To quote the OP, "Now onto the 360.....no mention at the lack of exclusives? How could Hilary have overlooked this number one problem?! And when I mean exclusives I don't just mean console or timed exclusive or better versions of third party games. That is the number one issue for the 360 right now as far as being a hardcore gamer goes."
Quite a paragraph. Here is what I learned of the OP's view of "hardcore gamer" is:
1. Plays the console with the most amount of exclusives
2. Hardcore = Exclusives
From what I am reading, it sounds to me like the OP should be a Nintendo diehard as Nintendo from the NES has been the system with the most amount of 1st party exclusive titles year after year. Sony found success with the PS1 through third party games, which according to what the OP has written would hardly make the PS1 an exclusive laden console for the "hardcore" gamer.
I am not going to quibble with what IGN writes. I find their website, other than being a portal for advertisements, fairly solid in their editorials and op-ed pieces. I desire IGN to cover Nintendo a tad more fairly, but it is understandable why they don't considering the attitude of IGN's staff, which is easily ascertained by reading through IGN's articles.
