Insomniac Proves Exclusives Are Dead

360 Magazine: Sony’s loss is Microsoft’s gain as Insomniac Games finally goes multiplatform. Insomniac has revealed that it’s first major new IP for years will be bucking the trend of Sony exclusivity and making its way to the Xbox 360.

[Why o why]

'Insomniac Proves Exclusives Are Dead'

really?...ok....got it!

EDIT
@Dailynch

'No, it means they are making less and they are becoming less important to the industry as a whole.'

No what it is is that the goalposts have been moved in order to make people now think they are dead. Sorry mate you're fooling nobody. Look at how many articles are popping up about ms's lack of exclusives and shift towards the casuals, couple that with a 7 month gap in a retail exclusive that isnt kinect....Just add 3rd party exclusives to the 'title' and all is fixed.

[Dailynch]

Thanks very much The Beast. I am indeed one and the same :)

[Persistantthug]

You might wanna go back to the drawing board with your article here, sir.

Edit in...
Btw...I'm sure gonna be enjoying my 3rd Party DUST 514 exclusive while you continue to write future misleading articles.

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

There's a gaping hole in your logic.

One instance does not constitute a representative sample.

Insomniac building a multiplat doesn't prove anything except that they want some of the 360 market.

[nycrekid]

Dailynch

Grow a brain before trying to write something. You are making a fool of yourself.

[MysticStrummer]

On the one hand I'd say you shouldn't admit to being the writer of an article with such a ridiculous premise. One the other hand, congrats for getting hits, which I'm sure an article with such a ridiculous premise will do. Lastly, you're wrong. It's delusional articles like this, among many other things, that make me glad I support Sony.

[badz149]

1 multiplat and exclusives are dead? c'mon, no one could be THIS stupid. I think you're just hit whoring with this! I really hope so because if not, I think you're a brain-dead!

[MaxXAttaxX]

They're very much alive with PlayStation and Nintendo systems ;)
And no, they're still pretty important. Stop trying to decrease the value of these games just because you're envious.

In fact- Insomniac themselves are working on 2 PS3 exclusives at the moment and have confirmed that they will continue to support those PS3 exclusives.

You said that your point was that every developer will be multiplatform....
Maybe you guys at 360magazine.co.uk don't know what first-party studios are LOL

Without exclusives, there would be no point on having multiple consoles in the market.

Your argument is dead :)

[fluffydelusions]

So I guess that means Sony 1st parties are no longer making exclusive games /s

[Dailynch]

No, it means they are making less and they are becoming less important to the industry as a whole.

[Godmars290]

And that's why Bungie jumped ship: for fear MS would grind them into irrelevance with endless Halo titles.

[Pixel_Enemy]

"No, it means they are making less and they are becoming less important to the industry as a whole."

LMAO. Wow the delusion is thick up in here! Remember when Uncharted 2 won like 50 game of the year awards two years ago? Well Uncharted 3 says HI! Sony's first party studios are LEADING the industry. Pushing boundaries, raising the bar and advancing their tech.

Just because COD sells the most doesn't mean it is leading the industry. COD is recycling their engine over and over and over. Their engine is stale and they don't care to make a new one because fans are buying it anyway.

[badz149]

"No, it means they are making less and they are becoming less important to the industry as a whole."

so...you mean that they will make less games and make more sandwich instead? have you seen recent and upcoming PS3 exclusives list? I guess not!

[M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L]

"No, it means they are making less and they are becoming less important to the industry as a whole."

You're bloody delusional.

[evrfighter]

loved your article Dailynch

Not sure if you're new here but children will be children. Pay no mind to the rabid fanboys foaming at the mouth.

Good Luck to you and thanks for the great insightful read.

[zag]

If you had read about their up coming game release and it's going to be multi plat a year or 2 ago you'll see they see it as a test of concept not a we are going multi plat forever.

it's not even for the money

[Just_The_Truth]

funny cause they have two more exclusives coming out for ps3 this year. It's a flamebait article period. They do realize it's coming out on the ps3 too right? They get one of game from a third party studio and they go crazy. Also Ps3 owner can say the same about bungie execpt bungie was the only good devs MS had imo. Now if they were making an exclusive that would be news this is just some fanboys wetdream blog.

[Dailynch]

But that's the point. Next-gen, there's a chance almost all games will appear on every console. From a business perspective, for the devs, it makes way more sense to have your game on three consoles and not one. It's important for a game to get the biggest audience possible. Look at CoD, on two systems it sells way more than it would if it were exclusive.

[GamerSciz]

@Dailynch You are forgetting one key factor. Making a multiplat game that doesn't suck on every other platform besides the main one takes time and money. Only AAA games will make a profit for the devs. Otherwise unless the game sells like crazy it takes more money to make it multiplat (more people working on different engines)

[Dee_91]

@Dailynch "there's a chance almost all games will appear on every console. From a business perspective, for the devs, it makes way more sense to have your game on three consoles and not one. "

.. what exactly would be the point of having .. different consoles if they all have the same games ..
like really dude do you think before you type this crap up ?

[jdfoster00]

What about LIMBO ??? LIMBO has just been officially announced by Sony that it will arriving on psn... Does 360 have any exclusives left that are northing to do with disney land or cookie monster?

[Denethor_II]

Dailynch
"Next-gen, there's a chance almost all games will appear on every console."

When you look at all the bells and whistles of each console there's only one choice you can make, and that is what games can I play on it.

[Jdoki]

@Dailynch

What a crock!

You're looking at this from such a narrow point of view.

The argument that launching on 3 platforms gains more sales than launching on one could be true in many cases, but it ignores so many factors.

Sales are not the important thing... Profit is!

If a dev has to put together a bigger team (therefore paying more wages, needing larger premises etc) to launch on 3 platforms they may well sell more, but are they guaranteed a greater profit than having a smaller team work on one platform?

Throw in that many devs will get financial incentives from a console manufacturer to launch an exclusive, and all of a sudden cross platform may not be the best bet (especially for a dev launching a new IP).

