Oh, for Pete's sake.
An exclusive of similar or greater size should obviously top a non-exclusive. That goes for Nintendo AND Sony.
If the 1:1 peripheral comes with Star Fox, or if Animal Crossing Wii is heavily online, or if Wii Music hits like Wii Fit did last year, that's bigger than 360 getting a new non-exclusive, especially if those games are coming this year and FF13 is coming late next year at the earliest.
Probably nothing will top FF13 in terms of being unexpected. But in terms of showing off the highest sales potential, most hardware driving overall lineup? Or in terms of garnering the most and most positive mainstream press coverage? FF13 alone will not win those battles.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
