this is a list of all playstation and xbox exclusives. for it to be included on the list. it has to have either a Gameranking or Metacritic score above 80. i included the ign score as well (just for reference), but a game will not be on the list if it has >80 ign score but not metacritic/gamerankings.
i also left off casual/party games, or just arcady type games, also no psn or xbla only games. (so a game like Singstar is not on the list, and neither is some download only game). also no move and Kinect only games. This list is mostly AAA and AA titles only.
what makes it exclusive?: (note this is the ps3 game rules, for the xbox game rules scroll way down)
-not on any other system
-only on a PlayStation
- different enough from its psp, ps2 counterparts (so games like MLB: The Show count)
if you think that i missed any games please tell me and i will add it.
All Time Greatest PlayStation Exclusive List
2006
Title (1) |
Release Date |
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Resistance: Fall of Man |
|
86.52 |
86 |
91 |
87.84 |
Average |
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86.52 |
86 |
91 |
87.84 |
2007
Title (4) |
Release Date |
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune |
|
89.70 |
89 |
91 |
89.9 |
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction |
|
88.59 |
89 |
94 |
90.53 |
Warhawk |
|
84.13 |
84 |
88 |
85.38 |
MotorStorm |
|
82.74 |
84 |
89 |
85.25 |
Average |
-------- |
86.29 |
86.5 |
90.5 |
87.77 |
2008
Title (7) |
Release Date |
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
LittleBigPlanet |
|
94.67 |
95 |
95 |
94.89 |
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots |
|
93.56 |
94 |
100 |
95.85 |
Valkyria Chronicles |
|
87.36 |
86 |
90 |
87.79 |
Resistance 2 |
|
86.71 |
87 |
95 |
89.57 |
MLB 08: The Show |
|
86.50 |
85 |
87 |
86.17 |
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift |
|
82.78 |
82 |
83 |
82.59 |
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue |
|
79.82 |
80 |
85 |
81.61 |
Average |
-------- |
87.34 |
87 |
90.71 |
88.35 |
2009
Title (7) |
Release Date |
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
|
96.41 |
96 |
95 |
95.8 |
God of War Collection |
|
90.78 |
91 |
94 |
91.93 |
Killzone 2 |
|
90.07 |
91 |
94 |
91.69 |
Demon’s Souls |
|
89.88 |
89 |
94 |
90.96 |
MLB 09: The Show |
|
89.6 |
90 |
87 |
88.87 |
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time |
|
87.85 |
87 |
90 |
88.28 |
inFamous |
|
86.31 |
85 |
92 |
87.77 |
Average |
-------- |
90.13 |
89.86 |
92.29 |
90.76 |
2010
Title (7) |
Release Date |
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
God of War III |
|
92.04 |
92 |
93 |
92.35 |
MLB 10: The Show |
|
90.53 |
91 |
89 |
90.18 |
Heavy Rain |
|
89.30 |
87 |
90 |
88.77 |
The Sly Collection |
|
87.35 |
85 |
85 |
85.78 |
Gran Turismo 5 |
|
84.39 |
84 |
85 |
84.46 |
ModNation Racers |
|
82.92 |
82 |
90 |
84.97 |
Yakuza 3 |
|
79.92 |
80 |
85 |
81.64 |
Average |
-------- |
86.64 |
85.86 |
88.14 |
86.88 |
2011
Title (4) |
Release Date |
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
LittleBigPlanet 2 |
|
92.38 |
92 |
90 |
91.46 |
MLB 11: The Show |
|
89.76 |
89 |
80 |
86.25 |
Killzone 3 |
|
86.32 |
84 |
85 |
85.11 |
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Average |
-------- |
89.49 |
88.33 |
85 |
87.61 |
Total Games |
|
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
29 |
|
88.24 |
87.45 |
89.86 |
88.52 |
the PS3 exclusive list didnt start off with a bang, though some games just missed the cut (like Ridge Racer). but it has been a tour de Force for several years now.
so as you can see with the scores, ign seems to score game slighlty higher. especially earlier in this gen. early in the ps3 life cycle ign ranked the ps3 games fairly high in comparison to others, but interesting enough lately that does not seem to be the case. you might be able to see a trend starting in late 2010, ign started rating games either very close to the gameranking and metacritic score, or below it. that is especially evident in 2011
well here is a list of the xbox games
basically same rules apply.
but i did include games also on PC (to make it more balanced), though i did italicize the PC games.
i tallied the xbox ONLY games, and the XBOX/PC games (you can see the totals, where it says TITLE) and then added them for the total amount of games.
again, if you feel i either unjustly included or didnt include a game, please just tell me, and i will look into it.
