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Do You Know Why Exclusive Games Don't Really Matter? - Timed Exclusive DLC Woos Consumers |
Listed in: Opinions & Analysis Tags: console apps, dlc, hbo go, hulu, Microsoft, Netflix, Nintendo, Sony
The Timed-Exclusive DLC Debate
Other than all of those big fancy apps to flesh out a unique console, another avenue that hardware makers have been looking into just a little bit more is the art of the timed exclusive DLC. In terms of which company does it the most and the best, let's take a look at Microsoft. Just recently we saw them secure rights for more modes in Resident Evil 6, and even Square's Tomb Raider reboot will be getting content on Xbox before anybody else. Most famously, PS3 users just got the Skyrim DLC that Xbox users have been toying around with for months now. In that sense this company seems to know what it's doing with its DLC.
So what does that mean for you? It's really sort of a trickle effect. For some gamers (like me) DLC might not matter at all which is why you see so many people perfectly content with their PS3. However, the hardcore set is going to want as many maps and add-ons as they can possibly handle, so they may start to get frustrated when they can't use all of the cool stuff that their friends may have. If this happens enough, it will lead to a new customer and this is what Microsoft banks its money on. It may not be about who has the most exclusive games, but rather who has the most access to DLC and apps instead.
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Also, it's a pretty stupid point someone is trying to make when you omit 1/3 of the industry.
The Kia Rio is the top selling car of all time!!! Omitting anyone who makes a truck and anyone who isn't from Korea.
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Exclusives do matter to Nintendo but I kind of don't consider them a "hardcore" competitor. They're there but they kind of do their own thing. They really don't compete as much with the other two.
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They generally use the system's hardware better, and often have unique features because of that utilization of the hardware.
It would be nice if there were no console/PC exclusives(one console), but games of late have gotten stale and exclusives are the last bastion(beside indie games) of uniqueness in video games.
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The second reason why most people are saying exclusives are not that important is due to the big influence of xbox and PC on the industry both of which do not have many exclusive although they have very very good ones like Halo and Gears of War. But than again those games are not diversifying like other exclusives which nintendo and playstation have.
It's a pity people are starting to look at exclusives in this manner because studios who work for exclusive material are usually the very best and most innovative and they are the ones who dare to take risks in something new or different and the ones who set standards.
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