suzzopher wrote:Biggest selling games are multiplatform titles, to the general public a first party title is a secondary game, they buy a console to play FIFA or COD or GTA and then maybe pick up a some exclusives. First party line ups are nowhere near as important as solid third party support.
A good third person shooter would be nice of course but if a good third party one appears everyone's a winner no?
I don't agree with just about any of that.
Of course Fifa/CoD/GTA are what a lot of the general public want to play...but then so is Halo and lots of other games. I don't think the general public give two hoots about if a game is first or third party, that's just not something they care about.
What it comes down to is which consoles can play the games they want to play. When you've got both PS4 and Xbox One both having all the major 3rd Party games, people have to look at other things to make their choice and surely you can't argue that a major part of that choice has to come down to what games they can and can't play on the respective consoles. Exclusives are still a big deal in other words.
If a good 3rd Party multiplatform shooter comes out on PS4 and Xbox One, it doesn't make that game a reason to buy a PS4. Surely Sony's job is to give the general public as many reasons to buy their console over the others as possible, otherwise why bother with First Party exclusives at all.