open zone is that way children ---->

more like MS's exclusives r dead. sony lost some but still have valkyria chronicles, white knight story, ff13, versus 13, MGS4, most likley zone of enders 3, disgaea 3, naruto ninja storm, and more

problem is microsoft actually doesnt make games, they hire guys like bungie to do it, then the company leaves and makes a game for another system or multi, so u know ms is only one left out.

wii is a ps2/gamecube thats why guilty gear, tenkaichi 2 and 3, resident evil 4, house of dead, okami, zelda, rygar, resident evil 0 are all on those 2 systems

capcom is greedy so they went multi, which is like what ever to me *shrugs

well, again WAR HAS CHANGED!

CAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUPOORTING SONY MAN this sony webiste need to stop talkign crap the only reason this articles as made is becuase 3rd party are not supoorting sony as their hardware is garabge.

You have a few Big Franchises left that have done well on perspective consoles so there might be no need to jump ship.

But with the rising Cost of development...and the fact that you cannot ignore other competition and their install-base, things will be different from now on, or at least devs will think twice before making anything exclusive.

Sometimes they listen to the highest bidder..lol

This thread not much of a discussion tho..

Eh, it's smarter for third party to go multiplat for the most part, unless you have a game that is gonna somewhat bomb in a certain region ( such as MGS4, some people thought it was gonna not do so well in the states, thinking we were all MS junkies over here) but it did just fine. Squeenix may be making a mistake by going to 360, since the core of the companies gamers are in Japan, and Japan is not going to just follow Squeenix wherever they go. But most of those will be timed exclusives at any rate. I don't think 3rd party exclusives are dead, they will just be fewer and far between for monatary reasons.

i guess fanboys do. but as long as both systems are getting games im happy :)

that stupid if the game was relly exclusive its can never go to anyother platform , bioshock wasnt exclusive from start micrsoft hide it that, aslo with other game and some of games was exclusive beacuse developmer wont make it on another console at moment but later they will.

who wrote this retard

I do think they will become rarer, but they will never be dead

u have misssed the point specially in the mgs4 exclusivity and is the back bone of the game itself,MGS4 cannot be run in xbox 360 hardware according to Kojima himself is not only about the disc capacity but the xbox360 does not have the enough power (audio-visual and gameplay wise ) to bring mgs4 to live
sorry guy but 3rd party exclusives are alive and they 'll be alive for the years to come ,as long as the developer make their game for a most advaced hardware and for those developer who arent interesting in money but in quality.

companies have to get paid as the costs to make games rises.

but sony already knew that and stepped up their game to have IN-HOUSE devs making games you can't play ANYWHERE else.just like nintendo does.

FACT:

most games that are bought on Wii are nintendo games.most games bought on ps3 are sony games.most games bought on 360 are third party games.

FUNNY,ISN'T IT?one company relying on others to support itself.

also,it doesn't matter if the PC is not a console,it is a competitor to consoles.all things like tvs,ipods,movies,books,etc., are competing for your ATTENTION.so,it IS another platform to play games.

so,when gamers like RICE say you can just about play most 360 games without buying 360 is FACT.

BUT,you can't play heavenly sword,motorstorm,GT5:P,MGS4,un charted,etc...........ON ANY OTHER SYSTEM BUT PLAYSTATION 3.

that is FACT.nintendo don't want you playing mario galaxy on PC.they want you to buy a d@mn Wii.sony wants you to buy a ps3.microsoft might be making money on cross platform,but it means.....

you don't have to buy a 360.and you can avoid RROD altogether.

third parties can do what ever they want,but this gen,i've found that buying first party games is better than third party.and unless third parties step up their game on ps3,i won't be buying their games.which is fine by me.

apocalypse......

