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Many people during this console generation have criticized the PS3 for having lost too many exclusives to the Xbox 360. We decided to take a look into exactly what was lost, as well as what the 360 lost and compare the two. What we found was, PS3's lost exclusives, while definitely big games to lose, were way overhyped by the media compared to the number of exclusive games 360 is losing to PS3.
On PS3's end, the majority of it's lost exclusives came from franchises that were once exclusive or timed exclusive from the PS2 generation. Bear in mind the Metal Gear franchise was also on Xbox. Of those franchises, we have:
Devil May Cry
Grand Theft Auto
Final Fantasy
Tekken
Armored Core
Katamari
And as for PS3 games that went multiplatform after release:
Virtua Fighter 5
Cross Edge
Fatal Inertia (Originally planned to be PS3 exclusive.)
Now, on to the Xbox 360. It's predecessor did not enjoy the number of exclusive franchises that the PS2 did, so it simply did not have as many exclusives to lose. That is why most of the exclusives that have been lost have been Xbox 360 games.
Bioshock
Lost Planet
Saint's Row
Oblivion
Dead Rising 2
Tales of Vesperia
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden 2
Eternal Sonata
And there is also the fact that Mass Effect's developers refuse to say it will remain exclusive to the Xbox 360 as well. That is a very nice chunk of the major third party exclusives that have been lost to PS3, a good bit more than PS3 lost to 360. Another thing worth mentioning is, to the dismay of many Xbox 360 owners, the PS3 versions of almost all of the games listed above come with exclusive content as well as upgrades in the form of better graphics or bug fixes, none of which will ever be made available to Xbox 360 owners. After talking to a few 360 owners, they have expressed that they feel quite shafted for shelling out $60 only to see the same game release on another platform in a more complete form. While PS3 owners have had to wait as long as a year or more to play these games, the developers have gone out of their way to make sure that it was indeed worth the wait.
So, next time someone says to you that PlayStation 3 has lost all of it's good exclusives, you may want to point them at this article. It has lost some, and those some have been rather big names to lose, but when you step back and look at the big picture, it is the Xbox 360 that is losing one exclusive after another to the PS3, and PS3 is getting improved versions as well.
That said, there are still a rather large number of exclusive games on the Xbox 360, given the one year head start it had over PS3 and Wii. A list of exclusive titles for both consoles can be seen below. Bear in mind that many of the titles on the lists below were only released in one or two territories, and may not have ever been released where you live. Also bear in mind that they may not be 100% complete.
360 Exclusives (131 total):
Halo 3
Halo Wars
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Fable II
Blue Dragon
Lost Oddyssey
Infinite Undiscovery
Too Human
Alan Wake
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Dead Rising
Crackdown
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Viva Pinata
Project Gotham Racing 3
Project Gotham Racing 4
Forza 2
Forza 3
Ace Combat 6
Amped 3
America's Army
Beautiful Katamari
Big Bumpin'
Bomberman: Act Zero
Bullet Witch
Chromehounds
DDR REvolution 1, 2 ,3
Dead or Alive 4
EDF 2017
Far Cry Instincts Predator
A-Train HX
Absolute: Blazing Infinity
Apocalypse: Desire Next
AquaZone: Life Simulator
Blue Dragon
Call of Juarez
Chaos;Head Noah
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Crash of the Titans
Crash Time: Autobahn Pursuit
Culdcept Saga
Dancing Stage Universe
Dancing Stage Universe 2
Dark Messiah Might and Magic: Elements
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm
Diario: Rebirth Moon Legend
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label Extra
Dream Club
Earth Defense Force 2017
Every Party
Far East of Eden Ziria: Tales from Distant Jipang
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Hour of Victory
The Idolmaster: Live For You!
The Idolmaster: Twins
Import Tuner Challenge
Kameo: Elements of Power
Kengo: Legend of the 9
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
Lips
Lips: Canta en Español
Lips: Number One Hits
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
Lost Planet: Colonies
Love Football
Magna Carta II
Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta
Memories Off 6 Double Pack
Microsoft Children's Miracle Network Games Bundle
Mobile Ops: The One Year War
Momotaro Dentetsu 16 GOLD
MotoGP '06
Mushihime-sama Futari
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Ninety-Nine Nights
Ninja Blade
OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Operation Darkness
Otomedius G
The Outfit
Over G Fighters
Perfect Dark Zero
PocketBike Racer
PopCap Arcade Volume 1
PopCap Arcade Volume 2
Prey
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 3
Project Sylpheed
Quake 4
RACE Pro
Raiden IV
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger
Ridge Racer 6
Rumble Roses XX
Saints Row
Scene It? Box Office Smash
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
Shadowrun
Shooting Love, 200X
Sneak King
Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage
Star Trek: Legacy
Steins;Gate
Stoked
Super Robot Wars XO
Supreme Commander
Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity
Tenchu Z
Tetris: The Grand Master Ace
Time Leap
Tsuushin Taisen Mahjong Touryuumon
Two Worlds
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Viva Piñata: Party Animals
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Warhammer: Battle March
WarTech: Senko No Ronde
You're in the Movies
Zegapain NOT
Zegapain XOR
Zoids Assault
Zoids Infinity EX Neo
PS3 EXCLUSIVE GAMES (82 total):
Afrika
Agarest Senki Zero
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Atelier Rorona
Boku no Natsu Yasumi 3
Buzz!: Brain of the UK
Buzz! Quiz TV
Demon's Souls
Derby Time Online
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Everybody's Golf 5
The Eye of Judgment
EyeCreate
Folklore
Formula One Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
G1 Jockey 4 2007
G1 Jockey 4 2008
Genji: Days of the Blade
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Haze
Heavenly Sword
Imabikisō
inFamous
Initial D Extreme Stage
Janline R
Katamari Forever
Killzone 2
Lair
LittleBigPlanet
Mahjong Kakutou Club
Mahjong Taikai IV
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
Metal Gear Online
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metro 2033: The Last Refuge
Mist of Chaos
MLB 07: The Show
MLB 08: The Show
MLB 09: The Show
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Monster Madness: Grave Danger
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
NBA 07
NBA 08
NBA 09: The Inside
Pain
Quantum Theory
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Ridge Racer 7
Ryū ga Gotoku 3
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!
Sega Golf Club
SingStar
SingStar Vol. 2
SingStar Vol. 3: Party Edition
Siren: Blood Curse
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Steambot Chronicles 2
SuperCar Challenge
Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Avalon no Nazo
Time Crisis 4
Toro to Morimori
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted Waters Online
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Valkyria Chronicles
Wangan Midnight
Warhawk
Warriors Orochi Z
White Knight Chronicles
Winning Post 7 Maximum 2007
Yamasa Digi World DX
Yamasa Digi World SP Pachislot Samurai Warriors
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good article and good exclusives list, i think there should be more on the lists.
i highlighted in red what i feel may cross over at some point.
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