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Why the Industry Needs Exclusives

That Gaming Site writes: "Last week at Gamescom, BioWare surprised the world by announcing that Mass Effect 2 is coming to PS3. The series was previously an Xbox 360 and PC exclusive, something that Microsoft fans were quick to point out. And they had a reason to proud, since Mass Effect is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed RPG series ever. PS3 owners who previously missed out on the series are no doubt pleased with the move. But it represents a growing trend that might not be healthy for the industry as a whole."

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yewles15793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

Oh, NOW we need exclusives... when they were taken away from the PS3, it was "exclusives are coming to an end". Now that it's the other way around, rivers of tears scream out for more exclusives. XD

Elven65793d ago

I don't recall this site ever saying exclusives were not needed.

If you are talking about what fanboys said on N4G, opinions expressed on N4G are usually exclusive to N4G commenters.

If you are talking about other publications. It should be noted that not all publications are connected to a single mouth.

yewles15793d ago

I am of course not referring to the site of this article, but there WERE definitely other publications that had articles of "the days of exclusivity are coming to an end". After last week though, I can almost guarantee that THIS will be the first of many...

Elven65793d ago

Again like I said, not all publications talk through a single mouth. Everyone has a different opinion, if they have a topic they want to write about it gives them a chance to voice their concerns and personal feelings on a matter.

Asides from first parties, the industry as a whole is really moving away from exclusives, it's not really a hits vs. hits thing. It could be because of general parity between hardware this generation and the ease of development in comparison to previous generations where there were noticeable differences between systems and user bases hence mulitplatform may not have always been the most profitable solution for a studio on a budget.

marinelife95793d ago

Dumb article. There are plenty of exclusives.

Infamous, Uncharted, Gran Turismo, God of War, White Knight Chronicles, Little Big Planet, Demon Souls, Resistance, Killzone, Ratchet and Clank, Twisted Metal, Last Guardian, Mod Nation Racers, Starhawk, Agent, Final Fantasy Versus, Heavy Rain, Socom, MAG, Motorstorm, Valkyria Chronicles, Yakuza.

Oops sorry those are all PS3 AAA exclusive series.

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solideagle15793d ago

To "PLAY BEYOND"
exclusives push boundaries.....

thanks

UP5793d ago

I think those are good games. does that make me a stupid ps3 fanboy?

scofios5793d ago

@Beware Oblivion  
I dont think those games he mentioned , could be a bigger joke than those games : the outfit , bullet witch , Banjo-Kazooie Nuts& Bolts , viva pinata , perfect darkzero , Hour of Victory .

SeanRL5793d ago

Obvious troll needs a stealth cloak to be less obvious.

Like some serious hobbit shit or something...

badz1495793d ago

add 99 nights 2, Deadly Premonition, Ninja Blade etc, and your list is complete!

Montoya5793d ago

Hey.Hey.Hey.

I enjoy my PS3 more than my 360, but Viva Pinata is dope.

scofios5793d ago

@badz149
That was only part1 .
Here you go part2 :  too human , Onechanbara bikini samurai squad , assault heroes , The Conveni 200X , Dream Club , Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 , Full Auto .

karl5793d ago

As soon as Microsoft and the xbox dies we can all finally move forward

dont worry xboxfanboys though.. your titles wont die.. they will just change platform....

and then we can all sing together ... lalalalala

Pumbli5793d ago

Montoya- Agreed! Viva Pinata is pretty awesome.

vsr5793d ago

and a valuable reason to own a console. you don't need a substitute console to play multiplats. It can be played on your existing console e.g PS3

badz1495792d ago

LOL! that was an awesome list of unawesome games you don't want to be caught playing!

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SKGamer5793d ago

Whether or not exclusives are "coming to an end" isn't the point of this article. It's about whether that trend is good or bad for the industry.

I agree that exclusives are becoming a dying breed. But I don't think they should be.

And a big Sony exclusive going multiplatform has the same effect as a Microsoft exclusive going multiplatform. I'm pretty sure there were no console war comments in this piece.

Tommykrem5793d ago

You can need exclusives even though they're dying out. What you're saying fails to make sense.

DatNJDom815793d ago

cloud gaming will be here, and even then certain studios will have the rights to games, so technically there will always be exclusives. Instead of fanboy wars about snes-genesis, ps-n64,ps2-dreamcast-xbox,ps3- wii-360, it would be studio wars. to think so many studios = so many fanboys!!! it will be horrible! hehehe.

