How do exclusivity deals affect your purchasing decisions?

[MJKadhim]

I dont understand why people start think about it now ? espically blame Sony when other companies do same, Phantsy star online is only on Xbox Why ? you didnt start talk about it ? Why Nintendo have Zelda and everybody licking their asses ? i have come to think maybe becuase Playstation offer great games thats why people got butthurt recantly ?

 

[Snake__]

I bought an Xbox One for Rise of the Tomb Raider and still feel bad about it

(I actually mostly bought it for Scalebound, but that didn't work out so well)

 

[Adamska]

Never once have I had a chip on my shoulder about this, and, frankly, the people who are vocal about it usually just exaggerate the issue, IMO. It's never been anti-consumer to guarantee exclusivity of content, and in fact these sorts of deals usually guarantee that more content is getting made in the first place.

 

[DarthWalden]

First Party Exclusives have an influence on my decisions but I could care less about timed exclusivity and/or these marketing deals with some throwaway DLC.

I tend to play games as they come to me at a good price so Gamepass excluded I don't usually play games until a year or two after release.

From a business perspective, I am kind of against money exchanging hands between a platform holder and a large publisher for exclusivity because that typically is just screwing the players and the developers that sunk time into the game to line the pockets of some rich executive. (I still remember how upset Vince Zampella was when he found out Microsoft had bought exclusivity on Titanfall)

I am perfectly okay with any small - medium sized developer that takes some sort of financial kick back in exchange for platform exclusivity. Game development for the little guys is extremely risky so any type of deal that can provide them security and make their game better I am all for.

 

[ShinAmano]

The only one that ever pissed me off was Street Fighter 5. Still bitter to this day.

And I own the ps4 version and the PC version.

 

[Scruffy8642]

I don't really care if it's exclusive content. It's very rare that a half decent game actually gets exclusive or timed content on one console. I guess I've also never care for time exclusives because Sony's gotten most of them in recent years and I've always owned their consoles. The tohught of not getting to play the Medium does hurt though, so I guess I'm going to start feeling that going into next gen.

 

[ParanormalFupa]

0. I feel like exclusives and first-party software are at an all time low w/r/t significance. There are more quality games to play, old and new, all over the place, at any given time, at all price points, than ever before so exclusives are kind of whatever at this point.

 

[catashtrophe]

1st party games are what make me decide what to buy everything on top of that is just a bonus for me

 

[pillowtalk]

Exclusives only suck if there's crossplatform multiplayer.

If I'm playing a shitty version of a game, then I want everyone else to have what I have when I go online.

 

[IIFloodyII]

They are shit but I just wait on a extremely low sale for timed exclusive games, unless I'm really interested in them, to where I'll go out my way to play them on whatever platform they are on (next gen timed exclusives can fuck off though, not planning on buying both systems anytime soon and timed exclusive games aren't getting me running out to buy the system if I already have it's twin), but that's very rare, as I have plenty of games to play instead.

Timed exclusive content I couldn't give less of a shit about, I'm playing those games where my friends are, not where I get early access to content I probably won't even bother with, Hawkmoon is the only timed exclusive content that comes to mind as something I used and enjoyed a lot, I hated pretty much all the other content (MP maps and strikes) or just didn't bother using them. In SP games it's pretty much always just completely avoidable content.

 

[leburn98]

I dont understand why people start think about it now ? espically blame Sony when other companies do same, Phantsy star online is only on Xbox Why ? you didnt start talk about it ? Why Nintendo have Zelda and everybody licking their asses ? i have come to think maybe becuase Playstation offer great games thats why people got butthurt recantly ?

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Did you seriously just compare Zelda, a Nintendo owned IP to Phantasy Star Online on Xbox?

Nobody is complaining about exclusives owned/published by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. There is a big difference between paying Square Enix to keep Spider-Man away from other platforms, versus Sony making an exclusive Spider-Man game from the ground up for PS4.

 

[Trace]

I'm not entitled enough to think I deserve to play every game ever released on whatever platform I happen to own.

 

[Kuga]

3rd party exclusives annoy me in the same way storefront exclusivity annoys me.

 

[Chocobo115]

Depends, if it's something significant like a timed exclusive game or a section of a story being locked out I just wait for it to go on a sale.

If it is just cosmetics or something multiplayer related i just shrug and get the game anyways.

 

[MJKadhim]

Did you seriously just compare Zelda, a Nintendo owned IP to Phantasy Star Online on Xbox?

Nobody is complaining about exclusives owned/published by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. There is a big difference between paying Square Enix to keep Spider-Man away from other platforms, versus Sony making an exclusive Spider-Man game from the ground up for PS4.

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Sony Own Spiderman my friend ! lol

 

[MJKadhim]

The funny thing most of the people on the internet dosent know Spiderman is owned by Sony ? which make me thing Woow where are those people from another planet ?

