Is exclusive games good or bad?

Flame · Nov 16, 2018

The arguments are:-

its bad because you might need to get a console which has that game. and if you dont have that console you might not be part of that ecosystem.

its good because then other people would need to support that company which you want to support anyway.

so what do you think of exclusive games and what are your thoughts?

Sonic Angel Knight · Nov 16, 2018

Good for getting console sales, bad for people who don't want to buy the console to play the exclusive game. (bragging rights is a bonus sometimes)

matthi321 · Nov 16, 2018

bad because i have to buy several consoles, and that console might not bee hacked so i cant get it for free

AtsuNii · Nov 16, 2018

I'd say it is good, as it markets their own console better. In that way it makes it more attractive to get such a console. It might also help a bit against people like above me, no offence, but companies need to make money to keep on producing games aswell. Piracy takes it away afterall.

Too bad Xbox is bringing their exclusives to PC now, however I like the Xbox enough that it still replaced my PC.

duwen · Nov 16, 2018

Exclusive games are essential.

The Catboy · Nov 16, 2018

I am going with good because exclusives drive the market. Without exclusive games, there's literally no reason for there to be more than one system nor any reason for rapid innovation. Having exclusives drives people to buy one system over another or even drive them to buy multiple systems to get those games and that moves that market. Equally, companies need to keep innovating and bring more to the market in an attempt to bring in more customers. If every single game was multi-platform, then why even bother buying another system? Hell, why even bother innovating? Just update what you have a call it a day, it's not like the customer is going to have any other options. Even those who do innovate would end up being copied and again bring up the question of why bother?

duwen · Nov 16, 2018

Lilith Valentine said:
I am going with good because exclusives drive the market. Without exclusive games, there's literally no reason for there to be more than one system nor any reason for rapid innovation. Having exclusives drives people to buy one system over another or even drive them to buy multiple systems to get those games and that moves that market. Equally, companies need to keep innovating and bring more to the market in an attempt to bring in more customers. If every single game was multi-platform, then why even bother buying another system? Hell, why even bother innovating? Just update what you have a call it a day, it's not like the customer is going to have any other options.

Almost word-for-word what I was originally going to write... before being lazy and just stating "Exclusive games are essential"

migles · Nov 16, 2018

i am saying good because the piss poor ports..
and dumb shit like "you get this content only available in this system"
but mostly when a game is designed with one system in mind and when it is ported to other game, the controls or overfeel of the game had it's intended system in mind

CORE · Nov 16, 2018

Personally Exclusive Games is reason enough to buy that particular Console like back in the day Mario and Sonic or Halo and God of War , Games that actually standout and aren't on every other Platform in particular the Wii U was unique because of the additional screen gameplay features where in fact enhanced by this such a shame no one caught on especially Aliens Colonial Marines that would have been cool.

The Exclusive Games also generate competition and innovation where as each company platform will try to out do the other with that killer app that the masses will inevitably buy.

The Real Jdbye · Nov 16, 2018

Lilith Valentine said:
I am going with good because exclusives drive the market. Without exclusive games, there's literally no reason for there to be more than one system nor any reason for rapid innovation. Having exclusives drives people to buy one system over another or even drive them to buy multiple systems to get those games and that moves that market. Equally, companies need to keep innovating and bring more to the market in an attempt to bring in more customers. If every single game was multi-platform, then why even bother buying another system? Hell, why even bother innovating? Just update what you have a call it a day, it's not like the customer is going to have any other options. Even those who do innovate would end up being copied and again bring up the question of why bother?

Exactly this. Plus, if exclusives weren't a thing, there wouldn't be much of a market for consoles, since you could just play anything on a PC.

Alexander1970 · Nov 16, 2018

Not good,for example the Resident Evil Thing from Nintendo. :rolleyes:

Not good,why buy different Consoles.
Not good for my moneybag....

leon315 · Nov 16, 2018

Those exclusive games give a distinct identity to a console, which invite a client to choose their console instead the one of competitor, i like them, and i wish ALL consoles have their own esclusive games.

