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Should Crackdown go multiplat?

EverydayBeast

EverydayBeast

thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
One can argue that Mass Effect has benefited quite well from going multiplat and the same can be said for other series.

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That's 1.46 million they otherwise wouldn't have.
What's your take?
 
EverydayBeast

EverydayBeast

thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
I personally, would love the Crackdown series on PS4, maybe in a collection on a single blu-ray?
 
godhandiscen

godhandiscen

There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Crackdown 3 should go “plat” first and see the reception for it.
 
metareferential

metareferential

Member
A new level of port begging?

Everything should be multiplat. And not only multiplat, but platform agnostic. Fuck exclusives.
 
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Fbh

Fbh

Member
Isn't Crackdown owned by MS?
Every console exclusive would sell better going multiplatform. As well as Breath of the Wild sold, it would have sold even more if it was on Ps4/XB1/PC.

But their point is to make their platform more appealing. God of War, for example, wasn't just made for the profit Sony gets from selling enough copies of the game, it was also made to make the Ps5 a more appealing product
 
Danjin44

Danjin44

The nicest person on this forum
No. I don't mind 3rd party games like Yakuza and Valkyria Chronicles series going mulitpatform but I'm big believer that Consoles needs first/second exclusives.
 
A.Romero

A.Romero

Member
Well, only if Microsoft wants to go the way of Sega...

It doesn't make sense in their current status. People wishing to play Crackdown need to get on the Xbox ecosystem. There is no way around it. Xbox One X offers very good value in my opinion so it's a good opportunity to "jump in"
 
D

Drewpee

Banned
AvenueWinning said:
One can argue that Mass Effect has benefited quite well from going multiplat and the same can be said for other series.

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That's 1.46 million they otherwise wouldn't have.
What's your take?
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No way Sony would ever allow it to happen. I can see Nintendo possibly doing it as they seem much more open to this type of things, but Sony will never do it.
 
S

SLoWMoTIoN

Unconfirmed Member
Why would a company give their IP to its rival?
 
X

xwez

Banned
I think part of the why reason bioware went downhill was because they left the Microsoft ecosystem. They sold out doing that, then they sold out trying to appeal to a "wider audience". Same with Saints Row. First game was great, subsequent games were good but not as good as first. They know their audience with the first two games, but if you want the games to lose their identify, more power to you.
 
H

herod

Member
sure, or how about Sony quit the hardware business and publish on xbox/pc? then everything is multiplat by default and we can all play online together too.

MS could show Sony how to get back compat working as well.
 
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octiny

octiny

Banned
You should have specified "console exclusive".

Clicked on this thread just to see the obligatory "it's on PC already, it's multi already".

Was not dissapointed 😂
 
E

EBE

Member
This reads like a MisterApoc thread.
I mean, yeah it should if its purely sales were talking about. But you understand everything in the way of this happening and why it won't. Don't you?
 
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KonradLaw

KonradLaw

Member
Of course it would have benefited sales-wise from going multiplat. Same as God of War or any Uncharted game. But in the end, those games were funded specifically to not be on competitor's platforms.
 
Codes 208

Codes 208

Member
Mass effect isnt nor ever was an xbox IP. The first game was published by MS in the same vain as DR3 (they paid for development, but didnt own the IP) then EA bought Bioware and ME2 was merely a timed exclusive.

Crackdown is owned by MS, it's a full-fledged xbox IP. The chances of it going multi-plat outside of win10 (and possibly steam) is about as likely as Gears or Forza going multiplat.

Would it benefit? No fucking shit. BotW and SMO would benefit going to xbox and playstation as well, you can literally say this about any exclusive really.
 
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TannerDemoz

TannerDemoz

Member
Yup, or they should at least put it to Switch.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: Microsoft and Nintendo working together is such a mutually beneficial relationship and a serious threat to Sony.