 

[N.47H.4N]

The only time a timed exclusive game has some kind of boycott from me ,was Rise of Tomb Raider(because the first one was multi),when launched on PS4 I didn't mind wait a few years until was super cheap,and I am glad I did,because the game is mediocre,other than that,I never cared for timed exclusives,if a game I want to play will be launched on PS4 or Switch later I will wait,if I really want to play I buy day one,if is a game I want to play but not a must have for me,I wait for a sale.

Exclusive content in gaming,I never cared,still don't care if the game still delivery all the original content.

Exclusive deals don't affect my purchase of consoles,what affect is first party games.

 

[Lyrick]

The funny thing most of the people on the internet dosent know Spiderman is owned by Sony ? which make me thing Woow where are those people from another planet ?

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Show me a Spider-Man trademark that shows Sony as the owner.

 

[GamerJM]

I buy the hardware that has the exclusives I want. I'm not terribly invested in any one "ecosystem" and don't care about other shit like what platform my friends play on (what friends?) or Gamepass (I like owning games). Exclusives are what motivates me to purchase consoles, period.

Timed exclusives can add on to things. Exclusive content can get me to change the platform I'd buy a game on but I can't think of a case where it's ever been significant enough to get me to buy a console. It's all fair game I guess.

 

[AllBizness]

Voted for the 1st option as I have a PS4 and PlayStation gets everything. Other platforms getting timed exclusives doesn't bother me as I know it will come to my console of choice eventually. I know I'm not going to face a drought and thanks to bc I won't have a drought on PS5 neither.

 

[MJKadhim]

Show me a Spider-Man trademark that shows Sony as the owner.

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Are you serious ? xD i am laughing so badly i didnt know we have people here who live in cave

 

[Goldenroad]

Where's the "It sucks, but I'm not a entitled brat who is going to cry about it, and demand that it come to "my" system either", option?

I really don't feel like any of the poll options express at all how I feel about them.

 

[Renna Hazel]

The thread title and poll are two different questions. I don't care much for the practice of exclusive deals unless it makes sense (like a first party funding a game and allowing it to be created).

But exclusives determine which console I buy. As I make a decision on next gen, PS5 is winning the battle so far, if MS comes out and announces some exclusives that I care about, I'll buy an Xbox Series X instead.

 

[Lyrick]

Are you serious ? xD i am laughing so badly i didnt know we have people here who live in cave

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You made a claim, back it up.

 

[Renna Hazel]

You made a claim, back it up.

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That guy...has to be joking

 

[Sparkedglory2]

Exclusives themselves don't bother me. I'm just gonna but the console that has the ones I want to play

 

[Mudo]

I have owned the big 3's consoles since the PS2/GC/Xbox era, so exclusive content has not really ever been something I've worried about. If a game has exclusive features or timed exclusivity, I buy the game on that platform and play there.
However, I don't really play online games, so I don't have to follow friends to whatever platform they are on.

For most, I can see how this can be a very bad thing. I wish games did not have exclusive features, or came out earlier on certain consoles. The big console makers have their 1st party games, that are used to distinguish them from one another. I do not need multiplatform games to also have differences with each other to make one stand out over the other.

 

[Lyrick]

That guy...has to be joking

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Nah, Sony has successfully advertised Spider-Man as their own entity so strongly and for so long, that I honestly think that a large contingent of people think that it's become a Sony property.

 

[Kill3r7]

It sucks for consumers. I plan to buy both consoles at some point. That said, neither Sony nor MS has grabbed a big enough franchise where I have to question which console I will buy at launch.

 

[Joe White]

As PC main, I'll just avoid buying anything from Sony for now.

 

[RecLib]

Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, and even Sucker Punch to some extent. Those are the companies influencing what console I buy next generation. There are all sorts of differences in consoles, mostly minor, some major (like say game pass, big thing in xbox's favour). At the end of the day though PS5 is the only console I can play games from those developers, so that is the one I'll get. If an xbox developer comes out with a big breakaway hit that interests me, maybe I'd look at an xbox down the road some day. But I don't care about Halo, don't care about Gears of War.

 

[Michaelandavinci]

No. All of the platforms holder do it so if I have a problem with that then I might as well quit gaming.

 

[leburn98]

Sony Own Spiderman my friend ! lol

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It seems that you are misinformed. Sony only owns the film rights to Spider-Man and the Spider-Man universe. Disney/Marvel still owns the rights to Spider-Man in every other form of media, hence the deal Sony had to make to be allowed to make an exclusive Spider-Man PS4 game. This is also the reason why Spider-Man continues to appear on platforms outside of Sony's control (MvC: Infinite, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, etc.).

To make it simple:

• If Spider-Man appears in comics it is under the control of Marvel Comics (and Disney – the parent company of Marvel Comics). So, Marvel/Disney owns the rights to Spider-Man comics.
• If Spider-Man appears on film it is under the control of Sony Pictures. Sony owns the rights to Spider-Man movies.
• Spider-Man merchandise is owned and controlled by Marvel Comics (and Disney – the parent company of Marvel Comics). So, Marvel/Disney own the rights to Spider-Man merchandise. Video games would fall under this category.

