..when they have enough brainless kids who buy their well tested hardware or varied software.

it's sad...ms has poured all of their resourceds into kinect the last two years....and the only good things coming to xbox, outside of Halo Reach, are multiplatform games......At least Sony still knows what we want...

Considering that MS have a bit more money, commercial awareness, experts and experience than all you Einstines on here Im sure they know what they are doing, lets face it they are doing better than Sony so far this Gen when it comes to revenue, and face it, thats why they are all in the business

I don't know how people can support a company the feels that they don't need to provide quality software to consumers. But the sadder thing about this is that people still seem to support the company.

If Sony never tried to creat quality games and actually have first party studios, I wouldn't support them cos they wouldn't be taking risks to improve games like MS.

that business model isn't that viable anymore. I think all the talent left. Besides, didn;t they just publish those games like Halo Combat Evolved etc? It was just a microsoft studios game because bungie developed it to spec for the xbox platform. They didn't get bought by MS until later correct? Alan Wake is a perfect example, Remedy made that game, microsoft just funded and published it. That should tell u something. 7 years we waited for that!!

I'm satisfied with Microsoft in what they have done with the online features, XBLA, and the games. Yet they still beat $ony & Nintendo in software and hardware in the NPD....so they must be doin somethin right...RIGHT? Who would of thought they be ahead years later and have chunk of gamers shift to the xbox. I can tell you that 360 will dominate in Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec.....you'll see.

I am so tired of these brainless, idiot, fool comments because I bought a 360. If it is unfathomable to you as to why someone would by a 360, besides assuming all of the above or because they've been brainwashed, than perhaps you should be questioning your own intelligence first. I'm not really sure why I feel compelled to respond, perhaps I feel sorry for you, ignorantly insulting someone that shares the same passion for gaming, but not for the same brand. Why don't you go to the lucky charms website and condemn the fools who don't eat cereal with marshmallows. I'm not going to defend my decision, because it was precisely that. Every time you get on here and think of insulting a fellow gamer, instead be a real gamer, and play the games you enjoy.

I just checked out the release dates for most of Sony's great exclusives on Amazon.com, Infamous 2, Resistance 3, & Twisted Metal, Dec 31, 2011. WTF

I Play Games and Sales.

i used to be a Playstation gamer all the way, but the 360 is just a better package for a core gamer. The OS is way better in my opinion, and the exclusives they have are better. Plus, every third party game is always crippled in some way when ported to the PS3. I'll skip sony this gen. My real hope : Nintendo make an HD console next gen that has a much higher percentage of it allocated to core gamers!

First party or not there are no shortage of games to play on the 360. Yeah Sony has the most exclusives but M$ seems to be getting by pretty well without spending money buying up companies. Having all the exclusives haven't put Sony over the hump this gen. If I owned a a game company I would rather have 2-3 flat out blockbusters vs. 5-10 exclusives that seem to undersell. M$ is all about the money folks. All this Sony loves the gamers is crap and you know it. They are in it to make money as well. I don't recall any free Ps3's being given away anywhere. I paid 600+ for mine at launch.

"Good Games Don't Care who Make Them"
Father Murder X

with as much money as they have to throw at advertising, why the hell can't they invest in top line exclusive developers ?
Im a PS3 gamer (not a hater) but Im totally baffled. Sony admit they can't compete financially with MS spending power.
Legit question to you 360 owners. Am I missing something?

1. They killed Digital Anvil because of the lameness of Brute Force, but totally ignored the brilliance of Freelancer.
2. They also killed FASA after Shadowrun ignoring the potential of another Crimson Skies.
3. They wouldn't publish Strangers Wrath after Munches Oddysee so they lost out on Oddworld Inhabitants and effectively drove them into financial hibernation.
4. They let Bungie and Bizarre go.
5. Bought Rare and gave them mostly crap, 'un-Rare' projects.
6. Closed Ensemble after Halo Wars.

I'd be freaking scared if I was a developer bought by MS or with a contract under them. Ever wonder why it's mostly timed exclusives now?

"Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) was created in 2002 to publish games specifically for the Xbox brand"
Stopped reading here. MGS was long before Xbox , remeber Age of Empires on PC.

Anyone can be journalist these days.

Easily... the only decent game sony has is God 3 and nothing else... A car sim that i have been playing since 2007 (Forza 2+3) and a copy of LBP wich the same tools , graphics etc... just for money... So only God 3 while we had Alan Wake , Mass Effect 2 and Reach! Real Gamers play Real Games and 360 won 2010. PERIOD... Agains Facts there´s no arguments but hey sony fanboys u can say whatever u want but u LOST 2010 BADLY!

and only GoW3 and GT5 besides..

> Heavy Rain
> MAG
> LBP2
> Mod Nation
> MLB 2010
> 3 Dot Heroes
> Yakuza 4

9x vs Halo, Alan and ME
or
should I say 9x various games vs 3x Shooters

go play some firefight bunny hopping kid, thats everything you get from M$.

