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Press Start: Other games should follow Quantum Break's example

Third-person action game Quantum Break was originally announced as an Xbox One exclusive, but that's no longer the case. Some Xbox fans are upset, but they really shouldn't be, columnist Jake Magee writes.

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Aloy-Boyfriend3739d ago (Edited 3739d ago )

No!

The last thing we need is PlayStation exclusives( 1st party games) jumping to PC starting to give PC the edge and consoles less relevance.

"So more people get to experience it."
If people really wanted to experience other games, they would buy the console they are made for. Not too hard!

Companies couldn't give a sh*t about more people experience their stuff with other products instead of theirs. They have console they want to sell along with its games. If Ubisoft and other publishers had their console to play their games exclusively, they wouldn't give to others' consoles "so other people get to experience it."

Maybe I'm just looking at this from the business point of view and not as gamer... The thing is is that MS keeps saying, "we want to bring gamers together," yet no Steam release... Only W10 exclusive. They are doing this for the sales and covering it that BS. Sorry but I'm mot falling for that yet.

Germany73739d ago

Is this guy begging for Sony and Nintendo exclusives for pc? LOL, that's pathetic.
Another useless "article".

freshslicepizza3738d ago

pathetic wanting more people to enjoy great games? i think it's pathetic some people here care more about exclusivity than the actual hardware makers.

so tell me again why it's a bad idea to play games like driveclub at 60fps on the pc? it would not make the ps4 less relevant because millions still prefer console gaming and millions also like paying $350 instead of a larger investment on the pc.

Germany73738d ago

Hey moldybread, judging by your comments, i will not discuss with you if you don't understand something simple called competition.

People begging for exclusives of Sony and Nintendo are naive, or beyond stupid that don't understand how business works. These companies will Keep investing on exclusives for your own devices and that's great for the gaming industry, because of the competiton and makes another company to create another exclusive.

Now if you can't play the exclusives, that's your own problem.

freshslicepizza3738d ago

@Ratchet8
"Hey moldybread, judging by your comments, i will not discuss with you if you don't understand something simple called competition."

i realize why they do it, i just dont agree with it. problem? withholding content from others isn't exactly good for the consumer.

"People begging for exclusives of Sony and Nintendo are naive, or beyond stupid that don't understand how business works. These companies will Keep investing on exclusives for your own devices and that's great for the gaming industry, because of the competiton and makes another company to create another exclusive."

how is it great for the industry to hold back content for no reason other to try and use it as leverage to sell your hardware? if nintendo funds bayonetta 2 that's a bit different. they are investing in the franchise.

"Now if you can't play the exclusives, that's your own problem."

great mindset. how is this helpful from a consumers point of view? i can understand it if you were the company pushing the hardware.

Hunkaloverbear3739d ago

"Maybe I'm just looking at this from the business point of view and not as gamer"

Business pov? That's why you enjoy sales so much because you could care less about actually playing games and that's why Microsoft is ahead this gen because they're putting gamers first. Lol I actually can't believe you just said that.

Majin-vegeta3739d ago

Yea for "The gamers"

MS:Heres a $500 underpowered console with a crappy camera nobody wants".

Yea thats really for"The gamers".

Dark_Crow3739d ago

@Majin

Well the camera is actually really cool.
And I dont know if your with the times but you dont need to buy the version with the camera anymore.

And both consoles are underpowered.

Aloy-Boyfriend3738d ago

Microsoft ahead this gen? Good joke mate!

"Business pov? That's why you enjoy sales so much because you could care less about actually playing games" yeah keep it up with the idiotic spin of the xbox fanboys this gen. I don't care for playing games... Sure mate!

darthv723739d ago (Edited 3739d ago )

Last time I checked... W10 is an OS and Steam is not. Steam works on W10 and if MS wants to release the game through Steam they can (they have released other games through Steam).

As it is now it is being released through their own PC digital distribution service first and could possible come to Steam later.

http://store.steampowered.c...

"If people really wanted to experience other games, they would buy the console they are made for. Not too hard!" Apparently it is for some people.

jb2273738d ago

I highly doubt that any of MS' first party exclusives will be hitting Steam. At the end of the day the Win10 distribution platform is in direct competition w/ Steam because MS gets a large percentage of any software sold through their own platform as opposed to none or a much smaller percentage of games purchased through Steam.

MS aren't working to unify the entirety of gaming, they are just looking to unify their own platforms, which is a reasonable idea.

Kiwi663739d ago

But the more people who buy the game the better isn't it as it gives the devs more incentive/money to make more games

KTF263738d ago

"Maybe I'm just looking at this from the business point of view and not as gamer"

if you're looking to it form business point of view then you'll say something like "it won't happen" instead of "The last thing we need..."
the first sentence prove that you're looking to it for Fanboy point of view unless you're working for PlayStation

christocolus3738d ago (Edited 3738d ago )

Lol. Right on. What people do not understand is that games will get even more expensive to develop next gen and as time goes by we will see even more exclusive titles go multiplatform. Profitability remains key in every business and in this industry it will only benefit publishers to have their games on as many platforms as possible and hence MS is going windows 10 and Nintendo is looking into mobile. This is not the N64 and early playstation era where games like gta 3 ,tenchu, mario 64, Mgs etc cost less than $20 million to develop. Most AAA games cost close to $100m to develop now. Times are changing and every major publisher will need to adapt. All those against this move are not looking at it from a business perspective. It's usually from the fanboy perspective.

