Are they good for businesses? Yes I think so. Exclusives are the one thing that makes people buy a certain kind of hardware. I wish we could get everything on every platform so people could just play what they want on their chosen machine but we dont live in that utopia. I also think that certain studios are allowed to make much better games due to the backing of studio's behind the platform of choice.
Are they good for the gaming community? No. I really dont think theyre good for gamers or consumers overall. IMO gamers should be advocating for more multi-platform releases, backwards compatibility, cross platform play, and expansion sized additions to games. Exclusives make us pay more money for the products we want because you have to buy multiple bits of hardware and the software to boot. Then theres the issue with lack of cross platform play. If you make a new friend and find out he plays the same game as you but you play on PC and he plays on playstation your screwed just because of your hardware choice and I dont think thats healthy for a community
Are they good for the gaming community? No. I really dont think theyre good for gamers or consumers overall. IMO gamers should be advocating for more multi-platform releases, backwards compatibility, cross platform play, and expansion sized additions to games. Exclusives make us pay more money for the products we want because you have to buy multiple bits of hardware and the software to boot. Then theres the issue with lack of cross platform play. If you make a new friend and find out he plays the same game as you but you play on PC and he plays on playstation your screwed just because of your hardware choice and I dont think thats healthy for a community