So which console really has the best exclusives?

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Let me start by saying that ant 'system wars' stuff is not welcome anywhere, let alone here. This blog is about the exclusives that each of the consoles offer and the one with the best games will always be the games you like the most - everyone is right, no matter how different their answer is.

Also, I need to add that any errors in my analysis are not intentional, as it took a bit of work to establish what I did, so if you find any errors, by all means let me know. This does not include any download games, just retail ones. Also, I did leave out some games like Naruto, where each console has a Naruto game so exclusivity isn't really applicable. That applies to a few others I can't remember. Ones that also come to mind are all the singing (Singstar/Lips) and quizz (Buzz/Scene It) games as they are an experience not really exclusive. Yes, I know that applies elsewhere, but I had to make a line somewhere and that is the line I chose. Also, I am ignoring PC, this is just about consoles.

With that out of the way, I though that it might be interesting to have a decent look at which games are exclusive to a console and how that compares. My expectations were that they would all be worth owning and looking at the results, I believe that I am right.

XBOX 360:

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation	2007	80
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts	2008	80
Blue Dragon	2007	79
Chromehounds	2006	71
Culdcept Saga	2008	75
Dead or Alive 4	2005	85
Earth Defense Force 2017	2007	69
Fable II	2008	89
Forza Motorsport 2	2007	90
Forza Motorsport 3	2009	91
Frontlines: Fuel of War	2008	75
Gears of War	2006	94
Gears of War 2	2008	93
Halo 3	2007	94
Halo 3: ODST	2009	83
Halo Wars	2009	82
Infinite Undiscovery	2008	68
Kameo: Elements of Power	2005	79
Last Remnant, The	2008	66
Left 4 Dead	2008	89
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, The	2006	79
Magnacarta 2	2009	70
Mass Effect	2007	91
Ninety-Nine Nights	2006	61
Perfect Dark Zero	2005	81
Project Gotham Racing 3	2005	88
Project Gotham Racing 4	2007	85
Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception	2007	64
Quake 4	2005	75
Race Pro	2009	72
Star Trek: Legacy	2006	64
Tales of Vesperia	2008	79
Test Drive Unlimited	2006	82
Universe at War: Earth Assault	2008	66
Viva Pinata	2006	84
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise	2008	82

Lost Odyssey

2008

78

Crackdown

2007

83

Dead Rising

2006

85

Too Human

2008

65

Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars	2007	82
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath	2008	75

42 games in total. I have managed to accumulate 12 of those 360 only games. I still need to add Tales of Vesperia, Forza 3 and Fable II to my collection. A pretty decent set of games, but I suspect the most popular ones are the ones I don't care for - Halo and Gears of War.

For some reason Liberty City Stories isn't on Metacritic (the individual DLC is) so that should be on this list.

PS3:

Afrika	2009	63
Demon's Souls	2009	89
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice	2008	78
Eye of Judgment, The	2007	75
EyePet	2009	70
Folklore	2007	75
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue	2008	80
Heavenly Sword	2007	79
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds	2008	81
inFAMOUS	2009	85
Killzone 2	2009	91
LittleBigPlanet	2008	95
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	2008	94
MotorStorm	2007	82
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift	2008	82
Resistance 2	2008	87
Resistance: Fall of Man	2006	86
SOCOM: Confrontation	2008	63
Time Crisis 4	2007	60
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	2009	96
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	2007	88
Valkyria Chronicles	2008	86
Warhawk	2007	84

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

2009

86

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty	2008	76
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	2007	89

Yakuza 3 **not available in English**

2009

83

WipEout HD Fury

2009

89

SIREN: Blood Curse

2008

78

28 games in total, so quite a bit short of the 360 total. I am not in possession of a PS3 and to be honest, not a lot of the exclusives are really my kind of game, but a handful look like awesome games that I would be very happy to add to my library - Demon Souls, Disgaea 3, Folklore, LittleBigPlanet and Valkyria Chronicles. Obviously there will be a lot of love for Unchartered, Resistance and Metal Gear.

Edit: whoops, forgot Ratchet & Clank :-(

Of course, as expected I would include the Wii exclusives. Sure, there will be a lot of the usual hate and that would be a pity, but there is clearly a large number of well received games to choose from. Those who don't enjoy what is on offer are only missing out on the fun.

