• simple@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Exclusives are the opposite of competition, though.

    Maybe from your point of view, but exclusives move consoles. If someone’s deciding between a PS5 and an Xbox Series X it’s likely the exclusives that will make them choose one or the other. Part of the reason Xbox is far behind is because they just don’t have many good exclusives.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, anticompetitive behavior is profitable for trillion dollar companies and bad for consumers. You sound like a “temporarily embarrassed millionaire” when you commiserate with corporations screwing people for profit.

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        1 year ago

        I’m literally just stating information, don’t shoot the messenger…

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      1 year ago

      Right, but my point is that good exclusives mean people buy both, not switch over or choose only one. The 360 era was like this where many had two consoles instead of only one.

      • simple@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Most people don’t have money for both, so it usually does mean choosing one or the other for the average consumer.