In Pictures: E3 2008 Picks and Pans
For once it doesn't matter whether you swear by the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, or PC gaming. It's all here. Here's what caught our eye--and what we wish we'd never laid eyes on--at this year's E3 gaming expo in LA.
Danny Allen, Darren Gladstone, and Matt Peckham, PC World
Sayonara, Third-Party Exclusives
Someone hand Square Enix a cigar for wising up to a fractious console climate by promising former PS3-exclusive Final Fantasy 13 to U.S. Xbox 360 owners in this year's biggest didn't-see-that-coming shocker. Even more shocking: Sony America President and CEO Jack Tretton suggesting that third-party exclusives are on the way out. Bad news for fanboys and franchise monopolies, otherwise known as "a major coup" for the rest of us. --Matt Peckham
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