I think 2009 will be the year of the 360, quite honestly. Microsoft has seen the writing on the wall, with the HUGE amounts of profits that Nintendo is making off games, and they are going to turn MGS into a developer/publisher powerhouse to rival EA and Activsion. There are ALOT of great little developers out their, and I don't think MGS is going to go on a buying spree, but instead are going to go on a IP buying spree. Mass Effect was a perfect example of how owning the IP is critical to ensuring you preserve the golden nuggets in your portfolio.
http://www.xbox360wire.co.uk/2008/12/03/xbox-360-can-it-hold-2009/
This article is speculative, trending from 2008, which was suppose to be the year of the PS...ooops for those estimators. M4 is getting bullish on gaming, and once that borg-like machine gets transfixed on something, it's going to be hard to stop it. Look at all this smack talking by Tsunoda:
http://games.kikizo.com/news/200812/kudo-tsunoda-microsoft-game-studios-interview.asp
"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."
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