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"And why exclusives have become a risky business"
Simply another bunch of reasons why the modern AAA video game industry needs to crash, burn, and die.
As far as exclusives are concerned, though, if Microsoft and the X-bone family of consoles were the leaders of the modern video game industry (which they most assuredly are not), would we really be hearing Phil Spencer whining about "the perils of exclusivity and walled-garden consoles" or whatever the fuck? I think not. He just wants Sony (and probably Nintendo, but fat chance of that) exclusives on his console. In the alternate universe where the X-bone consoles were dominant, it would be Sony begging Microsoft for access to their exclusives, rather than the other way around like it is here.
Granted, I fully agree with him that exclusives are fucking bullshit. It's just not for the same reasons he believes it.
Simply another bunch of reasons why the modern AAA video game industry needs to crash, burn, and die.
As far as exclusives are concerned, though, if Microsoft and the X-bone family of consoles were the leaders of the modern video game industry (which they most assuredly are not), would we really be hearing Phil Spencer whining about "the perils of exclusivity and walled-garden consoles" or whatever the fuck? I think not. He just wants Sony (and probably Nintendo, but fat chance of that) exclusives on his console. In the alternate universe where the X-bone consoles were dominant, it would be Sony begging Microsoft for access to their exclusives, rather than the other way around like it is here.
Granted, I fully agree with him that exclusives are fucking bullshit. It's just not for the same reasons he believes it.
