Soundwave on 06 February 2014
The PS2 had MGS2, Kingdom Hearts I/II, Final Fantasy X/XII, Dragon Quest XI, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft III/GTA: San Andreas, Ridge Racer as franchise exclusives.
Regardless of head start or not ... the XBox stripped that exclusivity all the way down to just one series -- Metal Gear Solid. And even there they got Metal Gear Rising in time.
Sony was always going to suffer a decline in sales to the XBox without having such an overwhelming advantage in 3rd party exclusives.
Microsoft successfully destroyed Sony's hold on several key franchises in the industry -- and no a great launch and all the Uncharted games in the world wouldn't change that fact, the PS3 gen was always going to be more comptetive for Sony.
