Look, man, it doesn't matter that they are throwing money at companies making JRPGs. That's not really supporting them, that's just covering for the money they won't be making because they aren't putting the game on a system where it'll sell decently. The games would get made with or without MS, and they'd sell more copies on the PS3 or Wii. Again, that's not support, they are just paying these companies the money upfront for the sales they are going to lose by being in bed with MS. Outside of Mistwalker, there's absolutely nothing to say they are supporting the genre at all, and Sony put a whole lot of support into Square back in the day that resulted in games that were actually really good instead of really average.
There's absolutely nothing to say that the prices would be unchanged if the 360 didn't exist. Frankly, if MS didn't jump the gun on this gen the PS3 would very likely have launched a little later at $400, but Sony had to move before they were ready to make sure they wouldn't lose the market completely. It may have looked like a bad decision because of the way it has played out and it may look like the 360 has forced Sony to drop price, but that's really not true. Overall, MS has increased the costs to gamers, not lowered them. Not admirable at all.
Also, I never said they didn't make the work easier, so I don't know why you are arguing about that. What I've said is that it hasn't increased the number of games that exist. If they didn't make it so easy, they just would have gotten fewer games on their system. More games would be PC exclusive instead of PC/360. More games would have stayed PS3 exclusive instead of going multiplat. Where are the games that sismply wouldn't exist?
Can you name one? No, all you can do is post someone else's blogs. A blog that says that coding has always been the way it is now to some extent. And it's true, programming has always been like that. Long hours, little respect, high burn out rates. MS didn't do much to alleviate that, because they tools they use are basically the same ones that already exist for PCs. If those games weren't getting made for the 360, they'd still get made. Period.
As I said, none of the claims you have made are well formulated. You are suggesting that things that have almost nothing to do with one another have a cause and effect relationship adn that the cause leads back to MS. If anything caused prices to be driven down this generation it's the Wii, not the 360 which has more expensive games and has spent 3 years being more expensive than any successful console has ever been. If anything is causing more games to exist that wouldn't it's the Wii, because it provides a new experience and encourages developers to look in new directions. If anyone is responsible for JRPGs existing in the numbers they do now, it's Sony for helping Square become a major player in the Western market, not MS who is subsidizing games based on the sales that are lost when the game goes from PS3 to 360.
MS hasn't done a single thing you are claiming, and your logic to back it up is essentially baseless.
You do not have the right to never be offended.
