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Real Exclusives Raise Bar: Sony PS3 vs Xbox 360

Product Review's Daniel writes:

Recently on the MTV's multiplayer blog we read a few comments Peter Dille, Vice President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America made about exclusives and how they affect the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 sales.

What's interesting is the view Peter Dille has on exclusives that then become non-exclusive and the real exclusive games.

One game that comes to mind is Final Fantasy XIII, this was going to be a Sony PS3 exclusive and then Microsoft open their wallet wide to get FFXIII on the Xbox 360. This will bring sales to both games systems.

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haphilli - 524 days 21 hours ago

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I personally don't see a FF13 as a mover of systems, that title belongs to Halos, Metal Gears/God of Wars, and Marios/Zeldas.

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chanto23 - 524 days 20 hours ago

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Final Fantasy games do move consoles but the gross of the sales comes from Japan not US nor Europe...

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gaffyh - 524 days 20 hours ago

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FF13 is a system seller, it sells a LOT of consoles in Japan (FFX release = 1 million PS2 sales straight away). Also it would have been a system seller in EU and US aswell (to a lesser extent). But now that it is multi, it won't really sell consoles for either system in EU and US, unless the PS3 version of FFXIII comes out first.

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Bubble Buddy - 524 days 19 hours ago

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Exclusives are rare these days and it's a shame. It doesn't let the developers fully make the game as best as it can. Thank God Sony is Heavily supporting First-Party Support.

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marinelife9 - 524 days 19 hours ago

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The Biggest system sellers are exclusives to the next gen
Halo 3 moved a lot of 360's because the previous two were on the orginal xbox
MGS4 moved a lot of systems because the previous one's were on PS1 and PS2.

Looking forward there are some other huge titles that will make their next gen debut that will move a lot of systems.

God of War
Shadow of Colossus
Final Fantasy
Gran Tursimo
Tekken
Crash Bandicoot
Kingdom Hearts

The first year that Madden isn't offered on PS2 will move a lot of systems as well.

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Tomdc - 524 days 15 hours ago

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in japan sales will go through the roof when Final fantasy is released!

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Silver360 - 524 days 7 hours ago

1.6 - the only affect FF13

on the 360 will have is it will prevent extra PS3 sales to go along with the release of FF13. If MGS4 can sell an extra 200,000 ps3's imagine how many more FF13 exclusive would have sold. This move just evens the playing field for both companies.

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xxBATTLECATxx - 524 days 2 hours ago

1.7 - @ marinelife

good point marine life, i bought a PS3 precisely for those games, i wanted Shadow of the collossus sequel, Kingdom Hearts sequel, God of War, and GT5.

and you hit it on the nail with Madden.
i liked the ps2 versions of the game over the 360s, the control scheme is the same that ive been playing for years now. its just more fun for me, and cheaper

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Funky Town_TX - 524 days 21 hours ago

2 - Funny Article

If I was making a game I would want to sell that game to as many people as possible. If I could make a version for every console I would.

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thePatriot - 524 days 16 hours ago

2.1 - If I was making a game

I would try and make it as awesome as possible. if nobody plays it (oh well)

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jmalc - 524 days 13 hours ago

2.2 -

This article somehow manages to say exactly nothing.

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AAACE5 - 524 days 10 hours ago

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And you would be smart to do so...Bubble for you, for thinking the way these developers are thinking, and not letting your hate for a particular console help you make a bad decision like a lot of these fanboys do on here!

I'm not saying you have hate, but using the term in reference to a typical fanboys thinking.

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badz149 - 524 days 20 hours ago

3 - in terms of exclusives

PS3 wins hands down!!

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Truplaya - 524 days 20 hours ago

3.1 -

Right now the 360 has better exclusives, but the PS3 has more coming out in the future that we know about.

Exclusives i own at the moment

360 - Gears, Halo3, Crackdown, Saints row
PS3 - MGS4, Uncharted

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PwnShop - 524 days 19 hours ago

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Depends on preferences, If you love straight up first person shooters PS3 , if you like RPG's Xbox, also its tough to choose because there are games that could be amazing but you don't have enough information to justify your anticipation like GOW 3, Heavy rain or Alan Wake

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ry-guy - 524 days 19 hours ago

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Straight up FPS for the PS3?
RPGs on the 360?

Man, you are either dsylexic or smoking something.

360 is the sterotyped FPS console. However the RPGs are going to the 360 right now.

I don't think the PS3 has a genre defined for them. Maybe racing?

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KingME - 524 days 17 hours ago

3.5 - oops

Too biased a statement to even begin to take seriously.

