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[Beastclaw Raider]

None at all. I think owners of the xbox series x/s only are most likely to vote yes on this.

 

[KXVXII9X]

I feel like I got a stroke trying to read this lol

 

[Bragr]

The reason why people like exclusives is because the studios that make them are usually the best talent in the industry that is getting funded and given long development cycles to make the best game they possibly can, because the game is not just any game, it's a showpiece for the console.

 

[Rockondevil]

None at all. I think owners of the xbox series x/s only are most likely to vote yes on this.

Because we have Game Pass right? If not, please explain?

 

[EDMIX]

Multiplatform or exclusive, it doesn't really matter. If the game is good and I have system to play it then I will play it.

Agreed.

The only time this even comes into play is when its a studio that has no history of doing multiplatform, suddenly doing multiplatform. Maybe that could have been a better thread.

I'm more likely to play a 3rd party game by a studio that has a strong history of doing that well. Just cause its on a platform I own, doesn't mean it will play well on the platform I own lol So it really depends.

 

[LordBlodgett]

A game being exclusive to one console or another does not make me want to play it more or less. Is it a good game? If so then I will eventually play it, no matter what the console is.........

This is the weirdest question ever

 

[cireza]

Answer to the thread : absolutely not.

I would find this stupid to make the game exclusive, by the way.

 

[Filben]

Neither

If I wanted to play it and it comes to my platform I'm going to play it all the same. I won't be passing on a game out of putatively solidarity for people who start crying when a former exclusive is announced for another platform years later.

 

[GymWolf]

Being multiplat change nothing to me.

 

[Edmund]

If its a game I want to play and it's exclusive, there's a higher chance I might get it day 1 instead of waiting for a sale.

 

[Topher]

"I think this forum has a weird obession with exclusives."

Makes thread about exclusives.

 

[RoboFu]

That's a very rare occurrence. I can't even think of a game doing that.

 

[Three]

Starfield is one example, yeah, but it's more about console exclusives and the heightened appeal they seem to have for console fans in general.

The only reason they have appeal is because platform holders push marketing for exclusives to sell their platforms. That and console warriors use them in list wars so they get even more exposure. Console fans in general couldn't care less if a good game is exclusive or not.

 

[Three]

That's a very rare occurrence. I can't even think of a game doing that.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a very accurate example of it.

In a slightly more loose example you have Starfield too.

 

[RoboFu]

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a very accurate example of it.

In a slightly more loose example you have Starfield too.

Rise of the tomb raider wasn't exclusive and starfield wasn't a " last min " change and was never announced for anything platforms.

I must be missing something from the deciphering of the op.

 

[winjer]

What matters is the game's quality.

Exclusivity is just a gimmick for fanboys to argue about.

 

[Three]

Rise of the tomb raider wasn't exclusive and starfield wasn't a " last min " change.

I must be missing something from the deciphering of the op.

It was a timed exclusive and that is an example of what he is asking opinions about:

the game is suddenly announced as an exclusive (permanent or timed) to your console of choice?

Tomb raider was announced as coming to every platform. Even preorders went up for PS4. Then at Gamescom closer to release suddenly announced as a timed xbox exclusive and preorder pages were taken down.


Starfield was also announced but without mentioning any platforms. Then it became exclusive closer to release.

I don't think the OP even mentioned a "last minute" change. He said "1 year before release" in his example.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

I don't care. If it's on PlayStation, i play if not i don't. As a PlayStation only player, every game on PS is an exclusive!

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

A: Maybe for controller preference

B: No. Means it hasn't been build up from the ground for platform X

C: No, others could possible not play it

 

[saintjules]

Multiplatform or exclusive, it doesn't really matter. If the game is good and I have system to play it then I will play it.

This.

A: Maybe for controller preference

I was just thinking this too. It's interesting that something like the dualsense could make the difference of the platform choice.