Not technically a devRant buuuuuuut...

Everyone is banging on about exclusives in the gaming industry and how the Xbox is a failure because it had barely any exclusives... Does anyone else think that exclusivity is actually ruining the industry to a point?

People are still going to be a console gamer, I don't prefer Xbox because of Halo or any other Xbox exclusive, I choose it because of the interface and I always prefered all the Xbox controllers over PlayStation...

Just think Devs should treat everything equally and just develop for as much as they can?

Anyone else agree or am I the only apple on the tree here?

I can only assume the amount of $$$ made by the developer by having it exclusive only. In addition to the money they save by only developing for one platform.

With that out of the way...I agree with you and think exclusives don't really bring any value to the end user (even those 'exclusive for x months'). It's just a handshake between platform and dev to get the most bang for their buck.

With the amount of games out there...I think the hurt to the end user is low...especially if it will eventually come to their platform. PUBG being a prime and recent example...smash it all you want...people love it and are foaming at the mouth for a chance to play.

I'm an Xbox guy...used to be PlayStation back with PS2 but switched because of friends. With the interface and ease of use, I will never go back to PlayStation regardless of the exclusive...not because I think one is above the the other. There's something about Xbox that draws me.

....I play video games and would love to code one.