Microsoft Dropping the Ball on 2009 Exclusives

Truth be told, our 360 sits proudly in the entertainment unit at home in an uneasy trilateral truce between itself, our PS3, and the Wii. And despite the odd unexplained occurrence – like the time we found the Wii pushed onto the floor with a DS stylus rammed up its rear power port (the 360 and the PS3 were turned innocently away from the horrific scene) – everybody seems to get along just fine. That said, we've got some issues with the 360 – namely, it's 2009 line-up (or lack thereof).

But this solid performance by Microsoft is somewhat diminished when you look into the future and try to define the Top Ten Hottest X360 Games of 2009. Because when you compare them to the Top Ten Hottest PS3 Games of 2009 two things become painfully obvious: 1. Microsoft is relying upon multi-platform titles quite heavily, and 2. If they do have any exclusive aces up their sleeve they should really get into the habit of revealing them sooner.

Why should they show their hand so soon? Because on the other side of the 'battle lines' the Sony defense force is escalating, they're strapping some serious exclusive firepower over there (plus they have those multiplatform titles as well, obviously).

Sensing the blood in the water, the angry folk who refer to 360 fans as un-programmable 'Xbots' and have relabeled Microsoft as 'M$' (as though having a buttload of cash is the gnarliest insult on earth) are already proclaiming a 2009 victory for Sony. On the opposite side of the conflict the other gamers - who refer to the PS3 as a George Foreman grill fit for frying 'giant enemy crab cakes' – are shrugging off the lack of X360 2009 exclusives by saying all the multiplatform games will look better on 360 anyway, so what me worry?

Honestly, none of that squabbling matters, of course. Speaking as a member of the much larger non-faction that is 'gamers for gamings sake', we still feel compelled to ask Microsoft where the hell is our 2009 games list? The odd concept of exclusivity aside (i.e. how can some games be on 360 and PC – and be exclusive?), there are a lot of awesome titles that need to be tied down with solid release dates. Preferably an exact date, or a quarter of a certain year – not a 'when it's done', not a TBA, not a vague indication that says a game will be released this side of the next mars landing.

Don't get us wrong here, we've got patience out the yin-yang (we've been waiting this long for Duke Nukem Forever) but it really is time for the Xbox 360 to start trumpeting its 2009 horn. Because the way things are shaping up, 2009 is looking pretty pissweak, and that isn't good news for any of us – level-headed gamers and rabid fan children alike.

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Microsoft needs to jump on the ball. Gamers need something else besides Halo to look forward to.

Truth be told, our 360 sits proudly in the entertainment unit at home in an uneasy trilateral truce between itself, our PS3, and the Wii. And despite the odd unexplained occurrence – like the time we found the Wii pushed onto the floor with a DS stylus rammed up its rear power port (the 360 and the PS3 were turned innocently away from the horrific scene) – everybody seems to get along just fine. That said, we've got some issues with the 360 – namely, it's 2009 line-up (or lack thereof).

But this solid performance by Microsoft is somewhat diminished when you look into the future and try to define the Top Ten Hottest X360 Games of 2009. Because when you compare them to the Top Ten Hottest PS3 Games of 2009 two things become painfully obvious: 1. Microsoft is relying upon multi-platform titles quite heavily, and 2. If they do have any exclusive aces up their sleeve they should really get into the habit of revealing them sooner.

Why should they show their hand so soon? Because on the other side of the 'battle lines' the Sony defense force is escalating, they're strapping some serious exclusive firepower over there (plus they have those multiplatform titles as well, obviously).

Sensing the blood in the water, the angry folk who refer to 360 fans as un-programmable 'Xbots' and have relabeled Microsoft as 'M$' (as though having a buttload of cash is the gnarliest insult on earth) are already proclaiming a 2009 victory for Sony. On the opposite side of the conflict the other gamers - who refer to the PS3 as a George Foreman grill fit for frying 'giant enemy crab cakes' – are shrugging off the lack of X360 2009 exclusives by saying all the multiplatform games will look better on 360 anyway, so what me worry?

Honestly, none of that squabbling matters, of course. Speaking as a member of the much larger non-faction that is 'gamers for gamings sake', we still feel compelled to ask Microsoft where the hell is our 2009 games list? The odd concept of exclusivity aside (i.e. how can some games be on 360 and PC – and be exclusive?), there are a lot of awesome titles that need to be tied down with solid release dates. Preferably an exact date, or a quarter of a certain year – not a 'when it's done', not a TBA, not a vague indication that says a game will be released this side of the next mars landing.

Don't get us wrong here, we've got patience out the yin-yang (we've been waiting this long for Duke Nukem Forever) but it really is time for the Xbox 360 to start trumpeting its 2009 horn. Because the way things are shaping up, 2009 is looking pretty pissweak, and that isn't good news for any of us – level-headed gamers and rabid fan children alike.

