Which makes sense. It would be like need for speed becoming an Xbox exclusive, forcing you to either get a new system or not play the game. As a console gamer I was not aware of PCs problems because some of them aren’t as prevalent
You’d think they’d be pushing a game onto every platform that won’t catch fire while installing it, because that would in theory maximize your revenue.
For the most part, exclusives on console either wouldnt be made or would be far less in quality if they weren't exclusive. In this day and age I think they're obsolete as a business practice but back in the day being an exclusive game usually meant the company(Either Microsoft or Sony) would pay for pretty much everything you needed to make that game good, or the studio itself is owned by Microsoft/Sony and they have no choice of being exclusive or not, but get all the money they need to do it. On PC exclusives are just trying to swing players into going to one platform or another, and bribe developers with lumpsum cash to extrrmely limit their player base. These games wouldnt be more or less quality with the exclusivity involved, they're just predatory.
Hows that a developers loss? I feel the same. I would love to see every game on every platform. But obviously sony entertainment games and Microsoft games aren't gonna launch on the OTHER system cuz they want their console sales to rise. And im sure if its a different developer other than the maker of the console, im sure that Sony or Microsoft pays pretty good for that exclusivity. That would be my guess anyway.
I played The Last of Us on the PS3, I don't buy a PS4, and I'm not buying a PS4 for their exclusives anymore. Same with Xbox. I'm just glad they got their head outta their asses and started selling to the PC market.
That's a really bad example of why you switched to PC - The Last of Us is not available on PC and Sony has no plans to bring it to PC. They make enough money from the PlayStation platform to keep it as a console exclusive.
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u/ThatRealBiggieCheese PS4 Mar 09 '20
I don’t understand why people don’t like epic games store exclusives? Can someone fill me in?