If all games were launched on all consoles what would be the point of multiple consoles? Sony and MS and Nintendo may as well throw in the towel and just produce PC's!! A console needs a unique selling point. For some people that may be Kinect or Move or a WiiTablet, but for others the games are the differentiator - so the console manufacturers will ALWAYS needs devs to build exclusives.

And, as a side point, there will ALWAYS be devs that have a vision that may only be capable on a particular console - for instance LBP would never have been doable on the 360 because of Microsoft's approach to user generated content.

[Knuxxx]

While I do agree that exclusives aren't dead, I have to say I think I like the idea of there being NO exclusives. There'd be more focus on hardware and Sony would have to answer for the price on theirs while Microsoft and Nintendo would have to answer for their poor hardware choices(lack or features, faulty hardware, ect)

[BubbleSniper]

Hello,360magazine.co.uk

Resistance 3 says what's up.

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

So do Infamous, Uncharted, Forza, and Gears of War.

Oh! And Mario, Zelda, and Metroid.

[EVO-OM3GA]

" Look at how many articles are popping up about ms's lack of exclusives and shift towards the casuals, couple that with a 7 month gap in a retail exclusive that isnt kinect....Just add 3rd party exclusives to the 'title' and all is fixed. "

Sorry I had to comment about this part of your comment, all those so called articles regarding MS and lack of Exclusives and whatever else, were either Opinion pieces or Articles from no name sites.

Where I agree exclusives are needed, lets face a very sad fact that 3rd party titles have sold the most this gen if we dont count the wii games and also third party titles have been far more innovative than alot of first party games this gen.

Anywho good luck to insomniac, I look forward to seeing your new IP

[Why o why]

'Anywho good luck to insomniac, I look forward to seeing your new IP '....

...is the only thing you said i agree with.
The rest goes without saying. Of course 3rd party games would sell more than exclusives baring a few games but all devs teams dont need to hit those cod type numbers for their game to produce profit or make a sequel or other project viable. You dismiss these opinions of no name sites......Well, what do you think?...do you think ms have enough exclusives or dont they get you excited. If you're the latter then i could see why you'd downplay little sites opinions but to many of us, especially the types that visit gaming sites on a daily basis DO care about exclusives, im NOT a soccer mum or some casual gamer off the street who doesnt know an mmo from an rpg....im IN this industry up to my neck lol so what concerns me is nothing to them. Too many people keep acting like they're closer to the type i mentioned than my type or worst still some kind of accountant or financial beneficiary of games going multi and selling a trillion. We're gamers

Heres a litmus test. Just tell a 360 fan that gears is coming to the ps3 or that mgs 4 is going to the 360 and tell me people dont care when you see the replies...whatever man

There will be less games like yakuza, Valkyrie chronicles and the like, no doubt but that doesnt mean they'll all disappear and i know you didnt imply that either

The 'happy fact' is that most of the GOTY's HAVE been exclusive...that innovation angle you've thrown up is a little silly as there are just that many more 3rd party games than exclusives but there are many more duds too and that would be your opinion which from what you've stated doesnt count for much because you're a no name commenter which has LESS credence than a no name site....right..just kidding but you know what im saying

[TBM]

i'll just say this WHEN THE FIRST PARTY STUDIOS GOES MULTI then exclusives will be officially DEAD.

what i retarded article and to the people who believe this also you're really simple minded people.

[2fk]

yea i know =/....Exclusives identify the console

when i think about 360 i think about gears, halo, etc

and when i think about ps3 uncharted, resistance, god of war, heavy rain, killzone, etc. come to mind

guys we need exclusives....what would be the point of buying both ps3 and 360 if there are no exclusives.

[the_best_player]

Insomniac Proves Exclusives Are Dead For 360 (FIXED)

[Whackedorange]

Forza and Halo franchise says HI

[skrug]

Bungie Proves Exclusive Are Dead For 360 (FIXED)

[Redgehammer]

I thought all it proves is that a company has the right to try and make money, and its easier to do that if you sell your "wares" in more than one place. I personally don't care about exclusives, I would rather as many people as possible play an awesome game, and the developers make as much money as possible. That is just me though, I know some people associate worth with exclusivity of titles, I just don't relate to that mindset. However, I am looking forward to checking out Insomniac's game though.

[zinkabass]

Since third party games are mostly multiplats, the things that are most relevant in terms of product differentiation: are exclusive IPs, first party developers and product price point.

Exclusives today matter a lot more, when deciding which system to get in a way,.. from a consumer standpoint,..

And give me back my bubbles you easily offended 360 bastards,..

Playstation !!!

[Redgehammer]

Maybe if you did not go out of your way to be offensive you might have bubbles. Your apparent desire to troll 360 articles caught up with you. We should be able to act civil toward one another; regardless, of console affiliation. You do not act that way, so you only have yourself to blame for lack of bubbles.

[madpuppy]

If there were no more exclusives then choosing a console would be easy, which has the lowest TCO and that is definitely NOT any console made by MS.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

I guess this is the new trend for 360 focused sites. All they do now is report about what Sony is doing or trying to make them look bad before they worry about Kinect.

[Redgehammer]

Is one site a trend? I prefer my journalism to be slightly less subjective (and with less subject-verb agreement errors), and will not support an Xbox 360 site that slings mud to get hits. I would be surprised if anyone disliked Sony more than I do, but I will never take that out on fans, or users of its products. I respect the PS3 due to its technology, and recognize that it is a worthy machine. I just wish we all got along as disciples of video games; regardless of our gaming preference.

[Christopher]

So don't get the premise for this article.

Insomniac makes both multiplatform and Sony exclusive games... therefore exclusives are dead?

[marinelife9]

360 owners can only hope that they are dead. They are missing out on some great games.

[Redgehammer]

That is subject to opinion. I would love to play the campaing of UC, but that would mean I had to own a Sony product, and that I just will not do. If Sony has great exclusives, then that is fantastic for its users. I am happy with the content, and services that my console of choice provides, and do not feel like I am missing out on anything.