FlipSwitch3738d ago (Edited 3738d ago )

I don't think other games should follow QB example at all.

It wasn't just announced as an Xbone exclusive. It was marketed as an Xbone exclusive right until the very end.

MS has been lying. I don't think other games should be doing the same thing

Ogygian3737d ago (Edited 3737d ago )

Consoles are only relevant because their mass production allows better value than most PCs, while they tend to be easier to use, which makes gaming generally easier to set up.

However, PCs have now become immensely easy to use with services such as Steam, while mass production of the same system is technically possible, and would allow cheap prices while also allowing games to optimise (you might see an "Xbox" setting).

The one remaining issue would be piracy, but then it appears that with Denuvo, we're very close to seeing the end of it on PC.

And what is the point in spending £300/$400 on a PS4 with all of the same components your PC has? It's at best inefficient, and at worst, hideously wasteful.

Look at it this way: if people no longer have to buy two different consoles and a PC to play all of the games they want, then they can spend what they save on needless hardware on games instead, which is better for all of us.

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Free_Fro3739d ago (Edited 3739d ago )

Not all companies can afford to do what Microsoft is doing.

Microsoft is a software based company. They power PCs around the world with Windows. Businesses, academic Institutions etc.

The full Steam games library requires Windows.

Sony/Nintendo don't have an operating system like Windows, if they did they'd probably do the same thing MS is doing right now.

I don't see anything wrong with putting their games on another one of their platforms. .

We've had many XO/PC games in the past, no company went under for it. . People still bought XOs by the droves over the holidays.

There's an audience for console and PC.. It does no harm whatsoever.

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Hunkaloverbear3739d ago

There is no problem, people are downplaying it simply because they cant accept the fact that Microsoft OWNS windows 10 and it hurts to know that they will profit heavily. These guys care too much about sales and shit it's hilarious lol

Goldby3739d ago

who ever doesn't know that MS owns Windows must be from the 1800s. of course they will profit from this as they already have an established market in PC's with windows 7/8/8.1 and gave almost everyone a free upgrade to Windows 10.

now as @free_Fro was saying. completely agree/ only MS is capable of doing this, because they are a software company at heart, where as steam is a service based company and thats why the initial Steam machines havent been that good performance wise.

Lastly Hunka, MS is listening to its gamers yes, and that may be one of the major factors why they brought QB to Win10, but the more realistic reason is to boost sales of their own product, to make the 8th gen console less of a black eye for MS, aka IMAGE.

MS is not leading the generation this time, and wasn't last gen either. its unfortunate as both systems had their great games. but as with history, becuase Sony has a history that MS probably will never be able to eclipse, there will always be more Playstations in the world than Xbox's.

But just as MS is listening to it's Customers and gamers, so is Sony. hence why we are seeing Last Guardian, FF7 remake, and alot more on our system only or coming first. becuase believe it or not, without Sony, we wouldn't be where we are in gaming, Nintendo definitly had a hand in it since the dawn of the gaming age, but sony ahs been the one keepign the community and business alive.

christocolus3738d ago

Well said. Buying a game on windows 10 or xbox one is great for the xbox brand in general. Xbox games benefit from having a larger audience and MS gaming division remains profitable. PC gamers will stick to buying games on windows 10 and console gamers will continue buying games on xbox consoles. crossbuy, cross save and cross play will just be icing on the cake and I expect MS to announce even more great features between windows 10 and Xbox in the future.

aviator1893739d ago

I've been an xbox owner for an incredibly long time and I honestly don't mind this move.
More people that get to enjoy it, the better.

Khaotic3739d ago

Thank you, same here. I can't for the life of understand why people get so upset over this.

christocolus3738d ago (Edited 3738d ago )

@Aviator and @Khaotic

I completely agree guys. Well said. This will only benefit xbox and fans. We also stand the chance of getting even more games. (New ips and sequels).

Jaqen_Hghar3739d ago

Microsoft is moving away from the console business. They continue to push more and more that all these games are on PC now

christocolus3738d ago

..And yet Phil Spencer recently confirmed a successor to Xbox one, and panos panay was recently put incharge of developing all new MS hardware(including xbox) so tell me again how are they moving away from console business? MS makes a lot of money from Xbox live and services and Xbox as a brand/service will just become part of the windows ecosystem. You either keep gaming on xbox via windows 10 or you game on an Xbox (console) both platforms will continue to play important roles. Console gamers will always pick a console over PC and those who prefer to game on PC will go with windows 10 version of Xbox games, either way MS and gamers win and the xbox brand continues.

Khaotic3738d ago

They are not, some people some people just like to spew nonsense from the wrong hole.

Jaqen_Hghar3738d ago

If they make the PC and Boxes synonymous then that's the death of their console

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