Is Console Exclusive Content a Problem?

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5 years ago

I wrote this on the youtube video, and I'll write it here. I appreciate the IG features and I Fucking Love these guys delivering!

ZeusBaxter

5 years ago

I feel that console exclusivity outside but maybe even including cosmetics runs againt the grain to where the gaming industry needs to go. With so many users wanting walls to come down(IE crossplay, transparency, etc) it is in the opposite and a elitist direction to walled garden your stuff. With all the big three doing mostly different strategies for gaming i can undrstand why sony is hanging onto thier last old model tactic because thats all they have left. the ps5 wouldnt have happened if the ps4 didnt do well so theyre going to go with what works. But with how amorphous the gaming industry is i wouldnt be suprised if that might bite them in the ass later. After all people were outraged about used games at the start or this console gen. As well as having to be online to play. But now it isnt a very different place with everyone mostly being ok to having thier box online all the time and most game sales being digital. Consumers dont know what they want until they can hold it and look back and say "wait that wasnt so bad". Either way I dont think exclusivity serves anyone other than the corperate machine of one company. and we dont need an EA of the hardware producers.

whiteythereaper

5 years ago

@ZeusBaxter The thing is, Xbox are legitimately trying. They finally have realised the possibilities of Game Pass, tying in to Windows and trying to give PC gamers more options outside of Steam and now Xcloud opening the doors to millions of new gamers that can play on devices they already own (Besides Apple because hello, they refuse to let anyone make money besides them). Nintendo even started to budge by bringing in Xbox in advisory capacity on their online setup and crossplay, giving people portable options to play with their friends in games like rocket league and minecraft. And then there's Sony, still as backwards as ever, going for max profit and acting like every part of their service wasn't ripped off from Xbox Live, Games with Gold and the Xbox app on windows for remote play.

crazyjivin

5 years ago

@whiteytheripper Xbox fanboi much?ps4 won and Ps5 has already won if you look at the number of units Xbox plans to build versus how many Sony plans to make.

BlueRayman

5 years ago

console exclusive content sucks when its something as big as a character you just kinda feel like your been screwed over a little when you have to buy it for a different platform. Costumes and things like that I think are ok but a character seems to far... Oh and if you have to use 'Cold Feet Crowder' meme BS in your thumbnails can you atleast take the piss out of the bigoted asshole in the video.

swordplay_Ma

5 years ago

Considering people playing on any other platform are legitimately getting less content, I feel the game should be a bit less expensive on PC and Xbox. Thats my stance on the whole situation. Otherwise, people on other platforms are paying the same amount for a lesser product, which I am pretty sure might have some legality issues.

crazyjivin

5 years ago

@swordplay_Ma there is no law saying you can’t charge more for less, that’s a bit of wishful thinking there my friend

UwU-SamaSanChan

5 years ago

If the game was a cheaper on other consoles/platforms I wouldn't mind it. But if you're not on PlayStation you are legitimately getting less content for the same price! PlayStation also gets everything early as well as exclusive missions. The other platforms aren't getting anything but cosmetics. And that's after the PlayStation people get them early.

ianfidjeland

5 years ago

Spider-Man has been my favorite hero since I was a kid. if I didn't own all the consoles this would piss me off hard-core. Enough to not buy the game. just sayin

UwU-SamaSanChan

5 years ago

Also I give it less than a year be for Spiderman is cracked onto PC lmao

Akamaru01

5 years ago

I think part of what makes this situation different than say Kratos in Mortal Kombat and Star Fox in Starlink is that both of those characters games were already exclusive to those consoles, so people without those consoles might not care as much on top of "well this makes sense", as well as Kratos not adding much content wise besides himself, though Fox was a bit more content if I remember. While in terms of games Spiderman is only on sony stuff, Spiderman himself is a much more ubiquitous Marvel/Avengers/Comic Hero thing, he's much larger than Sony/Playstation. Fucking everyone loves/wants Spiderman. Not to mention that in this game in particular with how wildly different characters can play and feel and be part of the story/world, it's a massive change in experience between consoles. Spiderman is a huge character, and losing that on not Sony consoles can feel incredibly disappointing and like you're missing out on so much more than "Just a character". Although I have multiple consoles, and if I get Avengers it will be on playstation (for more reasons than just Spiderman, but that is a big draw now), I personally think this is a dick move at least. The 30 day exclusivity can also be potentially damaging in other ways, but this was mainly about Spiderman. (I have seen talk about how by the time other consoles get the added content, playstation will already be onto the next thing and thus you have a never ending cycle of being behind, which how much that matters vary from person to person but still)