Steam Store PC Exclusive Filter

[iio58]

Hi Valve/Steam

I note on your store there is no flter or category for PC Exclusive games? Or am I being blind?

Those of us who are lucky enough to have an Xbox One, PS4 and Switch I dont want to have to wade through all the games I can get on those. So I primarily like to buy exclusive games for PC, bar the odd console game which benefits from PC RTX power etc.

If there already is something then someone can point me in the right direction?

Thanks

[wuddih]

all games on Steam are for PC

[Start_Running]

Would be pointless. even if it was PC exclusive this month there'd be switch, abnd xbox ports next month.

[iio58]

Originally posted by wuddih:

all games on Steam are for PC

I don't think you understand the question mate haha. Ah well

[iio58]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Would be pointless. even if it was PC exclusive this month there'd be switch, abnd xbox ports next month.

Well sometimes yes, however some games are times exclusives which end up on other platforms, but some games are exclusive to PC. Hence, it would be much easier to find those with a filter don't you think?

[iio58]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Like a filter to remove Halo, Gears and every Final Fantasy game?

You'd be better of clicking ignore on the titles.

:qr:

But theres thousands to do that on. Surely when publishers go to Steam to publish a game they know if its going to be PC only or not. If later on it ports to other machines then remove an exclusive flag. Surely couldn't be that hard to implement?

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by iio58:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Would be pointless. even if it was PC exclusive this month there'd be switch, abnd xbox ports next month.

Well sometimes yes, however some games are times exclusives which end up on other platforms, but some games are exclusive to PC. Hence, it would be much easier to find those with a filter don't you think?

And why does it matter if they are on other platforms? Just curious. Again the problem becomes that even if the tag existed it'd be invalid in a month or so. as the trend has been towards multiplatform release for

[iio58]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by iio58:

Well sometimes yes, however some games are times exclusives which end up on other platforms, but some games are exclusive to PC. Hence, it would be much easier to find those with a filter don't you think?

And why does it matter if they are on other platforms? Just curious. Again the problem becomes that even if the tag existed it'd be invalid in a month or so. as the trend has been towards multiplatform release for

It matters only in the sense that I want to focus on exclusives on each platform. I don't want to have to wade through all the games which are multi platform and will already have played or not wanted to play on consoles. So, to take full advantage of my PC I would rather play PC exclusive games I can't get on consoles. That's most of the reason I built a PC. Sure, they're more powerful but that doesn't bother me that much, im more about enjoying the experiences of each platform so it would narrow down the time in wading through multi platform titles to find PC exclusives :)

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by iio58:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

And why does it matter if they are on other platforms? Just curious. Again the problem becomes that even if the tag existed it'd be invalid in a month or so. as the trend has been towards multiplatform release for

It matters only in the sense that I want to focus on exclusives on each platform. I don't want to have to wade through all the games which are multi platform and will already have played or not wanted to play on consoles.

Fair and how are you so sure you wouldn't want the PC version over the console version for a game?

So, to take full advantage of my PC I would rather play PC exclusive games I can't get on consoles.

EVen where the PC version is the superior version?

That's most of the reason I built a PC. Sure, they're more powerful but that doesn't bother me that much, im more about enjoying the experiences of each platform so it would narrow down the time in wading through multi platform titles to find PC exclusives :)

Well that'll be up to the devs to decide. and again there's a bit of shortsighted ness since as I mentioned you could buy a game that's a PC exclusive this month and next month or two..Bam Multi-platform. WHat then? YOu're in the same situation you were trying to avoid.

[Darren]

I think the problem here is you assume that there are "exclusives" on Steam and thus the information exists and can be easily provided to you.

But Steam doesn't do exclusives. Any game on Steam can be released anywhere at the same time, before or after by developers no permanent or timed exclusivity exists. Hence there is no list of such games because there are no such games.

All that does exist are games developers have chosen not to release elsewhere at the moment. A decision which Steam is entirely uninvolved with and doesn't care about.