Thats a great list to look forward to. At least Sony has 16 developers to make games more appropriate for the core, while Microsoft has dedicated most of the few developers they have to the casual. Sony will have much better titles than the 360 next year (not to mention a much larger amount of games), but to top that off neither console will have better games than the third parties. Third parties keep pushing out hotter titles every year. :)

P.S.

Thank you Microsoft for destroying Rare.

Versus will go multi.  Dark Cloud 3 and (for some dumb reason) Demon's Souls 2 don't exist.

PS3's Japanese exclusives are probably going to dry up imo.  Sholveware from the likes of Gust/Compile Heart/Idea Factory are all I can really see continuing, MGS/Valkyria/Yakuza/others already jumped ship to PSP and 3DS is about the vacuum up developers PS2-style.  Japan's ready for next gen more or less.

I dunno....Japan responded strongly to FF13. Versus will add to SE's momentum in Japan. Adding it to the 360 wouldn't help a thing. Given though, the 360 had great sales for what it got. With the PS3's worldwide momentum I see no reason for SE to put versus on the 360. The PS3 is starting to rake in DLC from EA, THQ and UBISOFT that the 360 used to enjoy but no longer does because of lost momentum.

I think you're mistaking "momentum" with "moneyhats". ;)

And Versus turning out like FFXIII (exclusive in japan, multiplatform in the west) wouldn't surprise me in the least.  That way SE can double dip on the promotional support again.

You just made that up didn't you?

So...when MS did it, was that a moneyhat as well or...? I seem to remember people (not necessarily you) claiming it as momentum or something similar.

<table style="width: 90%;" border="0"><tr><td><strong>jarrod said:</strong><br /><table style="width: 90%;" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><strong>S.T.A.G.E. said:</strong><br> <table style="width: 90%;" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><strong>jarrod said:</strong><br> <p>Versus will go multi.  Dark Cloud 3 and (for some dumb reason) Demon's Souls 2 don't exist.</p> <p>PS3's Japanese exclusives are probably going to dry up imo.  Sholveware from the likes of Gust/Compile Heart/Idea Factory are all I can really see continuing, MGS/Valkyria/Yakuza/others already jumped ship to PSP and 3DS is about the vacuum up developers PS2-style.  Japan's ready for next gen more or less.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br>I dunno....Japan responded strongly to FF13. Versus will add to SE's momentum in Japan. Adding it to the 360 wouldn't help a thing. Given though, the 360 had great sales for what it got. With the PS3's worldwide momentum I see no reason for SE to put versus on the 360. The PS3 is starting to rake in DLC from EA, THQ and UBISOFT that the 360 used to enjoy but no longer does because of lost momentum.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>I think you're mistaking "momentum" with "moneyhats". ;)</p> <p>And Versus turning out like FFXIII (exclusive in japan, multiplatform in the west) wouldn't surprise me in the least.  That way SE can double dip on the promotional support again.</p></td></tr></table><br /><br />

Well obviously.  The term was invented due to a MS dealing (for Oddworld iirc).

Sony doesn't need to moneyhat a Japanese company win over Japan. All they have to do is go to a Japnese dev and say this: "If you want sales in Japan, the Japanese are on our system, so come aboard of FAIL!" ....yep....pretty simple. Microsoft has to pay because they aren't in, in Japan.

Both Microsoft and Sony each pretty clearly paid out for FFXIII imo.  You saw that in the advertising, promotion and system bundles pushed by Sony in Japan and Microsoft in the west.  And really, it worked out beautifully for Square Enix, which is why I can see them going for that sort of setup again.

And 5 million Japanese isn't exactly a great bargaining chip.  The Japanese are on DS, PSP and Wii (in that order) for the most part.  And soon they'll be moving to the 3DS wholesale (as will JP developers).