Neither PlayStation nor Xbox: Exclusive video games are dead as we knew them

The video game industry is evolving in a very peculiar way. PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and even PC are changing. What we understood as games and exclusive releases is blurring and the market is very different.

So much so that Microsoft is now releasing some of its biggest hits on PlayStation, while the latter has been without several major exclusives for some time.

Nintendo, meanwhile, is doing its own thing, while PC s (mainly on Steam) are seeing their library grow thanks to Sony's releases. The industry is no longer as we it, although this is something we predicted some time ago.

However, following the announcement of Gears of War for PlayStation and the release of games such as Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, we have been talking about the subject again.

PlayStation and Xbox exclusives have changed forever

In today's The purchase of IP and studios a few years ago exacerbated the situation, but it is changing.

Competition in the world of gaming as we knew it is fading away, so everyone has a very specific opinion. Xbox and PlayStation exclusives are something very different from what we understood them to be years ago.

The only one that seems unlikely to change its strategy is Nintendo, whose own video games remain 'locked' in its ecosystem. It doesn't seem likely to change, and the truth is that it doesn't seem to need to.

The situation is, to say the least, quite particular to the point where that famous console war seems to have lost some of its momentum. Loyalty to certain brands by the gaming community is changing.

However, the fact that exclusives are losing steam is not a bad thing for us as consumers. In fact, being able to access almost any game from virtually any platform is a positive thing, as it opens up a whole range of possibilities. What do you think?