• simple@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        Exclusives are the opposite of competition, though.

        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.

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          1 year ago

          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.

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            1 year ago

            I’m literally just stating information, don’t shoot the messenger…

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        1 year ago

        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.