*Pure console exclusives in bold (meaning games only releasing for the console and nothing else)
Yet another comparison thread, but I wanted to make a list as complete as possible showing the exclusives for both upcoming platforms and I wanted to make a poll to see which side seems the most interesting to people, regardless of the console they prefer.
For me, PS4 currently has the more appealing list and it has plenty of smaller, interesting games that I'm starting to enjoy more. The Xbox One has some great looking games as well (particularly Titanfall, but it'll be on PC), but most of it is stuff that I couldn't care less about, unfortunately. Making this list, I'm observing that the Xbox One side seems to aim for a more mainstream appeal with games like Zoo Tycoon, Kinect Sports Rivals, Fantasia and, especially, Minecraft.
This list just compares games that are currently announced for either the PS4 or the Xbox One, but not the other console. I'm not taking into account PC, Wii U, PS3/360 or (potentially) timed exclusives.
Do we even have enough information on either platform to figure out which are "launch titles" and which are "launch window"? Its nice to want TitanFall or inFamousSecond Son but if they aren't even going to be released till "late 2014" then I'm not sure asking "which is better?" means much.
Most of those games on either side does nothing for me, excluding Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, DR3, (maybe) Project Spark, and Infamous. Since most are on X1, I guess it wins for now. I do want to play Transistor, but I can just get that on Steam... if I got Titanfall on PC then I'd have to upgrade it, which I don't want to do anytime soon.
Do we even have enough information on either platform to figure out which are "launch titles" and which are "launch window"? Its nice to want TitanFall or inFamousSecond Son but if they aren't even going to be released till "late 2014" then I'm not sure asking "which is better?" means much.
This isn't talking about launch, this is talking about everything. We already know that inFamous: Second Son isn't a launch game and will only be available early 2014.
Do we even have enough information on either platform to figure out which are "launch titles" and which are "launch window"? Its nice to want TitanFall or inFamousSecond Son but if they aren't even going to be released till "late 2014" then I'm not sure asking "which is better?" means much.
Both of those games are Q1 2014 (as of right now), I doubt MS would want Halo and Titanfall competing against each other in Q4.
Titanfall and fantasia are coming to 360 so I wouldn't call them xbone exclusive. Titanfall was the only reason that might get me to buy a xbox one but I'm just going to play it on 360.
Right now i think xbox has more "exclusives" that i might like: Titanfall, Project Spark, PvZ:GW, and Deadrising 3; but those dont compare to the level of excitement i have for Infamous: Second Son. Plus most of those are gonna end up on PC.
It's about even for me. There are a few games on each list that are on my radar, but nothing that jumps out at me as something I know I'll be buying. Voted for see results.
While the PS4 may technically have fewer true exclusives (IE titles that are -only- announced for the PS4/Xbox at this point), they appeal to me more overall than the Xbox exclusives. Titanfall and Project Spark were the Xbox exclusives I was interested in, and they're coming to the PC, so that's pretty much all incentive gone for me to buy the console. I think I heard something about Dead Rising 3 on the PC as well (could be wrong on this, it was just hearsay), but that game looks awful to me anyway so I don't really care about it. Comparatively Killzone, The Order: 1886, Knack, and Infamous all interest me, so the PS4 wins out by a fairly decent margin personally.
Interested primarily in Titanfall, Halo, Forza, Below, the Witness, and Transistor. My PC can actually run the Witness and Transistor, so not much on PS4 yet for me.
Well, theres a handful of games on those two lists i'd like, but I really dont think exclusives are console sellers to me. I mostly play third party stuff. I will say PS4 has a few more interesting games for me.
Titanfall and fantasia are coming to 360 so I wouldn't call them xbone exclusive. Titanfall was the only reason that might get me to buy a xbox one but I'm just going to play it on 360.
Yep, like pyrodactly said, plus PVZ: Garden Warfare is coming to 360 as well.
Overall there are more PS4 titles that appeal to my tastes. Xbox One has a couple exclusive games I want, but Titanfall was the biggest of those and I can play that on PC (without a camera watching me).
Titanfall and fantasia are coming to 360 so I wouldn't call them xbone exclusive. Titanfall was the only reason that might get me to buy a xbox one but I'm just going to play it on 360.
Yep, like pyrodactly said, plus PVZ: Garden Warfare is coming to 360 as well.
I mention in the OP that the list itself is just considering the PS4 and Xbox One, not everything else.
Titanfall and fantasia are coming to 360 so I wouldn't call them xbone exclusive. Titanfall was the only reason that might get me to buy a xbox one but I'm just going to play it on 360.
Yep, like pyrodactly said, plus PVZ: Garden Warfare is coming to 360 as well.
I mention in the OP that the list itself is just considering the PS4 and Xbox One, not everything else.
Sure. Not being critical of your list, just stating my rationale.
Infamous is the platform exclusive game that has me most excited so I'll say PS4. Having said that Forza 5 and Titanfall look great but nothing else on Xbox grabs me. I don't think the Abe's Oddysee remake is a PS4 exclusive either.
I always resent the inclusions of games also available on PC in these kind of lists.
