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Feature: PS3 vs Xbox 360: The release calendar showdown

While the Nintendo Wii is off and running in a different direction (quite successfully), the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are left in a shootout for honor... and exclusive games. A few months ago, we began to notice a shift in the tides after Microsoft unloaded a volley of its biggest exclusive games: games like Halo 3, Mass Effect, and BioShock.

But now it's 2008, and Sony's poised to win the year with a huge list of compelling PlayStation 3 exclusives. Curious to see how the fight will pan out, we formulated a list of exclusive titles for the PS3 and Xbox 360 coming in 2008 and 2009. With Wikipedia and our own notes as sources, we've constructed the definitive release calendar comparison.

But first, a few ground rules. This list will not include multiplatform games, sports titles, or downloadable software; we're focused on exclusive retail games. That means Grand Theft Auto IV is not a factor on this list, so go read about it here.

The Games
Xbox 360 (All on this page):

1. Ninja Gaiden 2
2. Left 4 Dead
3. Too Human
4. Gears of War 2 (SYSTEM SELLER)
5. Fable 2 (SYSTEM SELLER)
6. Halo Wars
7. Splinter Cell Conviction
8. Alan Wake
9. Banjo Kazooie
10. Halo Chronicles

PS3:

1. Gran Turismo 5 (SYSTEM SELLER)
2. Haze
3. Metal Gear Solid 4 (SYSTEM SELLER)
4. Metal Gear Online
5. Singstar
6. LittleBigPlanet
7. Resistance 2
8. Killzone 2
9. Motorstorm 2
10. SOCOM Confrontation
11. InFamous
12. The Agency
13. Final Fantasy XIII (SYSTEM SELLER)
14. God of War III (SYSTEM SELLER)
15. Tekken 6
16. Twisted Metal
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Published: 637 days 12 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii
 
 

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Breakfast - 637 days 12 hours ago
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If God of War comes out this year ill be one happy man

Everyone disagree with me. Seriously. I wanna see how many disagrees N4G can muster up. I consider this a article thats gonna have alot of degrees...im curious to see.

Edit: but i like God of War...

Ok...The PS3 Sucks, Two very average shooters that are only hyped by PS3 fans. Everyone knows its gonna blow. Ones riding on looks, the others riding on 60 player multi-player. By the way, none have the gameplay.

Fable 2 a sytem seller??? All that game does is destroy the name of Peter Molyneux, always a disappointment. It tries to reach for the stars but gets only as high as the toilet this game was made in. And Gears of War 2...The biggest piece of steroid garbage. With outdated graphics, a crappy meat model, and ass bad water physics that get out-trumped by Uncharted water any day of the week. Dont get me started on a million year old Too Human.

There DISAGREE
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toughNAME - 637 days 12 hours ago
1.1 - nono that won't do it
you need a comment that pisses off both sides...look for my comment below

EDIT - you and me will duke it out for most disagrees...and least bubbles :P
(assuming no one else is reading this comment and gets wise to my plan)
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Truckasaurus - 637 days 12 hours ago
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GoW3 almost certainly is going to be March 2009.

Too many of the 360 games aren't really exclusives:

Left 4 Dead
Splinter Cell Conviction
Alan Wake

will all be on PCs.

Gears of War 2
Fable 2
and most likely one of the Halo games will come later to PCs.

And Ninja Gaiden 2 will certainly have a PS3 Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma coming to the PS3 six months or so later. They already have their own PS3 engine written for the first Ninja Gaiden Sigma.

Microsoft in 2008 is really showing their tremendous first party developer weakness. Nintendo has about 2-3 times as many studios and Sony has about 5 times as many as Microsoft.
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Truckasaurus - 637 days 12 hours ago
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They are missing for the PS3:

Team ICO's next game
The Getaway
L.A. Noire
Eight Days
White Knight Story

also, although PSN titles:

Wipeout HD
SOCOM

as notable exclusives.
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Breakfast - 637 days 11 hours ago
1.4 - @ Truckasaurus
Keep listing title, you're impressing me. I might as well go throw my 360 in the garbage because you made me see the light. PS3 is my lord Jesus Christ
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Peekay - 637 days 11 hours ago
1.5 - Damn Straight
the Ps3 will smite thee

on a serious note - Final Fantasy XIII & God of War III will not come out this year. Huge questions marks over the release dates of Infamous and The Agency. In saying that I also reckon Resistance 2 and LBP will be system sellers.
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Kigmal - 637 days 11 hours ago
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sonarus - 637 days 10 hours ago
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lol wtf is going on. Why is everyone so bent on the number of agrees or disagrees they get. Speak your mind always. As long as you aren't bashing or trolling then its fine.

As for the games list. This basically confirms to me what i have been saying for a while. At least in my eyes ps3 has more titles worthy of my time. I still and probably will(by december, it will be 2yrs since i have had my 360 no rrod yet:)) have both consoles at least until the end of the yr. So i have the luxury of enjoying from both sides but its glad to know ps3 is stepping up to the plate.
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Bill Gates - 637 days 10 hours ago
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I'm starting to suspect that Breakfast is "Power of Green" aka TheMart.