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Microsoft needs to jump on the ball. Gamers need something else besides Halo to look forward to.

Gamers need something else besides Halo to look forward to. jakarai

I saw plenty of great 360 exclusives in that list, so I don't know what you're on about.

And did you know a console can play games that aren't exclusive?

I saw plenty of great 360 exclusives in that list, so I don't know what you're on about.

And did you know a console can play games that aren't exclusive?

SpinoRaptor24

[QUOTE="jakarai"]Gamers need something else besides Halo to look forward to. IronBass

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="jakarai"]Gamers need something else besides Halo to look forward to. Ragnarok1051

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"]

I saw plenty of great 360 exclusives in that list, so I don't know what you're on about.

And did you know a console can play games that aren't exclusive?

jakarai

And wasn't Killzone 2 supposed to come out in 2008? Yeah what happened?

Games get delayed all the time. And as for Forza 3 and ME2 I'm sure release dates will be announced soon.

Can you just list all of the games listed for each and save people the trouble of having to visit that crappy site ?

[QUOTE="jakarai"][QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"]

I saw plenty of great 360 exclusives in that list, so I don't know what you're on about.

And did you know a console can play games that aren't exclusive?

SpinoRaptor24

And wasn't Killzone 2 supposed to come out in 2008? Yeah what happened?

Games get delayed all the time. And as for Forza 3 and ME2 I'm sure MS will announce their release dates soon.

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"][QUOTE="jakarai"] Games without release dates. Wasn't Huxley and Alan Awake suppose to come in 2007? Splinter Cell: Conviction is vapor ware at this point. And have Forza 3 and Mass Effect 2 been officially announced?Ragnarok1051

And wasn't Killzone 2 supposed to come out in 2008? Yeah what happened?

Games get delayed all the time. And as for Forza 3 and ME2 I'm sure MS will announce their release dates soon.

My bad I'll fix it.

It's relevant because Cow's tried this same argument in 07 and the lemmings shot it down. Now lemmings are trying to use that same argument, but of course cow's can't call them out on it because of course lemmings are perfect.Ragnarok1051

Well, I have no idea what happened on 2007 since I was not around SW on that time. Still, that doesn't change that ignoring games just because they are multiplats is pretty ridiculous, especially since:

a) Multiplats are what make the 360's 2009 looks great.

b) Multiplats are what make the PS3's library better than the Wii's.

I couldn't care less of what "cows" or "lemmings" did on 2007, do this year or will do on 2009.

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"] That's what cows said back in 07, but the lemmings wouldn't hear of it.Ragnarok1051

What, suddenly you became SW referee? Ms doesn't have to announce anything and its funny that TC is a cow and all the other cows try to agree...

No matter how many threads the PS3 users make saying the 360 have no games in 2009 will not make it true. I swear many PS3 users lately seem to be desperate with these threads lately.rybe1025

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]No matter how many threads the PS3 users make saying the 360 have no games in 2009 will not make it true. I swear many PS3 users lately seem to be desperate with these threads lately.Handin

360 as of October was outselling the PS3 in America and there is still the 2 biggest holiday selling months. There is no numbers for Europe and I even asked the TC for some tonight. X-box brand though had its best selling month ever in Europe last month. So PS3 has Japan and thats it and even there they are nothing great. Heck about 4 weeks ago the 360 out sold the PS3 in Japan 6 weeks in a row.

The 360 costs 1/2 of what the PS3 costs. Heck a person can buy a 360 and a stand alone Blu-Ray for cheaper then what a PS3 is. Also do not expect a PS3 price cut anytime soon since they can not afford one. If Sony has to let go 16,000 employees they are not in a position to take a bigger money hit off of each PS3 now.

360 software attach rate is 8.1 and the PS3's is 5.1. The 360 always has far better selling software. In the latest British top 40 software chart the PS3 only had one game in the top 20. The 360 has the 2 best selling games of the two consoles and soon another one will join the list with Gears 2. the 360 has far more million+ selling games the the ps3 has.

The 360 has more AAA, more AA, and more A games. Heck the 360 has more games just in general.

360 has highest rated FPS

360 has highest rated TPS

360 has highest rated WRPG and most of them

they are tied for highest rated JRPG but the 360 has the most of them

360 has the highest rated Racer and the most of them

360 has the most big named fighters and only one with VH5 online

360 is the only console with RTS

PS3 only has the best in

PS3 has best platformer

PS3 has the best Stealth/Action

Almost always the 360 version of multiplat looks better and almost always sells better on the 360.

XBL costs $50 a year but is the much better online while PSN not as good but free

Heck even the companies Microsoft wins. MS has more money then they know what to do with but Sony in major economic trouble.

and so on. So like I said this gen is getting boring. I liked it more when there was a time when the PS3 and the 360 were considered a threat to each other.

