if microsoft wanted it gone it will be gone. right now because there are so few of us i dont think microsoft cares. but that could change with xim3. if it becomes overly successful then it could spell doom. remember microsoft is still in the pc gaming market. i dont think fps pc gaming developers will appreciate taking their customer away from them. that is if it becomes that popular to get their attention.
Are there any PC exclusive FPS developers left? If I was an FPS publisher I wouldn't mind PC gamers switching to consoles. Developing for a bunch of different hardware is probably not too cheap. You can sell overpriced DLC for little content and you don't have to contend with Mods and TCs. PC gamers also tend to stick to games much longer than on consoles which means publishers have a harder time pushing new content. One thing I'm not sure about is which is harder and costlier to support with patches and anti-cheating measures, consoles or PCs?
I only game on the consoles for the few exclusives like Halo, Killzone. PC is and will always be my number one gaming platform. Games almost always look so much better on the PC, and with Nvidia 3D Vision Surround they look even better. Also, with dedicated servers, there's absolutely no downtime between matches, so an hour spent online is an hour spent playing. God knows how many hours I wasted waiting at the lobby for 8 vs 8's in Halo. There's just no freaking way that I'm ever gonna switch to consoles.