Haze not coming to Xbox 360

First it was a multiplatform release, then it became a PS3 timed exclusive. Now it looks like Sony will be notching Haze up as another victory in the mighty cross-format handbag war. According to Gamespot, Ubisoft has recently revealed that the title is currently in development for PS3 only, meaning that the Xbox 360 version and, peculiarly, the PC versions have disappeared.
My first instincts are that Free Radical or Ubisoft (or both) must have received a very decent incentive to drop the other platform versions. Multiplatform games are not only worth more to publishers due to the large install base, but Free Radical already has a lot of experience in making good cross-platform titles, such as the brilliant Time Splitters 2 and slightly underrated Second Sight.
On the other hand, with Haze due out in November, at the same time as other big name shooters like Call of Duty 4 and not too far behind the mighty Halo 3 – which is also offering similar 4 player co-op action – perhaps PS3 exclusivity is the best way for this title to avoid being overlooked…
Could the scale of Halo 3 hype-machine actually be putting off developers from trying to compete? If so, Microsoft’s huge dependency on the Halo franchise could actually back fire as not every gamer is so totally enamoured with Master Chief’s antics as the Redmond Giant would like to believe. Still, even if players do start to turn to the PS3 for variety this is probably only going to be an issue for this Xmas period and there are probably enough Halo fans to see the 360 through.