Kutaragi "dragged his feet"

[wraggster]

If Sony and Ken Kutaragi hadn't been wrapped up in finalising business terms for independent publishers on PS3, Sony's next-gen system would have a lot more third-party exclusives according to a Newsweek blog.

Titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Assassin's Creed could have been coming to PS3 first, but, "neither company's top executives could get an answer from Kutaragi. PlayStation's Japanese headquarters was effectively radio silent, and without Kutaragi's signoff, the normally independent American and European branches had no authority to reach agreements on the exclusives they believed could be valuable to the PS3 cause," says the report.

[briyan]

trust me, there's way more Sony to come than just GTA IV and Assassin's Creed. it would help but..it's definitely not the end of the line to lose exclusivity.