This type of bad news is far worse for MS than Nintendo.

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hinch said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

hinch said:

kitler53 said:

i'll tell you what, i'm not going to be too happy with the companies that take MS's FUD money either..

Yup :/ I can see EA, Capcom and Activision jumping in on this.

I guess this is what they meant by "Killing Sony at E3."

Third party is the only way they've ever been able to stand a chance against Sony. They aren't stupid enough to face Sonys studios head to head.

Well, if MS invested more into the console and their own development teams, they wouldn't have resort to such shady practices. But nope, instead MS (do what they do best) flash their wad to others in a bid to win by using anti-competitive behaviour.. when they could have used the money on games or whatever. Since it is a damn games console after all.

Anti-competitive practices was where you hit the nail on the head. Its the reason they had issues with the OS after Apple started picking up steam. They want to be the only dog in town in front of the eyes of the ignorant, but what companies like Valve, Google, Samsung and Apple and Sony have been preaching is that there couldnt be anything further from the truth. Anyway, MS was smart to cloak their weak first party which almost every gaming website has admitted but buffering it with third party exclusives and helping them fund their games in return.