Thats only your opinion.I dont think it has a much broader library.The PS3 has already many very good exclusive games as Resistence,Motorstorm,Everybodys Golf ,Eye of Judgement ,Metal Gear Solid 4,Disgaea 3,Yakuza Kenzan ,Valkyrie Chronicles ,Gran Turismo 5 Prologue ,Ninja Gaiden Sigma ,Singstar ,Buzz ,Warhawk ,Heavenly Sword ,Folklore ,Uncharted ,Ratchet and Clank ,Siren:Blood Curse ....the 360 doesnt have too many more exclusives than that.

I stopped reading after after the red. They did choose the wrong optical format. They picked HDDVD which no longer exists. Now sony has gets the royalties to the 360 blu ray player which costs A LOT.

You forget that Microsoft also has royalties from Blu Ray, and they didn't lose billions to get the format out the door. Microsoft is ahead on Blu Ray royalties, Sony is still a few billion in the hole.

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There are several problems with your post as well. Number one: Blu-Ray launched several months after the 360 did: to be part of the Blu-Ray train, Microsoft would have had to delay the 360's release, thereby negating the very advantage they sought to gain. That's a little hard to swallow, in my book. Remember, Microsoft wasn't a massive proponent of Hd-DVD: they picked it because it was all that was available at the time.

Second, you neglected to address the fact that adding a Blu-Ray drive would have jacked up the price of the 360 by several hundred dollars. Remember that Sony, who is a part of the Blu-Ray coalition and who has their own factories, still acted like they were doing consumers a favor by only charging $600 at launch. How much more do you reckon a 360 would have cost? And what would be the point of delaying the 360 for Blu-Ray if it still cost about the same as a PS3?

Third, going Blu-Ray with the 360 would only have helped the Blu-Ray format, which benefits Sony. Considering that Microsoft is only in the console market to "block" Sony, that seems like a Pyhrric victory to me. How does it strike you?

Finally, your last sentence is a mess as well. Sony will get the royalties from any 360 Blu-Ray player, yes. But no such player has been announced yet, so you're putting the cart before the horse. More importantly, if the 360 had Blu-Ray from the get-go Sony would be getting royalties on every 360 released since launch, rather than just from those 360 owners who opt to buy this optional and unannounced Blu-Ray drive.

Edit: I presume that, having overruled your objections, you'll now grace the rest of my post with a read?

The blackstar was making a joke, Fallout boy.

I agree with the article in many places M$ needs to stop trying to be Sony during the PS2 days and needs its own brand image i mean everything they announced i rolled my eyes at becuz its like a Sony confrence from the past.

That being said: testicles.

I like arstechnica, but this article didn't seem to do justice. It really ignores the depth of the 360's library as well as the weak areas that MS has been attacking on the PS3.

MS has been destroying Sony on the JRPG front. You could say this is not a great strength niche in terms of sales compared to FPS or racing games, but the RPG niche was one of the greatest strengths of the PS2, and the only reason I owned/loved my ps2. MS has completely dismantled that so far this generation, which is no small feat.

Achieving 'parity' in a lot of titles that used to be ps3 exclusive is another area where MS has really dug into Sony's armor. Microsoft has turned Sony's vast wealth of exclusives into a handful of titles like MGS4, Ratchet and Clank, and Gran Turismo, which has allowed MS's own exclusives to shine even more prominently.

Their biggest weakness in price/hard drive size should be alleviated if this pricecut comes true in September. And with the number of JRPGs coming out this fall/spring for 360 in Japan, they are aggressively tackling that market as well.

Europe needs more work for sure, but I think those sales will come with the next round of mainstream pricing. Will be too late to win the battle there, but they should end pretty well with a late generation surge with the RRoD reputation faded and true mainstream pricing.

 The ONLY fact that was stated here was that the 360 has more games.

Why do people keep saying that crap??? Killzone1 yes, if not for Halo it would not exist. But Killzone 2 could have easily been expected once we saw liberations, and Kz2 was most likely in development b4 Gears 1 even hit main development. As for Resistance, halo has sqwat to do with it, and we can easily say that Resistance 1 started development around the same time as Gears 1.

I have to ask, it is because those games look like killer apps that you must compare them to MS's games to make them look less unique and more like clones??? Screw my previous Paragraph! I don't see why people Resistance 1 was a gears clone, by the look of it You could say that those 2 started development around the same time. And they are both in deferent perspectives god damnit! Ones a reflex shooter and the other is a cover based 3rd person.