Neither of those companies have much imagination. They have both been biting off of each other like crazy this gen.

When Sony steals games from Nintendo and causes Nintendo to have massive distrust in third party loyalty (not to mention their lack of draw on the Wii), you can actually quit acting like it's the first time this ever happened. Sony started that trend...but no one gave a damn, because they aren't Microsoft. The truth hurts....so deal with it.

@Squilliam

I think we are in agreement, but we are not seemingly on the same page. I entirely agree that an exclusive is an exclusive, and it doesn't matter where Microsoft got that exclusive. To me the only thing that should matter is that they have that exclusive. The point I was driving at is this. Microsoft should have more high end exclusives this year then they had last year.

I see no reason as to why Microsoft would not enjoy a game swell. They should still be securing the same number of third party exclusives this year. Given that they probably secured them two years ago when they were easy acquisitions. Plus this year they should see a full output from their first party studios.

To me that means rather then half a dozen meaningful exclusives. They should be announcing closer to a dozen meaningful exclusives either at their press event, or via exhibitors. That was the point I was driving at, and it really does point to Microsoft really being able to come out heavy this year.

No real complaints here, but if they are going to release a dozen meaningful exclusives then it will probably make sense for them to couple it with a rather substantial price cut in the U.S.A. at least. My theory about their actions is that they will cut the price of the Xbox 360 extremely agressively over the next few years to lock in a substantial userbase on Xbox Live. They don't really care about what Nintendo does so much, its Sony and PSN especially which they need to keep in check to give their next console a good chance to raise a substantial lead over the PS4.

Once they get a 30-40M userbase on Xbox Live, they will be a pretty tough competitor to beat and it actually gives them a shot to finally take a swing at Nintendo as well. Its all about social networking, the most valuable online network is the one where you can find all your friends and thats an incredibly strong draw card, which IMO trumps brand and past success/failure.

how about HOME button?

I don't need to do anything to "reaffirm my purchase" Unlike some people on this forum I know what i have and I don't really care for your opinion on it. I'm simply calling you out on your terrible bias and double standards. It's like you have some sort of fog that somehow converts everything you read and write into something else. Otherwise i simply don't understand because your bias .. and your double standards are some of the worst on the entire forum. It's always a pain in the ass to argue with you, not because you are right in any way, but because it never gets anywhere. SO

With that' i'm not gonna go into dept iwth this for once because it'll be a waste of my time. You just think about it.

Nah personally I think this strategy is completly idiotic. IF they announce their 2009 roster at E3 (and I'm beginning to suspect that the afformentioned roster consists entirely of one title, forza 3) They'll flop massively sales wise. Though I guess Microsoft will just have to learn the hard way.

Yes it's a shame you don't speak it. Third partys jumped ship practically all by themselves because of nintendos rediculous license fees, catridges and control over third party software. It's something else entirely.

We already know about Splinter Cell, Halo ODST, Alan Wake, Lost Planet 2 and Mass Effect 2 and others though. I see them announcing Forza 3 and another Rare game for 2009, that's probably it.

harhar

let's see you take 22% marketshare against the unworldly wii while at the same time being the most expensive console ever.