[quote name='Indignate']I don't see how those two things correlate. I do agree that they've seem to be putting more effort on being the latter though.
I don't think the exclusives thing adds to your argument. What were the last ones for the PS3? God of War and Ni No Kuni? Not trying to knock anyone, I'm just glad that exclusives seem to be happening less and less now with games that aren't funded by MS or Sony.
I want to watch it just to see what they come out with. Other than the alternative music industry, the gaming industry is what I follow the most so it's always exciting to see what's coming up.[/QUOTE]
Focus on Kinect = Focus on Motion Controlled and more Casual gaming = more like the wii.
The entertainment thing is independent of that, but it's what their goal is... they want to be the box people have under their TV that gets used for everything. It could be good for their bottom line, but I miss the days when there was decent competition and good franchises.
As far as exclusives go, yeah, they're part of the past for the most part now because unless a game is first party, they need the additional marketshare another platform can provide. That said, The Last of Us (for me) is 10x better than anything that's been exclusive on 360 lately.
But my reason for mentioning exclusives is that's what sells systems, most likely. If I want call of duty, I can get that on any platform I choose, so that game isn't necessarily a system seller, but if I absolutely live and breathe Halo or Gears I *must* have an xbox. I generally lean towards Sony, but none of the announced launch titles for PS4 have done anything to interest me. As a contrast, a bunch of the more recent games in the 3DS lineup had me reconsider my opinion and opt for one as a birthday gift (Luigi's Mansion, the new Zelda, DKCR3D, etc.). Without the first party support and some exclusives, there's not a lot to differentiate between a PS4 and a Durango... only things like "is online multiplayer still free on PS4?", "does next360 require always on internet to play or ban used games?", etc. And those kinds of questions aren't the stuff that hype is made of.
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whoknows, if you see this, I might be able to play RE6 sometime around 12am EDT. Send me an IM if you're going to be around.