Best Exclusive Games of PS3, 360 & Wii: The Console War Heats Up

Although last fall might have seen all three next-gen consoles facing off on store shelves, the real battle will be fought in 2007. Who'd have bought a PS3 last fall, when the game selection was paltry? Matters weren't much better on the Wii, even if you could find one. Most couldn't. Even on the Xbox 360, which had the advantage of an extra year's momentum behind it, the lineup was missing one crucial component: Halo.

None of that is the case this year. Each console is packing a portfolio of fall exclusives that any gamer will take seriously. Each sees the debut of at least one major exclusive series. In the case of the PS3 and 360, they're also sporting lower prices and an expanded range of bundle options.

Which console is sporting the best line-up of holiday exclusives? Find out.

[MK_Red]

I think they should have included Warhawk for PS3 as well as UT3 since it's PS3 exclusive for 2007 but aside from that, these are good choices. We has 3 big exclusives whilt PS3 and 360 have 4. And PS3 and 360 have bright future for 2008 with MGS4, FFXIII, Too Human, Alan Wake and more while Wii has not big exclusive for 2008. (Rayman Raving Rabbids 3?)

[ktchong]

Microsoft is keeping a tight lips on what are coming next year. So we have very little idea what Microsoft's exclusive line-up for 2008 is, other than Alan Wake, Too Human, Halo War, and the new Peter Jackson's Halo game (which will be either next year or 2009.)

However, Jeff Bell said in his X07 interview that Microsoft will reveal a little of MS's 2008 line-up at the upcoming TGS. We'll see if they can match what PS3 has to offer in 2008.

[MK_Red]

True. But as I said, both PS3 and 360 have a lot of other and big games for 2008.
It is Wii that has nothing big. Nintendo has always relied on heavy and famous sequels to known franchises like Metorid and Zelda but knowing their long dev times, they can't make a quick new Zelda Wii 2 or new Mario Galaxy 2. And the Metorid P3 just came out.

[ReBurn]

I think the lineup of games for fall is looking good. I'll get new games for all of my systems, and I can't wait! I wish that more of the PS3's 2008 games were shipping sooner, though. But I'm not complaining. It's very rare to have good games ship in the winter after the holidays, so that spaces things out rather well.

[ktchong]

Wii is much cheaper than Xbox 360 and especially PS3. For only $250, Wii does NOT need a whole lot of great AAA exclusives to sell it; one or two will be enough. Wii already has two exceptional exclusives for hardcore gamers, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Those two AAA titles, which have gotten overwhelming 9s and 10s from critics and reviews, already justify the meager $250 price tag.

I expect to get *more* exceptional exclusives out of $300~$400, and *even* more out of $500.

[The Swordsman]

2008 should be a good year for both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Both should have had another price-cut by the beginning of the year and newer, more diverse games. I can't see it being a good year for the Wii though. No really good exclusive games are going to be coming out for it in 2008, or at least, haven't been announced yet. It doesn't get Soul Calibur IV, it doesn't get DMC4, it doesn't get MGS4 and it doesn't get any real system sellers. All the big sequels for it are out this year, and, as MK Red said above me, it is unlikely that another sequel can be made so quickly.

[Rute]

MK Red, what do you mean by saying Wii has no big exclusives for 2008? If you're talking about sales, you forgot about Mario Kart and Wii Fit. Wii Music, Disaster, Nights, FFCC and Sadness are currently not the most hyped games, but we'll see how they shape up. Review wise, well, nothing can be said at this point.

[stunt213]

Bioshock is not 360 exclusive, its also available for pc. when games are release for 360 and pc its consider 360 exclusive, thats so retarded. also they forgot to include haze and unreal 3 for ps3.

[barom]

It's very true Wii does not have a solid line up for 2008. However do you guys remember a few months back? An article stated everyone (well at least a lot of big companies, capcom, square, thq etc) is shifting their focus on the Wii. So there is a lot of potential for good Wii games.

Personally I find that stupid since X360 and PS3 owners are the ones who buys a bunch of games. I think X360 users owns on an average 20 games (correct me if im wrong)? If Wii users owns on an average 5 games (which I highly doubt) it would still need to sell 4 times as much units. Which I hardly believe will happen in the long run considering the Wii is so weak in terms of possibilities.

[gerrard]

Dont 4get the extra price ur moaning about also gets u a bluray player, wifi, free online experience & better reliabilty as well as great great coming out. ur obviously an xbot idoit finding a reason to diss the ps3, the 360 also has it faults aswell.

[Frances-the-Mute]

but in 2008 Sony is going to shine

[GoLeafsGo]

I'd say they missed more than a few, but I concur. Sony's got a nice line-up this holiday season.
Thank god.

[gEnKiE]

agreed. Sony is just starting to heat up now. 08' will definitely be their year.

