We are now in the midst of another installment in what seems to be a never-ending cycle of console wars, one in which Sony0s Playstation 3 is pitted against Microsoft0s Xbox 360 (the Nintendo Wii is not officially part of the battle, as Nintendo themselves has stated they do not consider their console to be a 0net-gen0 machine).
In the past, consumers would often base their purchase of a new video game system on what exclusive games were available for each respective system. For instance, if you wanted to play a Final Fantasy game in the late nineties, you needed to buy an original Playstation. Those games simply weren0t available on any other home console. In a larger sense, it seemed as if a consoles personality was defined partly by what exclusive games it offered.
In the current generation, though, it seems as if we are seeing fewer and fewer exclusive games as video game publishers realize that they can generate more revenue selling their games across multiple platforms instead of sticking with just one system. Games such as Madden 2008 and Assassin0s Creed have sold incredibly well for both the Playstation 3 and […]

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