360 and PS3 exclusives going multiplaform are not the same thing

The 360 is cheaper and multiplatform games (that are generally not optimised for the cell) run better on the 360. Plus people tend to prefer the online experience and the controller. It follows that if all games were available for the PS3 and the 360 most (except those dedicated to the blu-ray HD movie standard or sony fans impervious to logic) would almost certainly go for the 360. Particularly as reliability, noise and storage are set to improve on the 360. 

This is fundamentally why a multiplat 360-PS3 port should not be considered the same as a PS3-360 port. One provides needless support for a hardware you going to get regardless (the PS3) the other strengthens the default status of the cheaper console (the 360).  

Importantly, the strong PS3 exclusives matter more than strong 360 exclusives because there are less of them and the PS3 is more expensive. The moment the more expensive console has no or few of them, it becomes redundant to the cheaper alternative.  Look at it this way, even if the PS3 had all of the 360 games plus a few exclusives it would take some pretty excellent games to justify the price differential.  Whilst it is cheaper and you don't care about blu-ray, the 360 doesn't actually need exclusives and yet it has more.

I'm sorry if this appears fanboyish but it is elementary competition theory. 

this is true, i agree, but im sure everybody wont look at it that way.

While I mostly disagree you do make a slight point.  Right now BOTH the 360 and the PS3 are selling much lower than developers thought they would.  Developers thought this gen would open with an explosion and money would come rolling in the door.  It didn't and right now the PS3 is selling very slowly due to a massive wallet-punch and the 360 is selling only as much as the Xbox did.  The main difference is that the 360 would see a sales spike if they dropped the price, while the pS3 would still be expensive.

But you are being misleading when you say that the 360 is cheaper to develop for.  Sure, it is slightly cheaper than the PS3.  However, both consoles are more expensive than anything from last gen.  And the Xbox cost more to develop for last gen than the PS2 but that didn't stop devs from maknig many exclusives.  SO there is more to it than just cost. 

I take Capcom's words to be the truth.  Games now for ANY console cost way too much to make and there is no guarantee you will sell one single unit more than in the past.  So there is no financial motive to make exlcusives unless Sony or MS is paying you extra money for them.  If not...to bad for either of them.  Developers and publishers need to make money.  They can't operate like SOny/MS and lose money with every game sold.

While I mostly disagree you do make a slight point.  Right now BOTH the 360 and the PS3 are selling much lower than developers thought they would.  Developers thought this gen would open with an explosion and money would come rolling in the door.  It didn't and right now the PS3 is selling very slowly due to a massive wallet-punch and the 360 is selling only as much as the Xbox did.  The main difference is that the 360 would see a sales spike if they dropped the price, while the pS3 would still be expensive.

But you are being misleading when you say that the 360 is cheaper to develop for.  Sure, it is slightly cheaper than the PS3.  However, both consoles are more expensive than anything from last gen.  And the Xbox cost more to develop for last gen than the PS2 but that didn't stop devs from maknig many exclusives.  SO there is more to it than just cost. 

I take Capcom's words to be the truth.  Games now for ANY console cost way too much to make and there is no guarantee you will sell one single unit more than in the past.  So there is no financial motive to make exlcusives unless Sony or MS is paying you extra money for them.  If not...to bad for either of them.  Developers and publishers need to make money.  They can't operate like SOny/MS and lose money with every game sold.

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When did I say that again?