With the MS announcement today of buying the Gears of War IP from Epic, did they just seal with deal in NA this gen? 

With a line up of Titanfall, Halo, Fable set to return and now a new Gears, I don’t think Sony can compete with this line up in North America. Sure, Sony will take Europe and Japan but NA is the largest market and they need to keep up in market share.

Uncharted is only one game and doesn’t sell the numbers Gears does on day 1. What else do you think Sony can do to combat this move by MS today?  

With all the positive reinforcement and gloating Sony fans have done over the last 6 or 7 months, all MS has to do is stick out their wallet and crush any hopes Sony fans have to reclaim the NA market.

Whether you like Gears of War or not, you can’t argue that it doesn’t sell consoles. This gen your going to see more CoD limited edition consoles, same with Gears and Halo and the US market will eat it up. Even though it’s only early, I don’t think Sony has a chance in the US anymore.

Thoughts? 

 

MS will win NA in the long term BUT without the big difference like PS3/360

I think you're correct about MS winning the U.S. Truth be told though, they had it won even before this move was made. Halo alone gave MS the U.S. market. But Sony will win all other markets. I don't know if that matters much seeing as how everyone touts the U.S. market as if it's the only one that counts.

What has really changed?

I don't understand...no, they have always had gears.....Sony has not stopped making games. Nothing has changed.

Microsoft is not done yet. New exclusive getting announced today!

http://n4g.com/news/1444437/phil-spencer-excited-for-game-reveal-tomorrow

Maybe for now but I don't think that will be the case long term

Consider the fact that 99% of the people buying consoles have no idea that multiplatform Gears was even possible. Most people assumed it would always be an Xbox exlcusive... nothing has changed.

Halo and Titanfall might tip the scale though.

Sony is cheaper and didnt stumble and fuck up PR this time

Because Gears of War? No. Though having big exclusives does help.

MS may win NA but it wont be due to one game. And they may not even win NA.