Next year is shaping up to be a pretty big year for console gamers. Grand Theft Auto V, Dead Space 3, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, just to name a few. And that’s only for the first-half of 2013!
PlayStation 3 has a handful of exciting exclusives, including The Last Of Us, Beyond and the Sly Cooper reboot (which is arriving a few years too late for my liking).
But for the 360, exclusive brands are nowhere to be seen, aside from the under-the-radar Gears of War: Judgement, which feels like a forced tide-over of a tired franchise until the next Xbox arrives.
So why has Microsoft done so little to evolve its exclusives lineup for Xbox 360 beyond 2012?
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Lets talk 2012 holiday exclusives for SONY:
Wonder Book: 80,000 rest of world...No US #'s yet.
LBP Karting: 210,000 worldwide
PS3 All Stars- Sales to date:170,000 world wide
That's Terrible!
Kinect Disneyland sold 193,175 in the week of Dec 1, 2012!
SONY games will have big numbers years from now when they count pack-ins and 9 - $19 games as "big sales".
what does that have to do with the 360 not having many exclusives next year? Xbox fanboys reaction to not having many exclusives is to quote sales all the time.
Why would you not want more exclusives for your console of choice? I just don't understand that kind of mentality. If you enjoy gaming and it's a hobby then the more games the better!
Well said.
The only companies I see making exclusives in the future are in house developers. Other than that, companies are going to want to make all their games multiplatform. You target window shrinks when you just make it for 1 console. Unless you have a super franchise, it's pointless. Especially since a 4th console is coming out next year from Valve
-the wiiU has nintendo only games and games that can only be played using the game pad and/or wiiMote plus a solid set of exclusives.
-the ps3 has built over the last few years high quality exclusives, franchise and new IP's like uncharted,heavy rain etc...(you probably heard it all before)
-the steambox will makes use of steam services and will bring a new way of playing games in the living room.
...the xbox however has been reusing and abusing popular games like halo,forza and gears over and over and over again. while their third party relations are pretty good it doesn't differentiate them from other consoles.
Thus, the more consoles they put their game out on the more money they'll likely make, unless a big company (MS or Sony) is lining their pockets.
It makes more sense, generally, for consoles to be multiplatform.
The only people who want game exclusive are the console makers, and fanboys.
It's not all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows at MS.
@aiBreeze Good point MS has have good fortune with Xbox 360. However...
"Microsoft had $21 billion in operating income last year. The Entertainment and Devices division, which is home to the Xbox had $364 million in operating income. So, as nice as Xbox is, it's not going to be enough to boost Microsoft if the rest of the business collapses."
http://finance.yahoo.com/ne...
I think it is mighty convenient to put the lack of exclusive support next year on the *assumption* that the 360's successor MIGHT come out next year.
Why are people suprised? I speak on behalf of rational thinking 360 owners; Microsoft don't care ENOUGH about having exclusives.
Putting all fanboyism aside, did anyone expect Microsoft to have any new IP's? Or at least a half decent exclusive line-up?
Microsoft went all-in with Halo 4 and started off the the new trilogy with it's most expensive game ever made, assembling what may end up being one of the best dev teams ever assembled.
The game is only a month old and like every Halo will sell great numbers throughout 2013.
No matter how many fan blogger sites pretend that there is only one exclusive coming in 2013, the simple fact is that is not true.
It's obvious that the Gears prequel is the biggest exclusive coming in the first half of the year.
But we also already know that Ascend: New Gods, Lococycle, Matter are all coming in 2013. Not to mention console exclusives like State of Decay (like Sardonic brought up) and Omerta: City of Gangsters etc.
The biggest story is the fact that you literally have the most ridiculous amount of Huge games releasing prior to E3 in June.
