MGS4 to 360 really a big deal?

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Squall_Leonhart said:

kitler53 said:
i personally couldn't care less about MGS4 but I am in favor of exclusives as they provide some sort of distinction between the systems.

i mean really, don't you think there would be just as many upset 360 fans if mass effect lost exclusivity?

Yeah i know what you mean, i was the same way when FFXIII was announced to be on the 360 last E3... It does seem like MS can't just get their own games anymore, they need to steal them from the other consoles! Makes me glad that Sony has such a large 1st and 2nd party division

I wonder if ME2 will make it to the PS3... Playing through the first one at the moment (on as off as i quickly get sick of the 360 controller as the D-pad is worse than awful) but it is a good game for the most part!

That's silly. It's a business where companies are competing. Of course they will try to get exclusives or see to it that big games aren't exclusive on another console. It's a business strategy move. Stealing is what someone does when they enter a liquor store with a note and a .45. On topic, yes it is a big deal. Sure MGS4 may not do a whole lot more sales on the PS3 but for those who would've considered either buying a PS3 to go along with their Xbox 360 would then have one less major reason to do so. Also, there have been about 55 million sales of HD systems. PS2 alone sold 120 million consoles or more. This means a lot of people still haven't upgraded to the true next gen. I don't mean that as a slam on Nintendo for when I say next gen in that context, I'm speaking graphically. So for all those people who were on the fence of whether or not to buy a next gen console, they could then buy the Xbox 360 at a cheaper price to get one of the games they might have been holding out for. I'm not saying MGS4 would sell as much as the PS3 version but over time, it would help sell some system for Microsoft and steer some people away from buying a PS3 and get the cheaper priced Xbox 360.