What 3rd party exclusives can MS realistically buy for Next Xbox

[J_Allard]

VGKing said:

JayWood2010 said:

VGKing said:
No 3rd party developer is stupid enough to have a game exclusive to 1 platform. This goes especially for already established franchises. Have you see how Bioshock and Mass Effect sell? The sales don't match the hype and reviews.

Gears of War
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect
Alan Wake
BattleBlock Theater
Trials Evolution
Minecraft

Etc, etc. 

Microsoft pays thme money to make it worth it.

All those games would have been much more popular/profitable if made multi-platform. Minecraft for example would sell very well on Nintendo consoles. 

Without knowing how much those games would cost to develop, market, and release on PS3, plus how many copies they'd sell, plus how much incentives exchanged hands for MS to make it worth their while, there's no way you can say that factually.

Your CoD reference for example. Yeah, now, 6-7 years after the PS3 released, the franchise sells 10 million a pop on the console. But what about at launch? CoD2 didn't break 2 million on the 360. Activision is not going to expect those type of numbers for years after the new consoles are out. The perfect time for either Sony or MS to swoop in and offer some incentive to keep a game on one platform.