I think you have a good point Leo, that because Sony was falling behind they had to actively go out and look for lots of interesting original content. This benefited the PS3 owners in the long run, but not the early adopters in the short run.
The question is would Sony have lost so many exclusives if they had released at a much lower pricepoint in the west and they had become the market leader early in the system's lifecycle. Or would the 3rd parties have still decided to branch out there ip that were exclusive on the PS2 anyway due to the rise in HD developement costs?
This is a very interesting case study.








