This year at Xbox's Games Showcase, new CEO Asha Sharma made the announcement that Gears of War: E-Day would be an Xbox console exclusive.1 And that reminded me of an Xbox Gamescom announcement 12 years ago with another console exclusive—Rise of the Tomb Raider. And because I am now old enough to have been blogging that long, my well thought out opinion on that matter lives forevermore. "Game exclusivity blows. Today’s Tomb Raider news at Xbox’s Gamescom press conference was the straw that broke the camel’s back. How is this fair to the consumer at all? It’s not. Corporate puppet masters are pulling strings to raise profits as they strip a product away from select audiences. They are punishing consumers for not owning their game box. And yet, I am a hypocrite. I love exclusive titles. The Last Of Us is my favorite game of all time, which is exclusive to PlayStation products. As I think about it, if Joel and Ellie made the jump to Xbox or PC, I would feel a tad betrayed. Then I realize…
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