Treeko · Nov 16, 2018

I would go as far as to say that its a requirement for a manufacturer to stay relevant in this market, look at xbox they shot themselves in the foot when they decided to bring every single exclusive over to pc, yeah I get that windows is also a Microsoft product but the main point here is that the xbox brand has had to pay heavily for trying to experiment with its exclusives, just look at sony they have been in the lead since before this generation of consoles even launched, its all about the games they have to offer and sony has been on a roll, even Nintendo is mimicking the same strategy arguably to the point where the switch is a barebones console that only has games to offer, not much when it comes to media playback options other than the recently released youtube app, look at where they are, a couple of years down the line and I wouldn't be surprised if the switch surpasses xbox one's sales numbers.

So yeah exclusives absolutely drive platform sales, sure it might be shitty for the consumer to have to buy multiple consoles to get the best out of this generation, but at the end of the day all of this is a business for these huge corporate companies and there is no reason for them to stop making a profit off of their platforms to produce titles for other manufacturers.

BlueFox gui · Nov 16, 2018

for me it's bad because i can't pay for it XD

duwen · Nov 16, 2018

I'll only buy a console when there's a decent amount of exclusive games that I want to play released for it... that's why I still don't own a Switch (although the time's getting nearer), and why I'll never own an XB0ne.

Taleweaver · Nov 16, 2018

I voted 'bad'. If there were more poll option, it'd be more in the area of 75% bad, 25% good.

Look...let's be honest here: console wars are a pissing contest. Back in the day you could argue that there was real innovation in play, but that's certainly not what drives sales nowadays (okay, nintendo still does its own thing. They're the exception). Consoles are basically computers you connect to your television. Heck...even the inverse is true, with many non-console PC games catering to the classic xbox360 controller. And that's a good thing: consoles as a whole should be a platform for a gaming audience. The whole exclusives thing is stupid, and if I had my way, manufacturers just produced their games on true multiplatform to begin with (meaning: if you bought FutureGame, you could download and play it on your Xbone, PS4, nintendo, PC and - give it a few years - your mobile device). We don't expect art lovers to classify whether they should like paintings on white canvas over paintings on grey canvas...right? We don't expect roads to be "mostly functional for all cars, but some roads are exclusive to BMW's".
Developers just want their games played. This whole mess of different consoles burdens them more than that it gains them (the exception is for anticipated games that gain benefits for exclusivity, but that act is more a symptom of what's wrong rather than an actual benefit).

The 25% good is basically what others have already mentioned. I can't deny that this whole "my console versus your console" gets people caught into gaming more than they otherwise would. It's like rooting for a sports team: it's not that you want the other teams to fail per se, but you certainly want YOUR team to be the best. Consoles give gamers a sense of identity. While I find it often a rather restrictive identity (see also: the hatred against mobile games), it is better than no identity at all.

duwen · Nov 16, 2018

Taleweaver said:
I can't deny that this whole "my console versus your console" gets people caught into gaming more than they otherwise would. It's like rooting for a sports team: it's not that you want the other teams to fail per se, but you certainly want YOUR team to be the best.

Anyone that legitimately thinks this is a reason for owning one system over any other is a moron... like the early adopters that backed XB0ne from day one purely because they were "team Xbox" last gen.
Fuck that.
You buy the system that has the games you want to play.

I was "team Xbox" last gen, but I was wise enough to not buy one as soon as they released their next system... in fact, the first console I bought when this gen kicked off was a PS3! Yep, a PS3 - so I could play the system exclusives I missed on it last gen.
Then after letting this current gen find it's feet, the next system I bought was a Wii U, because it had developed a ton of exclusives that I wanted to play. Eventually I got a PS4 Pro too for the same reasons.

Don't fanboy one company over another. Go with the games.

SG854 · Nov 16, 2018

Lilith Valentine said:
If every single game was multi-platform, then why even bother buying another system? Hell, why even bother innovating? Just update what you have a Call of Duty,

Fixed it for you

AdamFX990 · Nov 16, 2018

With great art you need limitations. There's a strong argument to be made for quality increasing as a result of just focusing on one platform.

That being said, a game not being on your chosen platform does suck. But you'll likely still get to play it one day.

Armadillo · Nov 16, 2018

Bad. Until 60fps is standard on console, everything should have a pc version as well.

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