Seems a lot of sony hardcore are more concerned than 360 gamers about ms lack of first party oh no the console i dont like doesnt have games i dont wanna play if they did i wouldnt anyway is that what u guys are trying to say.

Finally, some 360 fanboys are starting to notice what is going on, even with their delusional blinders on. There is a big difference between Microsoft Corporate and Microsoft Entertainment Division. A lot of 360 fanboys like to attach themselves to MS Corporate because of its money and power but MS Entertainment Division is like a little corner office in the basement. There is a growing voice among shareholders, and most of the biggest shareholders are financial institutions, not individuals, that want MSFT to get out of the consumer electronics area completely, to focus on operating systems, servers, and office products. These shareholders are not going to approve any big game developer studio buyouts. In fact, the pressure is to shrink the games division down to almost nothing and that is what the writer of this article is starting to see -- but only starting, and not seeing where it is heading.

From the article: "As of now MGS pretty much consists of 3 studios. Turn 10 studios, Lionhead, and of course 363 studios."

LOL 343 Industries not 363 Studios...

Don't forget the new Microsoft game studios Dev team (not that new actually, only recently announced) that is creating Microsoft Flight, the 11th game in the MS flight sim series for PC. Believe it or not MS Flight sims well quite well.

Xbox brand is going completely casual, MS will focus more on PC gaming.

We dont want gameing to turn to crap because a bunch of nuubs will pay 60 or more to play games online, play the same old shooter games 24/7, and praise the kind of buisness M$ is running when M$ aint bringing anything to the table. Take all the people away from the x360 and you got nothing. Take everyone away from the ps3 and you still got games.

Put everyone on the x360 and you got everyone getting screwed over and live prices and mini transactions over 9000 dollars.

Put everyone on the ps3 and you got even better games all exclusive and made with the ps3 power. it will be ps2 era all over again.

You can tell that x360 owners are all kids because they dont think. A kid would say anything is good if thats all they can get from there parents.

Yeah, I have a question.

What happened to Microsoft support for their PC side? Closing Ensemble Studios was not only moronic, but a slap in the face. Once they had them make their Halo RTS for Xbox, they just dumped them. RTS's just don't tend to do well on consoles, so they get rid of them. The only good thing to come out of that closure was the opening of 2 new studios from the former employees of Ensemble.

This is a classic example of why developers should NOT sell out to publishers.

almost complete absence of exclusives for their system is fishy...a corporation that intends to stay for a long time in this industry would have invested in studios, especially a corporation that's filthy rich. Just saying... don't get too attached to the xbox brand, folks. You've been warned.

Despite this, the 360 has seen more AAA releases in 2010 than any other console:

-The 360 has 7 games so far this year that have a score of 90 or higher on Metacritic; Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Halo: Reach, Super Street Fighter IV, NHL 11, Bayonetta, and LIMBO.

-The PS3 has 5 games; Red Dead Redemption, God of War III, Super Street Fighter IV, MLB 10: The Show, and NHL 11.

-The PC has 3; Mass Effect 2, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, and Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker.

-The Wii has 1; Super Mario Galaxy 2.

So when it comes to the highest quality games in 2010, it looks like the 360 has the most of any platform, be they true exclusives, console exclusives, or multiplatform games. They all come together to create the best lineup.

I don't understand how so many of you can be here defending a company that is obviously abandoning it's core base, the very ones who took them to the top of the gaming world. Look you can twist the numbers around and say how much money they make and how Sony is in last place but the truth is right in this article. They have fell off on making exclusive games.

When Sony first launched the PS3 I bought it day one and on day 30 I was bitching like a pregnant woman with PMS. We didn't have any games and I was furious like a lot of PS owners, we all felt kinda ripped off. We let them know as a PS community we told them how much they were letting us down. Now I'm not saying or am naive enough to think they made their changes soley based on us but I got to think it played some part in their change of game plan.

I have no problem admitting that for a time there you had the better console, more games (great ones), better online experience, better UI etc. I never bought an XBox simply because I was so used to the PS and had faith in Sony as a company that they would get their shit straight eventually and well....when your right...your right. Now I'm not going to list all of the exclusive games we (PS) have coming out but there's a ton @n4ps3fanboys really? The best lineup first off on your list a very weak one i'll add you have us beat by two games one of which came out today and limbo? LOL! Ok I'll add two also to make things even Flower and GT5, now what?

How you people can be so loyal to a company that's only a few years in this business is beyond me, it's part of this new generation of trend followers and cynicism, MS is already doing to you guys what the industry journalist and analysts warned when the first XBox came out (don't remember? Look it up) they'll make a ton of money and slowly begin to slow things up rake in profit until either one of two things happen. One; they'll make all the money they can by pushing customers to the breaking point and then come back semi strong or Two; throw in the towel after a few hundred billion dollars are made. While Sony has been a future proof good investment since day one.

They have supported there consoles and customers for years after moving on to newer generation consoles, unlike the original XBox. PS2 still has games coming out for Christ sake, yet you guys continue to kneel before old Billy and kiss his feet.