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GamesRadar: 10 industry-shattering stolen exclusives

The biggest announcement at this year's E3 - that Final Fantasy XIII is going multiplatform - is about more than just a game being available to a wider audience. It's also a clear sign that the topography of the videogame industry has changed a little. While the 360 might not be doing so well in Japan, it's clear that Japanese companies are nevertheless taking Microsoft's console seriously - seriously enough to ditch their all-important exclusivity deals with Sony.

As significant as the FFXIII announcement is, it's hardly the first time a major, major title or series has given up its long-held ties to a single console and experimented with other platforms. And it's not the first time such a decision has had a profound effect on the industry and its fans, either. In fact, GamesRadar can think of a bunch of other examples of a "stolen" exclusive rocking the entire industry - here are the 10 best.

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Bombibomb - 500 days 22 hours ago

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Notice how Microsoft just steals everything because they've got nothing of their own lol. How many 1st party companies do they have in comparison to Sony? Not much at all. Most of Sony's upcoming exclusive stuff is 1st party, unfortunately for M$. And now Square-Enix are trying to cover up the FACT that Microsoft bought FFXIII LMAO!! Instead of using that money to get their own exclusives they use it to make 3rd party PS3 games go multi-platform lol.

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braydon619 - 500 days 19 hours ago

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haha i agree... microsoft only knows how to throw money around.

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Overr8ed - 500 days 19 hours ago

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1st Parties FTW!

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Skadoosh - 500 days 16 hours ago

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1st parties, third parties, 8th parties, who cares man. The game could come out of their ass for all I care. The 360 is doing a wonderful job to take care of their fanbase. :)

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OnslaughtX - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Hell, MS is doing a great job taking care of fanbases of rival consoles as well, as long as they own a PC. I love playing Xbox 360 exclusives without actually needing to waste the money on an actual Xbox 360 console.

Gamers win, woot.

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morganfell - 500 days 16 hours ago

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They should have spent that money on a title that is going to do something besides show the weaknesses of the 360. Because if you think the issues Id are having make waves, wait until they have to shove FF13 in a trash compactor to get it on a 360.

Also they bought into a franchise that is so closely tied to the Playstation name and won't generate the sales they had hoped. This is like the GTA DLC. MS is making moves that they hope will keep them from losing customers rather than implementing actions that help them gain customers. A defensive war in the console race is a losing position.

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OnslaughtX - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Weird. Spends $400 to play Mass Effect... or spend $50 to play Mass Effect. Superior version. With free DLC. Choices. Oh right, gotta have a video GAME now now now now now cuz MS says so and it makes me cool to have it now! Gotta have Too Human next, cuz MS says so, it'll make me hip now now now! Halo invented FPS! Gotta have a GAME for a HOBBY now! I'm glad you also lack a TV that has a PC connection with a tower next to it. Welcome to 1992. Running downstairs, lol. Nice touch.

And nah, I'm just a fan of good games. If you ever get into the industry, you realize how utterly stupid, pointless, and redundant 90% of game site talkbacks and message boards are. And biased websites like these with the continued Sony Hatorade are just icing on the cake. I have no love for MS, Sony, or Nintendo... but MS gets a free pass for putting out faulty hardware and buying multiplatform, and Nintendo gets a free ride for making nongames? Why do people bash Sony again? Considering they are workign to fixing their mistakes, and have the strongest first party dev studios, period. Nintendo has gone downhill in that realm, fast.

That and I can't sleep, and I'm bored. I gots no beef with you Skadoosh, just venting after a long week of testing. ;-)

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mistertwoturbo - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Ah Skadoosh, now I know why you don't see any 360 fanboys.

Because you're one of them.

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Skadoosh - 500 days 16 hours ago

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So you think the GTA DC was a failure? Well I own both consoles and I picked up the 360 version just for that reason. And I'm sure their are others out there that made the same choice. If your talking about the game Rage how about waiting a year or 2 when that game comes out to make judgement. I'm sure they can remedy this with either an install or a couple of discs. No biggie.

HAHA, you think I'm a 360 fanboy? And please enlighten me why? I own both consoles but I play on my 360 more. I guess that makes me a fanboy? Silly kid.

