well, you could just release the game say 6 months after PS/XBOX launch, so it wouldn't eat their sales at all. and, you could spend that time to make the game

well, you could just release the game say 6 months after PS/XBOX launch, so it wouldn't eat their sales at all. and, you could spend that time to make the game actually better, ie higher-res textures, and the most important - horrible console controls. it seems this is what is done usually, but the result often feels like 1 developer was dedicated to this effort, for 50% allocation.