2011 should be Sonys best year in terms of exclusives. 2009 was also a good year (2 year development cycle). 2010 started off with a bang (GOW3 and Heavy Rain) but ended pretty badly, seeing LBP2 and Socom4 get pushed into 2011.

With that said, will 2012 be another down year for Sony exclusives? What could we potentially get in 2012?

- The Last Guardian. My gut feeling is that it will get pushed to Q1 2012. New IP and new engine that requires lots of work. Masterpieces take a lot of time and ICO Team has a lot of pressure to deliver another classic. They can't rush it.

- God of War 4 / GOW Spinoff - Santa Monica is working on something. While the Trilogy is done, the franchise is too popular to let go. I fully expect another GOW game in 2012. The last one came out March 2010, so if they release for Fall/Winter 2012 (Holiday season) that gives them 2.5 years of development time to pump out another epic game.

- MAG 2 ??? The first one sold over 1 million copies despite being a dissappointment in terms of critics and fan reviews. It's a whole different team than the one that makes Socom at Zipper. They have the engine intact and lots of time to refine it. I think MAG was a bit of an experiment to see if fans would enjoy a massive FPS online game. Will they deliver a sequel or start a new IP? Maybe they are working on Socom 5 and plan a yearly release like the CoD series. Who knows. But they must be hard at work on something that should be ready by next year.

- StarHawk / WarHawk sequel. Dylan Jobe is being obvious on his Twitter page that something will be revealed soon. I'm guessing by E3 we will have an announcement.

- GT 6 ??? I'll believe it when it's in stores. As I previously mentioned, games are mostly on a 2 year dev cycle. But Polyphony is not just any dev. They are perfectionists. And while its been stated that GT 6 would have a shorter dev cycle due to the engine being finished, it's hard to believe Polyphony after so many GT5 delays. I wouldn't count on GT 6 in 2012, but it could happen. 

- AGENT. RockStar seems rather isolated when it comes to revealing stuff about their games. RDR and LA Noire werent shown much until right before they were set to release. The game was announced in 2009 and AFAIK Rockstar is contractually obligated to follow through with this game for PS3. They can't just scrap it. Considering we havent even seen a screen shot yet, I think it's safe to say AGENT isnt coming in 2011 and therefore should be coming sometime in 2012.

- Metal Gear Solid: _________. MGS is Kojima's baby. He seemed pretty bitter when MGS Rising was announced as he made a few comments saying it's not a real part of the MGS series, and its being handled by a different team, etc. I don't think he'll ever leave MGS alone. Heck, he already released MGS Peace Walker after MGS4 so it wasnt the end of Snake. He can always jump back in time and do a prequel (which he seems very fond of) or have a twist in the storyline.I have no doubt well see another MGS game, the only question is.... will it be PS3 exclusive again?I have to think so as story telling is very important to Kojima, as is quality. I don't see him dumbing MGS down to fit on an acceptable number of DVD's for 360.

Did I miss anything? Which PS3 exclusives do you think we'll see next year?

At least one final fantasy, Versus for shure, XIII-2 maybe this year

Not sure if FF Versus will stay exclusive.

and I forgot about Quantic Dream. Do they have a deal with Sony or could they go with another publisher if they want?

im pretty sure quantic dream could go with another publisher, but i dont think they are. they just recently took out a few domain names, one of them being variations of fiv5. sony also has fiv5 trademarked, (so if it is a game it'll probably be an exclusive) perhaps there will be a reveal at e3? right now is a great time to grab the website for an e3 opening

so far for ps3 exclusive's 2012 is

Last Guardian

Twisted Metal

ratchet and clank all for one

Atelier Meruru

Disgaea 4

Tale's of Xillia

Ni No Kuni

this is what i think will hit ps3 exclusively in 2012 so far(in America and EMEAA)

why some people putting Twisted Metal to 2012?

and also lol @ counting good exclusives since 2009...2008 was one of the best exclusive years...how can you forget LBP1,Metal Gear Solid 4 and Valkyria Chronicles?

2012 COULD be better than 2011 IMO...first of all we got barely news on 2012 exclusives...i think in the end of 2011 we can talk more about that...we dont know what suprises Sony got for us in 2012...but IF Last Guardian release in 2012 besides FF Versus XIII & Agent this would be a majestical line-up...

and a MGS from Kojima in 2012...i dont know...maybe this would bother because Rising releasing in 2012...but lets see...and yeah Kojima got enough material to put out like 5 new MGS (MGS1 remake,a prequel to MGS3 where you play The Boss,bunch of prequels to MGS1 with Big Boss etc.)...it will never end till Kojima will retire...

the onlything in that list likely to happen other then a new Metal Gear solid is The Last Guardian being pushed back.

GOW 4 or wht ever is not likely this gen or 2 yrs from 3's release as Sony santa monica has said " the franchise needs a rest".

GT6 maybe in 3 yrs and not likely to be anytime sooner.

MAG2 in 2 yrs if Sony hasn't given up on its potential or it will be renamed to give it a fresher start.

Hideo Kojima is working on something new and likely not in th Metal Gear universe but counting that possibility out is a fools guse.

Agent ?

star hawk? maybe cancelled who knows?

and a Reboot which will never be needed for this franchise.

look to the quoted post above for the best reference, cause its likely the most accurate.

@ 9087 - QD very clearly said that they could go multiplat but was very evasive on the subject of would they go multiplat.

@ cory.ok - i hadn't see that yet (surpised that CGI didn't post it actually) but thanks for the info.  i kind of hope QD is bought up by sony --seems like such a perfect fit for the playstation family.

what does it matter?  we all know that ps3 has a pretty hefty line-up for the next 12-16 months.  making these arbitrary date analyses is almost like saying "how will the line-up be from march 21 2011 to march 21 2012?"  if you want to make it more worthwhile, it should go by quarter.