[Aarix]

ALL Single Console Owner is Missing Out on Great Games

[Parapraxis]

You are missing out Redgehammer.
Your loss, and I laugh at it.

[mastiffchild]

@redgehammer-you'd "never" buy a Sony product even though you're dyuing tolay some of their games and yet you think you're not missing out? I'm puzzled in so many ways about that.

[Jaces]

Wait what? We lost something? Oh, they just went multiplat? Ok no biggie.

[hiredhelp]

if there wasnt exclusives, why the need for more than 1 console as we be playing the same game?

[the_kutaragi_baka]

lol,Sony there's ton more exclusive goodness planned...

[nycrekid]

This article proves that good gaming journalism is dead.

[Narutone66]

The same way that MS is saying console with high percentage of defect is ok.

[subtenko]

More M$ 1st party devs have either completely jumped ship or switch to multiplatform than Sony. and only Insomniac has went multiplat from sony. we shouldnt count the metal gear franchise since that was on nintendo

Either way sony still owns. The xbox360 guy who wrote this article probably doesnt know he's saying sony has an edge over M$ and he's not supposed to do that, it'll blow his cover! but he said it himself! LOL

[showtimefolks]

now exclusives are dead.

just move along people nothing to see but a troll article

Why o why

you are so right with everything you said

[JsonHenry]

I guess they finally wanted a piece of the larger market.

[Legion]

First off the move of Insomniac to go multiplatform in no way ends exclusive developement. If that was the case then we should have been talking this talk when Mass Effect went multiplatform.

Secondly, even if exclusives were found to be rare then it doesn't mean the death of either console. We have many different PC manufacturers, we have different DVD companies and they don't have exclusive films. I am sure that the console market could survive if games were created without exclusivity. Console companies would just need to make sure their extra features made their system worth the price. (i.e. Sony Bluray and PSN, MS Xbox Live and Marketplace)

Lastly... is anyone really caring about Insomniac going multiplayer? I for one am not looking forward to their games coming to Xbox 360. Not even on my Radar.

[joab777]

This article proved nothing. Like bungie, insomniac wants to make a great online experience for both systems. In this year of all years, u cannot declare exclusives dead, and they will exist as lomg as console owners want them to. They will simply pay to have games made for their system. I do believe though that the age of exclusivity being the major difference between consoles is coming to an end. Consoles will begin to be more original offering different experiences, probably increasing exclusive output. Harscore gamers will b kept happy but differences will become more and more apparent. For example, if u buy battlefield 4 on the ps4, u will get an mobile version for vita.

[evilunklebud]

Exclusives are moot... just own all the platforms!

[M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L]

Exclusives show off the power of the console. if there's no exclusives, then the console doesn't stand out.

Sorry, that's the way it is.

[DeadlyFire]

OMG Really? facepalm. One game which was said to be mulitplatform from the start and exclusives die? Hmm... Interesting, but I still see them on the horizon. What is this Resistance 3 on PS3? Very strange. I thought they were dead!

[SonyPS360]

Someone's bitter.

[Godmars290]

With a game we've yet to really see, much less play or get sale numbers on.

[palaeomerus]

Like Agent? LOL.

[subtenko]

Like GTA? LOL

[Nitrowolf2]

There are swarm of first part exclusive that say other wise and along with a few good third parties. Title should add Third Party.

[Zir0]

Insomniac Proves Sony 3rd Party Exclusives Are Dead

FIXED

@Fobia
Those would be 1st and 2nd party exclusives :)

Any remaining Sony 3rd party exclusives (games not published by Sony) will be making the jump to 360 in the coming months.

[Fobia]

....Dust 514, Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, Sucker Punch's new IP, Quantic Theory's new game, Last Guardian, ModNation Racers, LittleBigPlanet, StarHawk...3rd Part Exclusives are dead? Then what are all those games?

[Nitrowolf2]

Uncharted Is first Party,
LBP is also from first party but thats because Sony bought them afterward.
Last Gaurdian is also First Party

But the rest are pretty much 2nd party until they release a multiplat or finish their Sony Contract

[CGI-Quality]

Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, ModNation Racers, StarHawk, The Last Guardian, & LittleBIGPlanet are all Sony owned IPs (and Sony owns Naughty Dog, Media Molecule, & Team ICO).

Regardless, no Insomniac does NOT prove exclusives are dead and misleading articles like these are becoming far too plentiful on the site. Sony & Nintendo will always have a HUGE 1st/2nd party dev catalog and next gen won't change any of that.

To conclude, Uncharted, Killzone, inFAMOUS, & Resistance will NEVER be on an Xbox, just as Halo, Forza, Fable, & PGR will NEVER be on a PlayStation.

[jdfoster00]

You forgot about Sony santa monica studios new IP and Guerilla Games new IP...

[Why o why]

i knew there'd be a day i'd agree with ya Zir0, i just knew it;)

Sony also stated something along those lines too a long time ago. Its why they put more effort into creating games and acquiring dev studios to create more exclusives.

@ Dailynch

...i cant find your Bungie prove exclusives are dead article..Its not even debatable whos loss was greater. Losing 2 from ten isnt as bad as losing 1 from 3 if you know what i mean mate

[CGI-Quality]

Thus proving this article shouldn't be taken seriously with an obviously biased agenda behind it.

[Fobia]

Ah true. Still...I will gladly take my free copy of BioShock when I buy BioShock Infinite.

[Redempteur]

yeah ..... actually NO.

i do think that some kind of game will stay exclusive to some platforms ..

Some studios just can't multiplatform on their first try ...

and some genres just aren't for the 360

[BubbleSniper]

hey, Zir0, where is the Xbox 360 version of Dust514?

[jimmins]

I'm trolling this comment.

[Biglet]

This is trolling: your trolling sucks.

