(edited out list of games I had because I thought the OP meant "exclusives" when instead he has "first party")
As for my opinion? Sony's exclusives are all pretty good. I like my Xbox a whole lot and I like Gears of War and Halo better than any of Sony's exclusives, but after all is said and done those two series eventually do get a bit stale.
Usually quality wins over quantity, but I'd rather have two bowls of storebrand Raisin Bran than a third of a bowl of namebrand Fruity Pebbles.
I think even the most irrational x-bots have to say Sony. This year alone Sony is bringing 5 AAA games to market. As for Nintendo... in fairness they haven't been the biggest producer of games on any of their systems since the SNES but this generation the lack of games was even more apparent because of the crap third parties were putting on it.
MS dropped the ball severely on first party business and focused on pulling a Nintendo and getting DLC exclusives since they realized the big market in Japan was a battle long lost, Sony blows the pants off them and makes a few Xbots I know despair and surely sometime soon convert, but I definitely feel more for the Wii first party line-up. JRPGs man. Those things have been rare this generation. Anything not a third person or first person game that is also good, has been a rare sight, and the Wii is still where it is.
I still consider Excite Truck, the launch title, a highly playable and entertaining game worth spending time with, just that little thing. So much more fun than the other tight knit racer exclusives on the other machines.
For my personal tastes Microsoft and Sony are pretty neck and neck. Sure Microsoft's dropped the ball recently but Sony bumbled the ball pretty seriously for the first few years of the PS3.
Uncharted is definitely my favourite of the generation, but both Gears and Viva Pinata are close behind.
@believer258: Exclusives aren't the same thing as first party games..
...shit, damned thread had me confused there for a minute. I think the OP might have meant exclusives, but I messed up.
That being said Sony is still worlds ahead of Microsoft even without Demon's Souls, 3D dot game heroes, Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea, Yakuza, or Metal Gear Solid 4.
@believer258: Eh...is it worth getting into an argument over games being on PC removing their status as exclusives? Probably not. Also, Super Mario Galaxy is not shit, it deserves a mention, as does Metroid Prime 3. Other than that, you're right.
No, not really. Besides, people almost always mean "console exclusives" when they say that word.
As for the Wii, I'm sorry to say that neither Mario Galaxy nor Metroid Prime 3 were that great.
Opinion incoming. Gotta say it.
Metroid Prime is my second favorite game of all time next to its predecessor, and I was sad to see it spiral downwards when they introduced other characters and had small areas on each planet instead of one big planet to explore. Both of those just killed the game for me, especially the latter. Super Mario Galaxy probably wasn't that bad, but I could never get into it because the whole tiny planets thing made me dizzy and confused. This is the person that beat Marathon Durandal on 360 in two very long sittings - I don't get dizzy or confused by games very often at all.
I own a 360, no PS3 (yet) ... and I think Sony has the best exclusive line-up. MS really pisses me off this generation about how they handle their IPs (most of them dead, everything concentrated on Gears, Halo and Kinect garbage).
I love Sony Liverpool and their WipEout games, but I really couldn't care less about the rest of Sony's development studios. Fable II is the only first-party Microsoft title I've enjoyed this generation, but as amusing as it was, it's hardly first-rate game. Nintendo have't released that many first-party games that I've liked this generation, but the ones I've enjoyed (like the Super Mario Galaxy games and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption) have been excellent and my vote goes to them.
I own a 360, no PS3 (yet) ... and I think Sony has the best exclusive line-up. MS really pisses me off this generation about how they handle their IPs (most of them dead, everything concentrated on Gears, Halo and Kinect garbage).
QFT.
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@believer258: That's OK, it's not a bad opinion! I do agree with you, I would have preferred the classic single large planet to explore. However..I still think it's a good enough game in its own right. I don't have a problem with the other characters in Prime 3, I think they're distant enough for me to still get that Metroid feel. Other M however..well, I'd sold my Wii long before it came out, but just seeing the trailers left a seriously bad taste in my mouth.
On Galaxy..I can't really accept that as a valid criticism, but I get why it'd make you feel that way, shit is in space, yo.
I own a 360, no PS3 (yet) ... and I think Sony has the best exclusive line-up. MS really pisses me off this generation about how they handle their IPs (most of them dead, everything concentrated on Gears, Halo and Kinect garbage).
Yeah you are basically limited to Halo, Gears and Fonza for their exclusives. We need more Mass effect quality exclusives on the 360.
Not going to argue that Sony didn't do a good job, or that MS hasn't been slacking, my tastes favor Mircosoft's games. I don't know, I have a PS3 and I want to like it, but nothing on it has managed to capture me.
Well, it's hard to weed out the third-party exclusives but my best guess is it comes down to PS3 - Uncharted, InFamous, Killzone 360 - Fable, Forza , Halo Wii - Mario, Metroid, Zelda (and so forth)
I enjoyed the two Uncharted games more than the two Halo games, so I pick Sony but as far as everything else goes, I'd say equal.
Of course, earlier this year a Microsoft exec said that their first party line up has performed superior to both Sony's and Nintendo's. LINK
Isn't it always Nintendo? They take the best advantage of their hardware and make some of the most eminently playable games- though they're not as story driven as other games, they're just a joy to play and almost impossible to hate.
Gears of War is not first party people. Microsoft only have Halo, Fable, Forza, Viva Pinata, Perfect Dark, and a few Kinect titles - namely; Kinect Joyride, Kinect Adventures and Kinect Sports. That's pretty much it. Most exclusives are third party.
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