apoca$. . . should really be "sony defender". You draw rrod quicker than Billy the Kid. In all reality pc always win because sooner or later, there will be an emulator that can play them all. When the Xbox was the most powerful machine and games like Ninja Gaiden came out, it was a different story. The difference is that the gap in tech in the ps2 to Xbox was bigger than the tech between ps3 to X360. True the cell does give the ps3 edge in raw horsepower and the storage capabilities in blu-ray does not allow for disc change but on the other hand the Xenos is a better gpu with the 10 mb of embedded eDRAM and Unified Architecture. I wouldn't be suprised if it could use DX10 where the ps3 CANNOT use DX10 so they are using the older DX9 to make their games. The DVD10 in the X360 can spin faster (which creates more noise) but less load and no need for the mandatory INSTALL times. People think that sony did the gamers a favor by including the hard drive. IT WAS NEVER THEIR FIRST INTENTION. HDD weigh a lot and are pretty expensive. Why do you think that Nintendo and sony until now NEVER put one in? The ps3 HAD to have one in because if it didn't, the seek time with blu-ray and cell not being TRUE multi-core would have been tremendously aweful. That coupled with LOW SYSTEM MEMORY would have been a nightmare. I think that if sony had taken their time with the ps3 and made it to how they envisioned it, would have been pretty flippin sweet. Instead MS released ahead of time forcing sony to do the same. I personally think that last gen could have went on for another year or two.

They're not dead...but I have a feeling that we'll be seeing a lot fewer of them from now on.

Think about it...many games now cost as much as a feature film to create, advertise, and publish. The more consoles available for a game, the easier it is to recoup the costs.

As controversial as it was, do you think that Capcom regrets making DMC4 for the 360? I'm sure they're pretty happy with their profits.

It also means that more people can enjoy a game without having to buy another system...win/win, if you ask me. (Though there's something to be said for multiple system ownership).

Thoughts, anyone?

i have the feeing that exclusiv games will come more often in the near future. looks like the developers are testing a bit of everything.

i think they are now moving toward supporting the winning system.. the wii.

Considering that this generation requires a much higher investment to produce a good product it is a sane business decision to develop for both PS3 and Xbox360.

The only system that still allows a load of shovelware is the Wii. As Gamejunk like CarnivalGames sells heaps with close to zero value.

Another point is the different market share distribution this gen. Last gen the PS2 held the sole top position by quite a margin and therefor PS2 exclusives where the norm. This gen you have a more even distribution of consoles. With again the same exception: the Wii. The Wii gets a heap of bad PS2 ports right now, so it can profit from the already existing huge library of PS2 games that can be converted for cheap to the GC1.5 system. Same output res maximum, same system power as the old Xbox1, The specs scream for ps2/Xbox1 level games and conversions.

I lost any hope in getting ANY non-nintendo game that is worth the price they ask me to pay. Instead i get offered Wii diamonds like NinjaBreadMen and Far Cry Vengeance that made my eyes bleed. Imho its ok that these kings of crappiness stay exclusive .. no need to muddle up the other good systems with that stuff.

So in terms of Wii games: expect a lot of kinda exclusive games (shared with the DS ...) from 3rd partys with a huge percentage of shovelware.

Xbox360/PS3 : don't expect that many 3rd party exclusives. Exclusivity nowadays has a huge pricetag attached. You might want to check the file under "GTA DLC" and the exclusivity hardly ever results in better earnings.

You will see a handful of 3rd party exclusives, and these will be in the AAA production value level. As products in that class get "handcrafted" for one or the other system to benefit from its special environment. Multiplatform development always has to make compromises to work on booth systems hence you won't get the max out of each system.

Yeah your right especially on the PS3. None of the developers want to make games for the POS3. Hell look at the guys at Valve and EA. And when 3rd party games do come out for the ps3 they usually get delayed a few months and dont look as good either. whats up with that. Silly Sony

If anyone is suffering it's Microsoft.
Because Sony is taking all of their exclusives from the 360 and making it 10X better w/ more content not even shown in their own exclusives.
More developers are starting to see what the PS3 can do and will do in the long run.
By late 2008 most developers will be working on the PS3.

RED ZEV
Your right about Valve hating the PS3 but EA Sports I doubt it.
Because when Madden 2009 was premiered they were at a Sony only Conference and were allowing people to play it.
Burnout Paradise scored higher and played better o the PS3.
Crysis is coming to the PS3 Exclusively that's from EA.
If anything EA is starting to go more Sony Exclusive.