WII:

Animal Crossing: City Folk	2008	73
Another Code: R - A Journey Into Lost Memories	2009	66
Battalion Wars 2	2007	75
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	2007	68
BlastWorks: Build, Trade, Destroy	2008	78
Boom Blox	2008	85
Boom Blox Bash Party	2009	86
Boy and his Blob, A	2009	79
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars - Director's Cut	2009	74
Conduit, The	2009	69
Cooking Mama World Kitchen	2008	62
Cooking Mama: Cook Off	2007	61
Cursed Mountain	2009	67
Dawn of Discovery	2009	81
de Blob	2008	82
Dead Space Extraction	2009	83
Deadly Creatures	2009	72
Dewy's Adventure	2007	67
Disaster: Day of Crisis	2008	69
Dokapon Kingdom	2008	72
Dragon Quest Swords: The Mask Queen and the Tower of Mirrors	2008	65
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter	2009	61
Elebits	2006	75
Endless Ocean	2008	72
Excite Truck	2006	72
Excitebots: Trick Racing	2009	77
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time	2009	64
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon	2008	76
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	2007	78
Ghost Squad	2007	69
Grand Slam Tennis	2009	78
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility	2008	65
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law	2008	60
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return	2008	66
House of the Dead: Overkill, The	2009	78
Klonoa	2009	76
Kororinpa: Marble Mania	2007	69
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The	2006	95
Let's Tap	2009	70
Link's Crossbow Training	2007	68
Little King's Story	2009	87
MadWorld	2009	81
Marble Saga: Kororinpa	2009	74
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	2007	67
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games	2009	72
Mario Kart Wii	2008	82
Mario Party 8	2007	62
Mario Strikers Charged	2007	79
Mario Super Sluggers	2008	69
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	2007	90
Monster Lab	2008	73
Munchables, The	2009	71
Muramasa: The Demon Blade	2009	80
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars	2008	72
My Word Coach	2007	68
MySims	2007	68
MySims Agents	2009	78
MySims Kingdom	2008	76
MySims Racing	2009	68
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams	2007	69
No More Heroes	2008	83
Octomania	2008	66
Opoona	2008	65
Punch-Out!!	2009	86
Rabbids Go Home	2009	79
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2	2007	67
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party	2008	73
Red Steel	2006	63
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles	2007	75
Rune Factory: Frontier	2009	80
Samba De Amigo	2008	68
SimCity Creator	2008	67
Sonic and the Secret Rings	2007	69
Spectrobes: Origins	2009	71
Spore Hero	2009	60
Spyborgs	2009	65
SSX Blur	2007	74
Super Mario Galaxy	2007	97
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz	2006	74
Super Paper Mario	2007	85
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	2008	93
Super Swing Golf	2006	72
Super Swing Golf Season 2	2007	70
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World	2008	69
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins	2009	70
Trauma Center: New Blood	2007	76
Trauma Center: Second Opinion	2006	80
Wario Land: Shake It!	2008	78
WarioWare: Smooth Moves	2007	83
We Love Golf!	2008	75
We Ski	2008	67
We Ski and Snowboard	2009	66
Wii Fit	2008	80
Wii Fit Plus	2009	81
Wii Music	2008	63
Wii Play	2007	58
Wii Sports	2006	76
Wii Sports Resort	2009	80
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers	2009	73
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure	2007	87

98 games, but that is not unexpected as the difference to the HD consoles means that many of those made for the Wii won't appear on those HD counterparts. I have mamaged to accumulate 41 of these games and quite a few more will end up in my collection.

I believe in owning as many consoles as you can afford, but also that any single console can still satisfy your needs if you can't afford more. The PSWii or Wii360 is clearly a good second choice though as it really does give you the best of most of what is on offer. As for me though, the 360 still probably pips the PS3 at the post as far as exclusives are concerned, only because of JRPG. I never thought that would ever be the case. Don't get your knickers in a twist when I say that the Wii beats both, because it is just a personal view.

Now it is over to you. With you own tastes, which one is leading the way at this point in time?

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you seem to have some windows games in your 360 section.

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Post by PeasForFees (1,643 posts) See mini bio

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Why do people count games which have better PC counterparts as exclusives, "and Wii obviously"

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I only own a PS3, but I'll admit the 360 has some awesome exclusive games I wish the PS3 would have.

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I always thought the PS3 had more exclusives than the 360. Nice list, though.

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What is your criteria for including a game on the lists? Because the wii has a lot more than 98 exclusive games, but a lot are crappy shovelware games.

