With Destiny releasing later this year, Bungie joins the family of first, second and third party developers making games for PlayStation 3. In the past generation I enjoyed many hours with my Xbox 360 and Wii, but nothing beat the time I spend with my PS3. Not even PC. And that's because of its varied game library that I think has become quite impressive.

The list below contains the franchises I tried this gen (a few yet to try due to their future release date).

Do you see some games lacking that I need to try before moving on to new gen later this year?

Activision Blizzard
Bizarre Creations: Blur
Blizzard: Diablo
Bungie: Destiny
Infinity Ward: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Radical Entertainment: Prototype
Raven Software: Singularity
Robomodo: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
Treyarch: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Vicarious Visions: Skylanders + Guitar Hero

Atari
Eden Games: Test Drive + Alone in the Dark

Bandai Namco
Artdink: Dragon Ball Z
CyberConnect2: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
From Software: Dark Souls
Level-5: Ni no Kuni
Bandai Namco Studios: Tekken + Ridge Racer + Pac-Man + Katamari
Bandai Namco Tales Studio: Tales
Ninja Theory: Enslaved
Project Soul: Soul Calibur
Tri-Crescendo: Eternal Sonata

Bethesda Softworks
Arkane Studios: Dishonored
Bethesda Game Studios: Fallout + The Elder Scrolls
id Software: Doom + Rage
MachineGames: Wolfenstien
Splash Damage: Brink
Tango Gameworks: The Evil Within

Capcom
Airtight Games: Dark Void
Capcom Production Studio 1: Devil May Cry 4 + Dragon's Dogma + Monster Hunter
Capcom Production Studio 2: Street Fighter + Marvel vs. Capcom
Capcom Production Studio 3: Mega Man
Capcom Production Studio 4: Resident Evil
Capcom Vancouver: Dead Rising
CyberConnect2: Asura’s Wrath
Dontnod Entertainment: Remember Me
Grin: Bionic Commando
HexaDrive: Okami HD
Ninja Theory: DMC: Devil May Cry
WayForward Technologies: DuckTales

Codemasters
Codemasters Racing: GRID + Dirt

Deep Silver
4A Games: Metro: Last Light
Techland: Dead Island
Volition: Saints Row

Disney Interactive Studios
Avalanche Software: Disney Infinity
Black Rock Studio: Split/Second
Junction Point Studios: Epic Mickey 2

Electronic Arts
Big Huge Games: Kingdoms of Amalur
Bioware: Mass Effect + Dragon Age
Criterion Games: Burnout
Crytek: Crysis
Danger Close Games: Medal of Honor
DICE: Battlefield + Mirror’s Edge
EA Canada: SSX + Skate + FIFA + NBA Live + NBA Jam + NHL + Grand Slam Tennis + Fight Night Champion
EA Tiburon: Madden NFL + Tiger Woods PGA Tour + MMA
Ghost Games: Need for Speed
Harmonix: Rock Band
Maxis: The Sims 3
PopCap Games: Plants vs. Zombies + Peggle
Spicey Horse: Alice
Starbreeze Studios: Syndicate
Visceral Games: Dead Space + Dante’s Inferno

Epic Games
Epic Games: Unreal Tournament 3
People Can Fly: Bulletstorm
Titan Studios: Fat Princess

Konami
Hudson Soft: Bomberman
Kojima Productions: Metal Gear Solid + Silent Hill
MercurySteam: Castlevania
PES Productions: Pro Evolution Soccer
Platinum Games: Metal Gear Rising

LucasArts
LucasArts: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Telltale Games: Tales of Monkey Island

Marvelous AQL
Neverland: Rune Factory

NIS America
Gust: Ar tonelico + Trinity Universe
Idea Factory: Mugen Souls + Neptunia + Cross Edge + Agarest
Nippon Ichi Software: Disgaea + The Witch and the Hundred Knight
Vanillaware: Dragon's Crown

Sega
Atlus Persona Team: Persona + Catherine
The Creative Assembly: Alien: Isolation
Crypton Future Media: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
Platinum Games: Bayonetta + Vanquish
Sega AM1: The House of the Dead
Sega AM2: Virtua Fighter + Crazy Taxi
Sega AM3: Virtua Tennis
Sega AM4: Daytona USA
Sega: Sonic + Valkyria Chronicles + Yakuza
Sega Racing Studio: Sega Rally
Sega Studios Australia: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Sumo Digital: Sonic & All-Stars Racing
tri-Ace: Resonance of Fate

Sony Computer Entertainment
Evolution Studios: MotorStorm
From Software: Demon’s Souls
Game Republic: Folklore
Guerrilla Games: Killzone
Insomniac Games: Ratchet & Clank + Resistance
Japan Studio: Siren + Puppeteer + Rain
Level-5: White Knight Chronicles
London Studio: Wipeout
Media Molecule: LittleBigPlanet
Naughty Dog: The Last of Us + Uncharted
Polyphony Digital: Gran Turismo
San Diego Studio: MLB: The Show
Quantic Dream: Heavy Rain + Beyond: Two Souls
Overkill Software: Payday
Santa Monica Studio: God of War
Sanzaru Games: Sly Cooper
Sucker Punch: Infamous
SuperBot Entertainment: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
United Front Games: LittleBigPlanet Karting + ModNation Racers
Zindagi Games: Sports Champions

Square Enix
Airtight Games: Quantum Conundrum + Murdered: Souls Suspect
Avalanche Studios: Just Cause
Cavia: Nier
Crystal Dynamics: Tomb Raider
Eidos Montreal: Deus Ex + Thief
IO Interactive: Hitman
Obsidian Entertainment: Dungeon Siege 3
Square Enix: Final Fantasy + Kingdom Hearts HD
tri-Ace: Star Ocean
United Font Games: Sleeping Dogs