Although, not doubt I think Sony has the exclusives edge, but that is mostly due to 1st party titles. I am curious and don't really no which developer works for who so, can some please post PS3 & 360 exclusives that are 3rd party. I think it would be an interesting angle to view this subject from.

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RedVsBlue - 524 days 20 hours ago

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The thing about "rela exclusives" & original IPs is there are no guarantees they will sell & gain a fan base or become franchises. Most of Sonys "Original IP & Exclusives" have not gotten real good outcomes. They are a gamble. Sure its good to have but success is whats important

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chanto23 - 524 days 20 hours ago

4.1 - agree...

but what about God of War? Ratchet and Clank? SOCOM 1 and 2? Uncharted?
i mean Sony has been successful with their IP's ...they might not sell like Halo but their sure sell a lot...

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AngryHippo - 524 days 20 hours ago

5 - i am a really big 360 fan....

.....but i can see that the PS3 really is starting to hit its stride and it is all about the exclusives this generation, and while Microsoft has made tremendous ground on sony by gathering great titles from them and making them appear on their system too (final fantasy, resident evil, devil may cry etc) Sony really has such a massive first party line up that is truely incredible and will be hard to compete with. It really is good that microsoft are in this generation pushing things forward, makes the games better on all systems. Developers are really starting to push gaming now. Resistance 2 looks fantastic, every time i see it, the scale is just incredible. Gears 2 again looks amazing with the graphical fidelity and textures on characters and environments that are really impressive. Then the recently announced MAG, wtf 256 players online, pretty incredible. Gaming will just keep getting better and better for everyone as long as there is always strong competition that makes the developers want to push the limits of gaming. Sorry for the rant.

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supahbad - 524 days 20 hours ago

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that wasn't a rant it was bubble worthy, veddy nice

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Common Sense - 524 days 19 hours ago

5.2 - I appreciate your thoughtful comment.

Comments like yours are very lacking on N4G. You claim that you're a 360 fan and you acknowledge the strenghts of another console. That's amazing and keep up the good work. We need more people like you.

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AAACE5 - 524 days 10 hours ago

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Spoken like a true gamer... Bubble for you!

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kewlkat007 - 524 days 20 hours ago

6 - This is all subjective...

Seems like everyone is putting on the gloves/training and getting ready for the Thrilla in Manilla this holiday season...

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thePatriot - 524 days 16 hours ago

6.1 - rumble in the silicone

jungle

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PlayStation360 - 524 days 20 hours ago

7 - I know many will disagree with me...

but, I think this will work in Sony's favor. Sony has more 1st party devs, and as such, more exclusives potentially.

Yes, Micro does have deep pockets, however, Micro will not spend all that money only on their gaming division. Micro does have other wars to be fought. What with their Windows/Vista, MSN, Zune, etc. So they can't/won't buy every game for exclusivity. Exclusive DLC is as far as they will go. And with more and more 3rd party game's going multi, it's the 1st party games where it will go down.

My humble opinion of course, please feel free to disagree.

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supahbad - 524 days 20 hours ago

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yeah MS needs to grab up some 1st party studios if they wanna be in the game a few years from now

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kewlkat007 - 524 days 20 hours ago

7.2 - Can't disagree with that...

I just wonder if MS knows it does need to create some games that is synonymous with it's brand name or just new characters and franchises.

Somebody tell them please...

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Kratos Spartan - 524 days 20 hours ago

7.3 - playstation360...

I will disagree. Microsoft will spend any amount of money to try and beat Sony. That is all they want. If someone told them the only way to beat Sony is to spend 20 billion dollars, I do believe they would consider it very highly.

Just my humble opinion of course.

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PlayStation360 - 524 days 11 hours ago

7.4 - Fair enough bro

and I see your point, however, the same can be said about Apple, Yahoo, Google, AOL and all the other companies Micro is up against. So that 20 billion to beat one company ends up being 200 Billion to beat them all. Something Micro can not afford. Sure they can spend all their money beating one company, but they'll lose greatly to the others. Micro is in it to make money, not to spend it all on beating one company just because of hate and loathing.

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AAACE5 - 524 days 10 hours ago

7.5 - To be honest...

People shouldn't really count all their games as potential successes. We have to face the fact that alot of games won't see great sales!

Bulletwitch was a title a few people were looking out for, but hit as a dud. ICO for ps2 was a great game in my opinion, but didn't sell over 50,000 unit's world wide if i'm correct.

Basically what i'm saying is alot of games may be great to you... but to everyone else, they may look like a waste of time!

