so i guess you're playing ye olde 'if it was hacked everyone would buy one and also buy millions of games' card? that thing just never gets old, does it?
While it's definitely true for *everyone*, there are certainly people like me who basically avoid systems that aren't hacked/open. I mean, what's the point of buying a new system that you can't be made to run your own code when there's plenty of other systems that can run your own code (or someone else's that you can tweak*)? Exclusive games? Well, there's plenty of those on plenty of platforms and honestly I've already got way too long of a list of games to play from bundle sales to even worry myself about exclusive games as a rule of thumb--even for game series I really like.
Obviously, YMMV. And because I'm such a cheapskate, I tend to buy used hardware and games which mean the makers/developers aren't going to directly see a dime**. So, in the end, it's all perhaps a wash for them regardless. I mean, I only recently bought a Nintendo DS Lite.
* Not that I or most people are liable to tweak most things, but someone often does. And then we end up with a decent media player or a port of a *nix game you like or whatever. So, again, another shout out for the GCW0 which is really awesome and has a good many *nix game ports.
** Indirectly, more used games can mean more disposable income for gamers who buy new games to buy new games, although that doesn't work out much consider the low payout on used games usually. Regardless, I don't support the notion of makers/developers getting any sort of "cut" of sales just because Gamestop has cornered the market. I mean, if they really want a cut? Just enter the market and offer better rates than the competition. It wouldn't be hard given how bad Gamestop and Amazon are. But, yea, I can see that eating into their bottom line much more and so they'd rather just complain as if Gamestop were actually reasonable they'd be mostly okay with it... *sigh*