That’s a well thought out response. I think the main thing is that we’re going to have to see what happens this year at E3 and TGS and we’ll know for sure.

But what’s most important is that we can have a discussion of these things without it devolving into the fanboy-calling screaming matches on other sites, that’s what I like about hiphopgamer the most.

I’ll be back for you. I just need to finish writing the fifth chaper.

God Bless You

Master Samo

I am amazed at how thoroughly you analyzed my article! The fact that my article stimulated you to write that much is something that I am proud of accomplishing. Furthermore, I am honored to have your words written in the comments section of this article.

Now for my response,

@ rmx687
Thank you for your complement, and for your detailed points. However, I disagree with you on certain aspects related to the points that you have made, but then again, that is what a discussion is all about.

First, if you are stating that the day of exclusives in general is coming to end, then I might agree with you. However, if you were only pointing towards the Xbox 360, simply because Lost Planet and Bioshock came out on the PS3 after being exclusives to the Xbox 360, then I would choose to disagree. After all, Sony is the one that has been losing potential exclusives left and right ever since this generation started. With titles originally announced as PS3 exclusives including Devil May Cry 4, Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5, Fatal Inertia, Assassin’s Creed, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Final Fantasy XIII, making its way to the Xbox 360, I would imagine that Sony is actually losing more exclusives than Microsoft, but that’s just my opinion.

Second, Square’s support for Microsoft is only beginning, they were testing the waters all this time. Now they are ready to go all the way. Square knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. They knew that, in Japan, it will be an uphill battle, but once you get enough gamers to embrace the console, sales will rise. The fact that they would release Star Ocean 4 exclusively was a major leap in itself.

More importantly, if you want to discuss sales, think about this: When White Night Chronicles came out, it sold over 207,000 copies in the first week! The PS3 at the time had an installed base of 2.7 million PS3 owners. On the other hand, when Star Ocean 4 came out, it sold over 165,000 copies in the first week! The Xbox 360 at the time had an installed base of only 960,000 Xbox 360 owners! The potential for a greater future for Microsoft in Japan is clearly there, and Square can see that.

Third, what makes this point difficult to tackle is that GTA4 The Lost and Damned is a DLC that is not sold as a retail package in stores. It depends on download. Therefore, they cannot be compared, but I don’t think that we would disagree that the GTA name is far more powerful than the the Killzone 2 one. Not to mention several reports that imply that Killzone 2’s production cost Sony more than 60 million USD!!

In the end, this is just my opinion, and regardless of our disagreement, we can always agree to disagree.

God Bless You

Master Samo

God Bless You

Master Samo

Thing that caught my eye about this article was the Kingdom Hearts III pic I knew what to expect as soon as I opened this article. You are on some bad crack if your insinuating that KH3 will be exclusive to X-box, be thankful for a port if there is one. if you haven’t played the first two have fun playing them on PS2.

Every game on this article is lame besides Left4Dead and Fallout which Sony is getting (Fallout 3 DLC).there’s nothing special about Glitches Of War 2(which is worse than the first game), or Tomb Raider (which is a pretty shitty game now days). Also, that naruto or whatever that garbage already has exclusive on PS3 I think its called called ninja storm. But that game is garbage anyway in my opinion. Dead Rising 2 is multi-platform. I ain’t gonna say nothing about Lost Planet because from what I have seen it actually looks better than the first and the first I thought was pretty good even though I didn’t care too much for all the snow

You honestly think any of them games will stack up to PS3 games in 09 like God Of War III, Uncharted II, M.A.G., White Knight Chronicles, Heavy Rain, L.A. Noire?..Don’t even talk about 2010…Not only that have you been hearing word about Rockstar lately? Sounds like some people may just be missing out on GTA5, and if not GTA Three exclusives for sure… i could go on.. 360 might have owned 2006, 2007, and maybe even 2008. But, right now Sony is like a train building up momentum and cant be derailed. Honestly, Hardware Vs. Hardware and Software Vs. Software (we’re talking on down the line) PS3 beats anything on the market besides a gaming PC. Sony Is The Future of home gaming consoles.

Overall, the days of third party Microsoft-exclusive support are coming to an end. It’s been eroding ever since Bioshock, Lost Planet, Red Alert 3, and others have all came to the PS3 with more features and/or better graphics. To top it off, it broke yesterday that all future Fallout 3 DLC will be multiplatform.

There is a very good reason why Square Enix is going to drop its 360 exclusive support. ALL THREE of those games COMBINED barely sold more than 500k copies TOTAL in the West. Worldwide they barely broke 1 million, and that’s adding all three of them TOGETHER. How much do you think it cost to make those games? Square Enix was in a bad position last fiscal year, and they lost BIG on their gamble on the XBox. Furthermore, once FFXIII is released exclusively on the PS3 in Japan this Winter, there is going to be a major shift in video game alliances in general.

To make matters worse – Microsoft spent $50 million and got 2 DLC packs for GTA IV. Sony spent $20 million and got Killzone 2. Not only is that a new title that pushes the hardware forward in terms of capability, but it’s also been reported to have done much better than the Lost & Damned has. Microsoft’s paradigm is causing them to fall behind not only in terms of quality but in sales as well. DLC is not going to save them, and they’re already losing their 3rd party DLC support.