PS3 has the better line up.

360 just has halo, and more halo. oh and Banjo too. LOL
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toughNAME - 637 days 10 hours ago
1.9 - If agrees cancel out disagrees...
It appears I have won this war of wars... 11 - 6

There have been some legends on this site in the past who's records will never be surpassed. But I'm averaging 10 disagree per comment :)

lol and it's even better when I'm the first to comment
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Breakfast - 637 days 10 hours ago
1.10 - @ Bill Gates
LOL...thats exactly who i am. I am Power of Green and The Mart...Wow i cant believe you found me out. I was trying to be discrete, But Mr. Sherlock Holmes found me out.
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sonarus - 637 days 10 hours ago
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lol i got my eye on you breakfast. You may look tasty but i still don't trust you. You could be the mart or pog disguised as a tasty meal. curse you
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cmrbe - 637 days 8 hours ago
1.12 - Its
2008 AND 2009 people. Not 2008 only
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mikeslemonade - 637 days 8 hours ago
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The only reason why Gears 2 is going to be a system seller is because the 360 won't have a AAA shooter until November. Fable 2 is not a system seller since the people who were interested in these kind of games already bought the 360 for Oblivion or Mass Effect. Alan Wake would be considered more of a system seller.
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jessehaysfl - 636 days 23 hours ago
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R2 is a sleeper that will sell consoles and sorry bro but GOW3 is 03/09 sorry....
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BrianC6234 - 636 days 17 hours ago
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I give you a disagree and disagree. I agree that Fable 2 is no system seller. I disagree with your comments on Resistance 2 and Killzone 2 though. Those will be huge. Fable wasn't much of a game so I don't see why they list Fable 2 as a system seller. Maybe because there isn't much else on the 360 list?
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Richdad - 636 days 15 hours ago
1.17 - What
@Breakfast you are wise saying PS3 crap in first post and bashing 360 sometime and flaming the war both way I dont know how many people fall for this so guys get a life dont let him earn useless point for flamming war. The new is correct but you are flaming it.
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toughNAME - 636 days 14 hours ago
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.....56 disagrees through 3 comments :D
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The Killer - 636 days 13 hours ago
1.19 - just one thing
to make things clear.

360 and xbox is not a console, its a PC that takes the form of a console!

thats it basically, but its better than average PC!!
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IDemonstalkerXI - 636 days 12 hours ago
1.20 - Missing
PS3:

LA Noire (Rockstar Project PS3)

Wardevil

Naruto PS3 Project

Blazblue PSN 2d fighter

NCsoft PS3 MMO Projects x2

Square Enix PS3/Vista MMO Project

360:

Mass Effect 2

Huxley FPSMMO

Age of Conan MMO
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Hagaf22 - 637 days 12 hours ago
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very nice list for the ps3, i would think with 60 player multiplayer, resistance 2 would be a (system seller)
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masterg - 637 days 4 hours ago
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Resistance 2 is actually written as a System Seller. They just forgot to add it in the first list.

LittleBigPlanet might be the biggest system seller of them all if you ask me. If the ball starts rolling and people see their friends playing it, it could be huge. I of course could be wrong.

Killzone 2 is also a system seller. The CG video probably sold some systems already. When the real thing hits some 360 fans (Who can't keep their hands off FPS) are going to pick up the silent black beast.
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AceLuby - 636 days 23 hours ago
2.2 - LBP
This game is not going to be a system seller at first. At first it will be a somewhat niche game I think. But as time goes on I think more and more people are going to get it and I think it will be a 'future' system seller. A game that will continuously sell, not blow its wad the first week and sputter the rest out over 3 mos. Obviously IMO ;()
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beast - 637 days 12 hours ago
3 - The only games for ps3 they missed
White Knight Chronicles
8 days
Gateway 3
L.A. Noire

bubbles ?
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Agent-X - 637 days 12 hours ago
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outstanding
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toughNAME - 637 days 12 hours ago
5 - Is it just me...
or does Gears of War 2 trump that entire list?
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Wildarmsjecht - 637 days 12 hours ago
5.1 - No offense.
I don't doubt Gears of War will be a great game, but it doesn't trump that whole list. Seriously.
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socomnick - 637 days 11 hours ago
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not just you m8. Gears > everything else. This list is retarded why is there games that will release next year in there like FF13 and god of war 3, and gt 5.
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Lew_Ijgee - 637 days 11 hours ago
5.3 - I'm not saying it won't sell a bunch of copies...
But I really don't think GeOW 2 will sell loads more copies than the first one sold unless they really include some beefy features that completely make GeOW 1 features seem like a free internet flash game. I mean gameplay features by the way.

I just have a feeling that most of the people who will buy it are ones who already own/played the first one with maybe a million or so added.
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socomnick - 637 days 11 hours ago
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Gears is the new halo it will explode in sales. Just watch.
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aiphanes - 637 days 11 hours ago
5.5 - They already said gears of war 2 is only 5 vs 5 players in the multiplayer...
That is just straight up weak...also they can only do so much in the level designs of the game...remember they gots to fit this on a DVD9 disc. It will be the best Xbox 360 game though...and probably the only game to get for the Xbox 360...exclusive that is...this year.

