Something tells me MS is going to buy up key third party titles exclusivity for next gen

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Soundwave said:

How does that stop MS from throwing a lot of money at one of those devs for a key exclusive or two?

I was thinking that myself. If you look at the OP though it infers that Microsoft will buy out studios.

In terms of your point, the Japanese publishers, the big ones like Square Enix, Capcom, Konami and Namco Bandai will not develop games exclusively for Microsoft because their userbase is too weak in Japan.

I'm not sure what their options are for other developers. But I think a lot of those developers have partnership agreements with certain publishers or certain publishers own certain studios.  So they won't go exclusive for publishing reasons.

Personally I don't see any studio siding with either PS4 or Xbox, its not in their best interests.

However I know a lot of people see concerned at how Microsoft managed to secure 15 exclusive games.