[GodHandDee]

correction

Insomniac proves 3rd party exclusives are dead...period (more like died down rather than dead really)

it's not just sony ya know, latest example, Limbo (at least the rumored one) one of the most known one in recent years, MAss Effect

and this is EXACTLY why sony is increasing their first party strength

[Fobia]

Insomniac doesn't prove anything by making the multiplatform game besides making more money. There will still be Insomniac exclusive games on the PS3. They now have two development houses; one is working on Resistance 3 while the other is working on the Overstrike. I highly doubt that Sony will not receive any more exclusives from Insomniac with their 17 years of history. Will Insomniac also make multiplatform games? I am sure they will; but we also still have Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One this year.

[dinkeldinkse]

Insomniac has three development houses.

[Optical_Matrix]

So Disgaea 4, Atelier Totori, Uncharted 3, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Tales of Xillia are coming out on 360?

Gears of War 3 and Forza 4 are coming out on PS3?

Give it a rest.

[koehler83]

I'm pretty sure the 'gain' is Insomniac's.

[redDevil87]

Lol, this is from a 360 website. What a surprise.

Add "third party exclusivity" to your title.

[maniacmayhem]

Doesn't prove anything it just proves a lot of 3rd party developers are going multi.

No doubt for the future you will see less and less 3rd party games for one console. Console production and development is just to high.

[X-Zone]

360 Magazine mad because they have 2 exclusives worthy any note, Halo & Gears, yeah exclusives are dead... for the 360! LOL

[SweatyFlorida]

I lol'ed at the "for the 360" part xD

[Raoh]

deals with insomniac and epic are partnerships for some games or for some time period..

first party studios are owned by their parent company.. i doubt you will see sony's first party or nintendo's first party games on 360.. sorry..

Exclusives are alive and well. what the author needs to do is reword the article to state that third party exclusives are dead, that I can agree with.

or can we expect an announcement that halo 4 will also come to wii u and ps3?

[PirateThom]

Bungie proves exclusives are dead

Microsoft's loss is Sony’s gain as Bungie finally goes multiplatform. Bungie has revealed that it’s first major new IP for years will be bucking the trend of Microsoft exclusivity and making its way to the PS3.

[PR_FROM_OHIO]

Takes 1 look at the website ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ser]

Yeah, because that site won't have a shred of bias, right? lol

[PS3Freak]

Ratchet and clank and Resistance say Hi. You know, the exclusive series being made by this company.

[gameseveryday]

Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank All 4 One....Hmmm surely Insomniac Proved Exclusives Are Dead.

:| X 10000000

[Pintheshadows]

It's a more of a shame that opinion piece articles are not dead.

Plus exclusives won't ever go away. Ever. Do you understand that Dailynch. I'm guessing from reading your article you really don't.

If in 2 gens a console is doing poorly and not making devs money then they will begin to develop for the one console that is doing well. Neither of us can see the future but the goalposts could shift heavily at a moments notice.

Just to clarify, they might drop in numbers but they will never die.

To add, devs are taking the chance while it is there. 2 consoles that are performing well money wise. They would be silly to NOT put their product on both. But be aware that this is unlikely to always be the case and I think smart developers realise this. There is an economic term for it. And that's what this is about. MONEY not games or silly little console wars.

I've dressed my PS3 and new 360 up as gladiators and they will do battle. Oh wait, they are inanimate.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Disagree. There will always be incentives to make a game exclusive. The number 1 incentive is that it's exclusive. Exclusive games always spark more interest than multiplats. And focusing on one console allows for a more optimized game. Not only that but developing exclusive games are more cost effective because it saves time (and time is money). Also, developing games exclusively qualifies you for discounts for whatever console you develop for. that's right, the big 3 actually will help with developing costs if you make them exclusive games. Including marketing.

So developing exclusively allows you to make a better game for less money that will spark interest in gamers simply because it's exclusive.

[maniacmayhem]

Most of all your points are not true. Development of an exclusive game can be just as expensive as developing for a multiplatform one. And not all exclusives get backed by the company it's being made for. also not all 3rd party games get the exposure or media attention they deserve.

The reason 3rd parties are going multi is because of money. More return if you have your game on more than one system. Again development costs are way too high nowadays to be on one system.

And it's really not that hard to port a game over to another system. especially ps3 to 360 or vice/versa.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

"Development of an exclusive game can be just as expensive as developing for a multiplatform one."

Yea if we're talking Gt5, Kz3, and Uncharted 3 quality games. But how many of those do you see coming from 3rd party?

"And not all exclusives get backed by the company it's being made for."

The only reason the big three company's would not back an exclusive is if it were timed exclusive.

"The reason 3rd parties are going multi is because of money. More return if you have your game on more than one system."

Obviously.But if your game is good it will sell. And exclusives do tend to be better games.

"Again development costs are way too high nowadays to be on one system."

Not really. The incentives you would get from exclusive development would even out with the added income from multiplat development. The only real difference is that you'd have made a better game from only having to focus on one system.

[maniacmayhem]

"Yea if we're talking Gt5, Kz3, and Uncharted 3 quality games. But how many of those do you see coming from 3rd party?"

What do you mean, we see it in all 3rd party AAA games. Castlevania, Bioshock, Mass Effect, etc. etc. etc. The quality is alway there.

"The only reason the big three company's would not back an exclusive is if it were timed exclusive."

Let me ask you if the big three backed 3rd parties as much as you say how come more third parties are not making exclusives. 3rd parties must use their own money for marketing, ads and any type of promotion. Not saying the big three never help but it's not the type of funds that a true 1st party dev would get.
"Obviously.But if your game is good it will sell. And exclusives do tend to be better games"

Not all exclusives sell better. And if your game is good it will sell, you are correct. That proves with any game not just exclusives.

"Not really. The incentives you would get from exclusive development would even out with the added income from multiplat development. The only real difference is that you'd have made a better game from only having to focus on one system."

That statement really doesn't make sense. What evens out? There's no big technical leap when you port from one system to another. You can still focus on the game and still port to the two systems.

[telekineticmantis]

makes the rules. Not even conventional wisdom is allowed anymore

[gravemaker]

Uncharted Proves Exclusives Are Not Dead

what the point of this shitty article?