But Resistance 2 will blow Gears of War 2 away...people keep knocking Killzone 2...but we all know it is gonna blow us away deep down in our hearts...Heck the online in MGS4 will blow GEARS of WAR 2 away...heck the online in GTA4 will blow GEARs of War 2 away..
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IntelligentAj - 637 days 11 hours ago
5.6 - @Toughname
Personal opinion so it just might be only you. For some it'll be MGS4 or FF13 or hell even Alan Wake but i'm sure everyone will have a different opinion of the best game on this list.
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matchgrade - 637 days 10 hours ago
5.7 - It's just you.
Gears of War can never top that list. It's becoming the next Halo in terms of hype and overratedness. GoW didn't invent the friggin cover system. It wasn't even the first (recent) game to pull it off successfully. RS: Vegas was. And yet, all the fanboys compare every other shooter that has a cover system to Gears of War, ignoring the fact that the cover system is now practically a staple of the Shooter genre. That's basically like comparing Resistance to GoW because they both have guns.

Other than good use of the cover system, all it is is a pretty-looking shooter that only won widespread popularity because its fanbase of ex-Halo fanboys have never experienced anything as remotely tactical or logical as taking cover ever before in a video game.

And I bet you GoW2 will be more of the same, only with a few magic tricks like improved graphics to keep the kids entertained. Microsoft, with its preference for sales rather than innovation, won't change a thing if it wasn't badly broken in the first place (cough Halo3).
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thewhoopimen - 637 days 8 hours ago
5.8 - @ 5
just you dude.
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JBaby343 - 637 days 7 hours ago
5.9 - Definitely Just You Man
Gears wasn't that great. Unless they seriously upgrade it I don't see Gears 2 being any better. It will still sell like crazy though given it's hype.
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masterg - 637 days 4 hours ago
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Gears 2 is one of the best games on the list.
It's my most wanted this year.

It's in the top 5. Metal Gear is probably the biggest exclusive on the list. GTAIV is the biggest game.
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Agent-X - 637 days 12 hours ago
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alan awake is gonna be a great horror game its been in the making ever since
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StormSoldier - 637 days 12 hours ago
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ps3 def having a good year and even better 1 next,
They misst 8 days , prototype , etc..
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Truckasaurus - 637 days 12 hours ago
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Prototype is multiplatform.
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-EvoAnubis- - 637 days 12 hours ago
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This article makes a lot of good points based on what we know right now, but keep in mind that E3 hasn't happened yet, so both MS and Sony has cards in their hands that they haven't played yet.
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ThePeoplesChamp - 637 days 12 hours ago
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why does gears 2 have system seller next to it. everyone bought a damn 360 when the first one and halo 3 came out. it wont push that many more consoles.

edit: wtf is halo chronicles?
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The Rock - 637 days 10 hours ago
9.2 - People's Chump
Finally The Rock has come back to N4G. The Rock says you should know your role and shut your mouth Jabroni. The only thing that matters is that the millions, and millions of Rocks fans go out and buy these games. The Rock says only a Roody Poo like the People's Chump up above me doesnt know what Halo Chronicles is. The Rock says it's a game being developed by Peter Jackson's software development studio. The Rock says you need get off your knees, stop Praying Beyond for good games, step away from that Sony Strudel, and shove a Blu-Ray movie straight up your Candy A$$.

If you smell what The Rock is cookin...
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Willio - 637 days 8 hours ago
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haha good o' wrestling days... the rock was at his best impersonating D-Lo brown from Nation of Domination.
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Figboy - 637 days 8 hours ago
9.4 - 4D
do you actually KNOW what 4D really is?

4D is TIME.

how this translates to the gaming world is thus:

the withering of a piece of fruit, the degradation of a piece of wood after being subjected to the elements...all take place over a matter of time, etc.

all being done in real time by the console or PC's CPU and GPU.

the Playstation 3 (and i'm pretty positive the 360 also), are capable of producing 4D effects in game.

so, your pathetic attempt at knocking the PS3, by creating a user-name touting one of it's capabilities (and the 360 as well), give you a score of...Epic FAIL in my book.

bubbles down
ignored

all done here.
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JBaby343 - 637 days 7 hours ago
9.5 - Gears 2 Will Sell A Few Consoles
But I agree that most people that will buy it already have a 360 so I don't think it will be that dramatic.

I'm more interested in why they didn't put "SYSTEM SELLER" next to Killzone 2 and Resistance 2. Both of those games with blow Gears 2 away. Those two will sell more systems in my opinion.

@Figboy don't waste your typing on the haters. They just can't understand. If they could they would have a PS3 already and wouldn't say stupid things.
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ThePeoplesChamp - 637 days 2 hours ago
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@ the rock! I dont give a damn aboubt halo chronicles you know why because i dont care about halo. And the only jabroni around here is you because when i rock bottom ur candy ass you aint gonna know what hit you.

by the way ur post made me ROTFL, cuz its apperant that you need to get off ur knees a stop wishing that the RROD will go away.
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