And then if i ignore those games, i'm left with nothing remotely interesting to me on Xbox One and InFamous and Killzone as mildly appealing at the moment on PS4. If InFamous Second Son improves significantly on the gameplay of the previous games i'm in. If it's just a better looking one of those i'm out.
PS4 for me given it has most of the games I am the most interested in, like the new Infamous. I am also interested in the new Killzone, because I have heard, whether true or not, that it is more similar to Far Cry than it is to the older Killzones, which seems far more interesting than the older Killzones were.
Other than Titanfall (which is luckily on pc) nothing really too exciting on Xbone. Ps4 has me a bit more excited with Knack and I do love me some Infamous and Killzone.
If we are to compare them both in terms of the next-gen console exclusives (i.e. games that out of all the console platforms it only appears on their next-gen console but could also be on a different platform such as PC or mobile as well as the previous gen consoles e.g. X360, PS3, and Wii), majority of Sony's console exclusives are also on PC, particularly the indie titles. In terms of PURE exclusives (i.e. games that are not confirmed to appear on any other platform such as mobile and PC or consoles such as Wii, WiiU, PS3 and Xbox 360), I'm more inclined to go towards Microsoft's since I'm personally interested in seeing Quantum Break, Sunset Overdrive, D4, and Below while in Sony's line-up I'm only interested in Infamous: Second Son and The Order.
PS4
Xbox One
Pure Exclusives(only available on a particular console)
9
14
Console exclusives (available on a different platform but not on a competing console)
I think in general, the XB1 exclusives are better at this point, but I'd be really surprised if Microsoft can match the exclusive output that Sony has consistently delivered for the last 15 years; buying a console for it's launch lineup is incredibly shortsighted and I can't imagine doing that unless you knew you'd be getting both systems which I probably won't do this time around.
Really the only games I'm interested in enough to buy on either system are:
@gaspower: I'll edit the list for pure exclusives, since that will make some things clearer.
So yeah, the Xbox One currently has more exclusives only for the Xbox One than the PS4 has.
I just edited my post. You can copy the table that I created that has numbers for the pure exclusives as well as console exclusives if you wish. :)
Also the tables that are found in the Wikipedia source pages that I included in my previous post has a sorting function which is super useful to be able to sort out other information as well such as genres, publishers and release dates by region.
I'll play Killzone: SF, but it's mostly inFamous: SS I'm excited about. There isn't really anything on XONE, I'll play Titanfall on PC if it turns out to be great.
PS4. Killzone and especially inFamous(one of my favorite series from the previous gen) are must-plays for me. Their other stuff looks cool too, and I know they'll continue to really hit it out of the park with exclusives. Not really that interested in XBONE's exclusives. It would be alright to play some of that stuff, but I don't feel I have to go out of my way to experience them.
As of right now? PS4 only by a slight edge. In terms of future potential? PS4 hands down no questions asked. Look at the PS2/Xbox and PS3/360 days and Sony's first party output puts Microsoft to shame and I expect no different this time around.
Xbox One has one platform exclusive I'm marginally interested in (Dead Rising 3) and PS4 has two (The Order: 1866 and inFamous: Second Son), so Sony's got the edge for me. The more I think about it, though, the more likely it's becoming that I'm just going to spend my console money on a new video card and wait until GTA 6 or Red Dead Revengeance or whatever Rockstar's next console only open world game is before picking up a PS4.
@banefirelord: Yeah, those are the games i'm interested in too.
All this console drama made me consider buying a new gaming rig but I figured I'd wait for a game that was a must play on PC like The Witcher 3. I doubt very much that games like Watch Dogs etc. Will look that much better on PC. Run better? Probably, but i'm not too bothered 30fps is fine for most games.
Plus, I know this sounds a lot like self justification but I think by the time TW3 comes out componants that'll be able to run the game smoothly will be a lot cheaper.
The X1 has the better exclusive games, no doubt, but exclusive games aren't what motivate me to buy one system over another. Saving a hundred bucks on what is supposedly the more powerful system is a much more powerful motivating factor to me, and I think it should be to everyone. It's always bothered me that people will cite exclusive games as a good reason to buy a system. People seem to get so wrapped up in the console-war nonsense that they forget that we'd all be better off if we could pick whichever system we find to be better for us in terms of its services, its price, and its hardware and then have access to all of the games being made.
inFAMOUS Second Son is all the PS4 needs for it to win over everything on the Xbone thus far. Also, Deep Down is actually going to be a PS4 exclusive??
@yummylee: I doubt whatever Deep Down turns out to be it will be exclusive as that is being positioned as Capcom's next generation engine showpiece. I could be wrong though.
In terms of pure exclusives, Dead Rising 3 could be cool and the others I could be interested in, Sunset Overdrive and Quantum Break, we know almost nothing about . Second Son looks neat, I guess. Currently they are equal imo. No real stand outs to sway me.
Deep Down is where it's at for me. I'm pretty sure Capcom will take the lessons learned from Dragon's Dogma (and especially the design of Dark Arisen's Bitterblack Island dungeon), and make Deep Down the most addictive and awesomely playing dungeon crawler ever. Yes - it will be even better than Dark Souls 2.
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