Lost Planet 2 Confirmed as Xbox360 Exclusive

[Onyxmeth]

Darc Requiem said:

Onyxmeth said:

The source is questionable at best. However if this does prove to be true, I'm fairly sure it will involve Microsoft's new plan of buying exclusivity of games as opposed to developing it themselves. I don't know the cost differentiation between the two avenues but I could see this being a good way to move in. I can't vouch for this particular title being a good pick though. MS should be buying out devs to make titles for IPs that MS owns themselves.

 

If your assertion is true Onyxmeth, it would indicate that MS is using the strategy Sony used with the PS1. Crash, Spyro, Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, etc. were exclusive to PS1 because of a similar strategy.

Yeah it would essentially be that. It worked out well for Sony for quite a while, so it's hard to say it's necessarily a bad strategy seeing as how it was employed for a 100+ million selling console. Time will tell though.
I still think MS needs to keep the IPs they source out under their employ because they can at least be in control of the franchises' futures, as opposed to Sony that lost almost all of them this gen and had this scenario finally blow up in their face.