Seriously though Sony has is 1st party studios which will develop for its cloud gaming, so will microsoft (LOL!), so will nintendo. So im sorry but i just dont see exclusivity dying. If it does, it will be a shame.

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Kratos2155793d ago

I can understand you saying that Multiplat titles are usually close in terms of graphics and what not, but PS3 exclusives really out shine anything the 360 has to offer. The 360 even has a tough time getting games up to uncharted 1 standards, save for a few developers.

EvilBlackCat5793d ago

corporate mascots need exclusives

I really dont care about it because i own the 3 mayor platforms PC, Xbox360 and PS3.

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xavier-tooth5793d ago

if you have a ps3, there is nothing more to worry as you are very well covered.

ps3 has all the great exclusives plus 95% of all 360 games and all the diversity the wii, pc and 360 combined could offer.

ingiomar5793d ago

haha 95%

Yeah keep telling yourself that..

ndibu5793d ago

Was outsold by what has been called a long expansion. ODST has outsold MGS 4 in under a year. . .under a year. Sad

Tommykrem5793d ago

Yeah, but ODST is ODST.
You can sell crap with the tag "Halo" on it and sent it to compete with franchises like MGS4. Besides MGS4 is certainly not something for everyone, even though it's awesome.

To put it like this. If you could get any of the following cars for free, would you choose:

A) A Volkswagen Golf 1.6 because it's sold millions of units over the world.
B) A Pagani Zonda C125 because it's a car worth millions of dollars, and it simply looks awesome and is great to drive.

You can apply this to ODST and MGS4 as well. ODST is A, MGS4 is B.

ndibu5793d ago

I'm sorry to punch holes in you lil analogy here but did you really think before posting that?
The VW sold more because its cheaper, duh. Now here's your analogy with a logic fix.
Both cars are the same price, just like the games...now go on and ask me which one would sell more...then compare that answer to Halo and MGS and tell me which is A and which is B
Hint: the one that sells more at the same price is the one people desire more.

Anorexorcist5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

xavier-tooth: "ps3 has all the great exclusives..."

ndibu's response: "So thats why your highest selling exclusive
Was outsold..."

Again, irrelevant if that is indeed true or not (idiot fanboys like you ndibu never seem to provide any kind of reference for your claims), why immediately associate quality with sales figures? Why fall back on that same desperate argument to try and disparage the PS3's exclusives?

You must LOOOOVE Justin Beiber, cause his albums are selling "like hotcakes" lately. Wii Sports must also be your one-and-only hookup this gen as well. Have fun with all that ndibu. Don't forget to brush off the cool Batman lunch bail and go for the million-selling Jonas Brothers lunch bail when you leave for the bus on Monday morning.

Karooo5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

me2 sold 1.6 million

now compare them to MGS4 6.1 million ( konami report 2009 )

ODST metacritic 83, MGS4 94.

quality?

DatNJDom815793d ago

games. Look up lifetime sales (since its inception). read. shut the fuck up. thank you.

Unicron5793d ago

That "expansion" also outsold such GOTY contenders as Alan Wake and ME2, two great games.

Maybe you should stop complaining and actually go out and support some titles yourself.

SKGamer5793d ago

@ Tommykrem

Ok... your car analogy really does not apply, because the difference there is due to price. If the Pagani cost the same as the Volkswagen, we would all be driving the Pagani.

Metal Gear Solid 4 and ODST both cost $60 at launch. It's not like MGS was $100 and ODST was the cheap $20 alternative that people got...

Or are you trying to say that higher sales doesn't mean better quality? Because if so, I agree with your point, even if that was a bad analogy.

But really, this whole "who has better exclusives" argument is kind of pointless, and not at all related to what the article is talking about... but if that's what you guys would rather argue about...

mcnablejr5793d ago

a car is a car
a game is a game

these comparisons make no sense.

both games were £40.

halo odst sold alot
mgs4 not so much.