[Biglet]

What's the point of this shitty comment?

[gravemaker]

idk whats the point in your comment

[redDevil87]

It's better then your shitty comment.

[blackburn10]

Ummmmm.. okay. I am still looking foward to my exclusives. Why is it that Insomniac's jump to the 360 prove that exclusives are dead? We have ME now and just about every third party game Microsoft has, how come that didn't spell the death of exclusives? What about Nintendo. Does that spell their doom too because of the exclusives that define them? Figures a 360 site would see Insomniac's jump to multiplat as the doom of ALL exclusives. Microsoft has almost none left so we jump to the conclusion that it no longer matters while Nintendo and Sony fans still anticipate the exclusives we still have coming for us.Typical fox and the grapes 'We don't have them but we don't need them'.

[SweatyFlorida]

Well said. Exclusives are only dead if you just own a 360 :p

[supremacy]

I agreed.

[Loko23]

what about bungie?

[2v1]

they dead but but i just seen 1 walking around mi ps3

[Roper316]

The only 1 of the 3 with a bleak future for exclusives is MS and it is their own fault. Instead of wasting money on timed map packs they should have been investing in studios.

[YodaCracker]

And that one is far outselling the other two in worldwide sales in 2011. Gamers clearly don't care about these imaginary exclusive lists. They buy the console to play games, be they exclusive, multiplatform, Aracade, Kinect, indie... who the hell cares?

[kikizoo]

Who cares ? gamers ! they want quality, creativity, and not only timed map packs for popular games, or other stupid gimmicks who cost Xmillions more in marketing than devellpment..but you can't understand that, since you are not a gamer (a xfanboy can't be a real gamer)

"And the only AAA exclusives the PS3 gets are God of War, Uncharted, and LittleBigPlanet. The rest score well out of AAA range"

lol, poor delusional xbot (kz, mgs4, gt5, infamous, etc say hi...and don't forget that a 8 for ps3 = a 9/10 for xbox)

[supremacy]

And when a game like "metal gear solid 4" boosts the sales of a 400/500 dollar console http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

A game like halo reach outsells bullet storm, enslave, metal of honer combined
http://www.reuters.com/arti...

or when a new zelda or mario game takes the top spot and moves handhelds and console units

or when a game like grandturismo 5 gets poor scores and still manages to sell close to or pas 6 million units in such a short period of time time with little to no marketing.. http://www.onlineracedriver...

That proves what?

That's what i thought.

[buckley]

Big surprise, source is a 360-centric site.

Just because you're bitter that MS let so many of its AAA exclusives get away doesn't mean that no one has exclusives anymore.

[omi25p]

i find it funny that people keep saying there are no xbox exclusives and yet: Gears 3, forza 4, halo 4, ryse, halo combat evolved anniversary, star wars kinect, fable the journey, rise of nightmares and tons of exclusive arcade games.

[buckley]

I didn't say "no xbox exclusives," I said they let so many AAA ones get away. Gears, Halo, and Forza are what the 360 hangs it hat on now.

LOL @ star wars kinect even bothering to be in the conversation

[Philoctetes]

LOL @ including kinect titles in that list. Have fun with those.

[YodaCracker]

@buckley

And the only AAA exclusives the PS3 gets are God of War, Uncharted, and LittleBigPlanet. The rest score well out of AAA range. And what are all these "so many AAA" games Microsoft supposedly let get away? I'd love to hear them! And let's not hear games that were already on the PC as well and were never really exclusive to the Xbox 360.

[omi25p]

so because you dont like star wars kinect it doesnt count as an exclusive. So by that logic any ps3 exclusive that i dont like doesnt count and i only like uncharted and infamous.

@Buckley. Ooh i see this is a triple AAA game conversation. I thought we were talking about exclusives in general. I see now that only exclusives that have tons of money chucked at them actually count.

Also star wars kinect isnt an on the rails game.

[buckley]

Being a fan of the game has nothing to with it. I'm choosing not to include a casual, on-rails, motion-controlled game as a AAA exclusive.

Or does the notion of "AAA" exclusives confuse you?

[Ser]

That looked pretty on-rails to me.

The only thing that moved most of the time was the character's torso. Being able to move forward doesn't mean that the game isn't on-rails.

[buckley]

Yeah exclusive games that don't sell and no one plays are not what we're discussing here. Exclusive games that DO sell and that lots of people play are what we define as "system sellers," so yes those would be the important ones to the companies and to the industry.

If the only exclusives left were the ones that didn't sell or that no one played, then the title of this article would be correct, and exclusives would be dead. But the only people who seem to be arguing that exclusives don't matter are 360 fanboys, because so many of the ones that DID sell well and that everyone played were lost, with the exception of Gears, Halo, and Forza.

And how would you justify Star Wars Kinect not being on-rails?

[Silly gameAr]

You mean Resistance is going to the Box? R&C are going to be played with a 360 controller instead of a dualshock? Cool. Enjoy XBox friends! I can't wait to play Halo on the PS3 since Bungie is going multiplat! :)

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. These 360 mags are coming up with some seriously lame topics lately.

[zerocrossing]

I couldn't imagine seeing Zelda on the 360 or Halo on the PS3 tbh.

[Der_Kommandant]

Naught Dog
Sucker Punch
Eat Sleep Play
Santa Monica
Liverpool Studios
Polyphony Digital
Media Molecule
Guerrilla Games
Evolution Studios
Team ICO
LightBox Interactive
etc etc

Say Hi...

[BeastlyRig]

Yeah but you never know what will happen if they want to break away!

Look at KZ3! Horrible sales for a so much money spent to make the game!

This why console exclusives will die..

Uncharted 3 will sell like 4 million but there are like 50Milllion Plus ps3 owners!

In the future when more money is needed things might change!

And to just add exclusives don't mean Sh!t! Doesn't mean that it's a good game.. Duke Nukem could have been a ps3 or 360 exclusive so what..

KZ3 is no where close to what Dice is making..

