| Dodece said: @Squilliam I think we are in agreement, but we are not seemingly on the same page. I entirely agree that an exclusive is an exclusive, and it doesn't matter where Microsoft got that exclusive. To me the only thing that should matter is that they have that exclusive. The point I was driving at is this. Microsoft should have more high end exclusives this year then they had last year. I see no reason as to why Microsoft would not enjoy a game swell. They should still be securing the same number of third party exclusives this year. Given that they probably secured them two years ago when they were easy acquisitions. Plus this year they should see a full output from their first party studios. To me that means rather then half a dozen meaningful exclusives. They should be announcing closer to a dozen meaningful exclusives either at their press event, or via exhibitors. That was the point I was driving at, and it really does point to Microsoft really being able to come out heavy this year. |
No real complaints here, but if they are going to release a dozen meaningful exclusives then it will probably make sense for them to couple it with a rather substantial price cut in the U.S.A. at least. My theory about their actions is that they will cut the price of the Xbox 360 extremely agressively over the next few years to lock in a substantial userbase on Xbox Live. They don't really care about what Nintendo does so much, its Sony and PSN especially which they need to keep in check to give their next console a good chance to raise a substantial lead over the PS4.
Once they get a 30-40M userbase on Xbox Live, they will be a pretty tough competitor to beat and it actually gives them a shot to finally take a swing at Nintendo as well. Its all about social networking, the most valuable online network is the one where you can find all your friends and thats an incredibly strong draw card, which IMO trumps brand and past success/failure.
Tease.