[GoLeafsGo]

Didn't everyone say that about '07?

[gEnKiE]

You know what....everyone did say that didn't they?.... :S but o8' WILL be the year of the ps3. It seems like they are more established now and know what their going to be doing. I just hope im not saying this next year for o9'.

[Demon1980]

I never really heard anyone say that. What will 360 have to compete with KZ2 and MGS4?

[FirstknighT]

their are hundreds left out.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

Bioshock is NOT X360 Exclusive.

[ReBurn]

For the holiday season the only *console* you'll see Bioshock on is the 360. The article didn't touch on the PC at all.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

bioshock shouldn't be on the list unless they add UT3 and Haze because PS3 is the only console you can get those on too.

[felidae]

an amazing time for gamers.

personally i prefer the PS3 exclusives but there's some nice stuff for fans of the 360 aswell.

[FirstknighT]

I wonder who is going to start with their LOOOOOOOONG lists. $5 it will be a sony fanboy.

[Bolts]

The Xbox 360 win that list hands down. While you could throw in the PS3's Warhawk the 360 would still own because Lair and Heavenly Sword are bombs.

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

Have you seen reviews for HS lately? I bet you haven't because if you have you wouldn't make a comment like that.

http://www.pocket-lint.co.u...

http://www.tilt.tv/?cm=game...

http://www.gamedaily.com/ga...

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

Stop thinking out of your ass and use your brain. It is not that hard.

[ktchong]

To get a better idea of how Heavenly Sword is *really* doing:

MetaCritic's reviews round-up + average review score: http://www.metacritic.com/g...

GameRanking's reviews round up + average review score: http://www.gamerankings.com...

Heavenly Sword = 82% based 13 reviews, 83% based on 11 reviews. Good, but not great.

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And here's the disaster...

MetaCritic's reviews round-up + average review score: http://www.metacritic.com/g...

GameRanking's reviews round up + average review score: http://www.gamerankings.com...

Lair = 58% based 10 reviews, 60% based on 8 reviews. It'd been awful if Lair had gotten an average in the 70%-79% range, but now it has actually fallen into the below 60% range... that's just, bad.

[GoLeafsGo]

So...a game that sports a metacritic/gamerankings score of 82...is said to have bombed?

Retard logic at work, IMO.

[Rageanitus]

There is no need to bring in the long list,

because most of the titles on the xbox are NOT EXCLUSIVE this includes pc. And the ones ones that are exclusive they are mediocre. PGR is good but not fantastic.

[unsunghero28]

Just shows that HS is good, not great.

That's all well and dandy, but MS and Nintendo are NOT letting up this year, and it takes more than "good" to justify $600.

[InMyOpinion]

Heavenly Sword is probably a good game. But what can be said for sure is that it did'nt live up to all the talk surrounding it. Same with Lair, although Lair seems a bit worse gameplaywise.

[cloud360]

2008

111120% sony will win that year .....

Why becoz that yer am gonna buy a ps3... I had wan but it was my uncles

[codeazrael]

Hooked on phonics didnt work for you I guess. Now, I have said over and over again that after Nintendo shows their hand this year, they will have nothing for next year. I said before to look at the history of each prior nintendo console and the NES was the ONLY console to have more than one TRUE Mario to release in its life cycle. Even with games like Zelda and Metroid, if they did have a sequel for the wii, you are not going to see them for at least a couple of years. Unfortunately for hardcore gamers, Nintendo is going to have to rely on casual games and titles like wii fit to sell to a broader audience because of the time it is going to take just to release another Mario game and whatever else. Hell, Mario galaxy was supposed to be a launch game, and we still arent 100% it's coming out this year. And with the 360 and PS3 releasing more and more games for the casual gamer, especially the 360 with chess, monopoly, scrabble........you know, plus classic games, I don't see Nintendo having any other choice but to continue to crank out these simple, 1 month to develop wii sport looking games. Which I am surprised, seeing as I would think games with last gen graphics as well as NES 8 bit graphics would be getting cranked out by Nintendo, but alas, I think they are going to suffer from that all too familiar drought that we have witnessed with the gamecube and the N64.

[unsunghero28]

Say it over and over again and maybe it will be true...

Still, I don't see Nintendo just letting up. Your prediction of the future seems to bar the possibility that maybe (just maybe) Nintendo has games in production we don't know about.

[level 360]

The real battle between the "true next-gen" consoles ( that is between the XBox 360 v PS3 ) begins at christmas time 2007...
...And heats-up by 2008.

[jaehyt]

The games that are coming out within the next six months is astounding! I definitely think that the 360 has the advantage, but the PS3 has great games too, like Haze that is now off the 360. But with Too Human, Alan Wake, a late release on UT3, Bioshock, Halo3 and Mass Effect, that is the best lineup within a six month period that I can think of. And we ALL get to enjoy games that may very well prove to be even better than the exclusives, Assassin's Creed, Call to Duty 4, Mercinaries 2, GTA IV, Devil May Cry 4, etc...

