White Knight Chronicles
Final Fantasy XIII (Exclusive in Japan)
Heavy Rain
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
God Of War 3
Gran Turismo 5
Infamous
New Ratchet & Clank
Killzone 2

If all Microsoft can offer is another JRPG destined to flop and a Halo 3 mini -game that only lasts for 3 hours then there’s not much hope left for them.

It’s funny, though…..some ignorant fanboys would lead you to believe it was the PS3 that had “No games”.

Sony has an exclusive library that will be mind blowing this year. Not only in some catchy new games, but in Blockbuster size titles. This is definately going to be an interesting year.

The Wii will have a couple of the niche games that will do well since Nintendo’s marketng department has become a distinct superiority above the other companies. But they will continue to chokehold the consumers with the old school supply and demand tactic.

I did like the article however in the truth among some of these exclusive 360 titles. For example Halo Wars…how long will the Halo ride last? Not meaning the game isn’t a good game or can continuefor a while, but wearing the theme too thin will burn out buyers of the original structured game. Some of the other game are going to be hit or miss, but this truly should be the year of the PS3 as far as IP exclusive depth, systems moved, etc.

Last but not least, I am sure there will be plaenty of name-calling of me being a Sony fanboy or that Sony is dead, blah, blah, blah. But know this I have had 6 360 (technical errors, surprise surprise) have 2 Wii’s, and 2 Ps3’s. So I am a gamer fanboy not a company fanboy. Also finally I applaud an article that has some intelligence to it and not merely trash talk, speculation, and extremely biased opinions.

Also, I agree that 2008’s 360 lineup was much stronger from a marketing of mass-appeal standpoint. I was indicating that the PS3’s lineup was arguably better from a quality of games standpoint. However, it is pretty clear that since the focus of the original article was sales and mass appeal, my comment may have been a bit out of place.

I don’t think the 360 line-up is that bad at all. There’s something there for virtually every fan – RPG, FPS, MMO, Racing – that won’t be available on other systems. The chief issue, I think, is whether or not these games draw in PS3/Wii users en masse, or if the simply preach to the choir.

As for 2008, no game on the PS3 was ever going to compete with Gears of War 2 and Fable 2. Those were long, eagerly awaited sequels to games that had an absolutely huge fan base. The only PS3 game I can think of that had that kind of draw in 2008 was Metal Gear Solid 4, and it came out in the summer. Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, Motorstorm and Valkyria Chronicles are all fantastically excellent games themselves, but don’t have the same kind of grass-roots expectation to propel them ahead of their 360 competitors, at least not in 2008.

2009 might prove to be a different story. I think MS’s gambit with pay-to-play exclusive DLC might be a little too risky for them and developers/publishers to continue on with. I can only speak from my own experience, but the unwillingness of gamers of any system to pay hand over foot for DLC doesn’t seem to bode well for $20 – $30 mission packs that only offer a secondary experience to the original game. Developers also run the risk of alienating large sections of their fanbase by only releasing DLC for one system, or releasing DLC that is, by all accounts, of poor value.

Ninja Blade

Race Pro

Stoked

Ninety Nine Nights 2

Mass Effect 2 is said to only be coming on 360/PC (replying to the comment above mine http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/15961/Mass-Effect-2-to-Be-an-Xbox-360-Exclusive/ )

The Anchorage DLC for Fallout 3 (exclusive to 360)

Same with the GTAIV DLC

Sony has invested tons of money in their game studios over the past few years. Purchasing new studios, and giving their existing studios tons of time to work on games (Sucker Punch and Guerrilla especially). This is going to pay off for gamers in a huge way next year – I fully expect that the vast majority of my gaming time will be on the PS3. But, will it pay off for Sony?

Microsoft has shut down studios and generally moved in the opposite direction. They have invested that money in marketing and lowering the price of the console.

No way around it, the PS3 has a better lineup next year, but Microsoft’s strategy worked in 2008, and it might keep working for them next year. The 360 has good marketing, agressivly configured pricing, a good exisitng library and plenty of third party support. Perhaps they simply don’t think that they need exclusives.