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read from nintendo life lol:

Xbox president Sarah Bond recently said that console exclusives is an "antiquated" concept, noting that the "biggest games in the world are available everywhere". This statement comes as the brand continues to push its "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign to promote gaming across multiple devices.

Not everyone agrees, of course, and ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra is seemingly quite against the idea. In a post on social media, he simply said "Someone go tell Nintendo that exclusives are antiquated".

When another user challenged this statement, Ybarra doubled down and explained that Nintendo has thrived on console exclusivity, deeming the company's strategy of "risk and return" a big success:

"Nintendo has continually dominated with outstanding games. Sure some platforms flopped, but they always took risk and came back very strong.

"It is the opposite of antiquated. It is risk and return."
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1981454023380107544
 
Honestly that's the only thing I like about Nintendo, I prefer if we still had console exclusives because it gave you a reason why you picked a specific console over another. This is why I think the Xbox brand will stop making consoles, there's really no reason for Microsoft to make a new one if they claim that you should be able to play their games on other platforms. And this is coming from someone who prefers to play his Xbox Series S over his PS5.
 
TheRavenfreak said:
Honestly that's the only thing I like about Nintendo, I prefer if we still had console exclusives because it gave you a reason why you picked a specific console over another. This is why I think the Xbox brand will stop making consoles, there's really no reason for Microsoft to make a new one if they claim that you should be able to play their games on other platforms. And this is coming from someone who prefers to play his Xbox Series S over his PS5.
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Sounds like Microsoft is making another console, but won't be cheap.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
Sounds like Microsoft is making another console, but won't be cheap.
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Yeah I heard the rumors over on Reddit, it's supposed to be a hybrid console/gaming PC. But they're going to make multiplayer free, according to the rumors so we don't have to pay for game pass in order to play online which would be a big deal seeing how that's how things used to be back in the day lol. I don't know if this part is true though, but we'll see. (Knowing Microsoft, it probably won't be.)
 
TheRavenfreak said:
Yeah I heard the rumors over on Reddit, it's supposed to be a hybrid console/gaming PC. But they're going to make multiplayer free, according to the rumors so we don't have to pay for game pass in order to play online which would be a big deal seeing how that's how things used to be back in the day lol. I don't know if this part is true though, but we'll see. (Knowing Microsoft, it probably won't be.)
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A lot of time for things to change.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
A lot of time for things to change.
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Oh yeah for sure! If they really do make multiplayer free again, that will be a big step for them. However, Steam exists and if this is supposed to be a hybrid gaming PC/game console I'm not sure if the people playing games on Steam are going to bother to get this. I probably won't because it'll most likely be digital only.
 
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