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I'm sure Sony and Nintendo would love to get rid of exclusives too but can't because of other companies. That's what's called competition.
Exclusives are the opposite of competition, though. It's why streaming platforms are so crappy, because if you want to watch what you like it's probably split between 2+ platforms and you have to pay for multiple. If you want to play the games you like, ultimately that's probably asking you either own multiple consoles or just be very patient and have a PC.
Also, not sure about Nintendo, the literal god of exclusives.
Maybe from your point of view, but exclusives move consoles. If someone's deciding between a PS5 and an Xbox Series X it's likely the exclusives that will make them choose one or the other. Part of the reason Xbox is far behind is because they just don't have many good exclusives.
Yes, anticompetitive behavior is profitable for trillion dollar companies and bad for consumers. You sound like a "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" when you commiserate with corporations screwing people for profit.
I'm literally just stating information, don't shoot the messenger...
Right, but my point is that good exclusives mean people buy both, not switch over or choose only one. The 360 era was like this where many had two consoles instead of only one.
Most people don't have money for both, so it usually does mean choosing one or the other for the average consumer.
I disagree. They're very expensive systems to be sure, but the real reason people don't have both is because, as is my point, one system just isn't very good in terms of exclusives. If the exclusives were better you would see people buying both, that's the whole issue and point.
While there are plenty of people who don't have the budget for both machines, there are plenty of people who do, plenty enough to sustain a console. Everything costs money, but that doesn't mean there's no such things as monopolies just because everything is competing for your money.
Honestly I hate it so much... There are only ever ONE or TWO games from Sony or Nintendo that I'd want to play... I have a upper mid range PC, I'm not spending $500 on what will be a paperweight in a year... I've made that mistake before.
Just sucks when they don't ever release a game elsewhere. I'm not thrilled about waiting, but at least I'll EVENTUALLY get to play final fantasy 16... Nintendo games though... They're just asking for people to sail the high seas. I never buy Nintendo consoles, but thankfully emulators are getting good.
Fortunately, Sony is starting to ease up and release more of their titles on PC. It would be nice if they would release it on day one like Microsoft does, but it is better than it used to be.
As for Nintendo, the Switch emulators keep improving. If Nintendo does not want to release their games on PC, then I will just have to acquire them a different way.