I'm not sure where your first argument is going. No single game is going to be purchased by all or even a majority of console owners. However a good way to identify if exclusives have an effect (in my opinion anyway), is to look at the actual sales of the games on the consoles. Of the top 10 PS4 games... a whopping 7 of them are currently "exclusive" to PS4. Horizon is in the top 10 but is not included b/c as you pointed out, it is a Sony exclusive that came to PC, but FFVII remake is... for now (pretty sure it's just on ps4 right now). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games
XBox has just one... Halo 5... in the top 10 games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Xbox_One_video_games
And as I said... no single game is going to be purchased by a majority of console owners, but if you look at the #1 exclusive for PS4... it was purchased by 14.5% of console owners. Halo 5 was purchased by 10.7% of XBox owners. Give or take of course since we don't have exact numbers. So I would say exclusive games have a much larger effect on Sony sales than XBox for sure.
But to say that most people are buying the PS4 for other reasons other than playing games seems a bit premature... afterall... Sony did announce that they have sold over 1 BILLION pieces of PS4 software... which would average out to every owner having 9-10 games. So I don't think that is very valid either. https://www.polygon.com/ps4/2020/1/31/21116942/ps4-sales-games-software-titles-all-time-million-billion-sony-playstation
I have a PS4, XBox One and a PC. My PC is from 2011. I boosted the GPU and RAM a couple of years ago and it keeps up with current consoles (Pro and X for < $400), So a PC from just 5 years ago should easily be upgradable to current standards. As of now, since I have a PC, I will not be buying a Series X. No need to... as @nikon133 and @psychomantisiii pointed out. PS5, however, I will be purchasing. Not sure if it will be day 1, but I will get one eventually.
Lastly... for the record... no REAL gamer is "nervous" about Sony bringing their exclusives to PC. If they do, that just means I don't need to purchase any console. I'm good with that. :)
Disappointed there was no mention of Odin Sphere and Valkyria Chronicles. Those are 2 VERY worthy games of being considered. Especially since some of the games you mentioned were very main stream and probably didn't get missed like my mentions probably did. Odin Sphere especially with the improved combat, inventory system and framerate!
It seems that you guys think that just b/c the prequels used clones that the storm troopers in the original trilogy are also clones. For the record ... that is not the case. They are enlisted and I believe taken like Finn was. And this information is reiterated in the Star Wars Rebels series (which takes place before IV) where they show a group of young teens training to be storm troopers.
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