Gears and Halo were the primary drives behind 360 purchases; SingStar (sadly), Killzone2, MGS4, and LBP were behind most Ps3 purchase; and, almost universally, Wii Fit was behind any Wii purchases.

The power of the exclusives, even years after release, should not be ignored.

The people you know aren't representative of the overall market.



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Hapimeses on 28 October 2009

I never said they were. I was using personal anecdotal evidence to demonstrate one of the reasons why I think what I think, and why I think you're wrong.



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Scoobes on 30 October 2009
selnor said:
It's all subjective. Personally 2009 is the best year ever in gaming for me. FM3 is my number 1 game ever. So as you can see it's subjective.

Have you posted at all in this last month without mentioning Forza 3?! Gotta respect the passion you have for that game!




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heruamon on 30 October 2009

Just looking at the Xbox console exclusive thread...360 has a killer line-up for next year!



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RJ@Melb on 30 October 2009

If you like making lists on the internet..yeh its been a bit of a crapper
Otherwise theres still way too many awesome games for a normal person to buy and have time to play.



monlosez on 30 October 2009

Too many games for me to play. Plenty of good games every year. Can't wait for L4D2 and MDW2.