Lack of quality pc exclusives

[dig_ut!!]

Why is it that consoles develop and have their own exclusive quality games while pc lacks in that department. Granted in recent years Xbox has made a commitment to bringing their entire library/libraries to pc (but that just means that it’s not exclusive anymore just that it’s available on more platforms (their titles were and still are available on console). If you look specifically at the other big 2 gaming giants (Sony and Nintendo) they seem to be producing quality exclusives available only on their platforms. My question is: why are there not specific companies or studios who produce specifically AAA titles on pc (like Sony has)?
It just seems to me that to most companies the console platform is more desirable to produce games for (since, combined, the consoles not only have most of all of the quality games that are also available on pc but…also have their own exclusive titles.

When will we see quality titles produced specifically for the pc, and if there are quality exclusives already on the pc can someone let me know of which they are since I’m curious to try them out.

[CLUTCH]

Sony owns Playstation, Nintendo owns Switch, Microsoft owns Xbox.

Who owns PC?

[dig_ut!!]

Originally posted by CLUTCH:

Sony owns Playstation, Nintendo owns Switch, Microsoft owns Xbox.

Who owns PC? :tank:

Yeah that’s a good point….but…….technically companies like Nvidia and AMD can try to have their own studios to produce games. Or even why not Valve. I think they are all big enough to produce their own exclusives on pc. No?

Look at a game like Half Life Alex (pc exclusive but it’s an isolated example). Great vr game. Still a pc exclusive (PlayStation fans want it on vr). Why can’t there be pc exclusives that console players desire to have. I mean there are console titles that as a pc player I look forward to trying out (luckily I have a switch as well and a few Sony titles have come to pc) but….I don’t think that any console player out there would ever say…..wow, have you heard of that pc game….I wish it were on console!!!

[CLUTCH]

Too much risk...too little reward/incentive. Back in the day sure. Blizzard and Valve and others. Today not going to happen.

Bottom line...$$$$

[Codename Dutch]

we dont want exclusives. we like being a neutral middle ground, that way we can get all the games from Sony, Microsoft,

[El Fuerte]

console "exclusives" which aren't really exclusives since they end up on PC sooner or later :D

[dig_ut!!]

Originally posted by Pipoco:

console "exclusives" which aren't really exclusives since they end up on PC sooner or later :D

Your comment is not correct since I can point to many decent/quality console games that have never made it to the pc platform.

[dig_ut!!]

Originally posted by Codename Dutch:

we dont want exclusives. we like being a neutral middle ground, that way we can get all the games from Sony, Microsoft,

Lol. And yet, there are still plenty of console games that haven’t made it to pc.

[dig_ut!!]

Originally posted by CLUTCH:

Too much risk...too little reward/incentive. Back in the day sure. Blizzard and Valve and others. Today not going to happen.

Bottom line...$$$$

Are you saying that there’s more $$$ to be made on making games for consoles only. Then you are making my point that it is more desirable for companies to produce games on consoles.

[hip]

PC gamers don't need to flex about exclusivity. We are vastly more evolved, superior and inclusive creatures. Everyone is allowed to have fun!

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by dig_ut!!:

Or even why not Valve.

Valve does not need to make games.
They earn already enough money with Steam.

So basically they are just doing passion projects, like that VR-exclusive Alyx, which I'll possibly never play as I do not like VR.

[The Equalizer]

Originally posted by CLUTCH:

Sony owns Playstation, Nintendo owns Switch, Microsoft owns Xbox.

Who owns PC? :tank:

Microsoft gets Xbox exclusives on PC same release time, just don't get Nintendo. You get playstation exclusives now just have to wait some time so they have the time to be exclusive.

[Devsman]

Exclusives are dumb. This isn't the 90s, when you were writing assembly for the CPU in question, which was not the same architecture as the other competing platforms, and your pixel art wouldn't scale correctly between the two systems' native resolutions.

This is the 20's, when everything is an x86 and any engine worth using should really have an "export to [insert platform here]" button as well as automatic scaling for any resolution the user decides to use.

The only reason exclusives still exist is because the owner of the platform pays for them to tempt people into buying their platform. Which is a crappy-ass reason.

Maybe the question shouldn't be "why doesn't PC have exclusives" (it does btw) and should instead be "why do we put up with everyone else having them"

[RageMojo]

The newest consoles are still way behind PC's and still holding gaming back. PC outsells all consoles combined annually. The era of exclusives is over, even Sony announced all future exclusives would come to PC. Once people smarten up and stop buying consoles, gaming will improve exponentially.