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mistertwoturbo - 500 days 15 hours ago

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Yes you are. Because everything related to Sony, you hate. I understand that you can hate rabid PS3 fanboys because some of them annoy me too. But the sheer fact you said you don't see any 360 fanboy, is ridiculous. There's plenty of them everywhere and most of them are stuck in the Open zone for a reason.

And just because you own both consoles, does not make you any less of a 360 fanboy.

And I'm not a Kid, I'm 23 years old. How old are you huh?

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00 - 500 days 15 hours ago

1.11 - "MS is doing a great job taking care of fanbases of rival consoles, as long as I own a PC'

Good thing you're supporting MS and giving them the money to keep buying exclusives.

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juuken - 500 days 15 hours ago

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I agree.

They are some damn good thieves...you have to give them that. Throw some money at ailing companies and they get the job done. Still can't seem to come up with their own IP's so far.

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Sayai jin - 500 days 13 hours ago

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It's called business. It's not stealing. Right now if you are not going to be aggressive and do all what it takes to win, then one has to wonder why. In order to make, acquire, good games and a console it takes money and huge loads of it. It also takes creativity and innovation. All three companies have been doing this but MS has been doing the most acquiring. People say that MS is not creating their own good titles, but it is a matter of opinion. So we can agree to disagree on that one. What seems to be obvious is that MS is the newest company to the console arena so they missed out on years of great game series, but now they are making every effort to insure that 360 owners are getting some games that are house hold names. Try to spin it anyway you want, but simply MS is giving gamers what they want, games and a huge variety at that.

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juuken - 500 days 12 hours ago

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And no first party titles?

One has to wonder why Microsoft cannot invest in first party studios and come up with new IP's rather than using 3rd party titles consistently. Perhaps that's why Sony is focusing more on original ideas/IP's than to fight Microsoft for 3rd party titles.

They're making an effort alright...but will it win out in the end? It remains yet to be seen.

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OnslaughtX - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Yawn. More flame bait from Gamesradar. The article should be titled "Mostly Games MS Paid To Have Go Multiplatform."

On a serious note, game development is getting more and more expensive,and it just makes good business sense to put the game on all consoles possible. The issue is when it compromises QUALITY in the name of PROFIT. If a game can be done well on both (DMC, CoD, Burnout) then go for it, let more GAMERS enjoy it!

Oh by the way, where is Ninja Gaiden going to PS3? Oh right, we can't talk about stuff like that. Whoops.Then again I guess its only fair. Why is this article mostly talking about PS franchise losing franchises to multiplatform? Because aside from Halo, the original XBox didn't have any heavy hitters like Final Fantasy WORTH "stealing."

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Skadoosh - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Yawn* more nonsense.

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mfwahwah - 499 days 21 hours ago

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Ninja Gaiden going to PS3? How about Ninja Gaiden started on Nintendo, then went to MS?

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Pedobear - 500 days 16 hours ago

3 - There is DLC for ps3 GTA IV!

Stop spreading lies Games radar!

http://onaxis.blogspot.com/...

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Evilninja - 500 days 7 hours ago

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That's just some blogger who makes an assertion without citing any sources. Don't accuse people of lying unless you've got something better to back it up with.

On top of that, the article never says the PS3 isn't getting ANY DLC - just that the 360 is getting exclusive DLC that the PS3 isn't. Which your blogger agrees with.

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Cenobia - 500 days 6 hours ago

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Does anyone still care about the DLC? GTA IV was a big let down in my opinion. Why would I pay extra for a game that I don't really enjoy?

The exclusive DLC may have shifted some sales before people played the game, but I really don't think people will care when it actually comes out. I mean Microsoft kept touting it before GTA's release, but no one even knows what it is yet. Now they're doing the same with Fallout. Do I really want to pay extra on extra content on a game thats like 50 hours long? I know I don't.

What Microsoft really needs is new IPs. Paying for exclusive DLC and buying out exclusivity from Sony isn't going to work as well as they think in the long run.

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Evilninja - 500 days 5 hours ago

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I think you might be in the minority there, my friend - just because you found it disappointing, it doesn't mean the millions of other people who bought the game do, too. I know I'm really looking forward to the DLC - but then, I also liked how the cars handled, so take from that what you will.

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Cenobia - 499 days 18 hours ago

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Actually, I also liked how the cars handled. I think its just that online multiplayer is a bigger part of this generation, so messing around in GTA doesn't appeal to me as much anymore.