 

[Coi]

I like exclusives. That's why I buy consoles. And I want more Playstation exclusives because that's the ecosystem I have. I don't care about PC or Xbox.
For me it's black and white. It's a Playstation exclusive? Bring it on! it's and Xbox exclusive? I can live without playing it because I'm not interested in buy and Xbox at all.

 

[Necromanti]

On PC, it usually means getting a more feature-complete (e.g. DLC) and less buggy version of the game on release, so I don't mind waiting.

 

[Scarecrow]

Still waiting for Capcom to patch in VR into RE7 on Steam.

 

[Vaser]

I don't give a shit, if it's a game I'm interested in, I'll buy it whenever it becomes available on Playstation.

 

[MJKadhim]

It seems that you are misinformed. Sony only owns the film rights to Spider-Man and the Spider-Man universe. Disney/Marvel still owns the rights to Spider-Man in every other form of media, hence the deal Sony had to make to be allowed to make an exclusive Spider-Man PS4 game. This is also the reason why Spider-Man continues to appear on platforms outside of Sony's control (MvC: Infinite, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, etc.).

To make it simple:

• If Spider-Man appears in comics it is under the control of Marvel Comics (and Disney – the parent company of Marvel Comics). So, Marvel/Disney owns the rights to Spider-Man comics.
• If Spider-Man appears on film it is under the control of Sony Pictures. Sony owns the rights to Spider-Man movies.
• Spider-Man merchandise is owned and controlled by Marvel Comics (and Disney – the parent company of Marvel Comics). So, Marvel/Disney own the rights to Spider-Man merchandise. Video games would fall under this category.

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So you are telling me that Sony pay to Marvel each time they need to make a Spiderman game ? lol

 

[leburn98]

So you are telling me that Sony pay to Marvel each time they need to make a Spiderman game ? lol

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Yes, that's how the deal/partnership works as Sony does not own the rights.

 

[Ikarus]

This could be the most poorly worded, confusing poll on Era in a while...

 

[Stooge]

I don't mind at all if the deal is helping make the game.

Like, I don't know whats up with the Medium but its a small team and its plausible that bringing it to a timed exclusive helped them finance the completion of the project. The same could be said for lots of the games Sony showed during their conference.

If it appears to be just to fuck players on other platforms (Destiny, Spiderman, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Control, CoD maps) for marketing brownie points everyone involved can go fuck themselves.

 

[Deleted member 8468]

I usually don't care as much about game exclusives, since I typically get most of the consoles I want eventually or the games are ported.

Exclusive content really sucks, because it always makes me feel like I'm somehow playing an inferior version or are somehow "missing" part of the game. I felt this way about some of the pre-order bonuses too back in the 360/PS3 era where it was more egregious.

 

[Knight in Shining Armani]

I'll have both next gen consoles, so I don't really care.

I definitely wouldn't get Avengers on anything other than the PS4/5 tho.

 

[WEGGLES]

Timed exclusives aren't too bad. Exclusive content is annoying and really sours me on the whole game. Once I need a flowchart to determine where to get a game, I'm out. There's so much to play, I don't want to support that tomfoolery

 

[MJKadhim]

Yes, that's how deals/partnerships work.

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Sony doesnt own the character, it owns the film rights and video gaming right as part of the MCU

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I like them, i always get every console anyways. I want all of them to have unique content for that reason.

 

[abellwillring]

Victorious Boxers, FFX and MGS2 are the reason I bought a PS2 (all out within a month of each other roughly). KOTOR is the reason I bought the original Xbox. Oblivion is the reason I bought an Xbox 360. I can't remember what pushed me to buy a PS3 to be honest, but I'm certain it was an exclusive.

Exclusives drive console sales for me generally speaking. The Xbox One didn't have an exclusive that made it worth owning so I skipped it.

 

[dancingphlower]

There's usually plenty of games to play that it doesn't particularly bother me if I can't play a title right away.

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

This could be the most poorly worded, confusing poll on Era in a while...

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English isn't my first language, but you seem to be the only one confused...
What has you confused? It's a genuine question. I don't mind elaborating.

 

[HonestAbe]

I dont understand why people start think about it now ? espically blame Sony when other companies do same, Phantsy star online is only on Xbox Why ? you didnt start talk about it ? Why Nintendo have Zelda and everybody licking their asses ? i have come to think maybe becuase Playstation offer great games thats why people got butthurt recantly ?

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These are not even comparable. Zelda is a Nintendo owned IP. That's like saying Microsoft have Master Chief and getting mad it's not on other platforms. It's been floated that Microsoft was instrumental in bringing PSO to the west (it's already on PS in around Asia, I think). So of course MS is going to want a timed exclusive on that. PSO will be coming to PS in the west eventually.