So what exactly IS Microsofts first Party working on? Losing the Core gamer?

[AussieGecko]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Well the thing about third gen is that first party titles are becoming holy and third parties are mostly dying off like the plague, unless you have the IP under your control. With Gears, Microsoft doesn't own the IP. Microsoft only has a three game contract with Epic, which expires after Gears 3 launches. Sony lost the first half of the gen to Microsoft because of the loss of third party exclusives, which is why they now solely depend on their in-house first party. Sony is taking exclusives from Microsoft and now Microsoft can barely fend for itself with first parties. It's interesting how this has all played out.

As for Fable 3....Microsoft knows not what exclusive means. Anyone can get their hands on Fable now, even the pirates. 

They actually had a 2 game. They might have extended it or bought the IP.

See it from both angles, Ms is very happy fending for itself, its exclusives may not be your cup of tea but they are being released. For example gun stringer, it is an exclusive that I am looking forward to, see Rise of Nightmares as well.

They are trying to push Kinect, because with Kinect and the 360 console working together many many many more games will come down the road. Ms is about the future. Sony is about now. As I said I am prepared to wait till E3. E3 we will have more of an idea. Again all this started as a rumour that MS should have kicked in the but, but nelson pushed it further.

Taking exclusives? i know of only one lately, and that was mass effect, why does this deserve a plural.