Exactly.

Third-party exclusives are going the way of the dodo.

It relies on first parties for sales.  And Sony's 1st party >>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft's 1st party.

This just demonstrate the different between Microsoft and Sony when it comes to 3rd party support. You can call it "moneyhat", "stealing" or whatever the fact is Microsoft go out and aggressively catered and provide the 3rd party with what they want or need.

Sony took a different route this gen, if you think Microsoft is cocky now, they go read some of Sony statement when PS3 is about to launch. (Also I don't see anything that is cocky in Shane Kim response, just more of typical platform cheerleading that all corporate suit do for the company they WORK for).

There sure is a lot of butt hurting and bitter tear from this Final Fantasy ... I can't even imagine if that other game also come to 360 what would happen.

Actually, Rare, the developer of PR, were sold to Microsoft by Nintendo. BUT, NAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, MICROSOFT GRABBED RARE AND RAN~!

I do not think he would bother checking up on weekly sales numbers. If X360 sells 40 million consoles for this generation. Sell over 400 million games. Reach 25 million XBox Live subscriptions. The MS console gaming division would of been extremely successful. What the competition does you can not control. A company's directors must try and make their company the most profitable it can become. Nintendo and Sony both have a lot more experience in the video game console industry.

Because spreading FUD and misleading are the way to go here.  Even certain mod does it why are you surprise.

I don't see anyone riding Nintendo's ass for Capcom bringing Dead Rising to Wii (mind you, I'm elated that they did )

 So they were supposed to pay all third parties to keep exclusives? Isn't M$ arrogant? If they paid for all these exclusives, doesn't it nullify the point of having them in the first place i.e to make money. You realize that they probably made nothing off mgs4 because they bundled the game and probably didn't charge Konami for royalties even while some of their engineers helped in the game's production...just check mgs4's credits.

So what's the difference between taking and stealing?

It's been insane since the FF13 megaton. Obviously some guys still haven't digested the news.

edit:@previous poster - stealing is illicit apropiation, taking isn't necessarily. Thus by saying it's stealing, the whole thing is constructed as MS doing something illegal then gloating about it.

stfu. Expensive? ha. I guess those fantard glasses are foggier than I thought.