E3! What do you expect/want Sony to bring to the table?

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Originally Posted by Terjyn

I really don't get Microsoft's paying for timed exclusives, especially the S-E titles.

The Japanese are very patient people. If they know that a title will be released in the future for PS3 then there is pretty much zero chance that they will rush out to buy a 360 now. True exclusivity is the only thing that works at all. Blue Dragon actually pushed the 360 up to a modicum of respectability for a week or two.

I'm honestly not even sure what Microsoft is trying to accomplish anymore, at least when it comes to the Japanese audience.

*EDIT* To the original topic at hand, what I want to see is RPG news. Any kind of RPG news, I really don't care right now.

Microsoft doesn't understand Japanese culture. They try to apply their American values and culture to the Japanese market and it fails everytime.

They think that the "Me Wants it Now" attitued that is very a much part of the American way of life applies to the entire world. They think that by buying up timed exclusvies that Japanese will act like Americans and say, "Oh we must go out and buy an Xbox 360 because this title will not come out on PS3 for another year," because in America that strategy works, but in Japan it doesn't.

It just shows how out of touch they really are with the market.

And Americans take no offense to this, I am a proud American myself, but this is the mentality of our culture. Other cultures will think hmmmmmm.....PS3 will have exclusive titles like Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, LittleBigPlanet, God of War 3, Killzone 2, Socom, Resistance 2, Motorstorm 2 etc. while only 1 of those titles is out right now PS3 has the better lineup in the future, I think I will go with PS3. Many Americans (not all) walk into a store and say, what has the best lineup RIGHT NOW. They don't care that all the Xbox 360 has coming out in the next year is a Gears 1.5, a hack of Banjoo Kazooie, Halo Wars (if this was an RTS by any other name, it would have had little to no press right now), Too Human (reports are coming in that the game is not as good as many thought it would be) and Alan Wake. What they care about is that right now Bioshock is on the 360 and Ill have to wait 3 months to play it on PS3. Oh and Halo 3. Something that I really don't like about my culture is this mentality we have. Little to no vision at all.