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Why are some games exclusive to consoles?
Exclusives are typically at the forefront of promotional efforts during gaming conferences such as E3, in order to help drive sales of hardware, as a consumer choosing between options may be swayed by the different range of games available on each different console.
Why do companies make exclusive games?
The benefits are often money related. From a console manufacturer perspective, an exclusive title means their console becomes more attractive if a high profile game is only available to them. Thus to them it is a marketing opportunity (and probably comes from their marketing budget).
Why is Nintendo so exclusive?
Nintendo games are exclusive because their games can’t be played on any other third-party platforms. If they released their games on all systems, it would diminish the value of the systems they try to sell because video game consoles are fundamentally about the games you can play on them.
Does Xbox exclusive?
The best Xbox exclusives are the titles that live only within Microsoft’s gaming ecosystem. What’s additionally great is that many (if not most) are also available for free as part of Xbox Game Pass, thus becoming some of the best PC games too.
What does exclusive game mean?
Edit. An exclusive video game is a game only released on one platform. Often these are First Party games directly from the hardware manufacturer. A new term, the so called “console-exclusive” games, was introduced mainly because many Xbox and Xbox 360 products are also (often later) releaed on the PC.
What does it mean when a video game is exclusive?
A video game’s exclusivity to specific hardware may either be permanent, or timed—the latter case allowing a game to be released on different console platforms and/or PCs after a specific timeframe lapses. Permanent exclusives are often developed (first-party title), published or heavily funded by the console manufacturer.
What is platform exclusivity in gaming?
Platform exclusivity (also known as console exclusivity) refers to the status of a video game being developed for and released only on certain platforms. Most commonly, it refers to only being released on a specific video game console or through a specific vendor’s platforms—either permanently, or for a definite period of time.
Why does E3 focus so much on exclusive hardware?
The focus of E3 on exclusive titles at each manufacturer’s press event also reflects the marketing power of exclusive titles, in addition to exclusive hardware. Many media reports include exclusive hardware and software as points of consideration for consumers.