Prime example... Boom blox is considered to be a good game, but alot of people who own a Wii are scared to buy a new IP. You have a few who will take the gamble, but the majority will stay away!

The same problem is happening with the 360 and PS3 as well!

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HateBoy - 524 days 20 hours ago

8.1 -

Thank you for that interesting comment.

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mistertwoturbo - 524 days 20 hours ago

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"We have seen the results from June’s NPD numbers and how MGS4 helped take the PS3 to another level, real exclusives on the 360 will also do the same for that system."

Finally a non-arrogant point.

I want more real exclusives, 360 or PS3. Just as long as each game tries to push the hardware and push the game and push everything they can push!!!

This multiplatform stuff is getting annoying for both sides.

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ry-guy - 524 days 18 hours ago

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I really wish Microsoft would pick-up more real exclusives as well.

Sony has a ton in the pipe but they seem like an eternity until they will arrive.

We need real exclusives and soon.

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Elven6 - 524 days 17 hours ago

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Wow they get one big exclusive and they thing they are doing things right, how many big exclusives has Microsoft had to date? How many of those have moved consoles?

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GarandShooter - 524 days 14 hours ago

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So if MS already has this in place why is Sony gaining ground?

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Elven6 - 524 days 7 hours ago

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What theirs like a 10 million gap between them, do you really thing 1 damn exclusive will fill that gap? What about Alan Wake, Gears of War 2, Fable 2, everything out of Rare, etc are those multiplatform all of a sudden?

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ParadoxicalAssassin - 524 days 13 hours ago

12 - lol

I want a 4th party exclusive, like Fable 2. Only because i liked Fable 1.

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SmokingMonkey - 524 days 12 hours ago

13 - REAL exclusives

not stuff you can play on the PC
DC online Universe and theAgency are both going to be PC games too, so they shouldn't count as real exclusives.....like
R2 LBP KZ2 inFamous = unmatched 1st party titles

i wonder if MAG will go to PC?

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ONYX737 - 524 days 4 hours ago

14 - I'm sorry but..

every time I see xbox 360 games compared to PS3 games it seems like ps3 has more coming out this fall into next year over all.

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jluth3 - 523 days 22 hours ago

15 - just a thought

when Microsoft first jumped into the games industry the had to buy some developers so they could have exclusive games. Now i now about gears and fable but it seem to me that a lot of effort has been put into bring existing exclusive and or franchises over to the xbox. which is grate because when the developer makes the jump it will be a lot easier to keep them on your platform as mutiplatform developers . Sony had a big head start with exclusives because they dived into the games industry before Microsoft did. and all Microsoft are doing is catching up in a way (FF13). i feel it is now time to for Microsoft to start expanding the 1st party developers. its a rant i no. reply and maybe u will be able to make me understand wat iv just written.

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Silogon - 524 days 22 hours ago

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I agree but what I don't understand is they don't have any and are simply not activly doing anything to get them.

But, when people say he doesn't make sense I don't see what they mean. You can clearly see his point is as followed.

Having a real game exclusive is more important than having DLC for a multiplatform game exclusive. Simple really and if people were more open minded they'd probably be able to see how easily his words are to comprehend, then again Kotaku is one of the 1st sites to run this story originally so being stupid is a prerequisite to the site.

I'd rather have a full on exclusive game like MGS4 and Uncharted, R&C, Resistance, Killzone and so forth and so on than DLC for GTA4 which sucks so bad it's not worth the 30 dollar price tag the DLC is going to carry.

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somelikeithot - 524 days 21 hours ago

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I agree with everything you said

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Thoas - 524 days 20 hours ago

1.2 - @Silogon

I agree, I'm not being sarcastic either. You made a good point.

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Microsoft_Spokesman - 524 days 19 hours ago

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See, Siligon, if you were always like this and weren't anti-PS3 all the time, I wouldn't of had taken a bubble from you.

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Pain - 524 days 16 hours ago

1.4 - Just make it on PS3

Problem solved.

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syanara - 524 days 10 hours ago

1.5 - correct

I mean look at the DLC for GTA IV on 360 who stills plays GTA IV? having full blown exclusives is definitly more important than having DLC exclusive content.

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Carbide7 - 524 days 21 hours ago

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Don't get me wrong,but right now,the ps3 does have a much better line-up,if you're talking about exclusives

EDIT: mind explaining the disagrees? Jeez xbots

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Truplaya - 524 days 20 hours ago

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I havent put a disagree as i can only go from my experience. I have 4 360 exclusives sitting at home (Gears, Halo3, Saints Row, Crackdown) and only 2 for the PS3 (uncharted, MGS4), so i think the 360 has better exclusives out now.

