Yeah. I hope and don't think they will go down the road of the Dreamcast all the way. I believe they'll pull up before hitting the ground.
As for exclusives though, they lost MGS4 now from recent reports, they lost GTA4, they lost Tekken, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, etc etc. I believe their only real 3rd party exclusive anymore is Final Fantasy, but Square is making 360 games, they just can't release any game with the Final Fantasy name on the 360 for a bit. Articles i've been reading talk about how the Final Fantasy games have gone down hill though. Not selling like they once did. And with the creator of the Final Fantasy series working for MS now, making huge hits like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, it does seem even FF is on shaky ground.
They need more God of Wars. God of War is a first party, so MS has no chance of stealing that from them. And even Resistance. While Resistance wasn't the greatest game ever, or even close, it did lay a nice foundation for a new series. They could improve on it and possibly turn it into something great. They have to do something here, heh. Oh, and they still have Gran Turismo as well. Warhawk on the original PS was a blast for me. They could do well with that series.
They need to bank on their sure deals though. A God of War 3 with amazing graphics on the PS3 could help a lot.
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