PS4 Exclusives On PC - A Pro-Consumer & Pro-Business Move

@goldenelementxl: Wrong as always. The people you see here on the forums are mostly truly into gaming, meaning most of them buy many games, including exclusives. The average gamer, and not just the console gamer but also the PC gamer, doesn't play that many per year and would rather buy just a couple of popular games but mostly plays FTP. PS4 being a platform that gets almost all multiplat games (unlike the switch) has many users that just buy one to play Fornite, Fifa, PES, (maybe COD) and that's it. You'd be surprised how many people buy consoles (or a PC) just to play one game all year long.

Again, I don't expect much from you. You are so simple minded that your arguments are laughable.

MS is the try-hard nerd with no personality who demands a pat on the back for everything? Sounds about right. 😂 j/k

The more games that are accessible regardless of platform the better. Death to the exclusives and fanboys. :)

PS: Fanboys are forever, they just change loyalty.

@Arkhalipso: We’ve seen multiple threads on this board where people don’t own current consoles, play new games or pay for ps+ and Xbox live. You give this place too much credit. The “casual” spends more per year in gaming than the average System Wars poster.

He thinks blindly spending money on every new thing makes one a dedicated gamer. lol ikr? He's what we call a "whale" and jumps from one new thing to the next without thoroughly playing anything.

It's good for show but not for dedicated gaming.

@briguyb13: We can test that out anytime. Name the game, platform, date and time and I’m there.

From what I've seen, you just mostly play Fortnite all of the time.

Beats having to get excited for Chinese games.

Can't even hide your pain. It's Ok you'll get over your cheating ex boyfriend (Pony)

It's good for gamers as a whole and for the game studios too.

@briguyb13: That would be wrong. I have family and friends that play Fortnite and I enjoy it. But I get busy with other games as well. Unless you’re trying to speed run movie games, I’m staying pretty current. I do buy a lot of the movie games too, but I’m not wasting too much time finishing them. QTE’s and walk and talk/traversal load screens aren’t my thing. I’m always down to be surprised, but AAA games haven’t done that in a while

I love how PC is more becoming the core of gaming industry as a neutral platform where games are coming from every consoles.

Even Sony got that re-releasing exclusives on PC means hundreds of million dollars in their behalf. (For example lets look at Halo Master Chief Collection on Steam. MS earned more than 100Mil out of it)

Industry rules have changed.

Be careful with those GaaS games man, they'll mess up your gaming if you let them because they can be addictive and keep you playing little else.

I had a problem with Destiny 2 last year and finally pulled myself away from it and now I play them in moderation at best.

Is that why console kids a shitting their pants about SX and PS5 "supporting" 120FPS?

As if any PC gamer would pay $60 for an old ass game.

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@the_master_race said:

Stop being a fanboy

Says the guy named "the_master_race" and has been playing on PC since 1995.

Hey now, I am a huge fan of Kratos and God of War and I used to have Kratos as my GS avatar too. You know, it is OK to like and try different things. Don't be afraid. You may actually have some fun.

I owned every Sega console, every Xbox console, a N64 & a PS1 & 2, and played just abut every genre of game there is, so yeah I've tried a few different things, hermitism isn't one of them, as i'm not a person who buys something only to complain that what I bought can't play other games and take to forums to beg for them lol.

I have access to all the games and play them the best way possible. So, you have nothing on me. I judge games based on quality and not which platform they are on. Keep sucking on that Xbox dick though. Let me help you with the nasty taste....

Dick jokes okay then, how does MS dick taste? I mean you herms have been sucking it for a long time to get they're games, and now you have a mouth full of Sony dick lol.

You're right I don't have anything on you like you have nothing on me, MS & Sony has their big fella on you though LMFAO.

Don't be upset because I don't game on what you deem good, as others deem it shit.

Don't fool yourself as we ALL know the Switch doesn't even have all that much competition from third party devs, but hey celebrate THAT victory lol.

Maybe Nintendo are the smart ones in the end though, I mean make shit hardware where mostly only their cartoony games fit and corner the market. The main reason the Switch is selling is because its portable.

Another port beggar enters the thread, but this one is "special" as this one carries the name of the company which houses the biggest scam in gaming. How much have you donated to the Chris Roberts and family trust fund???

Oh and i'm a lem you muppet. I just don't like people who think they're superior all the while begging for console games.

Sony has herms by the balls. The moment a Sony exclusive comes to PC herms throw a party. In the meantime, Sony is planning the next wave of exclusives to slowly leak to the beggers.

You know it's true.

No need to reply, unless you're bitter. Which you are.

@goldenelementxl: No, you're wrong. If you lived ouside of america or europe you'd know what I mean. Like I said, you can't see the full picture because you're limited by both your country and your intellect.