[QUOTE="Handin"][QUOTE="rybe1025"]No matter how many threads the PS3 users make saying the 360 have no games in 2009 will not make it true. I swear many PS3 users lately seem to be desperate with these threads lately.rybe1025

360 as of October was outselling the PS3 in America and there is still the 2 biggest holiday selling months. There is no numbers for Europe and I even asked the TC for some tonight. X-box brand though had its best selling month ever in Europe last month. So PS3 has Japan and thats it and even there they are nothing great. Heck about 4 weeks ago the 360 out sold the PS3 in Japan 6 weeks in a row.

The 360 costs 1/2 of what the PS3 costs. Heck a person can buy a 360 and a stand alone Blu-Ray for cheaper then what a PS3 is. Also do not expect a PS3 price cut anytime soon since they can not afford one. If Sony has to let go 16,000 employees they are not in a position to take a bigger money hit off of each PS3 now.

360 software attach rate is 8.1 and the PS3's is 5.1. The 360 always has far better selling software. In the latest British top 40 software chart the PS3 only had one game in the top 20. The 360 has the 2 best selling games of the two and soon another one will join the list with Gears 2. Gears 2 has far more million+ selling games

The 360 has more AAA, more AA, and more A games. Heck the 360 has more games just in general.

360 has highest rated FPS

360 has highest rated TPS

360 has highest rated WRPG and most of them

they are tied for highest rated JRPG but the 360 has the most of them

360 has the highest rated Racer and the most of them

360 has the most big named fighters and only one with VH5 online

360 is the only console with RTS

PS3 only has the best in

PS3 has best platformer

PS3 has the best Stealth/Action

Almost always the 360 version of multiplat looks better and almost always sells better on the 360.

XBL costs $50 a year but is the much better online while PSN not as good but free

Heck even the companies Microsoft wins. MS has more money then they know what to do with but Sony in major economic trouble.

and so on. So like I said this gen is getting boring. I liked it more when there was a time when the PS3 and the 360 were considered a threat to each other.

Although I agree with many of your points, it doesn't have anything to do with this thread. This post is just explaining how microsoft doesn't have / hasn't announced as many exclusive games for the upcoming year when compared to the PS3. Which is true. Also I don't agree with your view of this gen. You said that its getting boring because the PS3 isn't as much of a threat to the 360 as it used to be. I believe the opposite is true. When PS3 was first released it was a joke. For the first year, even a bit longer it really didn't have anything to offer. However, I believe that has changed over the past year. Sony is just now gaining momentum. Most people would agree with the PS3 having a better 2008 than the 360 (including IGN), but its pretty close and is arguable. As it stands now 2009 holds more exclusives for PS3, however, this could always change. I think the console war is getting more interesting if anything and I think MS would agree with me. Why else would they give a price cut to their system? They most likely did this to throw off sony's new found momentum. I think the console wars are getting more interesting as it continues to develop.

The way I see it:

Microsoft released their big guns in their first year and a half and now have a decent lineup for their last year.

Sony released a decent lineup for their first year and a half and now finally releasing their delayed big guns.

In the end, both are about the same...

Truth be told, our 360 sits proudly in the entertainment unit at home in an uneasy trilateral truce between itself, our PS3, and the Wii. And despite the odd unexplained occurrence – like the time we found the Wii pushed onto the floor with a DS stylus rammed up its rear power port (the 360 and the PS3 were turned innocently away from the horrific scene) – everybody seems to get along just fine. That said, we've got some issues with the 360 – namely, it's 2009 line-up (or lack thereof).

But this solid performance by Microsoft is somewhat diminished when you look into the future and try to define the Top Ten Hottest X360 Games of 2009. Because when you compare them to the Top Ten Hottest PS3 Games of 2009 two things become painfully obvious: 1. Microsoft is relying upon multi-platform titles quite heavily, and 2. If they do have any exclusive aces up their sleeve they should really get into the habit of revealing them sooner.

Why should they show their hand so soon? Because on the other side of the 'battle lines' the Sony defense force is escalating, they're strapping some serious exclusive firepower over there (plus they have those multiplatform titles as well, obviously).

Sensing the blood in the water, the angry folk who refer to 360 fans as un-programmable 'Xbots' and have relabeled Microsoft as 'M$' (as though having a buttload of cash is the gnarliest insult on earth) are already proclaiming a 2009 victory for Sony. On the opposite side of the conflict the other gamers - who refer to the PS3 as a George Foreman grill fit for frying 'giant enemy crab cakes' – are shrugging off the lack of X360 2009 exclusives by saying all the multiplatform games will look better on 360 anyway, so what me worry?

