Harrison says exclusives are not a priority for the PS3

Exclusives are very important to Sony, especially since the Xbox 360 had a head start and is less expensive. If a game is available on multiple systems, people are probably more likely to get it for the Xbox 360. They need exclusives to justify purchasing the system. The PlayStation 2 had many exclusive games and it did great, in part due to those exclusives.

The less PS3-only games there are, the less reason there is to slap down $600 and buy the system.

We've seen many of those devs go towards the Wii, but I still believe that eastern gamers need both the PS3 and the Wii and cannot only have one or the other.DireToad

Harrison says exclusives are not a priority for the PS3.

Fom Kotaku's live Blog of the SCEA blog congress;

He also says he doesn't think that exclusives are as important.

"I' m not sure that's as big a deal as everyone points out," he said.


What do people think about this? Is he right? Does it matter whether or not games are exclusives as long as there are games?
cakeorrdeath

[QUOTE="DireToad"]

We've seen many of those devs go towards the Wii, but I still believe that eastern gamers need both the PS3 and the Wii and cannot only have one or the other.cakeorrdeath

[QUOTE="DireToad"]

We've seen many of those devs go towards the Wii, but I still believe that eastern gamers need both the PS3 and the Wii and cannot only have one or the other.cakeorrdeath

I wouldn't exclude the 360. Wii and Xbox 360 make a nice match as well. The Xbox 360 games feature more traditional control methods that won't be going away any time soon.LordAndrew

I know that this is all corprate mindspeak, but come on. Exclusives have always been a very important part of videogames. 1st or 3rd party, exclusives sell consoles. This has been true from  NES/Sega through GC/PS2/X-Box, and it's true to this gen too.

I'm sure a lot of gamers are like I am and buy a console when enough games I want are available. I always get Nintendo systems because of Mario and Zelda, I got my Genesis for the exclusive x-men games and Sonic, TG for Bonk and Ys, PS for FF7, Saturn for Rayearth, PS2 for Kingdom Hearts (waiting on Banjo-Kazooie to decide on 360). Now I buy other games as well, but it takes those few exclusives that I really want to make me shell out the money for the system. For simplicity, I also tend to get multiplats for one system, so I usually end up with one system with a lot of games, and 2 or 3 with only a dozen or so.

If all systems have the same games, why get more than one, and definately why choose the more expensive one. Afterall, when was the last time there was a significant difference between versions of the same game?

[QUOTE="LordAndrew"]I wouldn't exclude the 360. Wii and Xbox 360 make a nice match as well. The Xbox 360 games feature more traditional control methods that won't be going away any time soon.DireToad

LOlolOLolloLOlloLLollOLolOlodOl...ohh that was rich :P thats just what i would expect someone who has lost most of thier exclusives to say for DAMAGE CONTROL........not unlike a little kid saying.....YOUR NOT MY BUDDY...or....I DIDNT WANT THAT ANYWAY....HMM. :Pjazreal

LOlolOLolloLOlloLLollOLolOlodOl...ohh that was rich :P  thats just what i would expect someone who has lost most of thier exclusives to say for DAMAGE CONTROL........not unlike a little kid saying.....YOUR NOT MY BUDDY...or....I DIDNT WANT THAT ANYWAY....HMM.  :Pjazreal

Except that they've only lost two :roll:. When will fanboys quit blowing things out of proportion? The 360 has lost more exclusives than the PS3 has... why fail to bring that up? Ahhh, yes. Fanboyism, it's a horrible thing. The fact is that Sony still has the most exclusives coming out this year.

Harrison says exclusives are not a priority for the PS3.

Fom Kotaku's live Blog of the SCEA blog congress;

He also says he doesn't think that exclusives are as important.

"I' m not sure that's as big a deal as everyone points out," he said.


What do people think about this? Is he right? Does it matter whether or not games are exclusives as long as there are games?
cakeorrdeath

I think console exclusivity is very important.

console-pc multiplats are meaningless.
shadow_lord_11

[QUOTE="jazreal"]LOlolOLolloLOlloLLollOLolOlodOl...ohh that was rich :P thats just what i would expect someone who has lost most of thier exclusives to say for DAMAGE CONTROL........not unlike a little kid saying.....YOUR NOT MY BUDDY...or....I DIDNT WANT THAT ANYWAY....HMM. :Pshungokustasu

[QUOTE="shadow_lord_11"]I think console exclusivity is very important.

console-pc multiplats are meaningless.
the-very-best

[QUOTE="jazreal"]LOlolOLolloLOlloLLollOLolOlodOl...ohh that was rich :P  thats just what i would expect someone who has lost most of thier exclusives to say for DAMAGE CONTROL........not unlike a little kid saying.....YOUR NOT MY BUDDY...or....I DIDNT WANT THAT ANYWAY....HMM.  :PSgt_Hale

Except that they've only lost two :roll:. When will fanboys quit blowing things out of proportion? The 360 has lost more exclusives than the PS3 has... why fail to bring that up? Ahhh, yes. Fanboyism, it's a horrible thing. The fact is that Sony still has the most exclusives coming out this year.

Why should they be? They already God of War, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, etc... skixwolf

Uh Yeah, I'd say exclusives are pretty important. But I'm no executive so what do I know.hellsing321

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="shadow_lord_11"]I think console exclusivity is very important.

console-pc multiplats are meaningless.
shadow_lord_11

Harrison says exclusives are not a priority for the PS3.

Fom Kotaku's live Blog of the SCEA blog congress;

He also says he doesn't think that exclusives are as important.

"I' m not sure that's as big a deal as everyone points out," he said.


What do people think about this? Is he right? Does it matter whether or not games are exclusives as long as there are games?
cakeorrdeath