This article is about the 360, so if you only owned a 360 through June..your gaming schedule would look like this
Jan
Halo 4 (Spartan Ops season restarts 23rd)
DMC Devil May Cry
Feb
Dead Space 3
Omerta: City of Gangsters (Console Exclusive)
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
March
Gears of War: Judgement
South Park: Stick of Truth
Tomb Raider
Crysis 3
Army of two: The Devil’s Cartel
Bioshock: Infinite
Star Trek
Metro: last Night
April
Dead Space 3
May
Grand Theft auto 5 (TBD May release earlier)
Remember me
June
E3 and the new console announements
Let's pretend that the 720 will not come next holiday.
You still are looking at Bungie's Destiny as the premeire game which may be a timed exclusive for the 360.
But you are also looking at the inevitable Battlefield 4 vs. Call of Duty: MW4 next holiday.
Plus the likes of games like:
Rainbox Six Patriots
Dragon Age 3
Homefront 2
Devil’s Third
Lost planet 3
Prey 2
And much more..
Only time will tell what route MS goes beyond E3, but either way you would have to be a fool to believe that it makes sense for them to go all-out again with another IP of the level of Halo, Gears or even Alan Wake strictly for this gen.
Evil
Jan: A game that's already out but has a new mode coming.
A game a lot of people hate and is going to be terrible based on a demo released really close to the release date and is also a multiplatform game, which means it's not a reason to get or focus your gameplay on a 360.
Feb: Another multiplat game.
Another multiplatform game (sorry but, PC is a platform.)
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
March: The exclusive people are saying is the only exclusive of the year (I'll give you that).
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
April
Didn't you already say Dead Space 3? Well, anyway, that's Another multiplatform game.
May
Another multiplatform game.
Another multiplatform game.
June
Your own personal, unproven speculation that has nothing to do with anything being discussed and still more multiplatform games.
So your answer to "what unique game experiences will the Xbox 360 have for the first half of 2013" are a total of 2 true exclusive games (one of which is already out but for the sake of argument we'll give you the mode as an exclusive), 1 console exclusive game, and 14 multiplatform games?
That's keeping it 100% real? In an article that is talking about exclusives, your response is multiplatform games? What do you tell people who are looking for exclusives? "You don't need them, here's these multiplatform games you can't play online unless you pay an extra fee to access the online aspect of your games. Don't worry, it's fun to pay more money and even though the other consoles are also getting these games, it doesn't matter because the unique experience you're looking for is that you get to pay more money for online. Enjoy."
Yeah, keep it real dude. MS loves people like you.
NOPE..My response is take off the Sony engraved fan goggles and actually READ the REAL question posed at the top of the article.
The question is 'Why is Microsoft releasing ONE Xbox 360 exclusive in 2013?
So the 100% REAL answer is MS is not releasing ONLY ONE exclusive for the 360 in 2013.
Secondly it was already a FACT exclusives like Ascend: New Gods, Lococycle, Matter etc were already slated for 2013.
It was already rumored from the leaked Bungie contract that Bungie's Destiny would be exclusive this gen to the 360.
LMFAO @ you being so clearly B-hurt that you literally copied my list and wrote multiplatform next each of the games
When ALL you had to do was simply READ what I wrote above..here let me help
'This article is about the 360, so if you ONLY owned a 360 through June..your gaming schedule would look like this'
Even the article, acknowledges briefly that the first half of 2013 is packed wall to wall with what may be the biggest first half of AAAs this entire gen.
In Fankiddie world, the only games that anyone plays are exclusives. In the real world, gamers play ALL games, regardless of whether it's multiplat or not.
But, what MS and Sony have to navigate through is releasing your exclusives in a way that doesnt hurt your sales when competing against some of the bigger titles.
Microsoft learned this the hard way when they unfortunatly released Alan Wake against the HUGE Red Dead Redemption.
So here is the bottomline, it comes down to common sense. Microsoft released the biggest exclusive of 2012 and the most expensive game in Micrsoft's history in November.
The biggest game OVERALL... Black Ops 2 released only a week later.
