It will be safe to assume that Sony will continue to ride high so as long as more exclusives continue to flow on their system.
It is complete hell at NeoGaf right now. It is a shame that people are reacting to this by spamming like crazy and demanding to get "perma-banned." Don't really know about any good alternative sites outside of NeoGAF, but I guess I'll have to do some looking around.
Really would be nice if Sega did localize PSO2 for the west. Still, at least we have the eShop when it comes out so that is at least one way to get the game. Can't wait.