Ups and downs of no 3rd party exclusives

Anybody else feel like the experience of owning a particular system this generation is not quite as special as during the last, in large part due to the almost
complete lack of 3rd party exclusives?

Now I remember well that last gen, both the PS2 and the Xbox had their fair share of exclusives, and at one point I owned both systems. It sucked for
owners of one system but not the other (Xbox had a lot of amazing 3rd party exclusives and so did the PS2) but it made the experience of owning that system
that much more special and rewarding.

I understand game companies wanting to sell as many copies as possible and with both systems being nearly equally as powerful it's not that hard to get
multiple versions going (not in Bethesda's case obviously), but aren't SCEA and Microsoft ever compelled to fund/partially fund and collaborate with 3rd party companies on exclusive titles for their systems?

What are your thoughts on this? I also found that 3rd party exclusives tend to be quite unique. I mean there are still some, like the Yakuza series. Sure it's not a killer app but it's unlike anything available on 360, and it's exclusive to the PS3.

Just reading your first paragraph made me whana say that even though there has been a ton of first party games fact IGN did an article of all the good first and third party games on the PS3. Owning the console itself over a long perioid of time has paid off. First party games only matter within the first two-three years of a consoles release. Because at that time the installed user base is very core and limited. And its these exlusive third/first party games that draw them into buying the consoles. Sure the PS3 saw a loss of alot of its past gen third party exlusives such as tekken and soul calibur which made the move to the 360. But also final fantasy went to the xbox.

Third party exlusive games that were once PS only still play and have more of a userbase though. The Ultimate Ninja series which is now cross platform, 70% of the games sales stillcame from the PS3 with its cross platform sequal.

Ultimate Ninja? Do you mean Ninja Gaiden?

No he means Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 1 which was a PS3 exclusive and then Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 which went Multi-Platform and now the Upcoming Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations.

yea but those suck no?

No best Naruto Games out and the Graphics are spot on to the anime. Go read the review and see if the game appeals to you.

yea but those suck no?

Dark_Metamorphosis

They suck lol? the first one is epic. The second one is good, and the third one is gonna be better than the first and second. Sure in my opinion the first one is Godlike. And the second one while flawed is pretty fun at times. Im so pumped for the third one.

What i mean is even though the PS3 has lost its third party games since most went multiplat. They still can be enjoyed as a ps3 game and most of their fanbases are always on the original console anyway.

Can't really say it bothers me. Increasing development costs make it a no-brainer to release on as many platforms as possible.

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yea but those suck no?

thingta42

They suck lol? the first one is epic. The second one is good, and the third one is gonna be better than the first and second. Sure in my opinion the first one is Godlike. And the second one while flawed is pretty fun at times. Im so pumped for the third one.

What i mean is even though the PS3 has lost its third party games since most went multiplat. They still can be enjoyed as a ps3 game and most of their fanbases are always on the original console anyway.

Sorry, I only thought so because I remember past Naruto games being pretty **** guess they got it right this time around.

I can't say I'm much of a Naruto fan anoymore...I was keeping up until about 8-9 months ago but then just gave up on it because it got really ridiculous. Just One Piece for me now. Are any of the OP games good?

Not that I know of most OP games are just average.

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yea but those suck no?

Dark_Metamorphosis

They suck lol? the first one is epic. The second one is good, and the third one is gonna be better than the first and second. Sure in my opinion the first one is Godlike. And the second one while flawed is pretty fun at times. Im so pumped for the third one.

What i mean is even though the PS3 has lost its third party games since most went multiplat. They still can be enjoyed as a ps3 game and most of their fanbases are always on the original console anyway.

Sorry, I only thought so because I remember past Naruto games being pretty **** guess they got it right this time around.

I can't say I'm much of a Naruto fan anoymore...I was keeping up until about 8-9 months ago but then just gave up on it because it got really ridiculous. Just One Piece for me now. Are any of the OP games good?

I just want a new sly cooper game....

Wow remember when GTA was a PS3 exclusive...

I just want a new sly cooper game....

sruane23

We are getting a new one Sly 4 comes out this year PS3 exclusive.

You should post this in system wars.

Wow remember when GTA was a PS3 exclusive...

sruane23

yea I do

and how cool was it to have a PS2 back then?

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They suck lol? the first one is epic. The second one is good, and the third one is gonna be better than the first and second. Sure in my opinion the first one is Godlike. And the second one while flawed is pretty fun at times. Im so pumped for the third one.

What i mean is even though the PS3 has lost its third party games since most went multiplat. They still can be enjoyed as a ps3 game and most of their fanbases are always on the original console anyway.

yokokoroma

Sorry, I only thought so because I remember past Naruto games being pretty **** guess they got it right this time around.

I can't say I'm much of a Naruto fan anoymore...I was keeping up until about 8-9 months ago but then just gave up on it because it got really ridiculous. Just One Piece for me now. Are any of the OP games good?

That looks to be the greatest ps3 third party exclusive ever!!!!

I missed the bragging rights that came with third party excluives last gen when I was in middle school and high school. I had a ps2 and a game cube last gen since I sucked at FPS than and there really wasn't too many games on the xbox that appealed to me. All my friends had xboxs so if I really wanted to play a game badly I would go to their house plus when I discovered Final Fantasy XI I pretty much only played that gam on my ps2 for years lol. I just remeber when I game came out only on 1 system my friends and I had fun making fun of other people in our group of peers who were complaining that they couldn't play it. It seemed last gen almost everyone owned every system in order to play every game. If someone didn't own a certain system they didn't critisize it like people do today with the ps3, 360, and wii. Its one thing to say you don't like a console for its games, interface, control, but to just flat out rip on one simply because you don't like a feature is something that I hate about this generation.

I don't care if they're exclusive or not, I just want to see 3rd parties stop making crappy ports for the ps3.

I don't buy them anymore. And I refuse to buy any game that has online pass so I don't even buy the Sony exclusives either. So I don't really buy many games at all anymore; one or two a year. I just rent.

you are kinda right. but to this day i owned all consoles in each generation. this gen i got the 360 latest (a few weeks ago) since it has the least exclusives. i got it as a gift actually and wasnt really planning to buy it since the ps3 is practically the same and has more exclusives...

so ya in general i agree.