Honestly, none of that squabbling matters, of course. Speaking as a member of the much larger non-faction that is 'gamers for gamings sake', we still feel compelled to ask Microsoft where the hell is our 2009 games list? The odd concept of exclusivity aside (i.e. how can some games be on 360 and PC – and be exclusive?), there are a lot of awesome titles that need to be tied down with solid release dates. Preferably an exact date, or a quarter of a certain year – not a 'when it's done', not a TBA, not a vague indication that says a game will be released this side of the next mars landing.

Don't get us wrong here, we've got patience out the yin-yang (we've been waiting this long for Duke Nukem Forever) but it really is time for the Xbox 360 to start trumpeting its 2009 horn. Because the way things are shaping up, 2009 is looking pretty pissweak, and that isn't good news for any of us – level-headed gamers and rabid fan children alike.

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Microsoft needs to jump on the ball. Gamers need something else besides Halo to look forward to.

Lemmings the 360 in 2009 is looking even more pitiful than 2008MarloStanfield

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"] That's what cows said back in 07, but the lemmings wouldn't hear of it.Ragnarok1051

And on that same token, if Cows are shooting down an argument that they once tried to use themselves, that makes them just as much hypocrites as lemmings. All fanboy groups do this.

They generally wait until the year of release before talking about them... unlike Sony.foxhound_fox

+1

One of the things that really winds me up with the PS3 is that Sony show off all these great looking games and then casually mention that they won't be released for at least 18 months... they first showed LBP in April 2007, Killzone 2 and GT5 were shown off long before then... I'd much rather have a game shown to me and be told that it'll be released in the next three months.

I think it'll be a good year, better than 2008- 2 Halo's, Splinter Cell and Alan Wake etc. But if people are really expecting MS to suddenly reveal a whole bunch of great-looking games and release them just a few month later, they are going to be disapointed. When have they ever really done that?Floppy_Jim

What i find funny is people who cant wait to jump on the bash bandwagon. Its still 2008, yet articles like this show up. And people who write them (provided they have an ounce of intelligence) know damn right that whats happening in 2009 is still pretty much unknown for any of the consoles. So why do they continue to write this crap when they know they'll be proven wrong next year?-DrRobotnik-

Like previous years, MS won't drop the ball but will rather will drop the Bomb in the form of game announcements and we'll rinse & repeat this topic end of 2009. :PSecretPolice

Sony has a very bad habit of showing CG trailers of games that are 4 years off, and end up looking nothing like the original trailerMortalDecay

Dec 2007- the 360 has nothing for next year Then we see the 360 get FF13 and Tekken. The 360 has the two best holiday sellers Gears 2 and Fable 2. PS3 released it best game and most hyped game to date MGS4 and still not able to outsell Gears 1 and even half of what Halo 3 sold. Not only that Gears 2 well on its way of out selling MGS4 also. The 360 got a price cut and is not having great sales compared to the PS3. The list could go on but the point is PS3 fanboys say every year the same things about the 360. They are then proven wrong. You have to forgive them though since that is all they have to just shout out fanboy opinions. What are they going to brag about software sales? Are they going to brag about hardware sales? Are they going to brag about the best library? The PS 3is last in every aspect so this is all they have.rybe1025

Dec 2007- the 360 has nothing for next year Then we see the 360 get FF13 and Tekken. The 360 has the two best holiday sellers Gears 2 and Fable 2. PS3 released it best game and most hyped game to date MGS4 and still not able to outsell Gears 1 and even half of what Halo 3 sold. Not only that Gears 2 well on its way of out selling MGS4 also. The 360 got a price cut and is not having great sales compared to the PS3. The list could go on but the point is PS3 fanboys say every year the same things about the 360. They are then proven wrong. You have to forgive them though since that is all they have to just shout out fanboy opinions. What are they going to brag about software sales? Are they going to brag about hardware sales? Are they going to brag about the best library? The PS 3is last in every aspect so this is all they have.rybe1025

I guess its a good thing for some odd reason im able to play video games from different systems on my PS3. So weird I know. Does Your 360 do that?

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]Dec 2007- the 360 has nothing for next year Then we see the 360 get FF13 and Tekken. The 360 has the two best holiday sellers Gears 2 and Fable 2. PS3 released it best game and most hyped game to date MGS4 and still not able to outsell Gears 1 and even half of what Halo 3 sold. Not only that Gears 2 well on its way of out selling MGS4 also. The 360 got a price cut and is not having great sales compared to the PS3. The list could go on but the point is PS3 fanboys say every year the same things about the 360. They are then proven wrong. You have to forgive them though since that is all they have to just shout out fanboy opinions. What are they going to brag about software sales? Are they going to brag about hardware sales? Are they going to brag about the best library? The PS 3is last in every aspect so this is all they have.RuinedMachine