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Exclusive Xbox console games will be the exception rather than the rule moving forward — inside the risky strategy that will define Xbox's next decade (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I remember back when Halo 3 and 4 were out for one Microsoft gaming platform (Xbox), but not the other (Windows); and Halo 2 for Windows was a disaster area (Games for Windows Live, ugh). Went on like that for years and years. I just couldn't figure out why even first party Microsoft games were not available on both Microsoft platforms.

I would have bought the Halos in a heartbeat from a Windows-locked store back then. Though, I'm glad that by the time they launched an official MS store (and much, much later released Halo 3+ for the PC, and Halo 2 in a way that didn't suck), I was already souring on Microsoft as a company and didn't want to lock myself into a platform-specific store.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Is this lemmy post an Xbox?

[–] mindbleach 1 points 4 days ago

Exclusives have been a gimmick for at least a decade. Games are not made for one system anymore. They're generic software. They'll run on anything, if you try.