Is Console Exclusivity still relevant?

It is more an investment in a system. I have been Playstation since PS2. Now why won't I go XBox; First I have a hatred/fear of Microsoft (Mac User). But more importantly, all the PSN store purchases; can't use those on Xbox One.

So unless you want to lose all your digital content, you have to stick with what "brung ya."

I was always a Playstation guy before the 7th gen. My first system was the PS1, then the PS2. Later we got an Xbox too, but played it rarely except for Halo CE and 2. So when the question of getting a 7th gen console, I was originally going to get a PS3, but ultimately chose the 360 because of Halo 3. It's possible to totally change platform like so.

As long as rushed ports, annoying DRM, and less than optimal specs exist there will always be a preferred console for each game.

I really like the idea of playing a Switch™ in my Craftmatic adjustable bed just as narcolepsy kicks in and I inevitably drain the battery and possibly drop it, or the grandkids wheel me out to the patio with it and leave me there for 5 hours, but I'm waiting for the inevitable New™ Switch™ with better joy joys and a better battery for falling asleep.

As more and more games are becoming multiplatform nowadays (a necessity because of the high costs of producing them), I think it's becoming more a matter of what hardware/services do you prefer, instead of what games you want to play.

The exception being the Switch because of Nintendo exclusives; but even then, I think the Switch is attractive even to people who don't have interest in Nintendo games because it's a portable. So there you go, Balder: I guess the reason someone would prefer a Switch version of a game, even if it's a technically inferior one, may be because it's portable. For people who travel a lot that would be preferable.

teddykongcountry - Great topic, by the way. I was also thinking about it these days after one of the only PS4 exclusives I was really interested (Nioh) got a pc port.

Think about how much better console exclusives would be if they were on PC. No more playing the game the way some developer wants you too. With mod support from the modding community it can be how you want the game to be. That sounds like a big advantage to me.

Also Drm can be removed or just use gog. There is no reason not to invest in a good PC. As for the bad ports it's the developers fault because there are so many different computers out there and they all have different hardware in them.

Consoles have always been simplified pc's. There for people who have no technical know how on how to build a PC when you could easily look up how to build one on YouTube. The only thing consoles have over PC is there simplicity everything else PC wins. I can use any controller I want and sit back on my couch and play.