I don’t buy broken games but it would be running 60FPS unlike the PS4

How’s Just Cause 3 running for you? I’m running 60FPS. Has PS4 got past the 20FPS barrier yet? Or Firewatch? Or BroForce. A 2D Pixel indie game with severe framerate problems on the garbage PS4 hardware. So much for that “Supercharged PC” 🙂

How’s Batman: Arkham Knight running for you?

Really? O_o
A billon?

Only if platform companies are willing to put up the cash which I think will be more difficult in the coming years.

Street fighter was never that big in the first place and I think it would have been better to do a new fighter series for Sony or something new like they did for MS last gen. The other fighter series that went exclusive Guilty gear Xrd also flopped. I hope next time around this multiplatform games go multiplatform from the start and avoid the segregation disaster.

Street Fighter V flopped so it just means console exclusives don’t sell and PC gaming always wins.

True. It’s unlikely that big GTA style deals will happen this generation. But I think the big difference in install bases might play a role, instead. Though, as you say, not for the biggest franchises.

Yeah that’s a good observation. But maybe there were big 3rd party franchises going exclusive more frequently before? Whereas now it’s pretty rare. I don’t know I’m guessing. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Activision, EA, UBIsoft etc, are just too dam big nowadays for any platform holder to afford their ip. I remember back then there were many more smaller publishers. Perhaps that’s why, but I don’t know. All in all I think it’s good that both MS and Sony focus on making their own new games while we can all get and share those beloved 3rd party blockbusters…

Maybe not immediately. But big franchises may and will still become exclusive if they need to.