Seece said:
I hope you don't get knocked for this, Microsoft are seriously lacking right now. At one point this gen they will have to sort it out. |
me too! I mean it as a serious observation. The 360 has been a big success for MS in my view but looking at it impartially they need to be careful they don't loose too much steam around core titles going forward.
I'm sure they're building a lot of stuff for Natal, and it looks likely they can depend on Epic and Valve for some decent titles - but they can't count on them. Valve could decide to push their entire back catalogue on PS3 if they choose to, they own the IP after all, and Gears aside Epic could easily support PS3, too. They have Mass Effect, but anything else from Bioware will be multi via EA now. They have the studio looking after Halo but really I think they need more.
Nintendo and Sony are going to keep pumping out exclusives until the end of their consoles lives, and MS are looking a little lean on ability there, relying on deals with companies who could just as easily decide they want to go multi-platform and build their brand acorss more gamers.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...