God of War Laufey and Wolverine aren't coming to PC, collaborating reports that Sony are bringing back "true" exclusives in the run-up to PS6's reveal.
It’s wild how the people running these giant corporations have no idea how their business works…
The point of modern consoles is locking someone to your store. They saw PC sales they were missing and wanted, so they ended exclusives.
Then were shocked that if people didn’t have to buy a PlayStation, they didn’t overspend in the PS store. They’d just buy the PlayStation games on PC and Sony loses their cut on all the other games.
Incredibly obvious, but only if you think more than one financial quarter at a time.
Just like this article is an example of, people will be slow to re-enter that ecosystem because exclusivity is no longer guaranteed. Why buy a console for exclusives if a year from now they won’t be exclusive again?
It would be hard to quantify, but Sony just set fire to millions and millions of dollars in profit with all this snip-snap shit.
For people who are unwilling or unable to buy into the console ecosystem for these few exclusive games, they are literally deciding they would rather have none of our money than the some they would get by offering games on other platforms.
You seem to have misread my comment. Providing convenience and affordability is a way to win over customers and make more money. Exclusivity is anti-consumer.
Unfortunately that’s rarely true in the short term, and in the long term it’s still not a sure outcome.
@givesomefucks@lemmy.world is right in saying that capitalism keeps rewarding companies that dick over their customers (e.g. through exclusivity, vendor lock-ins etc). This reward can be big enough to essentially oust competitors that focus on convenience and affordability, or the competitors’ investors can push them to adopt the same practices to also make more money short term.
We won’t improve this by just ignoring it and hoping that companies will eventually recognize the advantages of ethical decision making. But we can force them to do so by regulating these unethical behaviors.
It’s wild how the people running these giant corporations have no idea how their business works…
The point of modern consoles is locking someone to your store. They saw PC sales they were missing and wanted, so they ended exclusives.
Then were shocked that if people didn’t have to buy a PlayStation, they didn’t overspend in the PS store. They’d just buy the PlayStation games on PC and Sony loses their cut on all the other games.
Incredibly obvious, but only if you think more than one financial quarter at a time.
Just like this article is an example of, people will be slow to re-enter that ecosystem because exclusivity is no longer guaranteed. Why buy a console for exclusives if a year from now they won’t be exclusive again?
It would be hard to quantify, but Sony just set fire to millions and millions of dollars in profit with all this snip-snap shit.
For people who are unwilling or unable to buy into the console ecosystem for these few exclusive games, they are literally deciding they would rather have none of our money than the some they would get by offering games on other platforms.
Obviously.
But the point isn’t the exclusives and their sales.
The point of exclusives is to get people who can only afford one platform to buy yours and be forced to buy every game from your online store.
If it didn’t make sense the first time, ask what you’re missing.
The point of modern consoles should be to provide a convenient and affordable way to play games. Not everyone has or wants a gaming PC.
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Does someone in 2026 really not know what the fuck “capitalism” is?
We can’t even get healthcare and you think video game consoles should be a nonprofit endeavor?
You seem to have misread my comment. Providing convenience and affordability is a way to win over customers and make more money. Exclusivity is anti-consumer.
Unfortunately that’s rarely true in the short term, and in the long term it’s still not a sure outcome.
@givesomefucks@lemmy.world is right in saying that capitalism keeps rewarding companies that dick over their customers (e.g. through exclusivity, vendor lock-ins etc). This reward can be big enough to essentially oust competitors that focus on convenience and affordability, or the competitors’ investors can push them to adopt the same practices to also make more money short term.
We won’t improve this by just ignoring it and hoping that companies will eventually recognize the advantages of ethical decision making. But we can force them to do so by regulating these unethical behaviors.
No, I just acknowledge reality