@subspecies: PC gamers are bitter because they are getting more games? That's some strange logic. Feels more like Sony loyalists trying to handle the losing of games by projecting their bitterness onto PC gamers.

To be honest it's probably a good move to make old exclusives port to PC, it will stop people hacking the console to play new exclusives and make some people double dip

LMAO. Keep crying. This is hilarious.

I'm still sceptical on this actually happening. apparently the leaker is solid but until i hear it straight from sony im still pinching the salt.

But assuming it is true i think it's both pro consumer and it makes business sense now.

The reality is that the cost of development keeps going up and the market for consoles is not really expanding. the total number of console sold from one gen to the next is not rising significantly. making more expensive exclusives to sell to the same 100million (on what is considered a very successful console) is just making less and less sense. Making more expensive exclusives for a less successful console is not acceptable. so something has to give. Risks have to be mitigated.

The alternative is to raise game prices significantly ($100+ per game for the big ones. Also really reduce sales. Big discounts on only very old games) or they do what nintendo did: step out of the hardware race and tighten the production budget for most of their games.

In saying that all the rumours so far are only pointing to PS4 games being ported. Sony have also said the PS5 will have exclusives. So i wonder if they are only half doing it: release PS4 games on other devices after the PS5 comes out. combine that with having most games still be cross gen for the first couple of years then having a couple of AAA PS5 exclusives to keep momentum behind the PS5.

it doesn't look like they are going as far as MS (again even assuming this is true.).

you use useless console which offer no exclusives at all and probably is dumbed down PC.

even your precious forza run better on PC.

@Arkhalipso: I have no idea what you’re talking about. Outside of America and Europe? Nintendo owns Japan. China doesn’t let their citizens buy certain things. That leaves what large market???

Your opinions are based on a fictional world. I guess you can’t be wrong in Lala land...

@goldenelementxl: Your idea of the average casual gamer is wrong.

It's indeed consumer friendly now let's see if they can do a gamer friendly move by actually making games. Almost all of their output is non-games.

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As long as games are made for the ps5 hardware and later ported to PC, I'll be fine with that. I have no problem with any current ps4 games ported to PC. Being honest, most exclusives ran pretty mediocre on ps4, even on pro.

I am surprised at this time that no one is suing any of the three console makers for monopolistic practices by releasing their games exclusively on their platforms. Should gamers have the legal right to play any game on any platform they wish instead of paying it on a specific platform?

More like getting to save $400 on a door stop that I take out every 2 years for a rental. Oh and not having to deal with low fps,gfx,hz.

@zaryia: Well, the fact that you think a PS4 is $400 says a lot.

Still, you drool over its games.

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Says the guy named "the_master_race" and has been playing on PC since 1995.

Hey now, I am a huge fan of Kratos and God of War and I used to have Kratos as my GS avatar too. You know, it is OK to like and try different things. Don't be afraid. You may actually have some fun.

I owned every Sega console, every Xbox console, a N64 & a PS1 & 2, and played just abut every genre of game there is, so yeah I've tried a few different things, hermitism isn't one of them, as i'm not a person who buys something only to complain that what I bought can't play other games and take to forums to beg for them lol.

I have access to all the games and play them the best way possible. So, you have nothing on me. I judge games based on quality and not which platform they are on. Keep sucking on that Xbox dick though. Let me help you with the nasty taste....

Dick jokes okay then, how does MS dick taste? I mean you herms have been sucking it for a long time to get they're games, and now you have a mouth full of Sony dick lol.

You're right I don't have anything on you like you have nothing on me, MS & Sony has their big fella on you though LMFAO.

Don't be upset because I don't game on what you deem good, as others deem it shit.

LOL, no. PC gamers leave the dick sucking to the fanboys like you. We call the companies out on their bullshit practices and standards. We don't just bend over and take it.

Well then you better 'vote' for these to release on PC then, because Sony releasing a 3 year old game on PC doesn't necessarily translate into them releasing all of their titles concurrently with a PC release.

Also that nintendo analogy doesn't really work for many reasons, including the switch being in it's own market. I don't think people are rushing to buy a switch for games like TW3, for example. That game did sell PS4s on the other hand.

Loving all the angry meltdowns. Even fragile lems are crying about this wonderful news.

I hope they don't release it at 60 dollars, *but* I didn't buy it on PS4, so I would sorta be ok paying close to that price for it for my computer.

Game. Singular. Meanwhile, I drool over dozens of PC games :)

See how that works right? I wouldn't want to spend hundreds on a door stop I use once every 3 years to play a rental. I'm glad these kind of games might come to PC. What real gamer wouldn't be?

I wouldn't be so sure about China. Quiet a few PS4 exclusives have been approved in China. I believe Horizon Zero Dawn is approved of in China because I remember seeing a China exclusive PS4 bundle having it along with Driveclub and Ratchet & Clank. Not to mention citizens can get around government regulations by just buying the games off of Steam which is how games that would never be approved of by the government like GTA V managed to sell millions there.

