Flame on 19 May 2012
@ Sale2099, VGKing
Every exclusive adds value to the console. Alan Wake didn't sell that much at all but there were people who thought, "Man I have to get this game. I have to buy a 360 now!" It's no different than Uncharted, Gears, Halo, God of War, etc. If Uncharted and GoW were multiplatform, where's the big incentive to buy a PS3? It's not valued as much when the other console would have these games along with their big exclusives.
Also, internet forums/blogs have a means to hyping a particular product to hell, then it under-performs due unrealistic expectations. Examples from both Sony and MS: Windows Phone 7 and Playstation Vita.
I'm not surprised that Starhawk flopped at all.
