There have been a few threads like this floating around, so I decided to settle the matter once and for all. No overly narrow superlatives here; just exclusives. Games that were only released on ONE console.
Since they appeal too much to casuals and therefore "aren't fair" or something, I omitted ALL games that have "Wii" or "Kinect" in the title. I also would have omitted games with "Move" in the title, if any had threatened to appear on this list.
| Wii Exclusives | PS3 Exclusives | X360 Exclusives |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- 11.16m | Gran Turismo 5 -- 7.81m | Halo 3 -- 11.57m |
| Super Mario Galaxy -- 10.25m | Uncharted 2 -- 5.69m | Halo: Reach -- 9.12m |
| Just Dance 2 -- 9.26m | Metal Gear Solid 4 -- 5.67m | Gears of War 2 -- 6.52m |
| Mario Party 8 -- 7.86m | LittleBigPlanet -- 4.96m | Halo ODST -- 6.07m |
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games -- 7.85m | Uncharted 3 -- 4.53m | Gears of War -- 5.96m |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 -- 6.81m | God of War 3 -- 4.44m | Gears of War 3 -- 5.51m |
| Just Dance -- 6.79m | Uncharted -- 4.26m | Forza Motorsport 3 -- 5.09m |
| Zelda: Twilight Princess -- 6.57m | Gran Turismo 5: Prologue -- 4.10m | Fable 3 -- 4.83m |
| Donkey Kong Country Returns -- 5.59m | Resistance -- 4.07m | Fable 2 -- 4.07m |
| Link's Crossbow Training -- 4.95m | MotorStorm -- 3.74m | Forza Motorsport 2 -- 3.98m |
Interesting Facts:
• The Wii's top 10 exclusives combine for 77.09m sales; the PS3's combine for 49.27m sales; the 360's, 62.72m.
• "Mario" appears in the titles of 4 of the Wii's top 10 exclusives.
• "Uncharted" appears in the titles of 3 of the PS3's top 10 exclusives.
• "Halo" and "Gears of War" each appear in the titles of 3 of the 360's top 10 exclusives.
• The Wii's top 10 contains 7 different franchises, 6 or 5 if you count Mario Party and/or Mario & Sonic as "Mario" games.
• The PS3's top 10 contains 7 different franchises.
• The 360's top 10 contains 4 different franchises.
• The Wii's top 10 contains 1 fighting game, 2 dance games, 3 platformers, 2 mini-game collections, 1 action/adventure game, and 1 shooter. The PS3's top 10 contains 3 racing games, 4 third-person shooters, 1 FPS, 1 puzzle platformer, and 1 action/adventure game; the 360's top 10 contains 3 FPS, 3 third-person shooters, 2 racing games, and 2 action RPGs.
• The best-selling non-"casual" game of the gen is actually Halo 3, narrowly beating Super Smash Bros Brawl.
• The Wii's 10th-best-selling exclusive, a rather short shooter bundled with a piece of plastic, outsold 6 of the PS3's top 10, including two of the three Uncharted games, and 3 of the 360's top 10, including both Fable games.
• Sony fanboys will still complain that Mario games are too casual too or popular or something, and that it isn't fair to include them. If the best-selling first-party franchises are removed for all three consoles (Mario, Uncharted, Halo), the Wii still dominates everyone. Its domination would probably be even more pronounced.
• Rol will tell me to save time by simply naming the thread "Nintendo > Sony, Microsoft."
