Looking at Bioshock sales on the PS3, it is clear that if you buy a game's exclusivity for long enough, you essentially make that game your own.  Given the miniscule sales of Bioshock on PS3, the feasability of Microsoft buying a window of exclusivity on the second title just massively increased.

Mass Effect 2 is a different story.  Whereas Bioshock 2 may not directly follow on from the original story-wise, the second Mass Effect almost certainly will.  So EA has an incentive to accept an offer of payment from Microsoft in return for (at least a window of) exclusivity.

What do you guys think?

Bioshock 2 will definitely come to the PS3 since the trailer for the 2nd one was included in the PS3 version.

EA will probably put ME2 on every platform ever.

I think it would be wise if MSFT maintained some form of exclusivity for Mass Effect.

I think that ME2 will stay X360-only. Bioshock 2 will most likely go Multi-Plat, but it's possible that the X360 will get a small window of exclusivity ala Rock Band 2, or exclusive DLC ala Fallout 3.

Well ME 1 & 2 could still be released as a double disc edition on the PS3 , infact both could probably fit on a blu-ray.

Both titles sold around 2 million on the XBOX 360 so there's obviously a large following for the sequels .It would be very hard to justify an exclusive without money exchanging hands but everyone has their price , EA love the multiplatform approach but they love money more.

i thought microsoft already arranged for the whole trilogy exclusive.

More Like they More of an Incentive to release Bioshock 2 Simultaneusly because of the poor PS3 sales..........

All that Bioshock PS3 sales shows is that timed exclusive with long delays between release and a cheap PC release in between means low sales when the game is finally released on the second platform.
It doesn't mean PS3 owners don't like FPS ( check DeadSpace sales).

So I doubt Take Two will make the same mistake twice...

Bioshock 2 will most likely not be a timed exclusive but release simultaneously on both platforms. ( or Microsoft will have to fork a lot of money as a long timed exclusive means huge sales loss on the second platform).

Take Two really F****D up.
They didn't release Bioshock on the PS3 last year when there was virtually no FPS competition on that platform except CoD4.
And they release it this year around the same time as DeadSpace, RFoM2 and CoD5...

The biggest part they messed was releasing the title for dirt cheap on the PC a few months before releasing it on the PS3..

Mass Effect I think will be a MS exclusive.

At the same time, there is no way in hell the second Bioshock will go exclusive, especially since they revealed at the end of the games PS3 version.

This is all assuming Microsoft doesn't go on a spending spree and buy all of videogaming.

ME 2 360 only
Biioschock Muilti ever though the sales suck horriably on the PS3 lol