An the things people support in this thread is an ugly future for gaming. Lol. Why is it so important to some that Microsoft lock up Battlefield and COD, how does that benefit anybody but Microsoft? Talk about stagnating the gaming industry. Before everyone mentions PS2 the industry was in a far different place a decade ago.
I think a lot of people don't realize how little money Microsoft allocates to the gaming division compared to other departments. They seem to think that MS will buy up the whole industry. They can but they won't. They don't see Sony as much of a competitor any more so they probably won't spend money to bleed them dry because they know they have the stronger business position anyway.