Wouldn't it be great if you had a PS3, and your friend had a Wii, and your cousin had a Xbox 360, and you could all play Call of Duty online together? INstead of PSN, Xbox Live, and Wii online, there was just "online". PC users can already play with Xbox users over Live, and with the upcoming title "The Agency" I'm guessing it will be the same. Why should it be so hard to link the consoles? If you think about it, consoles all have more in common (generally) than they do with a PC. Granted they all have different interfaces, but if your just competing online this shouldn't really be a problem. Obviously exclusive titles can't cross-over, but, this might encourage developers to make more multi-platform games to appeal to a larger online community than that of a single console. I'm not saying exclusives are a bad thing (especially if they're mainly or completely single player) but I think that exclusives are a double bladed sword. Good side: Increases console sales and generally can generate more hype from console makers as well as more funds. Bad side: Doesn't (usually) sell as many copies due to a smaller audience. But, lately exclusive doesn't mean much to some developer's. This is understandable, with the economy how it is, exclusives are risky business unless you can hype the game enough and truly deliver. When you can't, or there simply isn't enough console install base the next option is basically to forget about their title being an exclusive and branch out to other consoles. This has happened to many games (Bioshock, Final Fantasy, etc.). Some games are obviously not going to ever leave their console home. Mario is always going to be exclusive to Nintendo. Halo will always be exclusive to Microsoft. Uncharted (Naughty Dog in general) will always be exclusive to Sony. These companies were given there chance to make a game by these console makers and therefore are loyal to them for bringing them so much money and popularity to there games. If the first Mario had been on let's say the Playstation, Super Mario Galaxy would be on PS3. If Halo was made for the GameCube, Halo 3 would be for Wii. If Uncharted was on the Xbox, Uncharted 2 would be on the Xbox 360. Loyalty is hard to find these days (especially in the costly world of game developers) and now it's kinda like "You scratch my back, I scratch yours." In conclusion, Crossover online = good idea and possible. Exclusives = good for hype and funds, but, may not pay off in the long run.