Real Exclusives Raise Bar: Sony PS3 vs Xbox 360
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: July 24, 2008 | 56 Comments
Recently on the MTV’s multiplayer blog we read a few comments Peter Dille, Vice President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America made about exclusives and how they affect the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 sales.
What’s interesting is the view Peter Dille has on exclusives that then become non-exclusive and the real exclusive games.
One game that comes to mind is Final Fantasy XIII, this was going to be a Sony PS3 exclusive and then Microsoft open their wallet wide to get FFXIII on the Xbox 360. This will bring sales to both games systems.
Microsoft paid well for Grand Theft Auto and now it’s not an exclusive on their platform, it’s now a cross-platform game. GTA4 sold well on the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
The real way to raise the bar with the Sony PS3 or Xbox 360 is through real exclusives. Games cost a lot to make and less exclusives may be around in the future, but for now the ones that become real exclusives help raise the bar for a games console.
In Dille’s own words “look at what happens when you have Metal Gear Solid on your platform, when the NPD numbers come out… I think you’ll see the value of what a real exclusive title does and how it raised the bar for PS3 versus 360”.
We have seen the results from June’s NPD numbers and how MGS4 helped take the PS3 to another level, real exclusives on the 360 will also do the same for that system.
With games being expensive to make, the developers want that investment in a global marketplace and Dille believes the PlayStation format is the best place for exclusives.
It’s true that the PlayStation 3 has passed the Xbox 360 in Europe and dominates in Japan, the Xbox 360 is winning in the U.S. but the game developer will want to think Global not just United States.
Depending what happens in the U.S. will shape what games become exclusive and also how much money Microsoft wants to spend from that big bank balance.
We may end up seeing less exclusive video games, but when we do see them they will help raise that system to new heights.
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Ps3 and Xbox 360 have their own abilities and limitations. Halo is an amazing game. Resistance is also very amazing game MGS4 has AMAZING graphics. Xbox 360 has great online play, Ps3 has HOME. Though i like the Ps3 better Xbox 360 is also an awesome platform. The Wii is no less.
“Ps3 and Xbox 360 have their own abilities and limitations. Halo is an amazing game. Resistance is also very amazing game MGS4 has AMAZING graphics. Xbox 360 has great online play, Ps3 has HOME. Though i like the Ps3 better Xbox 360 is also an awesome platform. The Wii is no less”………. agree each has positive features, but regarding HOME, lets kept comparisions to actual shipping/available items. Home isn’t here, and no one knows when it will be, like a few other poster above, listing the ps3 game library of a half dozen games that won’t be out for a least a year. maybe two, and they act as if the games are out now.
best game in world is got to be grand theft auto 4 it is amazin xbox 360 is loads better than a ps3 u all suck who think that it ant
lets all be honest here…. yes both systems are great…. but the main reason the ps3 has game selection issues is because the architecture is way over the developers heads… when the game developers decide to do their homework and learn how to make games for the ps3(not half ass ports) all will be well…
P.S. I hate to talk about the “future”…. but sometimes you have to prepare for it or you will miss out.
P.S.S. Vista Sucks…. run Linux!
WoRd!
ok gta54 looks allot betteron ps3 and it does not load because it saves to the harddrive to prevent loading dumb ass