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makingmusic476 on 05 March 2008
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starcraft said:
TheRealMafoo said:


Mass Effect will not be an exclusive franchise. Same with BioShock. If another one comes out, it will most likely be Multi-Plat. Same with Gears of War 3 (Epic was only on the hook to make 1 and 2 exclusive).

Bungie will most likely make MS only games, but the only IP MS owns is Halo (and all it's spinoffs). Bungie is free to make any game they feel like, but will most likely keep making MS exclusives. If they do branch out, it will most likely be on a portable, or the Wii. I don't see them making any PS3 games.

I would expect that going forward, we will see less and less AAA exclusives on the 360, as the sales trend leads me to think that it will be grossly outsold by the end of it's lifetime.

To get back OT, MS's biggest failing is cost. If Sony in two years can get the PS3 to $199, and MS is still at $299, they can say goodbye to sales. Both have there pluses. Sony is in a much better position to negate Microsoft's then Microsoft is to negate Sony's. MS has XBL. Sony is doing there best to make something as good (Home). MS is cheeper. Sony is quickly looking to overcome that. Sony on the other hand has BR. MS has no answer. Sony has MGS, GT, FF, and a much stronger lineup of casual games. MS at the moment has no answer. Sony has reliability. MS has no answer.

As a gammer, I want them both to win, because if they do, I win. Sadly, I don't see MS holding up its end of the fight very well :(

 

Ok, now I am going to bed!


We already have speculation that MS ceded PC publishing rights for ME 1 to EA in return for ME2 exclusivity, it looks like Bioshock 2 is going to stay exclusive based on rumours, and if you think MS is letting go of GeoW3 your joking, unless GeoW2 bombs. They will pay for it like Sony is paying for FFXIII exclusivity and MGS4 timed exclusivity.

As for cost, the only time you will see entry level PS3's below entry level Xbox 360's is once MS drops 360 support, if ever.


That's a bit presumptuous, eh?  Sony most certainly payed for MGS4 exclusivity, but we don't know if it was timed or permanent.  I'm leaning towards the latter, because MGS4 probably would've been at least timed even if Sony hadn't forked up a cent.