Both titles will sell deep into 2013.
Micrsoft is releasing it's #2 selling franchise only 4 months later. Releasing these two majors this close for the first time this entire Gen.
Going into it's 8th year, MS simply chose to compete against the GOD of War prequel, with the Gears prequel coming a week later.
But, it make no sense for MS to release a game in May, like Last of Us, when the MONSTROUS Grand theft Auto 5 is coming the same month. (see Red Dead vs. Alan Wake again)
Again, with the most anticipated titles like Bioshock; Infinite, Metal Gear rising, Dead Space 3, and Tomb Raider. etc. the gaming universe will be fine until E3 that is.
Evil
Oh I see, I didn't know that wanting unique game experiences on the 360 to, you know, distinguish itself in terms of reasons to purchase one for GAMES was only a Sony thing. I guess that makes it easy for Nintendo and Sony to say "yep, we got games you won't find anywhere else" and people like you can say "yep, we got games everyone else has." Ok.
"Secondly it was already a FACT exclusives like Ascend: New Gods, Lococycle, Matter etc were already slated for 2013."
Because an XBLA game is in the same anticipation category as a game like Halo right? Yeah, millions of people are just itching to get it. Ok there 360 fanboy, calm down there. I suppose if the lineup is so weak that it needs to be bolstered by XBLA games, then we can give you that. Of course, I suppose that we'd need to include Nintendo's online games and Sony's wouldn't we.
"It was already rumored from the leaked Bungie contract that Bungie's Destiny would be exclusive this gen to the 360."
Oh I see, so the 360 userbase puts stock into rumours and leaks and counts those as games now? Well thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure that gamers will love playing rumours and leaks on their console, as I'm sure that stock holders and other interested parties will invest in rumours and leaks. Awesome.
"LMFAO @ you being so clearly B-hurt that you literally copied my list and wrote multiplatform next each of the games. When ALL you had to do was simply READ what I wrote above..here let me help."
Your list was filled with 14 multiplatform games and 1 exclusive that hasn't come out already. If you want to point fingers, go to a mirror and point at it. Clearly you misunderstand the article, and clearly you don't understand that Gears is the only to be released total exclusive on your list of games for 2013. Gee, can't read your own stuff?
As for the rest of your MS PR garbage, I don't really care. Truth is, you couldn't correctly answer the article's question, nor the question I posed to you. Nice try though. I'm sure your MS bosses have taken note of your effort.
But since your reeeeaching so far with this rant let's have some fun
'Oh I see, I didn't know that wanting unique game experiences on the 360 to, you know, distinguish itself in terms of reasons to purchase one for GAMES was only a Sony thing'
When millions of Gears fans can play Judgement in 2013 on the PS3 or the Wii-U then please stop pretending that there are no unique experiences on the 360.
'Because an XBLA game is in the same anticipation category as a game like Halo right?'
Was a PSN game called Journey in the same class as Assassin's Creed 3?
Is Walking Dead the GOTY?
Ooooh that's right the year is over and Dragon is back to the hypocritical trolling of the 360. So XBLA games don't count anymore..gotcha.
'Yeah, millions of people are just itching to get it.'
Never said that, but now that you mention it a small little title called 'Minecraft' just sold 4.5 million on XBLA. So surely millions can't be itching to get a game on XBLA..LOL
'I suppose if the lineup is so weak that it needs to be bolstered by XBLA games, then we can give you that'
Funny how some people thought the same thing about PSN's Journey vs. the rest of the PS3 2012 lineup. I mean it can't be possible that a small downloadable title on PSN could get the PS3 GOTY and not ONE other PS3 exclusive be nominated for title. I guess since your NOW saying this when in troll-mode on the 360 then surely you are one of those people who believe the same thing. Remember these are YOUR words not mine.
The truth is Journey deserved all the accolades it received AND it IS a PS3 exclusive. Just liek the titles I mentioned are Xbox 360 exclusives..period.