Great time to own either system if you ask me, so let's not turn this into a huge flame battle.

[Takanohana]

Hey stupid, do you see a BR in the 360 ? Well there you have it. Sony already won.

[Rooftrellen]

The Contest between the 360 and PS3 starts this holiday season?

What happened to the Wii? I guess it already won with the likes of the Holy Trinity, Fire Emblem, Ghost Squad, Mario Kart, No More Heroes, and I'm getting tired of listing the games over and over again, but I'm sure everyone on here knows how strong the Wii lineup is.

[s8anicslayer]

both cosoles look great with their upcoming game lineup,to say tho other hhas the advantage is not the case and wrong

[pwnaplaya]

How can this be when the best games for the 360 are shooters. Its not like the PS3 and Wii don't have RPGs and Racing games also.

[ben hates you]

Mass Effect, i think will be my favorite game this year

[TheFatOne]

I know this is a little off topic, but does anyone know what happened to 8-days. I was so excited about this game when they showed it but now they pulled a Killzone by showing it way to early wtf. I pray that they show it at TGS.

[jay3]

I think they scrapped that title.

In the Official Playstation Magazine UK there was a little spread about games that lookes promising but were scrapped. I think 8 Days was one of them.

[Takanohana]

The round PEG
M$ didn't announce anything becausethere is no new games coming in 2008 except those crappy titleslike alan cake and fat effect. Nobody want to make game for the 360 anymore that why 2008 is Sony's year!

[Double-Edged]

Mass Effect makers already made game of the year with KOTOR. So that will be a top game.

Halo3....it's sell pont has already made it a gem.

Bioshock...Well....we all know that a GOTY SO FAR.
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as for the PS3's titles.

Heavenly Sword.... got a 7 on IGN....and averages a 8 / 8.5 ...not an AAA+ title (90+)

Ratchet & Clank..... looks fun and interesting, but i dont see it becoming GOTY...really..being honest..

GT.....not a full game.

Drake.... this is the only title that could be the first AAA+ game.

Kudos!!!

[Sevir04]

HS overall average is an 8.4-.8.5 and there isn't an action game on the 360 that can stand up to HS as of right now. and it's gotten nines and 10s as well.

you also for got warhawk which every site and game review has had nothing but good things to say and the Same IGN that you so blatantly placed out for HS's reveiw called Warhawk a AAA game. so with that i think your opinions on games aree simply just opinions. and nothing more. if a game is triple a just because it got a 9 then thats foolish. i say a triple a game is a game that sells systems. and quite frnakly the only triple a game that really sold the xbox 360 was gears. and oblivion. and i'm sure halo will as well. warhawk is most definately a tripple a game with all the media it's getting now it joins the ranks of system sellers like resistance and motorstorm.. and God of war.

[unsunghero28]

Will sell out this holiday season. That's a given. It has every month, even when the only good game out was TP, so when the REALLY good games start to come out for the Wii then its momentum will be an absolute sprint.

Also, I'm surprised so many people say the Wii has a bad holiday lineup. Really. Fire Emblem, NiGHTS, No More Heroes, Metroid Prime 3, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Forever Blue, BWii, MySims, Zack and Wiki, MOH Heroes 2, Mario & Sonic at the Olympics... It's looking strong in '07. Wii gamers will have plenty to do.

As for '08, it seems that most people's concern is that Nintendo hasn't really announced any big titles that year. Actually, it has WiiFit, Mario Kart, and Crystal Chronicles coming, all sure to be best sellers. Then there's Nintendo's new IP, and then there's Animal Crossing and F-Zero and the huuuuge library of franchises Nintendo has yet to continue for the Wii.

[junk56]

you do remember sony's quite tight lipped about 08 as well. we still havent seen stuff like afrika, getaway, rockstar's exclusives, NCsoft's exclusives, David Jaffe's exclusives and sequels like resistance 2, motorstorm 2 etc.

when you add all those in WITH the big titles like LBP, Killzone 2, MGS4, GT5 etc... Microsoft and Nintendo have absolutely no chance against sony in 08.

[power of Green]

GT5 isn't PS3 exclusive because its going to have brethern on Sony's other platform on PSP. Please don't say its in another market you'll hurt you comment.

[Sevir04]

i will say that GT5 and GT5 prologue will be on PSN and PS3 BD. but PSP. i've heard of the GT moble that they are doing for psp but hardly that. please get your facts straight there POG. we know you where your sony hate as bright as the 360's green.

[monkey602]

Okay so by your logic then Gears of War, Bioshock, Lost Planet and so on are not exclusive to 360 then seeing as they are on PC right?

