Exclusivity doesnt matter.

I think people here overate the benefites of exclusive games. when in reality it's what system a game doesnt come out for that matters.

Say Fable 3 comes out on 360 and PC and not PS3. The fact that it doesnt come out on PS3 is a HUGE plus for pc and 360, even if it's not exclusive for 360 it's still a giant reason why someone would buy a 360 or pcover a ps3. Just because it's not exclusive doesnt mean it's not a big deal. It is. What people have to realize is what games DONT come out for what particular system is what matters. That in my opinion is a bigger deal than exclusivity.

PC/360 multiplats build each of their over all libraries. But, if a person is interested in one of those games, they always have the choice of getting it for 360 or on PC. If a game is an actual exclusive, you can ONLY get it on that platform, so having actual exclusives does benefit because those games can only be played on 1 system, which doesn't give the consumer an option to buy it anywhere else

Too much stock is definately put into exclusives, and multiplats are lessened in importance because of it.

Some multiplats will be just important as exclusives to certain people. Especially if you want to play a game like ME2 and don't have the money, nor inclination to use a gaming PC. You're only choice would be to buy it for the 360.

Exclusives and features are the reason why people make their purchases of certain gaming items...:?

Exclusives will matter again when the 360 starts getting someJ-WOW

With so many games/devs going multiplat exclusives matter more than they ever did!

I think people here overate the benefites of exclusive games. when in reality it's what system a game doesnt come out for that matters.

Say Fable 3 comes out on 360 and PC and not PS3. The fact that it doesnt come out on PS3 is a HUGE plus for pc and 360, even if it's not exclusive for 360 it's still a giant reason why someone would buy a 360 or pcover a ps3. Just because it's not exclusive doesnt mean it's not a big deal. It is. What people have to realize is what games DONT come out for what particular system is what matters. That in my opinion is a bigger deal than exclusivity.

TheMistique

Yeah, it does.

Funny, I think they matter a great deal. Go figure.

I think people here overate the benefites of exclusive games. when in reality it's what system a game doesnt come out for that matters.

Say Fable 3 comes out on 360 and PC and not PS3. The fact that it doesnt come out on PS3 is a HUGE plus for pc and 360, even if it's not exclusive for 360 it's still a giant reason why someone would buy a 360 or pcover a ps3. Just because it's not exclusive doesnt mean it's not a big deal. It is. What people have to realize is what games DONT come out for what particular system is what matters. That in my opinion is a bigger deal than exclusivity.

Exclusives is bigger kicker, since i need to buy specific platform, let say i want Fable 3 (but i don't :p) and have PC and PS3, do i need 360 to play it? no, i can get it on PC. Now you want LBP you got 360 and PC, you need PS3? Yes, beacue it's not on either platform that you own. Exclusives are bigger deal since it gives more potential on hardware sales

if you want a particular exclusive, you have to buy that one system. if you want a multiplat, you have options. exclusives DO matter more...especially if you already own a gaming system.

Exclusives will matter again when the 360 starts getting someJ-WOW

Sure they dont matter, when you dont have any... its akin to the poor saying money doesnt matter

so from now on we should care about exclusives but we should start to care about games that dont appear on a console, aka excludives? (from exclude) :P

[QUOTE="J-WOW"]Exclusives will matter again when the 360 starts getting someshroofnayef

Outside of systemwars, I think exclusivity means little to nothing. Folks buy good games, they don't care what platform it's on. In the end, I think they just care about what costs more or what costs less.Stevo_the_gamer

Fail. Before a casual person buys a system they buy the system for a certain game cause they believe it will be released on that system. For instance people bought a 360 knowing they could play halo 3 and people bought the ps3 knowing GT5 will come out. Casuals know the latter don't insult people please.

Especially if you want to play a game like ME2 and don't have the money, nor inclination to use a gaming PC. You're only choice would be to buy it for the 360.lundy86_4

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Outside of systemwars, I think exclusivity means little to nothing. Folks buy good games, they don't care what platform it's on. In the end, I think they just care about what costs more or what costs less.xOMGITSJASONx

Fail. Before a casual person buys a system they buy the system for a certain game cause they believe it will be released on that system. For instance people bought a 360 knowing they could play halo 3 and people bought the ps3 knowing GT5 will come out. Casuals know the latter don't insult people please.

then why has the marketshare shifted so drastically?

shouldnt sony still have like 90% of the market because people would buy it based on the exclusives they loved on the ps2?

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"] Especially if you want to play a game like ME2 and don't have the money, nor inclination to use a gaming PC. You're only choice would be to buy it for the 360.yanbuco2712

With so many games/devs going multiplat exclusives matter more than they ever did!

Espada12

[QUOTE="J-WOW"]Exclusives will matter again when the 360 starts getting someSantesyu

it does still have more high scoring ones than the ps3.

if you want a particular exclusive, you have to buy that one system. if you want a multiplat, you have options. exclusives DO matter more...especially if you already own a gaming system.

CaseyWegner

I think people here overate the benefites of exclusive games. when in reality it's what system a game doesnt come out for that matters.

Say Fable 3 comes out on 360 and PC and not PS3. The fact that it doesnt come out on PS3 is a HUGE plus for pc and 360, even if it's not exclusive for 360 it's still a giant reason why someone would buy a 360 or pcover a ps3. Just because it's not exclusive doesnt mean it's not a big deal. It is. What people have to realize is what games DONT come out for what particular system is what matters. That in my opinion is a bigger deal than exclusivity.

Exclusives will matter again when the 360 starts getting someJ-WOW

I will keep this in mind.