Take Two Interactive
2K Czech: Mafia + Top Spin
Firaxis Games: XCOM
Gearbox Software: Borderlands
Irrational Games: Bioshock
Rockstar: Grand Theft Auto + Red Dead Redemption + L.A. Noire + Max Payne
Visual Concepts: NBA 2K, NHL 2K, Major League Baseball 2K
Yukes: WWE 2K

Tecmo Koei
Gust: Atelier
Omega Force: Dynasty Warriors + Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll
Team Ninja: Dead or Alive + Ninja Gaiden

THQ Nordic
Blue Tongue Entertainment: de Blob
Rainbow Studios: MX vs. ATV
Spellbound Entertainment: Arcania
Vigil Games: Darksiders
Volition: Red Faction

Ubisoft
From Software: Enchanted Arms
Obsidian Entertainment: South Park
Techland: Call of Juarez
Ubisoft Montpellier: Rayman
Ubisoft Montreal: Assassin’s Creed + Far Cry + Prince of Persia + Watch Dogs + Shaun White Snowboarding
Ubisoft Reflections: Driver
Ubisoft Toronto: Splinter Cell

Valve
Valve: Half Life + Portal + Team Fortress + Counter-Strike

Warner Bros. Interactive
Monolith Productions: F.E.A.R.
NetherRealm Studios: Mortal Kombat + Injustice
Rocksteady: Batman Arkham
Techland: Dying Light
TT Games: LEGO

Indies:
The Behemoth: Castle Crashers
Dennaton Games: Hotline Miami
Derek Yu: Spelunky
Double Fine Productions: Costume Quest + Stacking + The Cave
Drinkbox Studios: Guacamelee!
Frozenbyte: Trine
Giant Sparrow: The Unfinished Swan
Grasshopper Manufacture: Shadows of the Damned + Lollipop Chainsaw + Killer Is Dead + Sine Mora
Hello Games: Joe Danger
Housemarque: Super Stardust + Dead Nation + Outland
Inti Creates: Mighty No. 9
Klei Entertainment: Shank
Mojang: Minecraft
Number None: Braid
Oddworld Inhabitants: Oddworld
Playbrains: Sideway: New York
Playdead: Limbo
Polytron Corporation: Fez
Press Play: Max & the Magic Marker
Q-Games: PixelJunk
Re-Logic: Terraria
Sidhe Interactive: Shatter
Silicon Studio: 3D Dot Game Heroes
Tate Interactive: Urban Trials Freestyle
Telltale Games: The Walking Dead + The Wolf Among Us
That Game Company: Journey + Flower
Vblank Entertainment: Retro City Rampage

At first, I didn't like the ps3 at all... It was overly expensive and had shit games... Now I think its the best system of the 7th gen... (Not the best selling system btw, just the best system in terms of varied games) It is quite impressive and that list shows how impressive the ps3 really was at the end

Yeah. I feel the exact same way. I favored the 360 to begin with and then enjoyed the Wii, but for the last 4-5 years nothing beat the PS3 for me.

PS3 has probably the most diverse lineup in gaming history. For example, the PS2 had tons of great games, but no big hit first person shooters outside of Medal of Honor, and had almost no WRPGs. The PS3 had games like Call of Duty 4, Killzone 2, Resistance series, Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Fallout 3, etc. etc.

I have to say the PS3 became a pretty good system even after its stumbling out of the gate.

Dont see Disney Interactive Studios/LucasArts/EA up there some pretty nice star wars games for the PS3

Yes! Someone said it x} I agree.. The only genre I hear people miss in the PS3 library is JRPG, but still there are quite a few notable titles (I know not all are strictly JRPGs just because they're made in Japan). A single Legend of Dragoon would've been nice though:

Oh, of course SW: The Force Unleashed. Thanks. Played that. EA is listed as Electronic Arts.

Don't think I've actually played a single Disney game this generation. A little Split/Second and Epic Mickey 2 perhaps.. Any Disney game you can recommend? Is Disney Infinity worth anything?

Atlus isn't a developer, it's a publisher. The Atlus Persona Team is the developer of Catherine and Persona. Dragon's Crown was made by Vanillaware.

Meanwhile, Marvelous is not on your list. Marvelous are behind Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, and Soul Sacrifice, to name a few, and the only game they published on PS3 was a Rune Factory developed by Neverland Co. The developer behind Harvest Moon, a developer that must be called "notable", has not made a PS3 game.

There are other, similar cases, where notable third-party developers have not made games for the PS3, but I only need to provide one to demonstrate the point. The point is that you're using circular logic - you're defining "notable third-party developer" by "made a quality game for the PS3". There's really no need to invoke grandiose claims, when you can make your key point without needing those claims. "PS3 has a broad, varied lineup of quality games, including games from most third-party developers" is more than sufficient to make the point you want to make.

Thanks for clarifying Atlus. Will correct. Listed them under Sega because they're owned by Sega.

I don't really know what you're saying.. The list includes the games I've tried this gen and the games that I find notable. Why include a developer that "has not made a PS3 game"?

I seek advice on which PS3 games I've missed and should try before moving on to PS4.. Is Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny one of them?

JRPGs are not my strongest genre but I try most of the ones getting localized and loving some of them. Namco is just spoiling us with 6 "Tales of" games on the PS3 alone. :D Tried Vesperia (import), Graces f and Xilia. Symphonia, Xilia 2 and Zestiria have yet to come to the UK..