Sony: Microsoft “writes cheques” for games thanks to first-party line-up insecurity

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He's just trying to get people's attention away from the fact that Microsoft's strategy is simply Sony's PS2/PS1 strategy revived.

Sony would also be spending money on third party content if they could afford a bidding war with MS. After all, most of the important games on Playstation consoles have always been third party, the only really important first-party series is Gran Turismo.