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@oldschool: Wii Play has less than 60
You forgot Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time is out as well

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@oldschool said:

" @MattyFTM said:
" What is your criteria for including a game on the lists? Because the wii has a lot more than 98 exclusive games, but a lot are crappy shovelware games. "
Yeah, I should have mentioned that. I made a cut off point of 60% on Metacritic. That is a just a number as getting below that and we are getting into somewhat ordinary games. That same criteria was applied to the 360 and PS3 as they also have a small share of very ordinary exclusives, more the 360.

Ok, yeah, that makes sense.

And I noticed that Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party & Hottest Party 2 are Wii exclusives & both have a metacritic score of over 60 but are missing from your list. Or is that a case similar to the Naruto scenario you mentioned?

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PS3 has MGS4, killzone2,Littlebigplanet,Infamous,Demons souls,Valkyria Chronicles,Uncharted whilst the xbox has Halo and gears of war.
PS3 Wins for me (xbox "fanboy" speaking)

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@Micke said:

" No Ratchet & Clank games? "

Yeah, sorry, fixed that.
@Micke said:

" @oldschool: Wii Play has less than 60 You forgot Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time is out as well "

Oh well, I didn't say that I would get everything right and well, I didn't ^-^ Still, minor mistakes aside that I will fix ........

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@MattyFTM said:

" @oldschool said:
" @MattyFTM said:
" What is your criteria for including a game on the lists? Because the wii has a lot more than 98 exclusive games, but a lot are crappy shovelware games. "
Yeah, I should have mentioned that. I made a cut off point of 60% on Metacritic. That is a just a number as getting below that and we are getting into somewhat ordinary games. That same criteria was applied to the 360 and PS3 as they also have a small share of very ordinary exclusives, more the 360.

Ok, yeah, that makes sense. And I noticed that Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party & Hottest Party 2 are Wii exclusives & both have a metacritic score of over 60 but are missing from your list. Or is that a case similar to the Naruto scenario you mentioned? "

Yes, that does come to mind. I figured that you can still get some DDR action elsewhere, so it really isn't an exclusive. I am sure there were others I can't specifically remember. Some others were left off if ion the PS2, even though they are not actually this gen, but still, it made no sense to call a Wii exclusive to something that is also on the PS2.

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@oldschool said:

" @MattyFTM said:
" What is your criteria for including a game on the lists? Because the wii has a lot more than 98 exclusive games, but a lot are crappy shovelware games. "
Yeah, I should have mentioned that. I made a cut off point of 60% on Metacritic. That is a just a number as getting below that and we are getting into somewhat ordinary games. That same criteria was applied to the 360 and PS3 as they also have a small share of very ordinary exclusives, more the 360.

@eclipsesis said:
" you seem to have some windows games in your 360 section. "
@PeasForFees said:
" Why do people count games which have better PC counterparts as exclusives, "and Wii obviously" "
As I said, I have kept this in the realm of home console. Without a doubt, some games, especially FPS, play much better on the PC and with better graphics (assuming a high quality PC), but that isn't what this is about. It is just console. If there is a better version on PC, then you would buy that if it was your thing and it would cut the 360 list down quite a bit, but again, not what this is about. "

Well i think you should class it as variable,

If thats the case then why aren't Xbox, PS2, PSP and Gamecube exclusives classed if you are taking games from other platforms and calling them exclusives

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I own a 360 and a Wii and the exclusives for both those consoles do seem to fit my tastes much better than the PS3 exclusive games.

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It would have been nice if you had a mean score for each system and perhaps the standard deviation if you want to get anal. It seems as though the 360 has the best collection however it's been out the longest time. I'm happy with owning X360 and PS3, and at the moment I have no plans for getting a wii unless the new zelda game looks something special.

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@PeasForFees: Because its still exclusive to that console. Sure you can get it on the pc but were talking about exclusivity between the three consoles only.

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@eclipsesis said:

" @oldschool said:
As I said, I have kept this in the realm of home console. Without a doubt, some games, especially FPS, play much better on the PC and with better graphics (assuming a high quality PC), but that isn't what this is about. It is just console. If there is a better version on PC, then you would buy that if it was your thing and it would cut the 360 list down quite a bit, but again, not what this is about. "
Well i think you should class it as variable,
If thats the case then why aren't Xbox, PS2, PSP and Gamecube exclusives classed if you are taking games from other platforms and calling them exclusives "

I don't quite get your point. I left off Gamecube games like Pikmin and Mario Tennis because essentially, they are the same game. I am aiming for a somewhat "exclusive" experience. I also left off Phantom Brave because of its PS2 counterpart. If I left in all the Gamecube and PS2 games on the Wii, it would have been a bigger list and then I would have been arguing why they should be there, but I don't feel it fits this blog. I could have added a separate group for them, but it just complicates things.

