You should add the games from 06/07 aswell.

good list

though i think you should mention viva pinata instead of tip. for it is common knowledge that it is stealing its sells

I'll send you my template.

Maybe we should include the Wii also.  9 out of the top 10 would be Wii games.

Surprising results! It's nice to see that PS3 exclusives are selling a lot better than a lot of people like to say.

I find ok to start the comparison from 08 because it shows the most recent situation. Nice work!

Interesting how we must exclude exclusives when available on the PC when looking at success with regards to console sales.

If the game is exclusive on only one console platform it sales should count. The selection is obviously skewed to produce a desired result using cherry picked date ranges and information.

Give me one example of a game that was skipped because it was also available on the PC.  Left4Dead was included in the list and it is available on 360 and PC.  Also, I have clearly stated that a 360 exclusive that is available on the PC is still viewed as an exclusive.  Please read the thread before you post.

I did and clearly misunderstood your meaning. I thought you were indicating you did not include them for that reason. Sometimes reading is not all it is cracked up to be it is the understanding that matters.

The majority of the games I was thinking off I guess ended up being timed exclusives all very confusing.

I realise you've stated your thoughts on why you regard your limits as being fine but by ignoring older exclusives you're throwing away far more valuable data making this pointless imo.

When looking at sales of exclusives it's not only short term sales that are important but loing term trends too, for example the spikes in sales that Crackdown, Mass Effect and Halo 3 are all going to be getting over the coming 6 months as their sequels (or expansion in ODST's case) are released. Not only that but not including downloadable titles is silly as its a big money earner for all 3 companies right now due to minimal advertising and publishing costs required.

In all honesty you've picked such a skewed set of data to blur the full picture of sales exclusives and sadly it does just look like desperate cherry picked data to make the PS3 look better, which according to you isn't the true picture you were looking for. I'll quietly leave your thread now as I've said my piece and I don't agree with your metrics and don't need it to go further off topic.

On a positive note, your presentation was at least good.

When all of you moan about how he should have included all exclusives, think of all the work, you should be thanking him for showing an interesting comparison even if there are limitations

Here's the list if you eliminate your metacritic rating requirement (starred games are ones that weren't included) for comparison for games down to ~0.30m in sales:
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 4.06m
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - 3.05m
LittleBigPlanet - 2.25m
Killzone 2 - 1.71m
Resistance 2 - 1.57m
SingStar - 0.85m
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation - 0.84m
*Haze - 0.77m
*Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - 0.72m
Buzz! Quiz TV - 0.71m
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - 0.70m
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift - 0.66m
MLB 08: The Show - 0.64m
*SingStar Abba - 0.61m
inFamous - 0.52m
Valkyria Chronicles - 0.50m
Yakuza 3 - 0.48m
MLB 09: The Show - 0.46m
*White Knight Chronicles - 0.35m
*Yakuza: Kenzan! - 0.30m
= 21.75m/20 = 1.0875m/game



Gears of War 2 - 4.95m
Fable II - 2.87m
Left 4 Dead - 2.27m
Halo Wars - 1.32m
Ninja Gaiden II - 0.94m
*Lost Odyssey - 0.80m
*Too Human - 0.59m
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - 0.53m
Naruto: The Broken Bond - 0.50m
*Frontlines: Fuel of War - 0.49m
*Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 0.48m
*Infinite Undiscovery - 0.47m
*Lips - 0.42m
*You're in the Movies - 0.38m
*Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom - 0.33m
Tales of Vesperia - 0.32m
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise - 0.29m
= 17.95/17 = 1.056m/game

As others have mentioned, Halo 3 for example while not on your list continues to outsell all PS3 exclusives except inFamous on a weekly basis, and has for quite awhile now. Also, in '09 it has sold ~0.78m (behind 7 games' total figures on the list) and since the start of '08 it has sold ~2.95m (behind 2 games' total figures on the list) There other older 360 exclusives that continue to sell better than most of the PS3 exclusives as well.

Just some more info to take in ;).