ALL TIME XBOX 360 EXCLUSIVE LIST
2005
Title (3) (**2**) = 5 |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
**Call of Duty 2** |
|
89.82 |
89 |
90 |
89.61 |
PGR3 |
|
88.69 |
88 |
88 |
88.23 |
Dead or alive 4 |
|
85.42 |
85 |
90 |
86.81 |
**Condemned: Criminal Origins** |
|
82.29 |
81 |
87 |
83.43 |
Perfect Dark Zero |
|
81.51 |
81 |
84 |
82.17 |
Average |
|
85.55 |
84.8 |
87.8 |
86.05 |
2006
Title (1) (**1**) =2 |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
**Gears of War** |
|
93.89 |
94 |
94 |
93.96 |
MotoGP ‘06 |
|
79.88 |
80 |
84 |
81.29 |
Average |
|
86.89 |
87 |
89 |
87.63 |
2007
Title (5) (**2**) = 7 |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Halo 3 |
|
93.53 |
94 |
95 |
94.18 |
**Mass Effect** |
|
91.15 |
91 |
94 |
92.05 |
Forza 2 |
|
89.85 |
90 |
89 |
89.62 |
PGR4 |
|
86.51 |
85 |
81 |
84.17 |
Crackdown |
|
83.16 |
83 |
80 |
82.05 |
Ace Combat 6 |
|
81.57 |
80 |
84 |
81.86 |
**Flatout: Ultimate Carnage** |
|
80.36 |
80 |
85 |
81.79 |
Average |
|
86.59 |
86.14 |
86.86 |
86.53 |
2008
Title (2) (1) = 3 |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Gears of War 2 |
|
93.32 |
93 |
95 |
93.77 |
**Left 4 Dead** |
|
89.24 |
89 |
90 |
89.41 |
Fable II |
|
88.27 |
89 |
88 |
88.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
90.28 |
90.33
|
91 |
90.53 |
2009
Title (3) (1) = 4 |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Forza 3 |
|
92.96 |
92 |
94 |
92.99 |
**Left 4 Dead 2** |
|
89.22 |
89 |
90 |
89.41 |
Halo 3: ODST |
|
85.14 |
83 |
90 |
86.05 |
Halo Wars |
|
81.92 |
82 |
84 |
82.64 |
Average |
|
87.31 |
86.5 |
89.5 |
87.77 |
2010
Title (2) (2) = 4 |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
Halo: Reach |
|
91.71 |
91 |
95 |
92.57 |
**Splinter Cell: Conviction** |
|
86.41 |
85 |
93 |
88.14 |
Alan Wake |
|
83.65 |
83 |
90 |
85.55 |
**Fable III** |
|
80.52 |
80 |
85 |
81.84 |
Average |
|
85.57 |
84.75 |
90.75 |
87.03 |
2011
Title (0) |
Release |
gamerankings |
metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
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Average |
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Total Games |
|
GameRankings |
Metacritic |
IGN |
AVG |
(16) (9) =25 |
|
86.8 |
86.28 |
88.76 |
87.28 |
xbox got off to a very good start, securing many titles when the ps3 didnt exist, but the game rampage has been dialed back lately. again ign ranks their games slightly higher. ironically enough, earlier in this gen, ign ranked the games much closer to the gameranking. metacritc counterparts, but lately, starting around 2010, ign started ranking the games more higher than meta/rankings, the opposite of what appears to be happening with ps3.
okay xbox fans, i included you games too, so you can join in, and discuss your awesome games
edit: i fixed the xbox list. i subtracted Tales of Vesperia, and added FlatOut: Complete Carnage. FlatOut is also on the original xbox, but it still counts becuase it only on an XBOX (just like God of War collection counts). FlatOut is also on the PC, but like the other PC games, im including it. i adjusted scores accodingly