Basically, none of this matters. MS having XIII will soften the impact, and keep lots of people from buying PS3s, worldwide. The advantage, of course, is still in Sony's court, for that particular game.

However, the reason it doesn't matter is because the console war is pretty much over, Sony could eek out a 2nd place "victory" at this point, but I doubt it. One game isn't gonna change anything, and any "Secret Weapons" Sony had should have been used long, long ago. Too little too late.

Microsoft's secret weapon is outselling Sony with the use of marketing, pricepoint, and third party support.

Whether or not FFXIII is still an effective weapon for Sony is debatable. But either way, it is anything but secret.

why disregard of a future 360 price cut?

Sorry but no. Most likely they will sell equal globally.

^sony will take japan and europe and half of the sales of the US. i dont think so.

Nearly as secret as M$'s last price cut

really sums it up well. Even with a Ps3 price cut M$ can lower their price even more. They were smart to lower the price so early while Sony. Even if Sony cuts the price M$ can retaliate with their own price cut making it almost pointless.

dont forget ff13 will be on multiple disks for the 360

it is, i know of many people that were gonna buy a PS3 for FFXIII(myself included), losing the exclusivity of such a big franchise is nothing small, and either way the victor in this was MS

I'm sure the people who played FF7, 8 and 9 won't forget how awesome those games where.

yep, FF7 was 4 discs. That didn't stop it from being a big seller and enjoyable.