'Oh I see, so the 360 userbase puts stock into rumours and leaks and counts those as games now?'
LMFAO..It was a leaked contract that even BUNGIE confirmed that it was authentic. But, things can change which is why I say it 'MAY' be a timed exclusive and that it was 'RUMORED' from the documents.
'Your list was filled with 14 multiplatform games and 1 exclusive that hasn't come out already'
LMAO @ you still playing dumb AGAIN and won't admit why I wrote the list.
Once again, it is only leading into June and unless the first 6 months of the year equals the entire 2013, then like I said all along..Gears will NOT be the only exclusive release in 2013...And that is a FACT.
'Truth is, you couldn't correctly answer the article's question, nor the question I posed to you'
GTFOH..No the TRUTH is you still can't take off the fan goggles or helmet long enough to literally READ the title of the article posing the question ANYONE with eyes can see I answered thoroughly.
See the best part is REAL gamers outside of the internet will support and enjoy both consoles and the games no matter how bitter the fantrolls fight this fake console war.
Evil
the article is not about the 360, it's about console exclusives.
The new gears is pointless and Ms is copping out and you find that acceptable? Come on!
People also talk about how some Sony exclusives don't sell well. When you consider all the variety in the market that Sony has to offer not everyone is going to like all stars, wonderbook, ibp kart like the uncharteds and God of Wars.
For example, there are lots of multi plats out there that many people aren't just not going to buy because they are only attractive some people. If Ms was actually like Sony and they provided a variety of exclusives this Gen, then they could be looking a the situation where the Gears and Halos sell but the viva pinatas don't.
Anyway, I think Sony is doing right by gamers. They are going to have a successful year because of it. For every gamer defending Ms with their reasoning, its just disappointing to see.
Who is that directed at? Everything that has been said has been in context that you could have possibly replied to. After all, the 360 is definitely mentioned in this article and heading.
And we have yet to see what lionhead, ruffian, black tusk, etc. are working on among their other studios.
They could very well be deep in development with the 720 launch titles. I just hope RARE makes a kameo 2 or a reboot of perfect dark for next-gen.
But yes, it is more of a hint at a 720 release soon enough. I think Sony and Microsoft are having an old western show-down. They know they are both planning something big. Wonder who will strike first?
Because New XBOX launch 2013...
EDIT: ^ might have beat me...
Even with only 1 exclusive. Isn't that crazy.
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And dont say "they did it before", because they HAD to.
Meanwhile Sony will continue to make exclusives to support the PS3 even when the PS4 comes out just like they always do.
Sony has realized the benefit of continued product support once you launch the next generation. It softens the sting of having to get a new console at the beginning of each of the generations. Those who really want it will get it on launch anyways, why punish the late comers to the previous generation by dropping support altogether. This also prevents you from loosing sales by leaving a "bad taste" with people.
There is a reason the PS1 and PS2 sold over 100M and Sony will make sure to do the same thing with the PS3, PS4, PS5, etc. People are much more likely to stay with a console that doesn't drop them with every new generation. Sure the hardcore won't leave their precious, but newcomers to say the Wii or XBOX 360 will just feel cheated and will most likely not buy the newer versions.
Don't pretend the reason Sony kept supporting the PS2 and will keep supporting the PS3 isn't driven by profit. The PS2 had a massive install base and the PS3 had a slow start. The reason they supported it was because they wanted money, not out of the goodness of their heart.
I keep hearing about MS having more studios than Sony, but what are they all doing? Can NONE of them make some core games for the 360 while the others build a strong 720 lineup?
Admittedly, it's been some months, but the last time I saw a list of Microsoft's studios, many of them were Kinect/mobile developers. That doesn't really bode well for core supporters of the console.
Is Gears really the only bone they're gonna throw to their supporters next year?
Are their supporters really gonna accept that?
