| BKK2 said: ... Except Kill all Humans is still in development for PS3, it's just been delayed until next year. |
"Except Kill all Humans is still in development for PS3, it's just been delayed until next year."
Which exactly demonstrates the point. A small budget title cannot hold its financial breath until the PS3 port is ready. So the title is choosing to release first on the 360, get some cash flow going and use it to finish the port for the PS3.
This may become the story with many smaller development studios. Taking on a dual platform release may strain them financially, especially if they need to start cutting back based on the economic situation. Releasing first on the first platform that is ready may seem like a reasonable method of operation for them.
If this happens, one of the platforms will start getting the titles early and the others will get them months later, which means an effective time exclusive.
Prediction made on 11/1/2008:
Q4 2008: 27M xbox LTD, 20M PS3 LTD . 2009 sales: 11M xbox, 9M PS3
