Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Megas View Post
Because they're portable. That's like the whole thing, isn't it?

Wait, why? I don't understand why it would matter if they were exclusive or not. Good games are good games.
The portability factor doesn't matter that much to me, and not to many handheld players. Even as a kid, almost all of my handheld gaming was at home. I buy handhelds, first and foremost, because they offer a different selection of games that I want to play. I don't think my PSP has ever even left my house.

Every system I've ever purchased was bought for exclusives. If I can get every game I want on another system, one that I may potentially already own, I'm not going to bother to get a new system. If I bought a handheld for an exclusive and then all following interesting games were multiplatform, I'd feel gypped. Although it's only been this current generation in which this stuff is even a factor since the vast majority of games I'm interested in weren't multiplatform in the past (that was more of a Western game thing back then).