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Kage-Proxy - 524 days 20 hours ago

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What lineup for the PS3 - and we can stick to confirmed exclusives?

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 524 days 19 hours ago

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Genji days of the blade
Heavenly sword
Lair
Haze
Uncharted
MGS4/MGO
Folklore
Resistance fall of man
Godfather:Dons edition (great game)
Warhawk
Ratchet & clank ftod
Super star dust HD
Pixel junk monsters
Echocrome
Fl0w
Pain
Just the one's i could think of right off the bat

+ allllll the multiplatform games.ill never understand why the f*ck people say PS3 has no games.

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Swatjr101 - 524 days 20 hours ago

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Why do you pull out a long list every time something happens just shut up

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Kage-Proxy - 524 days 19 hours ago

3.2 -

Your arse must be raw after pulling this list out of it!

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SONY Insider - 524 days 20 hours ago

4 - It wont be long

before articles like this will be long gone. By next year I can assure you that SONY's massive span of worldwide 1st party developers will be pushing out groundbreaking titles again and again. MGS4, Resistance 2, and KZ2 are only a taste of the new age of gaming that's to begin. It's not often 3rd part developers will make comments such as these, but I recall one major dev stating that by 09 you will be able to look at a screenshot or preview and tell "that is a PS3 game." Rest assured, this is true.

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Kage-Proxy - 524 days 19 hours ago

5 - 360 exclusives

Lists are easy to come by...a lot of other exclusives I did not mention.

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Amped 3
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Beautiful Katamari
Lost Odyssey
Infinite Undiscovery
Blue Dragon
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Ninja Gaiden 2
Crackdown
Dead or Alive 4
Far Cry Insticts
Forza Motorsport
Halo 3
Halo Wars
Perfect Dark Zero
Tales of Vesperia
Too Human
Warhammer Battlemarch

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snoopgg - 524 days 13 hours ago

5.1 - you forgot

Hour of victory, that game rocked!!!!!!!

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Roukuko - 524 days 18 hours ago

6 -

TunakTunakTun straight owning kids ps3 for life

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Dacapn - 524 days 12 hours ago

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Dude, Sony and Nintendo are spending their time and money developing things that can only be found on their consoles, whereas MS is spending their time and money trying to mimic/obtain what's on the other the consoles. It's just becoming the console of choice if you love cheap knockoffs and the color red.

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Fernando8777 - 524 days 5 hours ago

7.2 - ok

can you name 1 game that came from M$ studios???? WHAT NO!!! and M$ dont have any real exclusives all of them come out on PC sooner or later

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XGamer - 524 days 13 hours ago

8 - He say's MS opened their wallet wide, hell no they didn't.

This was strictly a SE desicion and easily puts millions more in there acct. by doing it, but MS didn't pay for it.

There smart in realizing 1+1 isn't as much as 2+2.

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Fernando8777 - 524 days 5 hours ago

8.1 - ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!

THEY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND THEY COULD MAKE FF 7 REMAKE LIVE ON WHAT THEY MADE ON THAT AND NEVER MAKE A NEW GAME...M$ OPENED THEIR CHECK BOOK AND SAID TO SE WRITE A PRICE.....

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DFresh - 524 days 5 hours ago

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I haven't really had a wow moment on a 360 yet.
The only games that promising on the 360 that have delivered is Alan Wake the rest are just rushed and overhyped.
Only 2 exclusives have flopped on the PS3 (Haze and Lair) but out of all the 360 exclusives that have come and gone 80% have failed to live up to the hype or have been ground breaking.
I have nothing against the 360 until I see some amazing games I'll change my opinion about the 360 but until now it just didn't click for me.
The only games to me that were remotely impressive to me on the 360 were the following.
ex.) Gears of War 1 & 2, Bioshock, and Mass Effect
Now the only thing that remains on the 360 catching my appeal is Gears of War.
I don't want to spend money on a console to only get 2 good games.
-Bioshock is coming to the PS3 w/ better graphics, trophies, and exclusive DLC not found on either the 360 or PC. Pretty much confirmed that Bioshock 2 is gonna be multiplatform.
-Mass Effect is coming to the PS3 in 2009 plus it's already rumored that Mass Effect 2 might just be multiplatform.
I now have no more reasons to get a 360 anymore cuz all those games are coming to the PS3 and have been improved.

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Fernando8777 - 524 days 3 hours ago

9.1 - this will be you WOW moment

*WOW I CANT BELIVE I BOUGHT THIS PICE OF CRAP 3 WEEKS LATER RROD

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