There's a ton more games coming next year that are just as exciting as any ps3 exclusive, the core and Joe Average doesn't stop and say "OH MY GAWD ONE EXCLUSIVE AAAARGH!"
All of the PS3 exclusives coming out next year have been in development since last year, maybe even before that. Some of them have even been delayed and/or pushed back. A lot of studios just can't magically make separate different games simultaneously for two systems. There are these things called, resources, time management and money.
I love how you are quick to jump on MS's case about their next year line up when Sony's line up this year was seriously lacking, but then again in a previous comment you said you can give Sony a pass. True to Hicken form I guess.
Being in production myself it is possible that the MS/360 had planned its releases accordingly and at the tail end of the 360's cycle decided not to release too many retail exclusives and shift the focus to their next console. We have already heard from the many 360 "supporter" on this site that they are ready for a new console.
Not even MS would go as low as 1 exclusive game a year. especially releasing only 1 game at the very beginning of the year is very sketchy and has to be planned.
720 2013 has to be coming.
That is really gonna blow peoples mind.
To be 100% honest, neither MS nor Sony have made any exclusives in the past couple years I couldn't live without playing. All my favorite games have been multiplatform. Far Cry 3, Dishnored, Borderlands 2, Hitman, Skyrim, GTA V next year etc. The only exclusive from either party thats interested me in a long time is The Last of Us. But after after owning 3 PS3's and selling them off due to collecting dust, I doubt I'll buy another one for one game.
then of course there's the big one, next gen is looming ever closer. the big games for these current consoles is drying up soon after spring.
I love how people think it's because of X720.
even if X720 didn't come out in 2013, X360 wouldn't have new exclusives.
because all the money MS gets from Xbox Live, they don't
invest in new IP's. and that's why I don't like MS.
I would never support a company like that.
PS4 maybe comes out in 2013 but they still have
GOW, Last Of Us, Beyond, Puppeteer, Tearaway.
4 new IP'S.
btw. I'm reading for years comments on N4G from Xbox
owners that it's early and we should wait
until E3. but MS didn't reveal anything new.
MS : halo, gears, forza, cod.
Maybe you should clean up your language and have a decent conversation about this later. The fact is some people like GOW, War hawk, Heavy Rain etc. While others prefer halo, gears of war and Forza. deal with it.
I feel like they won't, considering the lack of enthusiasm in catering to the PC crowd.
yes
On topic maybe theirs some unannounced games we have yet to hear from... Or their just preparing for the next X.
Turn 10: Forza
Rare: XBLA stuff.
Lionhead: Fable
4J: Minecraft, but I guess that doesn't count because that's also on PC. Well. It isn't on Sony's machine. SO I guess It kinda does count. But then the same could be said about left 4 dead.
Microsoft must not abandon this demographic and support the 360 with games at least 2 years after the next box releases or its just like Xbox when it was severed abruptly to make room for 360 back in 2005.
This is the main reason why I have always gamed on Sony consoles.....
We aren't even a month into 2013 yet and people already know how it will turn out?
Stupid article meant to do nothing but, flame!
Rumor has it the game got shifted to the next xbox development. To probably take better advantage of Kinect 2.0 that I believe will launch as a pack in w/ the system if rumors are true.
It's good to have many exclusives, but then you must realize not all of them will sell millions of copies.
I have no doubts the Next Box is coming for a holiday launch, but why is anyone surprised about the lack of confirmed exclusives? MS has done this every year for years. One or two games are known at the beginning of the year, then the rest is revealed around E3. This is par for the course for them. There may not be many since the new Xbox will be arriving, but there should be a couple.
Who cares anyways, I have such a backlog of games to play as it is that I could wait a year or so before adopting the next gen of consoles.
plus the 40 million or so xbl accounts generating HUGE profits for M$
why bother INVESTING or SPENDING in EXCLUSIVES if your fanbase dosnt care about them?
M$ just sit back and collect the profits
how anyone can support this is beyond me
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