[power of Green]

I'll be playing, Kindon of Fire COD, Splinter Cell, Ninja Gaiden 2, Huxely, Halo Wars, Thesiss, Elveon, Alan Wake, Too Human, Project OffSet, Fable 2, Lost Oddyessy etc..., like you said we'll see what is secret and who has more.

I thought afrika was a multi platform game?.

[MikeGdaGod]

that game is getting so addictive

i was up till 6AM this morning playin....

[codeazrael]

When you found out that the servers were down......again.

[toughNAME]

from this list the 360 steamrolls over the other two

i think its pretty safe to say 360 has 2007 locked up (although Halo 3 alone does that:P)

cant wait for MS to announce the 08 games..so far its lookin pretty solid

overall...i am VERY satisfied with my purchase right now

[Rooftrellen]

The list seems somewhat slanted to the 360 for some reason. They listed 3 games for the Wii, 3.5 games for the PS3, and 4 games for the 360.

Which list is better, even with some games being left out that could easily make the list, what's best is really mostly personal taste. Though they list the most games for the 360, we have shooters, shooters, shooters, and racing. It's a rare game that the main goal is fighting though hordes of enemies with a gun, be it in first or third person, that interests me, and I find racing boring unless its Mario Kart (yay for weird abilities!)

The PS3 list fairs better in my opinion, with a half finished racing game not impressing me, and Heavenly Sword isn't my kind of game, personally, but Uncharted and Rachet & Clank should be impressive.

For the Wii, all 3 games are good. MP3 isn't quite the Metriod games of old I used to like, but its still something more than a FPS. SSBB is going to keep me entertained for years, just as SSBM does to this day! Mario never fails, either.

SO its really up to what you like. I look at the 360 lineup, and I'm less than impressed, and just the games they have on there for the PS3 look better to me, but the Wii has the games I like the most.

[DrWan]

This xmas, if Sony does not make another price cut, (even a psychological 50 dollar price cut will help), then i think Sony will have stiff competitions. I think competitions mainly coming because eventhough this xmas, Sony looks awesome, none of the games are solid franchise except for Rachet (which looks so good! they should use that for commercials on cartoon network, the little ones will go crazy over it, and they can put 'real gameplay graphics' on the side as well).

Wii is going to sell for sure, as we know it,

and xbox with release of Halo, i think alot of xbox fans sitting on the side will jump in on Halo this xmas.

I think if Sony can keep up with the sales of xbox this xmas (let alone out-doing it), Sony would be O.K., after xams, early 2008 comes, Sony sits around 6-7million units worldwide, then MGS gets release, it should propel it towards close to 10 millions early next year (if a price drop were to happen, assuming xmas price drop didn't happen).

And when FF13 gets release later in 2008, i think we would see PS3 hovering around 14 millions then.

As for xbox, i think it will be close to 17-18 million then, i dont know what big ones they have in 2008 other than AW and MF; which will also get announce early next year.

What do you guys think.

[daveman3]

i'm really looking forward to this holiday, i have all the consoles so it's a win win for me.

i'm surprised haze isnt on there for the ps3

[Rooftrellen]

Win win? With all the big name games hitting us the next few months, I feel like I can't win! I don't have half the money I need to get all the games I want!

You have to be rich to win getting games this holiday and win by not being broke come 2008.

[sumfood4u]

some what forgetful about a few games but oh well. an FF13 an Vs not due til 2009. i was looking forwards to buy 2-worlds on the 360 but instead I'm a get SSBB & Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii!

[Snukadaman]

Everyone knows theres more exclusives this fall on xbox 360. 2 that come too mind are eternal sonata, and ace combat 6. I laugh when someone says its not exclusive on xbox 360 when its also on the pc as well. Its exclusive on consoles, the pc is a different beast then both the ps3/xbox360. That is why there is no version of bioshock on the ps3..yet.

[DuceWilly947]

not gonna argue, not gonna make a list like an xbot, cause they know that ps3 has about 10 exclusives, including WARHAWK WHICH DOMINATES ONLINE ALL TOGETHER

[PimpHandHappy]

peace

[monkey602]

Haha who disagreed with that now? really?

[darkequitus]

for all those who are not narrow minded fanbots like Nasim/Larry007, Douchewill and Takanahona

PC/PSWii60 gamer

[DuceWilly947]

NOT, WII60 is gay. The only reason why there are wii60 f*gs is because ps3 is a powerhouse on its own, your stupid and retarded post are inferior to anyone, so do the world a favor and get a PS3 and stop trippin cuz your WII has 1 AAA game, and 360 just blows up, f*gs

[Jeremy Gerard]

did you just say? dude you sound like a moron, proofread already.

[FirstknighT]

Yeah these sony boys need to put down the controller and open up a book.

[monkey602]

Hey FirstKnighT I'm not in anyway agreeing with DuceWilly up there but I have read many a stupid statement from you too so I dont know what you're talking about