Yet another Sony exclusive title goes the Way of the 360

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@makingmusic476

The best lineup is always subjective to an extent. This year however showed two radically different approaches to exclusive lineups on the respective consoles. Sony focused on less then a handful of high end marquis titles. Microsoft focused on volume and diversification. Which begs the question which denotes a better exclusive lineup. I am not going to answer the question, but I am giving a bigger picture then game of the year awards which are always contentious.

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Sony needs to become concerned about the hemorrhaging of exclusives. You could say that the little losses over time lead to the big losses. Every low level defection feeds a negative trend. A war is won on multiple fronts, and Microsoft is managing to turn Japan a safe haven for Sony into yet another battlefield. Microsoft is just forcing Sony to expend resources on defending what should never have needed defending to begin with. Resources that would have been put to better aggressive use.

I know the fanatics on these forums talk up price, but Sony should be even more concerned about the losing of exclusives. The console will sell in spite of its price, but can it do that with no third party exclusives, or less then a handful of them. Now that is a serious question. Sony should ask Nintendo how being utterly dependent on a first party lineup works in a conventional console war. The answer is that it really doesn't work. The Nintendo answer was to stop being conventional. In the middle of a generation Sony doesn't have the option to reshape what their console is, but they should be looking for unique titles to sponsor exclusively.

Does anyone have a PS3 third party exclusives list handy? I think it would be nice to know exactly how many remaining titles are left.