Former PlayStation exec calls exclusivity the ‘Achilles’ heel’ of blockbuster games | VGC - eviltoast
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    8 months ago

    It’s also why Nintendo has a piracy issue. Stop with the console exclusive bullshit and maybe I’d buy the game on a system I actually have…

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    I’m glad Playstation games are coming out on PC now. I bought a PS4 for the exclusives and the ones I bought it for were good, but I’m never gonna buy a PS5.

    Funny thing about owning a console is that when Christmas and birthday come along, non gamer family and friends would rather get you a physical object than a steam key. But a physical object is sooooooo inconvenient. So I own the PS versions of RDR2 and AC Oddysey, and I’ve never finished them and probably never will. They’re good games, but it’s a bad platform. Bloody annoying.

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          A) it usually helps to quote what part you’re referencing regardless if people have read the article or not.

          B) your comment makes no sense on its own anyway.

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              I’m with the other dude. Your comment makes no sense, even after reading the article. You have spat out words without context as to what you’re responding to, and without enough detail to infer it on our own. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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                Bro read the article bro I’m lazy bro the secret is there if you read the article bro trust me bro

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                I think they’re trying to say that they’re a PlayStation fanboy and one of those “gamers” that thinks exclusivity is a good thing/doesn’t want the “Xbox/PC trash” playing “their” PlayStation games.

                Which, in my opinion, get fucked with that one.

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                “You have to improve your odds by cracking the funnel open”…

                Literally the subtitle.

                The business is all about conversion. You have to improve your odds by cracking the funnel open. Helldivers 2 has shown that for PlayStation, coming out on PC at the same time. Again, you get that funnel wider. You get more people in

                How do you think they’re going to get people to move from PC to PS?

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                  It’s a dumb point because there is no console that beats having a PC.

                  Are you seriously suggesting a handful of 40 hour single player experiences is worth sacrificing: full backwards compatability, emulation of all old consoles and games, Mods, games that can’t be adapted to the limitations of consoles (grand strategy, certain MMO’s), cheaper sales and key sites, as well as inevitably having access to the exclusives from all platforms

                  The only path for console developers to win over customers is through cheap hardware, which doesn’t win over any PC users who have better rigs.

                  Your point is bad at making any real point. You basically just spoke around the topic then blamed everybody else for not understanding lmao.

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                  They’re not trying to do that? They’re trying to make sure their games reach a wider audience. At this point consoles don’t care about having you locked into their ecosystem, they’ve realized gamers gonna game regardless of platform, and most prefer PC.

                  So they’re going to (hopefully) try to make sure they have their “exclusives” released on more consoles. You know, “crack open that funnel” and all.

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          Okay I’ve read the article. Your comment still makes no sense, whatsoever.

          Are you saying you want to keep console exclusivity a thing, by making options available to both PC and PS users locked only to PS? Because that doesn’t make sense, nor will it literally ever happen.