Also, the multiplayer for GTA was the biggest let down of all for me. Especially after only hearing praises from every blog before release. It has the worst frame rate and lag I've ever seen.

I'm sure many people will buy the DLC, I just find it odd that they hype the exclusivity and don't tell anyone what it is. I think time is also a pretty big factor. If they can't get it out soon it will be overshadowed by all the games coming October-December. I mean will anyone care when R2/LBP and Gears 2/Fable 2 come out? I think that their sales will suffer at least.

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Viktor E - 500 days 16 hours ago

4 - Bioshock,Ninja Gaiden,Eternal Sonata,Saints Row

The Ps3 library is growing and growing

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Noel Sulik - 500 days 14 hours ago

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Most of these games aren't really stolen. Developers just decide to makes games on both consoles. How did MS steal GTA IV if GTA IV is still on the PS3. If MS stole it wouldn't that make it a 360 exclusive?
Same with DMC.

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mfwahwah - 499 days 21 hours ago

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They stole exclusivity as in they took it away. It WAS an exclusive, now , it's NOT an exclusive. See what they mean?

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N2NOther - 500 days 12 hours ago

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I love how Sony's name appears on this list and Sony fanboys ignore it...

Who CARES? Or rather, why care? Is it a threat to you that MS has money to spend to get these games? So FF is coming on both consoles, you know which one you're getting it for. If anything, FF can now be played by more people. Or were you expecting people to buy a PS3 just to play the game and now those hopes were dashed? The only reason to worry would be if Sony was going to pull a Sega and abandon console making in whole...Which, let's be honest, isn't going to happen any time soon.

And did someone actually say that the GTAIV DLC is a failure? How the hell is it a failure when it hasn't even been released? Stop typing, you read like an idiot.

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Product - 500 days 12 hours ago

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I love when articles like this are made just to get people to argue over it...........wheres the Staples Easy Button?

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dachiefsman - 500 days 11 hours ago

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*1st parties, third parties, 8th parties, who cares man. The game could come out of their ass for all I care. The 360 is doing a wonderful job to take care of their fanbase. :)*

QFT!

wow some one on this site with some common sense.

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pabadamus1 - 500 days 9 hours ago

9 - competition

I never knew Halo started off as Apple software. I am not the biggest MSFT fan but it would be naïve and silly to believe that the other companies are not guilty of acquiring prior exclusive IP. It does sicken me that these companies, through gaming history, would respond to competition by buying out an existing IP/idea rather than create something wholly new to go to war with. I think we, the consumer, lose because that potential for innovation is being stifled by the tried and the true. Maybe it is easier and less costly to acquire what may be a current commercial success, but I think WE benefit when these companies shovel their coffers of cash into new games.

Again, no company is innocent of this behavior. Some use it as competitive strategy more so than others. My comments stem on the notion that acquiring prior exclusive involves some monetary exchange.

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2paclives - 500 days 5 hours ago

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I agree with the first post-ms continues to pay off big time developers for games because they lack the originality to come up with their own sh!t. If they ever win a console war I still would not give them credit. Loud ass red-ring, broken white box!

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Steven Colbert - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Resident Evil 4 was the biggest shocker to me.I thought Gamecube owners had an exclusive in the bag and then...it was announced for PS2.That announcement hurt badly for GC owners

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Viktor E - 500 days 16 hours ago

1.1 - I completely agree

The Developers saw an opportunity to make Money on the most successful Videogame platform,that is,the Playstation 2.

Much like Bioshock and Eternal Sonata,former Console Exclusives,the Developers of both have realized the Playstation 3 is the Money making Platform,and the resources and time wasted for Xbox 360 development could have been spent on more important things,such as taking a Power Nap

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Hahaha Nasim you're funny.

All the games you mentioned, have never been exclusives for example on the XBOX 1 and specific XBOX IP's. They were meant to be timed exclusives if you have a brain and look back.

Now on the other hand, real exclusives that came from the PS2 to this gen that made the jump from Playstation to XBOX are many:

DMC4
GTAIV
FFXIII
Soul Calibur IV
Dynasty Warrior 6
VF5

Or even became 360 exclusive like Ace Combat 6

Too bad. You loose. Microsoft got REAL exclusives from Playstation (that were exclusives last gen also), PS got almost no real exclusives from XBOX 360.

