Ahh.. in that case I would probably have to go with PS4. Never owned Xbox or 360. A lot of the Xbox games are usually multi-plat anyways or at least hit the PC. I can only think of very small handful of titles on Xbox that stayed exclusive that ever made me consider purchasing one. Only thing that sucks is it seems like everyone I know has a 360 (and will probably have a 720 also) and sure would be nice to be able to play with them.
I agree with your statement that PS3 had more exclusives that stayed exclusives, but I wonder how much of that was due to games being developed for PS3's fucked architecture not being as easily portable as xbox exclusives? And it seems like PS4 will have a much similar architecture to xbox720 and PCs.
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Sony was devising a similar scheme so they both just handed victory to Valve and Apple!
The bulk of PS3 exclusives, sure, but there are still many high-profile PS3 exclusives that were popular in America that were never ported to xbox/pc.Most of these exclusives are games published/produced by Sony or Japanese games that were too niche outside Japan to be ported on both HD consoles (note there are a number of small X360 games that are exclusives because Microsoft made it very cheap and easy for small Japanese devs to hop on the X360). I doubt a new generation of consoles will change this dynamic unless suddenly Sony wants to enter the PC gaming arena (a VAIO only bad steam-clone?).
Sony also recently patented a way to get rid of used games sales as well. Something to do with chips on the disc that would lock a game to a system.
I think your severely underestimating the value of the second hand market. Obviously used games at Gamestop are bullshit, but what about craigslist? Or hell, I've gotten most of my used games from my friends. Me and my friends also swap games all the time, so what will that do us there? I see where your coming from, but I feel that you should be able to hand over ownership of anything you own. What about Gamefly? I'm assuming they will be partnering with Xbox do release some DRM thingie. However, I feel this might be a step in the wrong direction. Its not like pirating is huge on consoles anyway.
DRM to kill the second hand market has nothing to do with pirating. These companies know they are spewing bullshit when they whine about pirating. When a game is sold on the second hand market the developer/publisher don't see a dime. That is why they want crazy DRM that kill the second hand market.
Too Mexican. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if they break the conventional nomenclature and call it something gay like PlayStation Nova or Renaissance.
I think you'll find that almost all of those were produced by studios that Sony either owns or has publishing deals with.
This is the situation that the PS3 is currently in. It's ridiculously easy to hack at this point.