@nrain said:

" It would have been nice if you had a mean score for each system and perhaps the standard deviation if you want to get anal. It seems as though the 360 has the best collection however it's been out the longest time. I'm happy with owning X360 and PS3, and at the moment I have no plans for getting a wii unless the new zelda game looks something special. "

As much as I am a maths geek, a mean score and standard deviation doesn't really mean anything when it comes to games you enjoy. It is why I stated that there is no best console for exclusives, just the one that holds the most enjoyment for you (everyone).

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Xbox 360

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@natetodamax said:

" Xbox 360 "

A man of few words ^-^

Just curious though, which of those 360 exclusives do you enjoy the most? As I said before, it is the JRPG for me, but I doubt it is for many.

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@oldschool said:

" @natetodamax said:
" Xbox 360 "
A man of few words ^-^ Just curious though, which of those 360 exclusives do you enjoy the most? As I said before, it is the JRPG for me, but I doubt it is for many. "

Hm, I really like

Mass Effect
Left 4 Dead
Gears Of War
Gears Of War 2
Fable 2

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I hate lists that include PC games, regardless as to whether you are doing JUST consoles, the fact remains that the 360 isn't the only place i can play Mass Effect, L4D, Gears of War therefore they are not exclusives. Simply saying 'but its only consoles' is not an excuse.

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@Kazu666 said:

"I hate lists that include PC games, regardless as to whether you are doing JUST consoles, the fact remains that the 360 isn't the only place i can play Mass Effect, L4D, Gears of War therefore they are not exclusives. Simply saying 'but its only consoles' is not an excuse. "

I disagree, he's comparing the consoles and the xbox is the only console you can play them on.

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@Kazu666 said:

" I hate lists that include PC games, regardless as to whether you are doing JUST consoles, the fact remains that the 360 isn't the only place i can play Mass Effect, L4D, Gears of War therefore they are not exclusives. Simply saying 'but its only consoles' is not an excuse. "

They are console exclusives though. If I included PC and took out the 360 games, then I would have 360 fans complaining and rightfully so. In anything you have to set your parameters and home consoles it is. I understand your point, but can't use that criteria in a conversation I want.

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Owning both a 360 and ps3, for me i definatley prefer what the ps3 has given me in terms of exclusive titles. My favourite game for the 360 that isn't on the ps3 is actually expansions for the multiplatform title GTA4.

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@oldschool: but what you WANT surely isnt relevant, in as thorough a list as you have written, trying to get the best unbiased opinion of which has the best exclusives, allowing a platform to have 'fake' exclusives is showing blatant bias towards it and thus voids all possible opinion.

I guess we'll just agree to disagree and move on eh? :P

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@natetodamax said:

" @oldschool said:
" @natetodamax said:
" Xbox 360 "
A man of few words ^-^ Just curious though, which of those 360 exclusives do you enjoy the most? As I said before, it is the JRPG for me, but I doubt it is for many. "
Hm, I really like
Mass Effect
Left 4 Dead
Gears Of War
Gears Of War 2
Fable 2"

You are in the majority. I tried to play Mass Effect and I thought that I would really love it, but couldn't get more than 30 minutes in before stopping and going elsewhere. I think I am being unfair on the game and really need to give it a proper try. I will eventually get L4D, but it is a 'bargain' game for me, as I am unlikely to ever play it online. I have been tempted to try GoW a couple of times when I saw it cheap and eventually I will, but eventually I will, just out of curiosity. I doubt I will like it though, especially with my motion sickness issues. Fable 2 is a must for me, despite the fact that I didn't really like Fable a whole lot. The new version with the extra maps looks like the one to get and it isn't very expensive.

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@Kazu666 said:

" @oldschool: but what you WANT surely isnt relevant, in as thorough a list as you have written, trying to get the best unbiased opinion of which has the best exclusives, allowing a platform to have 'fake' exclusives is showing blatant bias towards it and thus voids all possible opinion. I guess we'll just agree to disagree and move on eh? :P "

I really do understand your point, but I am the one who gets accused of being a Wii fanboy and if I took out all those games, I would spend most of my time defending that. They are 'fake' exclusives and I can't disagree with that, but as you say, we will have to agree to disagree for this particular blog.

I get all my RTS action on the PC (iMac) and I have Universe At War on PC, not 360. Every RTS will be better on the PC, but sometimes, the slight dumbing down for the home console isn't the wort thing in the world and can still be a lot of fun. Halo Wars isn't bad with what I have bothered to play so far.

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So which console really has the best exclusives?