ndibu5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

You're comparing sales of games that released this year to those of a 2 year old game? 6.1 million, lol do not kid yourself. I would love for you to gimme that link. Please. And you forgot ME2 96 MGS 94 I can be crafty with the numbers too, you can't compare ME 2 sales to MGS 4 and then run to ratings when it comes to Halo ODST. How about Halo 3? Thats fair, both of them 94 Halo 3 11.1 million MGS 4 4.9 million...aaaww, adorable
@Unicron: shocker, a game that was released last year is outselling games released this year? By the way, I may not own Alan Wake yet, but you can't tell me jack about ME 2, I own that.
Is it uncommon for an older game to currently outsell a newer game? Please use some logic here. ME 1 has been out way longer than ME 2 which hasn't even been out a year so it is not a shock that the former has currently sold more.
However, it is a shocker that a game that was dubbed an expansion has outsold the 2 year old top selling exclusive on the ps3 and it did so in less than a year.
Yes it has outsold ME 2 and Alan Wake, but they both released this year so no biggie...you see the logic here? You could have at least used an older xbox exclusive to try gotcha me, like Gears of War 2...no wait, thats still a top seller...ok Fable 2 then. At least then I wouldn't say its been out longer.
I'm disappointed at your lack of logic. Expected more.

Unicron5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

Kind of like how you compared ODST's sales, which released later than MGS4? Oh wait, it only applies when the later selling game sold more now? Please. ME1 outsold ME2. Is it thus a better game? ODST outsold AW, is it thus a better game? Hell, even though they're different genres, lets pull out the "AW flopped while Heavy Rain crushed it and it's just a movie!" card! Round and round the stupidity goes. Give it a rest, both sides.

Instead of playing the "my game is better than your game because it sold more" card, why not get out there and support the great titles that so many of you argue about on these stupid boards. But no, you'd rather all list exclusives instead of actually BUYING Modnation or Alan Wake, gotcha.

@ndibu - A shocker! Selectively arguing sales only when it suits your argument. Neither ME2 nor AW are on track to ever hit the sales of ODST, thus just as you insinuated with MGS4, they must be worse, correct? Here's an idea - while the original comment was pure flamebait and I vehemently disagree with it, you're the one who started the suggested "sales = quality" crap. Again, I suggest both of you actually go out and support the titles that you all love tooting your horns about so much.

And yes, exclusives ARE important. But third party's bottom line is as well. Like I said below, it's a balance.

hot-sauce5793d ago

that's like comparing a Honda to a BMW of course the Honda gonna sell more lmao

badz1495793d ago

360 fanboy playing "teh halo" and "teh sales" card. what else is new?

cereal_killa5793d ago

It's a good thing you have no more bubbles left ndibu because Unicron pwned your ass not once but twice in the same thread + bubs to you Unicron.

Nodoze5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

Let's compare two countries. Each have food/goods on offer for the populace. All of the goods for country 1, and country 2 cost the exact same amount.

Country 1 has Apples for the populace to eat, they also have cherries, and grapes.

Country 2 has Peaches, Oranges, Bananas, Pineapples, Coconuts, Rasberries, Strawberries, Apricots, Nectarines, Boisonberries, Peaches, Kiwi and the list goes on...

Country 1 (North Korea) notices that apples sell by the crate load. Millions upon millions of apples feed the populace. They also notice cyclical sales of Cherries and grapes. So Apples, Cherries, Grapes the cycle goes and repeats.

Apples = Halo
Cherries = GoW
Grapes = Fable

Country 2 (Monte Carlo) notices that it's populace has high selling items, but with such a great diversity of foods the spending is more spread out. Some months Pineapples sell millions. Sometime it is nectarines. All of the populace is well fed, with each palate being catered to.

Which country would you want to live in?? I know where I am, and man is it nice.

Imperator5793d ago

Why are 360 fanboys so dumb? Look, I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but look at the above comments made by 360 fans. They are COMPLETELY illogical and just plain stupid.

ThanatosDMC5793d ago

Well lack of games on a certain console will make you buy rehashed crap with a different name.

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bustamove5793d ago

Nice ownage Unicron. Well said.

Silly gameAr5793d ago

Yeah. It's always nice to see someone put that ndibu guy in his place. That guy = 2 trolls trolling nonstop and has the nerve to try to call fanboys out.

