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Kwaad said:

misterd said:

Somewhat misleading. These are all "big" franchises, but not necessarily the biggest, especially God of War. Certainly Halo, Mario (and several iterations of it), Dragon Quest are bigger franchises that some of those listed. Of those that are listed, GTA and RE are available on other systems.

I think a rather fair assessment of exclusives can be found here:
http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=7064

Note that this only looks at console exclusives (PC and handhelds are not considered). Significant titles (either for strong reviews, or strong franchise history) are in green.

IN summation:

360: 44 released exclusives (33 green), 47 unreleased (12 green)

PS3:8 released (3 green), 36 unreleased (11 green)

Wii: 21 released (5 green), 55 unreleased (14 green)

Understand that the unreleased games will have fewer "green" titles as new franchises have not had a chance to earn strong reviews (like Motorstorm and Gears of War).

I just want to point out.

Driver 5
Killzone
NBA 08
SingStarPS3
The Getaway 3

Are un-released, and should be green, by their standards.

EDIT: And the PS3 isnt about old franchises. It's about the new ones!

It's clear that they don't count portable releases, Kwaad, as the Wii would also have a few more "green" franchises if DS iterations were included. Here are the last iterations of these games I could find on metacritic:

Driver (last iteration "Driver: Parallel Lines"):

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/driverparallellines?q=driver

NBA (last iteration "NBA 07"):

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/nba07?q=nba%2007

Singstar (last iteration "Singstar Pop Hits"):

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/singstarpophits?q=singstar

Killzone (This is the only arguable one. Last iteration "Killzone" for PS2, as they aren't counting portable iterations for ANY console):

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/killzone?q=killzone

The Getaway:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/getawayblackmonday?q=getaway

So unless I'm missing iterations that are more recent than this (which is possible, although I did try to do a thorough search), I believe you are wrong on all counts (again, Killzone being the only possible exception, although they do apply this rule to all franchises on all consoles). Lastly, I think it's odd that you claim that the PS3 is about "new franchises," when the PS3 actually has the least number of new IP exclusives! 360 has 35, Wii has the most at 41, and PS3 has decidedly the least at 25.

Also, Kwaad, it would be nice if you could stay on topic. This thread is about pitching your preferred system, not criticising the preferred system of others. I chided Your Mother for this, and I think it's only fair I do the same for you! :p