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Next-Gen Console Exclusives Explored

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-is-going-where dept.

SeventhStar writes "Siliconera has an article with a long list of exclusive titles broken down by next-gen console. The Playstation 3 only has a few exclusive games at the moment; 29 are third-party, with 12 are made by Sony. Meanwhile Microsoft has 48 Xbox 360 exclusive games, with 23 of them are developed internally. However it looks like the real winner for exclusive games is the Wii. There are 39 titles only for the Wii and even ported games are going to play differently. When you adjust the amount of exclusive games on the Xbox 360 for its one year head start, the Wii has more original games coming out for it. Since console exclusives help determine which console to purchase is the Wii in a good spot?"

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  1. SeventhStar needs a dictionary by ravenshrike · · Score: 0, Troll

    38 exclusive games is a few? When the damned console isn't even out yet? Ohhhkay then.

  2. Re:Exclusive != Original by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    with a different story and

    Are you serious? Do you consider "Mario the plumber stomps evil Goombas with his dingbat to resuce the super-happy-lucky princess from the evil Watu-Watoosie?" to be a "story"? Grand Theft Auto has a story. God of War definitely has a story. Max Payne has a story. Mario (and other games in the genre, like Zelda, Metroid, etc.) is made up of some unintelligible, badly-translated Japanese children's fairy tale, which you have to be either no more than 4 years old, or dumb as a rock to actually be able to "follow" and enjoy.

    Saying that Mario games have a "story" is like saying Vin Diesel movies have a "plot".