X360 vs. PS3: The Truth About Exclusives

SlappingOysters - 347 days ago

I guess Sony's result isn't such a shock, but how important exclusives are to the ultimate sales figures was very interesting. It would seem that take out the fanboys and hardcore and the majority of consumers don't care about what software they can or cannot play

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Nathan Drake - 347 days ago

Just a little bit of rambling;
I think Microsoft are in a very dangerous position as far as console exclusives go;Their two biggest titles are both action oriented and 1 of the two titles is made by an independent developer.

This simply isn't the case with Sony,for years Sony had only 1 first party blockbuster that could pull in astounding numbers,and that game was Gran Turismo.Towards the end of last-gen they realized that they simply relied on 3rd party games too much,and thus were able to establish a completely new franchise,God of War,as another high quality first party title.Last I checked God Of War II had sold over 3 Million copies,a massive success for a game released on the Ps2 while the Ps3 was out.

This gen,Sony have been able to introduce Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet.Uncharted 1 started off slow in sales,but has managed to cross the 1,000,000 copies sold mark mainly due to extremely positive word of mouth.Now whilst the word on sales isn't final on the cute platformer from Media Molecule,the title has sold in excess of 700,000 copies to date-a success for a game that did not receive a multi-million dollar marketing campaign.

So what do Sony have for this gen that's first party and kicks ass?God of War,Gran Turismo,LittleBigPlanet,Unchar ted,and a lot more.Now here's the kicker:Sony's biggest first party titles of last-gen have yet to have their direct sequels released this gen.Gran Turismo 5 is guaranteed 3 Million sales easily,and whilst God of War III does not look 'mature' as some gamers put it,it still has enough action and high quality gameplay to satisfy the hardcore gaming crowd and thus,will still perform exceptionally well at retail.

I feel I should mention the following simply out of analyzing 2009;IF-And this is a very neutral IF-IF Killzone 2 manages to succeed in both sales and gamer/journalist praise,Microsoft will be in a position that only Halo can get them out of.That is,if Killzone 2 manages to become big enough to the point where it's THE must-play game of 2009,nothing Microsoft release this year apart from Halo ODST will be able to counter Guerrilla Games work.

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Sangria - 346 days 23 hours ago

I got it, that's why Microsoft is buying Sony's exclusives, to mess up with those stats ! /conspiracy

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thewho - 346 days 23 hours ago

Come on. Stop giving gameplayer hits. All they do is make rubbish trolling articles one after the other and post them here so they can make money.
If you guys stop taking their bait, they will eventually get the idea and move along. The site is awful.

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Handsome_Devil - 346 days 20 hours ago

I was about to write the same thing but this guy just did it better than me.

", if you are going to do an article downplaying the weight of exclusives on console sales, why are you leaving out your Wii stastistics as an afterthought? 89 million out 101mill software sales being exclusive titles on the Wii does NOT corroborate your conclusion and instead tells me that EXCLUSIVES are console movers. if you want to downplay the 360s exclusives-less 2009 lineup, that is fine. But don't do just conveniently "add" the Wii's stats as an afterthought... especially not when it completely tells a different story. 22% (PS3) and 88% (Wii) are not numbers to scoff at by any means. These numbers show a 180 from what you concluded. In fact based off your own "analysis" calculation... the conclusion should be MORE exclusives = MORE sales. What's the proof? the case of the Wii being THE console leader with THE most exclusives."

and he is 100% right.

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Redlight - 346 days 19 hours ago

because the only games that sell on that system are nintendo games. It is completely different to the market for the 360 and PS3 and has no bearing on this argument.

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Mini Mario - 346 days 4 hours ago

"nintendo should not be considered
because they are talking about the difference between exclusives and multiformat games. Which is relevant only between Ps3 and X360. Even multiformat games that do extend to Wii are generally totally different anyway.

Instead of slapping oysters maybe you should slap your face.

"Which is relevant only between Ps3 and X360"

O really, beause nintnedo doesnt have either multiplat games, or exclusives>>>> ?

Fact is the wii is a HUGE part of this argument. It is selling the most consoles. It has the most exclusives. And then the author says basically that there is no need for exclusives.

Maybe it should of been about how the other 2 need to get more exclusives instead of being a mirror image of each other so they might be able to sell more machines!

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Magic_The_Celt - 346 days 22 hours ago

The truth is in 2008 (confirmed) and in 2009 (expected) PS3 has just had the superior rated exlusives

The better exlusives indeed :)

But 360 had Fable II and Gears of War 2 in 2008, both amazing games.

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maverick1191 - 346 days 15 hours ago

younoob where are you getting that information id like to know

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Nunalho - 346 days 15 hours ago

Now that PS3 exclusives are superior to 360 ones, people come up with the sales argument.

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