You failed to mention the language issues of bringing games over to Europe. There are translation issues, as unlike Japan and America, there are loads of languages that need to be included on the disc. RPGs for instance, especially japanese ones take forever to come to Europe, even after their US release, there are just too many languages to translate into.

There are some cases like inFamous and LittleBigPlanet where the game is a Sony, or Microsoft published game, thus giving the console manufacturer the rights to the product. Studios like naughty Dog and Insomniac are funded by Sony for instance, which they would struggle to put out the amazing content they deliver if stopped.
I currently don't have the capacity to own both a 360 and PS3, and my choice for PS3 was because of the console exclusives they had. While I would love to play games like Gears of War and Halo, I chose MGS4, and at the time Final Fantasy XIII. The fact both these series have gone multiplatform shows once more how the industry is losing the console exclusive third party games. DLC has never been a major part of my gaming, so that element of the exclusivity deals you mention above doesnt affect me.

Great article by the way, was a good read.

Looks like I need to pick this game up, the combination of things that create a worthy game to bear the Ghostbusters name should be fun. Great review.

I was pretty surprised by this review, especially after both Boom Blox games were received so well be people. I've always meant to get round to playing either of the games, with this meant to be a better game than the original, but i have a few doubts now. Are the physics not fun enough to make the game a blast in multiplayer. I might still give it a go though.

The Uncharted 2 demo was the highlight of the show for me. There have never been draw distances that amazing in a game before, and it looks like a true evolution of the series. After playing the multi-player beta today, I think it could be a real contender for Game of the Year.

I felt that Nintendo's conference was actually their best in years, in the fact there were actually some welcome surprises and games that appeal to the hardcore. Sony had the best showing, but Microsoft was very close behind. A great E3 all around though, with all three companies having great games.