misterd on 02 November 2008
MS has shown Sony that 3rd party exclusives are never guaranteed, which makes it ironic that MS is banking so much on 3rd party exclusives.
Yes, Sony is making the bigger risk, but they are doing it correctly, and look to reap the rewards. Without the 1st party support, MS is gambling future success on its console alone. If the NextBox doesn't take off, 3rd parties will leave them high and dry the way they did the N64, GameCube and, to some degree, the PS3. Can you imagine where GameCube would have been without first party software? Not pretty.