PWNED!

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Steven Colbert - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Viktor You misunderstood what I meant.I meant that console loyalty is sometimes a good thing.Resident Evil 4 reached its potential on the GC and should have stayed that way to accomodate the title.I had no problem with buying a GC which was a mere 100 bucks.

I think that games like Gears of War should be made to maximize the potential of the 360 while games like Final Fantasy XIII should maximize the potential of the PS3.Everybody knows that games are better when they are made for one console.

Ports on the other hand suck because they dont allow either console to take full advantage of their hardware.Resident Evil 4 was graphically impressive because it was made for GC.Then the port to PS2 was graphically weaker.Hell they rushed the port in 9 months

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Ali_The_Brit - 500 days 13 hours ago

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MART aka POG, seriously man nobody even cares any more, we dont feel annoyed like with the other bots with you because your just like a cute nuisence, s'ok mart, let it out, your 360 will be back from repairs soon enough

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Jason 360 - 500 days 13 hours ago

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You know the photo that was supposed to show The Mart and POG as the same was fake don't you? When whoever it was that faked it, chopped the e-mail and IP from POG's and tried to paste it at the end of The Mart's name. He forgot to match the blue link color of the e-mail and was a tad blurry. It wasn't bad, should have been and easy fake but the guy still f**ked it up.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 500 days 16 hours ago

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So curious about RARE

They said only half their team is working on announced games. Which obviously means the other half is working on sequels to their great IP's or new IP's.

My bets are on:

A next gen Conker and Killer Instinct

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Kameo 2

XBOX 360 exclusives... NICE

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Steven Colbert - 500 days 16 hours ago

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A new Conker would be good but I prefer that Rare make a sequel to Jet Force Gemini.That game ruled with crazy weapons

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Jason 360 - 500 days 12 hours ago

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You should put a bet down on a new Perfect Dark, it's a sure win.

Nevermind I didn't say anything and I'm just making this sh*t up.

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Viktor E - 500 days 16 hours ago

3 - As you can see,Microsoft stole Halo from Apple

Seeing as how the iPod has successfully annihilated Microsofts Entertainment division,I suppose Apple have got their revenge and will now proceed to eradicating the remaining Microsoft filth that is the Windows Operating System

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 500 days 16 hours ago

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Mmmhhhhh right... and Sony stole all their games from Nintendo

MGS even comes from MSX
Final Fantasy from Nintendo

Poor PS

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STARS - 500 days 13 hours ago

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Metal Gear SOLID does not come from MSX, Mart. Metal GEAR does, Metal Gear Solid originated on PSX. Every true Metal Gear Solid sequel from there appeared on a PlayStation console thereafter with a few ports to Game Cube and Xbox.

But you're right about Final Fantasy, that series originated on Nintendo.

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Atomic - 500 days 15 hours ago

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the big thieves here are Microsoft.
half of the list is about MS steeling from others and never the other way around . they couldn't come up with something on their own. despicable scum.

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Freckler - 500 days 15 hours ago

4.1 - Poor Sony Fanatics

vvvvv

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Ali_The_Brit - 500 days 13 hours ago

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LMFAO

that made me laugh so hard even if you are an xbot

kutos man.

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Bangladesh - 500 days 13 hours ago

4.3 - Lmfao!

I'm stealing your pics Freckler, that was funnay.

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Jason 360 - 500 days 12 hours ago

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Yeah because Sony never took anything from Nintendo or Sega.

Now head on down to Walmart, and pick up your "stupid sign" before they run out.

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Viktor E - 500 days 15 hours ago

5 - As the Redmond Corporation lacks skilled Developers

It is no wonder they have to resort to Sloppy seconds to please their shrinking fanbase

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Ali_The_Brit - 500 days 13 hours ago

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damn you wish so hard microsoft could be as good as sony dont you bot?

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Ali_The_Brit - 500 days 13 hours ago

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LOL, sony stole FF from nintendo and now microsoft are stealing it from sony, the system works

Lol i see a pattern here, sony steals from nintendo, microsoft steals from sony, nintendo steals from nobody-lmao

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Bangladesh - 500 days 13 hours ago

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lol yeah, some people act like this is a new phenomenon. They all do it, it's not a new or bad thing imo. The only people that seem to cry about it are fanboys.

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