Microsoft is sitting on a precious Rare that still hasn't been used.

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JamaicameCRAZY said:

starcraft said:

JamaicameCRAZY said:

Im sorry but what. And then some? I dont dispute that they make some quality games but they pale in comparison to the quality and variety of nintindo (obviously). And Sony brings new ips, variety, quality, and comerical success gen after gen. Mirco's stance has been halo, gears, fable, forza yearly. Sprinkle some titles in here and there. It is effective and does the trick but you have to call it like it is.

No argument on Nintendo.

This year alone Microsoft has launched Project Spark, to good reviews, funded Titanfall to great reviews, and will soon have Sunset Overdrive, reviews pending. Your logic extended to Sony sees us with GT, Killzone and LBP, sprinkle some titles in here and there. It is effective and does the trick, but you have to call it like it 

Thus far sony has done. Killzone, Infamous: Second Son, Driveclub, Mlb The Show, Infamous First Light, Knack, Entwined.

Soon LBP. Then Bloodborne and The Order. 

Both consoles launches to this point have been mediocre. 3rd parties have been picking up some of the slack. However 2014 itself has been a letdown for games. So i dont know how you can proclaim microsoft is pumping out some high quality exclusives and is better than sony not even a year in.

Microsoft is pumping out some high quality exclusives. I did not say that it is better than Sony. I pointed out the obvious that, thus far this year, Microsoft's exclusive stable has been just as good or better than Sony's. I didn't make any comments about the rest of the generation.

But this is exactly the sort of attitude I am talking about. Microsoft's first party, second party and publishing partnerships have come a long way in the last 5 years. They have the capability to be at least as competent and effective as Sony's, and this year have done so. I did not say they are better, I did not say that Sony's is bad. I said that saying Microsoft has poor first party or developer relationships is an inaccurate and outdated view. And immediately people began listing every Sony exclusive they could think of, including those that have not met critical or commercial expectations (everything in your first list but Infamous and maybe MLB!) because they suddenly felt they had to defend Sony.

My point is this. Microsoft's first party and developer relationships are now very strong, and arguably getting stronger. Still prefer Sony's? Fine. But your preference in no way negates the great strides Microsoft have made, which ultimately benefit all of us as gamers.