[supremacy]

Well if they break away what? Sony pretty much own most of those studios to the last cent and the ips they make which after all Sony pays for?

Nah..i don't think so.

[buttclown]

Yeah, and Activision owns Infinity Ward and it's not stopping West and Zampela from making a new IP. I'm just stating that the people in whatever studio can move on and make new games if they so choose.

[madjedi]

@buttclown yeah but activision treated iw devs like shit, i have yet hear any dev state that sony treats the devs badly.

@beastly

"Uncharted 3 will sell like 4 million but there are like 50Milllion Plus ps3 owners!" Yeah so where is the problem, so it didn't sell 50 million copies, use your brain and think realistically not every game will be a 10 million+ seller.

"ok at KZ3! Horrible sales for a so much money spent to make the game! " Yet they clearly made enough money to start a brand new ip. So let me guess 1 & a half - 2 million sold is horrible.

So why are you so concerned for sony 1st party studios finances.

[Thoreau]

kz3-1.6 millions in sales, your whole post translates into a 360 lover whom does not have access to uc3, kz3 or any sony centric game.

lose the hate.

[leahcim]

dont think so

exlusives are not dead.. exclusives are the reason why ps3 surpass xbox sales worldwide year to date (VGCHARTZ)

Leaving the fanboy war aside, this is a great reason to both companies (microsoft & sony, especially the last one)to keep encouraging exclusives
IMAO

[nolifeking]

I guess their proving it by making an exclusive. Sly devils, the lot of them.

[Killman]

Crappy website alert. Initiating downrate.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

You see stupid articles like this is tarnishing my reputation of only owning am Xbox and being a fan of my respective console (Not a fanboy) I mean come on a developer goes multiplat, and this guy gets all excited and says "insomniac Proves Exclusives Are Dead."

Tryin ta make it sound like every Xbox owner is on his side. Nope, Though I like Exclusives I will always enjoy 3rd party games. I'll be playing Sky Rim Cod/BF games, Saints, Row Rage etc. And Enjoy just as much as my fellow PlayStation counterpart.

[killerhog]

i didnt even bother reading this article after, "Sony’s loss is Microsoft’s gain as Insomniac Games finally goes multiplatform.". Insomniac was never owned by Sony and CHOSE themselves to make games exclusively for Sony consoles.

i hope this same moron makes an article called, "MS lost is Sony gain as Bunjie finally goes multiplatform", not like it'll hurt MS xbox 360 websites credibility as they have been reporting on a lot of ps3 ONLY games/news lately

[Ness-Psi]

I agree 3rd party exclusives will become more rare, but when you look at the wealth of first party stuff out of Nintendo and Sony the 360 looks a little barren of late. I'm sure when they purchased RARE they thought they were getting the console saviours from the N64 and not the lacklustre developers they have been so far.

but also there are a ton of excellent third party games out there, so if your a gamer it wont really matter.

[killerhog]

for me, i stopped supporting 3rd party games that shaft one side for another or keep things "equal". the ps3 can hold more content, yet we have to suffer with buying dlc or waiting for patches because of another unnamed console. The ps3 graphically can render better imagery and graphics yet developers (3rd party) want to keep it equal (console equality BS that was started this gen). this is why i love first party companies, they take full advantage of their respectful console power. but dont get it twisted I DO buy 3rd party games if i feel they did the best they could for the ps3 or 360

[Ness-Psi]

The thing for me is that we all seem to be buying games based on if it runs better or graphically better and not for the enjoyment or excitement of it.
Which is a shame really, I'm guilty of it in the past. but now I don't really care about who makes it and just go on if I really want to play it and takes my fancy.
first party games are excellent and push the boundaries of their respected consoles but we shouldn't get bound by one console or company, like Bruce Lee said " like a finger pointing to the stars" "but don't concentrate on the one finger or you'll miss all that heavenly glory" or something like that but I think the point stands in this case.

[killerhog]

I'm paying 60$ for blu-ray games that can hold 25-50gb of space why would I want 30-40$ 9gb DVD of space/quality content? I'm not missing or being stubborn I'm being a smart consumer. I'm not going to support a company that gives me second class quality. It's estimated that 3rd party companies only use like 30% of the blu-ray disk. I still buy 3rd party games if I feel the developer sincerely tried or gave it it's all or it appeals to me

[Ness-Psi]

you get a good game regardless if you have a DVD or blu-ray, to by a game just because it use a certain amount of disc space...well thats a new one on me??

[InTheLab]

Funny. The title really has little to do with the actual article.

The author gives no evidence to back up his claim of Insomniac being proof that exclusives are dead.

It's also funny that the PS3 has 2 different games due later this year from Insomniac despite the fact that they are now a multiplatform studio.

Meanwhile, Xcom, Mass Effect, Metro....The 360 is bleeding exlcusives while the PS3 has only lost it's sequel to Demon's Souls...unless you count a few HD remasters.

[T3MPL3TON]

"PS3 has only lost it's sequel to Demon's Souls."

Stop being such an ignorant fanboy, everybody knows La Noir was supposed to be an exclusive as is Agent, however it's been said multiple times now that the status of Agent still being a PS3 exclusive is doubted. The head of Sony couldn't even say if it was or not. If he can't then surely it isn't.

[InTheLab]

You got me there. I'll remove the speculation and stick to titles that were actual exclusives and not undergoing negotiations.

It was speculated that Xcom would be 360 exclusive just like LA Noire...and apparently, Agent.

Can't say the same for Mass Effect or Metro.

[Deadman_Senji]

Dark Souls isn't the sequel to Demon's Souls there, bud

[InTheLab]

Never said it was. Instead of a sequel to Demon's Souls, From has moved on to Dark Souls, which is multiplatform.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Why is it always the 360 based websites claiming exclusives are dead lol.

