2nd May 2005, 4:52 PM
In the computer market you have a standardized platform [with Windows, for the most part] while in the home console market you have competing platforms with their own set of exclusive [and some stadardized] titles.
So with in the videogame market the competition is mainly between consoles, deciding on which set of titles each person like the most. While in the computer market the competition comes down to the games because the list of chioces is basically the entire market of computer games, there may be a few that are Mac or Linux only but it's not big enough to really make a difference I think.
Nintendo's exclusives are directly competiting with Sony's and MS's, because that's where the main choice is made, which set is more desirable. The multiplatform games find themselves in a bit of a doldrums when this choice is made, unless there is enough deviation to make a difference. Once the choice is made between the set of exclusive titles, then the market comes down to a competition between the set of exclusives that was chosen and the multiplatform games that are found in that market.
MS put the "exclusive" sticker on Doom3 because they are directly competing with the set of exclusives on the GC and the PS2. They want to differentiate their set of exclusives from the set of exclusive on the GC and PS2 and make it look better when directly compared.
So with in the videogame market the competition is mainly between consoles, deciding on which set of titles each person like the most. While in the computer market the competition comes down to the games because the list of chioces is basically the entire market of computer games, there may be a few that are Mac or Linux only but it's not big enough to really make a difference I think.
Nintendo's exclusives are directly competiting with Sony's and MS's, because that's where the main choice is made, which set is more desirable. The multiplatform games find themselves in a bit of a doldrums when this choice is made, unless there is enough deviation to make a difference. Once the choice is made between the set of exclusive titles, then the market comes down to a competition between the set of exclusives that was chosen and the multiplatform games that are found in that market.
MS put the "exclusive" sticker on Doom3 because they are directly competing with the set of exclusives on the GC and the PS2. They want to differentiate their set of exclusives from the set of exclusive on the GC and PS2 and make it look better when directly compared.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.