Yeah, 343 used the Sony approach allowing first party to focus on narrative and emotion in a story. I loved Halo 4 but hated Reach so badly. The Narrative was so bad and I felt nothing for any of the characters. I just played the game for what it was after about two hours.

People need to understand it isn't about exclusives anymore. It is about the entire experience. If all your friends have an Xbox you will get an Xbox. You may buy both systems, but the majority will get what the rest of their friends get.

So let me gte this straight. If always online doesn't effect me because my internet is fine I should still be outraged because others may or may not have an issue with it?

Screw that. I will buy both consoles just like I did this gen. However most of my gaming will be done on the Xbox because i prefer the controller,  my achievements, friends, and many other things.

It isn't just about exclusives. Some people maybe pick up the console for the Kinect 2.0 or maybe cause the Xbox may be cheaper than the PS4 or maybe even cause they want a new cable box. 

Microsoft made that what its all about but if Multiplats are all the rage and online is what matter next gen it really is up for grabs from anyone then. Exclusives DO matter and Halo and Gears are the ice breaker for some of the shooter fans.

Actually, it means what it says.  It remains exclusive for a set period of time, before going multiplatform.  As opposed to a later release, instead of concurrently, the said title has a planned lead time before appearing elsewhere.  It is just a term to explain this situation.  One can also say it issn't a really really exclusive also.

Are there ZERO multiplatform titles of interest to you?  Reality is, if Microsoft is going to be a jerk, and the PS4 gets multiplatform stuff you also want to play, then it makes sense to switch to Sony.  That is, unless you don't mind what I describe and can list exclusives to the Microsoft platform that are of interest to you.  It is a matter of where you play multiplatform stuff.

I always go back to playing Halo so that's enough to keep me. I know Sony has lot's of great exclusives that I'd like to try but I don't know if I'd just play them once or twice and never touch them again where as with Halo, I won't play it for a while but then I'll play it a bunch for a week or two.

And there are enough multi-plat games to keep me busy through out the year.

None.

As much as I love Gears and Forza, having an "always connected" console would be like having a housebrick to play games on with my spotty internet connection.

None. Microsofts exclusives are not really that diverse enough for me. I guess its because my favorite types of games are jrpgs lol. But seriously Xbox 360 was a console that I thought would be where all the jrpgs would be on going by the beginning of this generation. I think after Final Fantasy 13 however was when they started to have a shift back to the ps3. It seems Sony has locked a lot of Japanese support for the PS4 also, so it seems that is what im going to get to go along with my pc, 3ds, and eventually a Wii U.