Microsoft is investing in their first party studios like never before.

[Shinobi-san]

Seece said:

VGKing said:
Well most of those new studios are working on unannounced games. Its unlikely they'll be releasing any games on the 360. They're probably gearing up for the Xbox 720 launch. Which brings the question, how long till Xbox 720? Microsofts 1st party lineup is already really barren.(just take a look at this years releases, only 1 AAA first party game) Next year will be even worse.

3rd party support is basically the same as PS3.

Why is the Xbox 360 having such an amazing year sales-wise when their exclusives are far in between?
People could buy a PS3 and get the same exact experience.

I think it's pretty obvious it's Kinect, but not only that, exclusives don't have anywhere near the selling power people think they do. Sony could have sold nearly exactly the same amount of PS3's this year as they have without Resistance, LBP2, Killzone 3, Ico Collection, Ratchet and Socom.

That might be true for this year, but not for earlier years. In the long run, having a good exclusive line-up will bring in more hardware sales, the effect might not be immediate but it is there.

If the ps3 didnt have all its exclusives this gen, there would be almost no reason to get it over the 360, and the same vice versa. Imagine no gears and no halo for 360?

I get that you talking about this year's exclusives for ps3, which i agree with, but your first statement implies that you talking about the entire exclusive catalogue doesnt have that big of an affect on sales, which is wrong.