Whataburger said:
Why would a company give their IP to its rival?
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To make loads of money. Add to that how different the audiences are using Xbox consoles and Switch. Their might figures supporting this, but I reckon a large majority of Switch owners also have a second console. If Xbox IP ended up on Switch/DS consoles, I have no doubt in my mind that Xbox owners would grab one and potentially vice versa. Nostalgia is a powerful tool, and when Microsoft still holds some of the property that helped sell the N64, it makes sense for it to reappear.
 
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The_Mike

The_Mike

I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
People complain about Microsoft having not enough exclusives.

Now people complain about that Microsoft have exclusives, and they want them on other platforms.

Seems like Microsoft just can't win.
 
Dlacy13g

Dlacy13g

Member
You could make the argument that every game would benefit from going multiplatform. It's a bit silly. Also Microsoft has been pretty clear moving forward they're going to service PC and Xbox with their first party. Minecraft was a unique situation I don't think you're going to see happen again anytime soon
 
Mochilador

Mochilador

Member
The more people playing it the better.
It seems MS wants this game to be top tier just like Gears and Forza. That's really cool, feels like they want Crackdown to be an important franchise.
 
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zackmorris

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The_Mike said:
People complain about Microsoft having not enough exclusives.

Now people complain about that Microsoft have exclusives, and they want them on other platforms.

Seems like Microsoft just can't win.
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Hes not complaining, he is saying would it benefit Microsoft.

Personally I don't think it will. I think Crackdown will sell well because its a MS exclusive and there have been so few that most Xbox owners would feel more compelled to buy(this is how I felt about the first infamous game on PS3 when there weren't a ton of must have exclusives. If that game had been multiplat I think it would have flown under the radar despite being a great game). If it was multiplat, I just don't see it really having a major impact.
 
Hendrick's

Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
The point of exclusives to to sell consoles or bring people into an ecosystem, overall game sales is secondary. That said, I would love to play Nintendo games on decent hardware. Give me that BotW XB1X enhanced version.
 
Spukc

Spukc

always chasing the next thrill
As a multiplat owner i have zero interest in this game i never even played it as it looked like a shitty gta / saints row clone.
it could also be that i am so fing tired of open world games.

but hey sure make it multiplat see if i care
 
xviper

xviper

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it's already bad enough that it's no longer truly exclusive to xbox one and you want it to go multiplat ??

by your logic, why not ALL exclusives go multiplat, they will benefit from it, do you want to see Zelda or The last of us on Xbox one ?? because i don't

exclusives makes a system worth having, and what Microsoft did to xbox one by merging it with PC fucked it up and made it worthless, when you see a sony exclusive gets announced and it looks good, you will see lots of people saying that they will get a PS4 for that, but now since microsoft fucked up the xbox one, whenever they announce a new game you don't see people saying they will buy an Xbox one for it, they'll just say i hope it runs good on my PC
 
The_Mike

The_Mike

I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
zackmorris said:
Hes not complaining, he is saying would it benefit Microsoft.

Personally I don't think it will. I think Crackdown will sell well because its a MS exclusive and there have been so few that most Xbox owners would feel more compelled to buy(this is how I felt about the first infamous game on PS3 when there weren't a ton of must have exclusives. If that game had been multiplat I think it would have flown under the radar despite being a great game). If it was multiplat, I just don't see it really having a major impact.
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You make it sound like that Xbox one has no games at all. Even though there isn't as many exclusives compared to PS4, the console share the same great games that PS4 has (multi platform).
 
BANGS

BANGS

Banned
It already is multiplat dude... which is surprisingly because everything about it just screams xbox... I don't think it'd be a great fit on switch or ps4...
 
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Redshirt

Redshirt

Banned
Crackdown will be on PC. I wish Sony would starting publishing its exclusives on PC.

As for Xbox<->PlayStation, that's never going to happen. Exclusives have proved too valuable.
 
Redshirt

Redshirt

Banned
BANGS said:
Kinda ruins the point of having an exclusive if you make it not exclusive...
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You'll never convince me that's true.

I bought a PS4 and most PS4 exclusives. The PS4 purchase made Sony almost nothing.

I would still purchase all of those games on PC.
 
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