Looks like everyone is getting ahead of the curve; the future is either digital or streaming and frankly hardware won't really matter when it comes to consoles. As long as you can get your owned products on as many platforms as possible, that is what counts.

Nintendo better jump on the train to Everywhereville soon too.

I fully expect PC's to be the last bastion of hardware; either that, or consoles will essentially sell just pre-built mini-PC's that have a basic OS and can stream.

It's not monopolistic at all. If they were somehow able to lobby a government entity to stop anyone else from making any video games, then that would be monopolistic.

I'm fine with it provided they stay exclusive to consoles for a few years. There needs to be a reason to own a system, which is why Xbox One has been struggling this generation. If every system plays every game, then what's the point of even making different systems? I also believe certain games arise from the sole need to be a system seller. Look at Sega. If Sega and Nintendo weren't competing, we wouldn't have Sonic. (which is funny, because Sonic is everywhere now, but wouldn't be anywhere if it wasn't for competition!)

Horizon was (is?) already available on PC through PS Now.

But in all seriousness, I think this is more of a test of the Decima engine and a glimpse of Guerilla's future beyond Horizon.

I see Sony releasing games on PC if they feature a multiplayer component like perhaps a Killzone reboot or a some battle royale game or, some IP like MLB that should be multiplatform.

That's just it. We don't need multiple systems. They are all made to play games. Why force players to waste money on additional and redundant hardware just to play exclusives? Why manufacture more systems and pollute the planet more if people already have what they need? Exclusives are terrible. Multiple console platforms are terrible. The focus should be on supporting the best games on a universal platform.

That's it? you should go back into hiding until Star Citizen comes out LOL.

Making fun of you beggars, know the difference laster race guy.

At least this thread has cleared up forever that hermits are just beggars, who will probably just pirate the game anyway LOL.

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@i_p_daily said:

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@i_p_daily said:

@BassMan said:

Hey now, I am a huge fan of Kratos and God of War and I used to have Kratos as my GS avatar too. You know, it is OK to like and try different things. Don't be afraid. You may actually have some fun.

I owned every Sega console, every Xbox console, a N64 & a PS1 & 2, and played just abut every genre of game there is, so yeah I've tried a few different things, hermitism isn't one of them, as i'm not a person who buys something only to complain that what I bought can't play other games and take to forums to beg for them lol.

I have access to all the games and play them the best way possible. So, you have nothing on me. I judge games based on quality and not which platform they are on. Keep sucking on that Xbox dick though. Let me help you with the nasty taste....

Dick jokes okay then, how does MS dick taste? I mean you herms have been sucking it for a long time to get they're games, and now you have a mouth full of Sony dick lol.

You're right I don't have anything on you like you have nothing on me, MS & Sony has their big fella on you though LMFAO.

Don't be upset because I don't game on what you deem good, as others deem it shit.

LOL, no. PC gamers leave the dick sucking to the fanboys like you. We call the companies out on their bullshit practices and standards. We don't just bend over and take it.

You do though, by begging for console games you are essentially sucking hard, and I noticed something in your earlier post which I put in bold which is 100% a lie from you.

You judge quality by how many frames a game has and call consoles shit because of the lack of frames in games, so in the end you're also full of shit :)

No bassman no matter how much you want it to be frames per second is not the basis for quality as there are hundreds of games through out history that are 30fps AND quality games.

@i_p_daily: You lashing out just makes this all the better.

No, we need multiple systems to be more differentiated. Each platform has a bevy of their own features and services, not to mention controllers and hardware perks, such as Switch's hybrid nature. We DON'T need a monopoly, where suddenly no hardware/software innovation is happening due to every game being forced to run on a unified system. Platforms cater to different audiences, thus platforms compete with each other, thus exclusives are made to sell platforms. Again, Sonic is the perfect example of this. Can you even IMAGINE what the video game landscape would be like today if Nintendo monopolized the gaming industry in the 80s and there were no challengers? (One thing comes to mind was when EA had the rights to multiple sports licenses; it ruined Sega's sports games, which were superior to EA's IMO). If it wasn't for Nintendo bumbling the partnership with Sony, it would have been Nintendo PlayStation, and there's a good chance MS wouldn't have bothered entering the console market either, but they did because they saw a company who never made games (Sony) be successful at it, so they thought, "Hey, we're a successful software company, let's make hardware!" And do you know what MS did to sell their hardware? They acquired Halo, which was going to be some completely different game for the Mac. Halo would never have been what it was today, and Xbox brand for that matter, without competition ... driven from exclusives.

I get wanting to play every game on one console, but the hard reality is this: you don't need every game. Plenty to play on PC, Xbo...well... PC, PlayStation and Switch.