LordMarius5793d ago

I dont see why the author mentions the PS3 since the number of exclusives coming from it are more than enough to purchase it.
-The Last Guardian
-Resistance 3
-Killzone 3
-Infamous 2
-LBP 2
-GT 5
-Motorstorm: Apocalypse
-Agent
-FFvs13
-Sorcery
-Move shovelware
-Twisted Metal
-Journey

There maybe more I forgot, but point made

Pedantic915793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

I dont see why the author mentions the PS3 since the number of exclusives coming from it are more than enough to purchase it.
-The Last Guardian
-Resistance 3
-Killzone 3
-Infamous 2
-LBP 2
-GT 5
-Motorstorm: Apocalypse
-Agent
-FFvs13
-Sorcery
-Move compatible/only games
-Twisted Metal
-Journey
-Dead Nation
-Another Century's Episode: R
-Ar Tonelico III: The Girl's Song that Pulls the Trigger of World's Demise
-Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland
-Trinitiy: Souls of Zill O'll
-Yakuza 4
-Ape Escape 4

There maybe more I forgot, but point made

SKGamer5793d ago

Only three games on that list that I care about are Twisted Metal, Last Guardian and Journey. You haven't sold me yet.

Most the games I want this fall and next year are all multiplatform, so I can get them wherever I want.

CaJuaLFeatPuFF5793d ago

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
God of War III
Gran Turismo 5: The Real Driving Simulator
KZ2
KZ3D
inFAMOUS
inFAMOUS 2
LBP = Play.Create.Share
LBP2 = Play.Create Your Own Games.Share
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Resistance 3
MotorStorm:Apocalypse 3D
MotorStorm: Pacif Rift
MotorStom
Demon Souls
Heavy Rain
The Last Guardian
FFvs13
SOCOM4
Twisted Metal
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Neptune
God of War Collection
Sly Collection
MAG
ModNation Racers
Heavenly Sword
Ractchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
Warhawk
Wipeout HD
Echochrome II + Move
Echochrome
Dead Nation
Fat Princess
Siren: Blood Course
Sorcery + Move
Time Crisis x 3 + Move

SKGamer5793d ago

@ CasualFeat

Did you really just waste your time trying to list every PS3 exclusive? Do you feel better about yourself now? What are you trying to prove, exactly?

It's funny how upset you guys are getting about this article, when it's not attacking or comparing anything. All it's saying is that if every game is on every console, there is no reason to own multiple systems. Why do you have to turn that into a contest?

Why not actually debate the topic at hand, instead of wasting your time listing off games?

CaJuaLFeatPuFF5793d ago

Naw B. I just copy and pasted Lmfaoo

Roozium5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

CajuaLFeatPuff:

I bet that you havn't even played 30% of those games.

Anyways OnTopic:

I'm more excited for multiplatform games then PS3/360/Wii exclusives.

We got Bulletstorm, Dead Space 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Crysis 2, RAGE, Fallout: New Vegas etc.

But Im lookin forward to Uncharted 3, Halo: Reach, Gears of War 3 and hopefully a new Super mario game soon.

PS3-2475793d ago

You guys can't forget the best baseball game that is out.

Pedantic915793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

I.....fail to see the logic here.

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Cyb3r5793d ago

The point is that theres no point in owning both consoles if they both have the same games

SKGamer5793d ago

Glad someone paid attention to the actual point of the article, instead of rambling about who's games/console is better.

A Cupcake for Gabe5793d ago

If they both have the same games then it would come down to which console is better.

btw, ps3 is better

pippoppow5793d ago

Not good news for the 360.

Nintendo and the PS3 are fine.

Mkai285793d ago

True, there is no point in buying a rival console with the same games on them, XBL is not enough, the features they have the PS3 has close to all of them and they're own. Yes I am atacking $M for being slack.(Which most people are acustom to on this site) Halo:Reach, kingdoms and Gears Of War 3 are not enough. Where is the new Perfect Dark, buy bethesda games, and all of it's parties or something.

bjornbear5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

then it does matter how many / which exclusives each console has, and thus, all those "ramblings" are relevant since, well, lets just say 360 is slowly running out of exclusives worth mentioning, and PS3/ Wii keeps growing.

not to mention the all mighty PC which harbors about 80% of ALL games (both hardcore and casual)

SKGamer, dun be so butthurt, PS3 has a lot of exclusives, 360 is running out of exclusives, the Wii is also doing quite solidly.

deal with it. be it a good or a bad thing, thats up to you, but its the state of reality, deal with it and stop b!tching at everyone posting stupid lists (i hate them too but im not going to waste all my precious bubbles on them, only on you because you are special =)

and by special I mean you keep spamming your distaste of PS3 exclusives > 360 exclusives for some strang reason, its not like its a BAD thing xD

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lodossrage82d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman81d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb81d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.