2011 - The Year of the PS3?

• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Killzone 3
• Little Big Planet 2
• Resistance 3
• Motorstorm Apocalpyse
• inFamous 2
• The Last Guardian

i've been buying  a lot more ps3 games than games on my 360 for the last couple years 
but what i still cannot believe is that Gears Of Wars  will probably outsell Resistance 3, Killzone 3, and Uncharted 3 sells combined

Sony has always been known to announce their lineup well in advance, while Microsoft usually doesn't announce most of the stuff coming out in the second half of the year until E3. 
 
That said, I think people need to get over the idea of the "year of the PS3". It's a great system with great games on it already. As far as value goes, I think it sits fairly equal with the 360 at this point.

"So many of you are missing the point. It's not about what sells better, it's not about console wars, it''s not about  fanboyism. It's about what system do you think you'll get the most value out of. I personally don't want to own both, as I think it's a waste. That's simply my opinion, so I was debating on replacing my 360 with a PS3. "

" @cjmabry said:

"So many of you are missing the point. It's not about what sells better, it's not about console wars, it''s not about  fanboyism. It's about what system do you think you'll get the most value out of. I personally don't want to own both, as I think it's a waste. That's simply my opinion, so I was debating on replacing my 360 with a PS3. "

I can't help but disagree with you on that. I have somewhere around 90 retail games for my 360 and a dozen for my PS3. Obviously I got my money's worth on the 360, but I feel like 12 games is enough to justify buying the PS3. That's all before counting the downloadable titles, which is where the 360 and the PS3 really differentiate themselves. It's not like the two consoles are redundant or anything. "

They say this every year, that this is Sony's Year.  But in the case of the PSP it actually became true in 2009.  I predict a similar trend for PS3.  Either this year or next year it will sell out in Japan.  Then the rest of the world will follow.

Every year is the year of the X

...GT5 already sold 5.5 million and is the top selling PS3 exclusive, you think 2011 is the year it can sell the final 4.5 million to make it the fifth straight proper Gran Turismo that sells over 10 million units?  

It seems like every year, people say "This is it, this is the year that the PS3 is gonna shine" but it never happens. 
 
By the way, I see 2011 as the year of the fighter.  MvC3, Mortal Kombat, and Arcade Edition are gonna keep me busy.  Then over the next few years we'll have BlazBlue: CS2, The Street Fighter/Tekken mashups, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.  I love how the fighting genre is coming back so strong.

" ...GT5 already sold 5.5 million and is the top selling PS3 exclusive, you think 2011 is the year it can sell the final 4.5 million to make it the fifth straight proper Gran Turismo that sells over 10 million units?   "

just a personal opinion, and i have only played ps3 exclusive games at a friends house, but i am way more excited for forza 4 and gears 3 then anything else on that list... but yes the ps3 does play have a higher quantity i guess

" That's simply my opinion, so I was debating on replacing my 360 with a PS3. "

Agent  and Xcom are the only two games there I actually want to play, that's quite depressing.

2010 was basically the 360's year and as it looks like for the ps3 right now it will probably have more exclusives this year. I guess I can kind of agree and yes, it's always the PC's year.

As an owner of both PS3 and 360, I agree that the PS3 "core" lineup is much stronger... for those who care. 360 has a lot of Kinect stuff that you didn't mention... for those who care.
 
You see, I don't have a Kinect because I have a very small living room. I'm no hater, I plan on having one  (Project Draco + Steel Battalion 3 = drooooool), it just isn't possible for me atm. But on the other end of the spectrum, most PS3 games don't interest me in the slightest - I dislike "Tomb Raider" style games, so no Uncharted, don't care about open world, sandbox games (inFamous, Yakuza), don't care about the Motorstorm games, etc. I'm looking forward to Resistance 3 (the videos peaked my curiosity, although I hated 1 and 2), and that's pretty much it. 
 
All this to say: the lineup is objectively stronger atm, but it's a matter of taste / if you care about that stuff. I WILL buy Gears 3, Forza 4, and Xcom (probably on PC), it's just a matter of personal taste. 
 
As food for thought, consider this - every year we have been fed the "it's the year of the PS3" line. Sony also usually announces their games very early, to the point it created some infamous industry stories (the eternally in development KZ2, GT5, FF13, FFv13, etc). These have started to come out, culminating in GT5 finally having been released, god knows how many years since it was supposed to. All these years, taste aside and likewise objectively, 360 has been much stronger than PS3 because it actually had great games, specially in the first couple of years - people tend to forget XBLA, which is consistently vastly superior to PSN and has / had tons of exclusives. Which means PS3 was bound to catchup eventually, so while MS is now focused elsewhere (Kinect stuff), Sony finally has a great "core" lineup for imo the first time. 
 