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

if you want a particular exclusive, you have to buy that one system. if you want a multiplat, you have options. exclusives DO matter more...especially if you already own a gaming system.

TheMistique

no. you buy a system for what it DOES have. you don't not buy a system because of what it doesn't have.

Exclusives will matter again when the 360 starts getting someJ-WOW

i've never really cared a whole lot. most of my favorites this gen are multiplats anyway. but a lot of people here take them very, very seriously.

[QUOTE="TheMistique"][QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

if you want a particular exclusive, you have to buy that one system. if you want a multiplat, you have options. exclusives DO matter more...especially if you already own a gaming system.

CaseyWegner

no. you buy a system for what it DOES have. you don't not buy a system because of what it doesn't have.

it's the same difference. does it really matter? "I only play videogames because of halo; PS3 doesn't have halo; So why would I buy a ps3"

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

[QUOTE="TheMistique"] yes the reason you dont buy a particular system it's because it doesnt have a particular game. "excludives" as half-way mentioned. exclusive is just a sub category of excludives.ski11buzz

no. you buy a system for what it DOES have. you don't not buy a system because of what it doesn't have.

it's the same difference. does it really matter? "I only play videogames because of halo; PS3 doesn't have halo; So why would I buy a ps3"

you could have not bought a pc. you could have not bought a wii. you could have not bought a ps3. you HAD TO buy a 360.

I think people here overate the benefites of exclusive games. when in reality it's what system a game doesnt come out for that matters.

Say Fable 3 comes out on 360 and PC and not PS3. The fact that it doesnt come out on PS3 is a HUGE plus for pc and 360, even if it's not exclusive for 360 it's still a giant reason why someone would buy a 360 or pcover a ps3. Just because it's not exclusive doesnt mean it's not a big deal. It is. What people have to realize is what games DONT come out for what particular system is what matters. That in my opinion is a bigger deal than exclusivity.

TheMistique

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"]

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

no. you buy a system for what it DOES have. you don't not buy a system because of what it doesn't have.

CaseyWegner

it's the same difference. does it really matter? "I only play videogames because of halo; PS3 doesn't have halo; So why would I buy a ps3"

you could have not bought a pc. you could have not bought a wii. you could have not bought a ps3. you HAD TO buy a 360.

exactly, none of those systems have halo so you didn't buy them. Why can't the same logic be applied to all platforms that didn't have what you wanted?

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"]

it's the same difference. does it really matter? "I only play videogames because of halo; PS3 doesn't have halo; So why would I buy a ps3"

ski11buzz

you could have not bought a pc. you could have not bought a wii. you could have not bought a ps3. you HAD TO buy a 360.

exactly, none of those systems have halo so you didn't buy them. Why can't the same logic be applied to all platforms that didn't have what you wanted?

dude. a system having a game you want is more important than a system not.

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"]

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

you could have not bought a pc. you could have not bought a wii. you could have not bought a ps3. you HAD TO buy a 360.

CaseyWegner

exactly, none of those systems have halo so you didn't buy them. Why can't the same logic be applied to all platforms that didn't have what you wanted?

dude. a system having a game you want is more important than a system not.

You wouldn't buy a system if it didn't have what you wanted just like you would buy a system for what it did have. They are the same argument, is all i'm saying

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"]

exactly, none of those systems have halo so you didn't buy them. Why can't the same logic be applied to all platforms that didn't have what you wanted?

ski11buzz

dude. a system having a game you want is more important than a system not.

You wouldn't buy a system if it didn't have what you wanted just like you would buy a system for what it did have. They are the same argument, is all i'm saying

not really. if it didn't have what you wanted? exactly. how would you even know what to buy in the first place? the game. the exclusive game. the game that gives you no choice but to buy that system.

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"]

exactly, none of those systems have halo so you didn't buy them. Why can't the same logic be applied to all platforms that didn't have what you wanted?

dude. a system having a game you want is more important than a system not.

You wouldn't buy a system if it didn't have what you wanted just like you would buy a system for what it did have. They are the same argument, is all i'm saying

Oh yes they do.

I think what matters the most is the overall game library.

Too much stock is definately put into exclusives, and multiplats are lessened in importance because of it.

Some multiplats will be just important as exclusives to certain people. Especially if you want to play a game like ME2 and don't have the money, nor inclination to use a gaming PC. You're only choice would be to buy it for the 360.

lundy86_4

And now the PS3! ;)

Exclusivity only matters if its an absolute must have game. I remember back when games like BF1942 and the original CoD launched on pc I just couldn't stand it and had to buy a gamming pc for those games. Halo 3 for instance is a must have game imo, but where this argument fails is when the exclusives do not engender this type of must have mentality. You could have an unlimited amount of exclusives on a system that don't make much of a difference because the general gamming populous does not recognize them as must have games. To check if the overall game populous considers a game must have one only has to look at the sales of said exclusives to draw a conclusion as to the importance each exclusive has engendered within the populous.

Exclusivity only matters if its an absolute must have game. I remember back when games like BF1942 and the original CoD launched on pc I just couldn't stand it and had to buy a gamming pc for those games. Halo 3 for instance is a must have game imo, but where this argument fails is when the exclusives do not engender this type of must have mentality. You could have an unlimited amount of exclusives on a system that don't make much of a difference because the general gamming populous does not recognize them as must have games. To check if the overall game populous considers a game must have one only has to look at the sales of said exclusives to draw a conclusion as to the importance each exclusive has engendered within the populous.

nosedive7

ahhh yes, the elusive "system seller"

Halo has definitely done wonders for MS by creating a massive cult around it (not to mention an esport).