Michael Pachter "Exclusives don't make that much difference at all"
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Its not that deep breh....
Yes and no.
Exclusive are important to the enthusiast crowd (Like us) and help give a console an identity. There are some exclusives that transcend the hardcore(its super rare nowadays)
There not important due to the fact that 90% of the most popular and best selling games are multi-platform.
Exclusive are important to the enthusiast crowd (Like us) and help give a console an identity. There are some exclusives that transcend the hardcore(its super rare nowadays)
There not important due to the fact that 90% of the most popular and best selling games are multi-platform.
The entire gaming market is going through a shift right now and it's easy to say that exclusives don't make that much of a difference, but I look at it differently. Every platform that you own...whether it be a PS Vita, XBOX ONE or PS4...it's all about a combination of everything. The reason Sony always gets a strong lead out of the gate with the exception of last generation is because of their history. When Sony launches a console, history shows that they are committed to developing a great lineup exclusives over time...just take a look at every sony console compared to the competition it was going up against...Sony wins in overall 1st party titles that range from decent to classics. All the way back to Crash Bandicoot at the start to Uncharted now.
IMO you need a solid library and exclusives are the cherry on the top that could be a deciding factor for a few million people. GENERALLY, a combination of strong 3rd party support + strong 1st party support is what it takes to win a generation. Microsoft has lost 2 out of it's 3 generations because they never built a strong library of internal exclusive properties outside of HALO and Gears of War. Forza is a great racing franchise (the best for about 10 years), but it's a racing franchise...any team can get together and make a solid racing game. Exclusives build an audience slowly over many generations such as Sony does generation after generation...just as Nintendo has done since the 80's.
Exclusives CLEARLY matter and bringing up Tomb Raider as some sort of proof as to why it doesn't matter is a narrow way of looking at it. The Tomb Raider franchise was never an exclusive franchise and is something that has been played on multiple platforms since it's inception in 1996. You have to look at exclusives over an extended period of time to get a clearer picture as to what is going on.
He is 100% right about the PS Vita though
IMO you need a solid library and exclusives are the cherry on the top that could be a deciding factor for a few million people. GENERALLY, a combination of strong 3rd party support + strong 1st party support is what it takes to win a generation. Microsoft has lost 2 out of it's 3 generations because they never built a strong library of internal exclusive properties outside of HALO and Gears of War. Forza is a great racing franchise (the best for about 10 years), but it's a racing franchise...any team can get together and make a solid racing game. Exclusives build an audience slowly over many generations such as Sony does generation after generation...just as Nintendo has done since the 80's.
Exclusives CLEARLY matter and bringing up Tomb Raider as some sort of proof as to why it doesn't matter is a narrow way of looking at it. The Tomb Raider franchise was never an exclusive franchise and is something that has been played on multiple platforms since it's inception in 1996. You have to look at exclusives over an extended period of time to get a clearer picture as to what is going on.
He is 100% right about the PS Vita though
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
I agree on the Tomb Raider part. I dunno why M$ did that dumb shyt 
But exclusives do matter. Not TIMED exclusives
But exclusives do matter. Not TIMED exclusives
TransJenner
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Tomb Raider LMAO , I still have one of the Tomb Raiders from PS plus , haven't even touched it
BaldingSoHard
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I would have to disagree.
SFV being exclusive is an absolutely massive deal, and I don't even play fighting games.
SFV being exclusive is an absolutely massive deal, and I don't even play fighting games.
Nintendo has the best first party exclusives in the console industry over the last 2 generations.
with ZERO third party support.
Nintendo continues to dig their own grave on that side, tbh they wouldn't be in great shape if the Wii wasn't this ridiculous unwarranted success last generation. That console made so much money for them off one single game that it's pretty ridiculous when you sit and think about it.
Oh yeah, their business mode is trash and they've successfully alienated every decent 3rd party developer but Capcom and Sega. I'm just saying from a game standpoint, they have the best exclusive catalog bar none.
Animal House
Superstar
This guy is a clown, yeah they matter especially in 2016. I know a few nikkas that bought a Xbox just for Halo and a Quad for Bloodorne ect. I bought a ps4 first this time around based off how strong the ps3 went out with their lineup.
Timed exclusives y'all...
Animal House
Superstar
niccas didn't buy a ps4 for bloodborne
Huh... i said i know know people that did breh chill. Straight Dark Sould fanatics