BANGS
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Maybe you should realize you're in the minority? Most people don't buy a game twice at full price for no reason. Most people buy it on whatever platform they prefer...
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Should Crackdown go multiplat?
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Redshirt
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I wouldn't buy these games twice. I would buy them on the PC instead of PS. Sony would still make the same amount of money.
BANGS
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But then you have zero incentive to purchase a PS4, buy microtransactions using PSbucks instead of Steambucks, etc. They'd lose alot of money and more importantly their brand. Exclusives are system sellers, that's why they exist...
Source: Xbox
Redshirt
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I think you're being shortsighted much the way Sony is, which seems woefully unprepared for the console-less future.
The system itself is not a money-maker, and I would still be purchasing mtx for Sony games through Sony.
BANGS
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That's not happening any time soon. You'll actually have a point when that happens...
Deputy Moonman
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We got a hot take here folks! Xbox is worthless. Everyone owns a gaming pc and they prefer to play xbox games on pc confirmed. Be back in a second - setting my xbox on fire.
BANGS
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Don't spin what he said. For the people WITH a gaming capable PC(and there's a lot of us), he's 100% correct. Obviously xbox has value to those who don't game on PC. PC is becoming much bigger now and it's no longer the niche side of the industry, it's a huge force not to be ignored...
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Deputy Moonman
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There are a lot of you, yes, but that still constitutes only a fraction of the people who play on console. So, how does that fraction somehow hurt xbox console ownership or xbox as a brand? The pc argument is so dumb it hurts my head. So anytime someone tries to bring up how much bringing xbox games to pc hurts the xbox, I just poke fun at whoever it is, or put them on ignore
EDMIX
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Well I don't think this really has to do with Crackdown, I'd argue it more so has to do with the current state of the XONE. MS this gen has made the XONE simply a optional purchase, putting games on PC day and date and even seeking to aim for more devices. Its clear that MS as a whole is done with XB exclusives ie can only be found on XB. I use to think that maybe this was because Win 10, but they started supporting Win 8 and 7, then I thought it was because of the MS OS, but MS started putting some of their games on MAC, then I thought it was the store, but many are on Steam.
Its clear its simply about money as to why at E3 MS was talking about aiming for even more devices like phones, so at this point, I think its a safe guess to say MS might put their games on Nintendo, PS, ios etc in the future.
Never mind just Crackdown, MS in general are basically multiplatform already
Its clear its simply about money as to why at E3 MS was talking about aiming for even more devices like phones, so at this point, I think its a safe guess to say MS might put their games on Nintendo, PS, ios etc in the future.
Never mind just Crackdown, MS in general are basically multiplatform already
EDMIX
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BANGS
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How does a fraction not hurt? 7/8 is a fraction. Not saying that's the accurate number, but whatever number it is definitely hurts...
I'm sure if you were an investor and someone told you we lost a fraction of your money, you'd be pretty pissed...
zackmorris
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Right, my point is that there are so many good multi-plats that I don't see Crackdown as a multi-plat being a must play game. I think The limited number of xbox one exclusives means that more xbox one owners are likely to buy an exclusive title even if it's not necessarily a game they would get otherwise. If this is the "big" exclusive game for the first half of 2019 I could see a lot of people buying it just for that reason. If it was a multi-plat title, I don't see those same people being compelled to do so.
AndrewRyan
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When the platforms were so different from each other it made sense to have exclusives, but now we should only have timed exclusives. Even if it's a year later, it still better for the developers to extend their audience as large as they can and a year is enough time for console manufacturers to 'capture' the players who like your games the most.
Redshirt
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Couldn't agree more. I think a lot of console-first fans will have a knee-jerk reaction to this idea, but if you're objective, it makes a lot of sense imo.
Redshirt
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If you put the tribalism aside, why not?
I would say that people complain that MS's first-party games aren't up to snuff, which is a pretty legit observation.
ReBurn
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Microsoft actually makes pretty great first party games, if we're putting tribalism aside. They just haven't made as many as Sony.
I don't know. I don't have a problem with these companies having their own special sauce. It's not tribalism to like the culture around the different products and it's possible to enjoy them all.
Deputy Moonman
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I say fraction to emphasize that the number is likely so small that it is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Numerous posters here brag about how they will play on pc instead of xbox, but dont we always hear about how hardware sales are not where the money is made in the console business.? So why wouldnt investors be sold on the idea that gamers who would never buy an xbox in the first place are buying xbox games for pc? Im not seeing any negatives. While at the same time i believe that xbox hardware sales are doing and will continue to be just fine regardless.
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visiblemode
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I definitely don’t think there’s any port begging going on here. I think it sounds like OP is more concerned about it being profitable than he is about playing it on other platforms.
Either way, though, it’s 1st party, and going multiplat would not be logical.
BANGS
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There is alot more money made on your platform that just the software. Paying for xbox live, being loyal to the brand in general, getting more money per games, etc... Trust me they want to be selling consoles...
goldenpp72
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I mean, Halo would sell way more if it was on all platforms too.
GTR R35_Supra RZ
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OP, should Horizon, GOW, Yakuza and many others go multiplat.. exactly, didn't think so.
KingXtreme81
Member
I really don't understand your point here. Why Crackdown and why just Crackdown? The Last of Us sold extremely well, but it would have sold even more if it, too, went multiplat. See? Every single entire game ever made could sell more if it became available on more platforms. Sorry, I just don't get your point here.
Louis Cyphre
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When I start to see Sony stopping crossplay on the PC as well, stop partnering itself with games on the PC like Street Fighter V/The Witness/Shenmue 3/FFVII/No Man's Sky and being shown at E3 as console timed exclusives, and most of all see PS4 owners stop buying these PC games like The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 then you will have a point. Until then it's just mainly used as a tactic perfectly timed each time the Xbox One is mentioned, especially the Xbox One X and how it's the most powerful console. We know who the guilty party are here too who have a pattern of doing this.
So if we want to continue port begging of games Like Crackdown 3 then other titles like Bloodborne are up for pickings too.
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