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I don't think this loss will have quite the impact some are imagining. The average consumer buying a console, Xbox or other, isn't exactly hanging on game company press releases to help them determine which to buy. The only consumers hanging on every word of each company's individual PR voice are the individuals who have already bought their favorite console of choice.

If you don't have a good line up of killer titles currently being locked and loaded, there really aren't any bombshells to drop on the gaming public no matter who's in charge.

As for the strategy of keeping development of potential projects that are guaranteed to sell more hardware Secret Squirrel, what kind of business plan is that in an industry that thrives on news of killer apps being spun a year or more in advance?