Support NeoGAF

[Birgitte2004]

Wow, that's bullshit. Why aren't any media outlets calling out Microsoft?

US Media outlets have always been supremely hesitant in talking bad about Microsoft in any way. It's part of why people thought the PS3 was going the way of the Gamecube, because the US media portrayed it as though the PS3 was selling poorly everywhere, not just in the US.

 

[Doffen]

Wow, that's bullshit. Why aren't any media outlets calling out Microsoft?

Busy trying to understand why Sony are blocking their users from true cross-play.

 

[ced]

"Exclusive" said over and over 20 times.

 

[franklyshankly]

Why don't they, for one, just stop spinning things?

Because it works, unfortunately.

 

[Skeeter49]

I don't know what's so hard to say "First on Consoles", I guess that doesn't sound as good.

And to be honest, the PUBG was the man at fault, he said exclusive at least twice and I think it is just an exclusive for this year.

If they said first on consoles, the reception would have been different, especially with the amount of them there.
It also becomes more obvious they're using contradicting language with Exclusive being said by the voice, and First on Consoles which makes it obvious it'll come to other consoles.

If they were going to go this route, and wanted the reception they wanted, this was the best way to go. No one's really questioning it, and there are a lot of people who think Microsoft showed off 22 new exclusive games, while getting little backlash.