| Reasonable said: I know this is off topic, but given S.T.A.G.E. has often been fairly pro 360 and clearly likes the console why is he getting so much bashing for simply stating he's a little concerned about the currently known exclusives it'll receive in 2011? His point is fair and at this time the known titles that are 100% 360 exclusive are very thin on the ground and there aren't even that many notable 360/PC exclusives at this point. With Valve now commiting themselves to releasing on PS3, and Mass Effect franchise going multi-platform his concerns on exclusive support seem fair enough and he only asked whether others agreed wtih him or not - not to be attacked. In a few months things might change, lot's of exclusives might be revealed, but right now his concern seems fair to me and I don't know why so many are responding as if he's launching some sort of stealth attack on the 360 because, at least IMHO, he's clearly not. I'd say right now most new titles being shown or pushed are Kinect focused, we all know MS has less 1st party development capabilty than Nintendo or Sony and a number of former key 360/PC franchises developers are now going fully multiplatform (Valve and Bioware). If you're not interested in Kinect - which he doesn't seem to be - I think it's fair to wonder whether you're going to get a few exclusives you might be interested in or whether you're going to get more than that. As I noted I don't think having less exclusives will actually harm the 360 at this point - but that doesn't seem to be his focus, simply that he's worried that while he'll of course get all the big multi-platform titles as well as the key exclusives (Halo, Gears) there's not much else unique he can see on the horizon at this point. |
Thank you for this post Reasonable. This is exactly my point. The difference is I am not pro-360, but yes i'll admit in the past I made a lot of positive 360 comments. The reason for this is because of Microsofts astonishing 180 after the original Xbox where they actually got quality titles on their system, where Sony was lost in the middle. I have a PS3 though and I feel no fear of being entertained in 2011. My concern, yes, is with Microsoft and their offerings for non-kinect consumers. I thank you again...you said it better than I could at the time.
