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Next-Gen Console Exclusives Explored
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?"
If a console has the highest number of exclusive titles, but 90% of them suck, then it doesn't matter.
The console with the highest number of good exclusive titles will have the advantage. Given Nintendo's history of making most of its own exclusive titles, and designing them in such a way that they seem "too childish" to most gamers, I'm betting the Wii's lead won't help them that much.
The Wii will only win if Nintendo can successfully overcome the American audience's perception that Nintendo is "for kids". Having the cheapest console on the market, with magic flying dildos for controllers, isn't going to help.
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38 exclusive games is a few? When the damned console isn't even out yet? Ohhhkay then.
... if you're 12 years old. All of those titles you list make me POSITIVE I don't want a "Whee" or whatever it's called.
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".
Uuuh... OK. Looks like a cheap gimmick to me. I predict that this will be what sinks Nintendo. I personally think it's going to one of the biggest flops in gaming history. I'd put hard money on that, in fact.