[coryok]

stupid... lol since insomniac had said they would be multiplatform sony has gained two more developers that will be working on their own new ips that will be ps3 exclusive.

microsoft has gained a few developers also, disney (though they wont be an exclusive developer, its just one game) is working on a disney game and theres also another developer making a game where you pick your favorite vegetable/fruit and you race against an apposing vegetable/fruit lol

theyre just picking up different kinds of exclusives

[MasterCornholio]

Exclusives will never die as long as the console maker produces games.

Pure Truth Deal with It.

[T3MPL3TON]

Exclusives are on the decline this much is very true. They'll never end completely, it's just we'll see fewer and fewer of them. That's not a bad thing thou. I'm happy PS3 gamers got to play Mass Effect 2.. it's a shame Microsoft held onto the first game, I'd have loved to play it again with upgraded graphics and what have you on the PS3.

Epic has already said they could do Gears on the PS3 easy, they just like the contract they have with Microsoft. The same was said by Sucker Punch. Insomniac said a long time ago they were interested in the 360 and wanted to explore it. They have now. Bungie which is still the largest part of the back bone for Microsoft/Xbox has gone and decided to make a multi-plat game. That doesn't mean Bungie will never make a 360 exclusive ever again and it doesn't mean they'll never make a PS3 exclusive. Time will only tell when it comes to that.

[BrianC6234]

Sony still has a lot of exclusives that will never be multiplatform. Microsoft has let most of theirs leave. I don't understand them doing that. We won't see Sony do it. They have more great exclusives than Nintendo even.

[kamakaz3md]

its all about the benjamins

[Bumpmapping]

That's why there still making Ratchet and Resistance for the PS3? BTW I understand why you wrote this article Bungie leaving and all lmao.

[NBT91]

There is not really that much butthurt in this article, aside from maybe the title. Really it is just informing 360 fans about Insomniac, and what players can expect in this new IP.

It is very ironic though, I will give it that. Because these people will still be wetting their master chief pyjama bottoms when Halo 4 comes out.

[Enigma_2099]

Isn't this just a thinly masked "nyah nyah we get Insomniac games too..." article?

I'm getting old. I just don't care anymore.

[TheBatman_Fanatic]

Insomniac is still making exclusives for PS3........

[CrzyFooL]

Meh.

[CharlesDCI]

So the author is pretty much saying that Sony should stop making games for their own console and make them for their competition.

Makes sense /s

[joeyisback]

next title needs to be bungie proves exclusives are dead bungie jumps ship from microsoft to make games on the ps3 system

[artsaber]

Which is why they may never completely go away. I think devs will make their exclusives + multiplats. Imagine if we all could buy ONE console and could buy any game on that system. As long as the multiple hardware systems are within reasonable same specs, the only company who would benefit is the one who rushes their console to market 1st. Unless they were completely sold out everywhere, there would be no need for an alternate console.

This would be the beginning of the end of quality gaming, as the leading/most popular company would never have to innovate or improve gaming. Developers would have almost zero incentive to produce quality titles due to a lack of competition, whereas all they'd have to worry about is spreading out their release dates far enough from pre-established big titles like Halo, Killzone, Modern Warfare, Gears, etc. and they'd sell decent if there is nothing new coming out that month.

[FGHFGHFGH]

This would be the beginning of the end of quality gaming, as the leading/most popular company would never have to innovate or improve gaming. Developers would have almost zero incentive to produce quality titles due to a lack of competition, whereas all they'd have to worry about is spreading out their release dates far enough from pre-established big titles like Halo, Forza, Modern Warfare, Gears, etc. and they'd sell decent if there is nothing new coming out that month.

Doesn't xbox already do this?

[_LarZen_]

LOL

[NBT91]

Can anyone else smell that? It stinks of irony!
How are they proving it by making an exclusive Ratchet game?

" You can usually add stunning locations and scenery to that list too, and currently, Overstrike’s lovely CGI trailer" Well yeah it is going to look great in a HD CGI trailer, but lets just wait and see if that statement remains true when gameplay emerges. Their Sony exclusives have always looked great, so if this looks anything less than that, then it proves that exclusives are not going anywhere any time soon.

[birdy966]

Really? Naughty Dog disagrees...

[OllieBoy]

Exclusives are alive and plentiful on PS3.

Try harder, 360 magazine.

[Simco876]

Uncharted 3 begs to differ

[sickbird]

its a 360 website making excuses for MS.

[NotSoSilentBob]

Why am I not surprised at the title when I saw xbox360xxxx.com as the source....

[KillerPwned]

Ok now i really want the 5-10 minutes back of my life i wasted reading this crap article.

[Deadman_Senji]

Me thinks the writer of this terrible article is fed up with his sour grapes.

MS Fanboy: EXCLUSIVES DONT MATTER, WE NEVER CARED ABOUT EXCLUSIVES

*later that night in the bedroom*

MS Fanboy in tears: WHY WON'T YOU GIVE US EXCLUSIVES BAWWW

*Kaz taps on MS Fanboy's window and holds up a simple sign that reads "Just buy a PS3 already"*

[Soldierone]

Exclusives are NOT dead. Third party exclusives SHOULD die and are heading that way, but first and second parties will never go away. A company needs to give reason on why to buy their console and not the other. You want Killzone or you want Halo? You want the 7+studios Sony has or you want the studios MS has?

Insomniac themselves isn't even a good standing ground. They still have two exclusive franchises and plan to do more. Only one game went multi-plat.

[dragonyght]

dummy guide how to get hits. its simple really?
just follow the one golden rule:

"shit on anything sony related than submit on n4g its a guaranty 1000° in 3 hours"

on serious note its a typo i think the author was think third parties exclusive. *read the article* ah....( ") yep total fail

[Mighty Boom]

Every system needs an exclusive.

[Treyb3yond]

Haha I'm shocked the person who wrote this article can even spell.

What a fool.

[shammgod]

Hmm

*goes back to playing Infamous 2, akaPS3 exclusive*

[leogets]

insomniac are wank n e way.

[Run_bare]

Have to disagree, exclusives still going strong and should be celebrated.

[TheOtherTheoG]

Overstrike? We've known that it was gonna be multiplat since it was first announced, this isn't news.

