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Alphachris on 27 March 2013
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You do understand that there are several hundred games available on both PS3 and Xbox 360. It is a matter of fact that I do not know about all of them or have investigated them all, neither on PS3 or XBox360.

I clearly stated that I was talking about exclusives since both HD Consoles share a great amount of the third party Software.

So, lets go into detail. I stated some of my favourite genres, that I actually care about. Lets take Jump'n' Runs.

Ignoring XBLA or PSN and just stating Retail releases, how many franchises with more than one game does the XBOX offer? I can name Sly, Ratchet and Jak as three franchises with multiple games that are available exclusice on the PS3, while I found Banjo and the Xbox.... In this Genre the PS3 has more diversity to offer.

What about exclusive Action-Adventures. I found 3D Dot Game heroes as a good old Zelda-Hommage, Heavenly Sword and God of War as Action-Adventures, Afrika as a Foto Safari, Heavy Rain as Adventure, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus as Action-Adventure, Little Big Planet as Platformer (although I started to dislike the play, create, share idea), Metal Gear Solid 4, Siren Blood Curse, Yakuza... That are games that I know about and that I have played myself. It is a variety of genres exclusive to the PS3.

The Xbox has its own share of exclusive franchises: Halo, Forza, Gears, Dead or Alive, Fable, Crackdown, Left 4 Dead. But they are centered arount Shooter, Racing or Fighting.... Genres that I do not care much about.

The whole question of this thread was why we are not buying the Xbox to play some exclusives JRPGS. That was my answer. The PS3 and the Xbox are too similar and the Xbox has in sum too few exclusives I care about to justify a purchase. Microsoft is just not offering enough own franchises for me that I am interested in.

That does not mean that the Xbox360 is a bad consoles. I could play some of my favourite Franchises of this generation on it and would have a great time with it. But as long as there are not more exclusives that I care about I will not buy both consoles. After all that is a matter of personal taste