I never understand how Sony manages to keep shedding all their major exclusives in the first place.
GTA, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Metal Gear...those are definite system sellers! Especially GTA IV...that game alone would have helped the PS3 to compete comparably to the Xbox360 in the US. I mean San Andreas sold close to 10mil just on the PS2 in the US right? Wtf were Sony thinking letting the next one slip through?!
I get that Microsoft probably threw buckets of money at Rockstar, S.Enix, etc. to get those games on their system, but Sony has deep pockets too and they should have secured those games much earlier on. They really shot themselves in the foot there.
It's hard to compete when your once exclusive blockbuster games are now available on other systems, AND you're saddled with an initially negative response to your new console and it's price tag, AND sure-fire rival products like Mario, Halo, etc. It still surprises me that they did as well they have done this generation.
And now Monster Hunter 4 on 3DS. When they were developing the Vita didn't Sony think they might need that game for their handheld to sell well in Japan?!
Ugh!