[P_Bomb]

Article's bait line is nonsensical. Sony's loss? Lynch's posterchild (Insomniac) has TWO EXCLUSIVES for the PS3 set to release later this year that he fails to mention. Ratchet & Clank: All4One and Resistance 3. If anything, this article proves that research is dead. C-ya in September.

[StarWolf]

insomniac hasnt even made a good title since R:FOM and before that, it was the R&C days on PS2. Nowadays they are just making one after another that cuts off 7 hours into the game with a cliffhanger with NO online unlike 'Up Your Arsenal' very underrated mp. They are not making much money and think if they make a multiplatform shooter, theyll pull a COD paycheck. Little do they know that many people dont play unique shooters, they like generic military shooters.

[Achemki]

Funny how this pops up the same day the 360 loses Limbo as an exclusive http://www.thatvideogameblo... . Damage control by misdirection much, lol? Who lost what now?

[lh_swe]

Then why are they doing another Resistance? I can understand the logic, but console giants are always, and I mean always want that little extra to push their console up and over the competition and exclusive's are still one of the top ways to do that, sorry but thats the truth.

[cheetah]

Exclusives have been dead on the 360 for quite some time.

[danielle007]

Exclusives aren't dead, but they certainly aren't as huge as they once were, since most 3rd party developers are avoiding actual exclusivity. A few do it when M$ throws enough buckets of cash their way, but it's mostly first party developers delivering exclusives. I guess as a 360 only gamer, a person could be blinded by M$ not having / not needing that many exclusives and still surviving. As for Sony & Nintendo, most if not all of the very best games on their systems are exclusive games, first party made. So no, the exclusive is not dead, but the third party exclusive is on its way out.

[TheKayle]

sorry i correct...microsoft without exclusives make more money than ps3 :)

[fourthpersonview]

Moar liek Insomaniac is proving their dead. amiright?

[Silly gameAr]

No, you're not.

[TheKayle]

for sure....exclusives going do die........

[TwistedMetal]

you think people bought a wii for the multiplats? I dont think so people buy the nintendo console for the exclusives.

If all there were was multiplat then we would have just a bunch of generic games not doing much for gaming. theres only a few multi plat devs that are good and if people who made exclusives make multiplats then they would be takeing a piece of the pie from mutliplat devs and there quality of there game would drop depending on the devs.

[zerocrossing]

How is this article still going?

[remanutd55]

arent Insomniac Games about to release 2 playstation 3 exclusives? who knows perhaps they one day will develop another playstation or a new Xbox exclusive game , Exclusive games still matters of course and no they are not dead

[Ascalon94]

Exclusives are needed, It keeps the competition up and allows for certain developers to push the consoles they make games for to the limit.

[ndl1531]

yea i agree exclusives are dead on 360 but they are alive and well on ps3 . what a stupid article

[sigchi222]

P-U-D-T-O-O-L. All of the exclusives belong to Sony, notwithstanding Epic and Bungie, which are not Nintendo/MS owned. See the writing on the wall yet?

[ILikeTurtles]

"insomniac proves exclusives are dead"

By releasing 2 exclusive games the same year?

[K1LLSburyPWNboy]

Exclusives are alive and well with Microsoft but there aren't as many. Microsoft is playing it safe with Gears, Halo, Forza, and Fable. I cant stand Fable but the sales for these games are great so microsoft is doing well but they do need to expand and take some risks on new IPs to keeps it's consumer base happy. I remember Mech Assualt and Crimsnon Skies on the old XBOX. As for multi-platform games ut most games play better on the 360 and the sales usually reflect that. Look at the sales of Call of Duty and the preorders for upcoming games on the 360 blows the PS3 away.

[nchizimbi]

Multiplatform is the way to go in this day and age. Insominiac Games, Kojima Productions, Bungie Studios etc have terminated there exclusive ties.

[RaidensRising]

Bit of a silly story really as they already have some exclusives on PS3.

[moaradin]

Exclusives are stupid. Everyone should be able to enjoy good games. The Xbox and PS3 are practically the same with minor differences. No game on either side would have trouble running on the other console.

[ILikeTurtles]

Then what's the point to have more than 1 console every gen if they share the same libary and power?

* the exclusive games are what defines a console the most you moron xD

+ btw you're wrong, ps3 wouldn't have any problem with gears or halo etc, but it isn't possible to have GoW3, Uncharted or killzone etc on the 360 unless you wanna play with shitty AI, textures etc in comparison (+ more discs).

BluRay & the cell processor makes the ps3 stronger than the 360.

[hazardman]

People are taking this way to serious! As an owner of both consoles I'm happy xbox only owners get to enjoy an Insomniac game. Also just because its making multiplatform games doesnt mean that the already exclusive Sony games are making their way to the xbox.(its not happening!)

[THC CELL]

the game they are releasing looks awful.
And the people who are laughing u wont be getting resistance lol and Sosy along side Nintendo own the most gaming studios. So really no big loss for them

Sucker punch will take a offer soon
MM here to stay ( new ip )
Zipper will make a epic game MAG 2 i hope.

[dmonee]

It's good for everyone. Exclusives allow you to view a game through a vaccum, where as multiplatforms seem watered down. When you can't have something, it makes you want it more. I own a PS3, and love it. A friend of mine has an Xbox 360 with some games that i envy. I wish I could have the "Halo's" and "Fables" on my PS3. My friend wishes he could have, "Resistence" and "Uncharted" on his Xbox. While none of these titles will be switching platforms soon, it is good to know that the former exclusive developers will be bringing their talent in game making to other platforms. I'm happy for that.

[moosehound]

Errrr why is this such a HUGE story? Insomniac announced it was going multi-platform LAST year.. so why the huge surprise over it saying exclusives are dead?

Just seems like obvious old news to me tbh...

[dafada]

lol how is it sonys loss?... lol its just a gain for all the other gamers who never had insomniac on their console..lol ps3 owners still get the games as well as xbox owners and thats good for everyone