But I mean, it's 2011, it's about time.

What's this about selling the 360? Just keep it and get a PS3.

Wasn't that the case of 2010 as well? And 2009? Exclusives aren't really 360's strongest aspect.

The PS3 has had the greatest AMOUNT of exclusives since like 2008 so yeah every year since then has been 'The year of the PS3'. The awesomeness of the system is that it actually has exclusives instead of 'console exclusives'.

PS3 having better/more exclusives isn't anything new but the only games I play on the PS3 are exclusives, while everything I play is played on the 360 so ultimately my ratio of 360 to PS3 games end up being like 5:1. Still looking at PS3 exclusives list, the only ones I plan on buying are Uncharted 3 and Infamous 2.

I get not wanting to buy both but to me it really is the only answer; I want to play the great games on PS3 but there's no way I'm giving up my 360 library. Just one good exclusive is enough to justify a purchase for me; I don't want platform exclusivity to be a factor in what I play.

Hey, I have all those systems and can play all the games to my liking :). 
 
You are going to sell your Xbox because Xbox Live is expensive? Wouldn't it be better to just cancel Xbox Live, and therefore still have access to your old game library, and any new games that come out this year? This way if anything gets announced that does interest you, you don't have to buy a new Xbox.

" What's this about selling the 360? Just keep it and get a PS3. "

pc fo sho. Just because pc has many great games. The ps3 has some games I REALLY REALLY want to play. namely the gran turismo, twited metal, uncharted, killzone, and resistance games.

too bad you didn't make a multiplatform list because THAT would be the best list. Everybody wins in that case.  Gears is the only thing I'm interested in on those 2 lists =(

" Hey, I have all those systems and can play all the games to my liking :).  You are going to sell your Xbox because Xbox Live is expensive? Wouldn't it be better to just cancel Xbox Live, and therefore still have access to your old game library, and any new games that come out this year? This way if anything gets announced that does interest you, you don't have to buy a new Xbox. "

Xcom looks amazing and I've always been a huge fan of Gears. I dunno, I don't have the luxury of owning both a PS3 and an Xbox and other than Heavy Rain there hasn't been a PS3 title that has made me lament only owning a 360. I am, for the most part, satisfied with what I've received on the 360. 

" @xyzygy: Tell me what they could possibly have exclusviely? No way there can be another Fable, Crackdown, Alan Wake, or even a Halo next year. So what else do they have? They can pull a timed exclusive out their ass maybe. "

it does look  like ps3 is the game. if that list is true more games. gear of war 3, it will sell well. you never know what will happen. i heard there were a lot of problems with gears of war 2 with online. people might not get the game. 
 
so far what is on that list forza 4, shadow of collouses, and uncharted 3 are the games on the list.

I didn't play my PS3 much this year--at all, really--but next year does look to be a fantastic jump in quality.

Someone on another site made this a few days ago, thought I'd post it.   
 

Where the hell are people getting Versus is coming out in 2011?   
 
Both Nomura and Square have said Versus is the last one in the XIII Trilogy, and Agito XIII comes out before.  Best case is Agito XIII for 2011 and then Versus for 2012...and this is Japan Releases.  Plus an extra year for the NA/EU one.  

1. The term "notable" is subject to interpretation
2. Some of the games on your PS3 list aren't even exclusives
3. It's the year of the Rabbit

well, enjoy your console. I don't care. I play PC.

" well, enjoy your console. I don't care. I play PC. "

Looks like the year of the PS3...

" ive been hearing "year of the ps3" for like 3 years in a row now :p "

just because the game is exclusive doesn't make it good and frankly most of the ps3 'exclusives' haven't been all that impressive(MGS4 and inFamous are the only ones I really liked) and the xbox ones didn't impress me greatly either(I'm not a Halo or gears of war fan) so I tend to like my 360 better because Microsoft is willing to pay money to get exclusive DLC(timed or otherwise) so it tends to work out better in the long run.

The year of the PlayStation 3 doesn't really have anything to do with exclusives in my opinion. I want to have a great experience together with other people, have as much content as possible available for me to either buy or try out. I want to have the best gaming experience and while most of the games are made on the Xbox 360 it easily becomes "the console of the year". With that said - they are very close to each other now and for the casual market it probably comes down to however they can play Madden (or FIFA/NHL in Europe's case). As long as Xbox Live remains as the ultimate online server on the console market I see Xbox 360 as my console of the year. With that said - if this discussion is about a console having the best exclusive - there's really only one game to mention - UNCHARTED 3!!!