The Next-Gen battle for Exclusives

The battle for exclusive titles is starting to heat up. What can we expect to see for exclusives? With many developers doing multi-platform releases and developers saying Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games will look almost the same, it seems exclusive titles is what will sell consoles.

The Xbox 360 has 48 exclusives either out or in development. Of those 48, 23 of them are being published 1st party by Microsoft Game Studios. The rest are 3rd party titles across 15 different publishers.

Playstation 3 has 35 exclusives in development. Of those 34, 20 of them are Sony or Sony Online Entertainment 1st party titles. The remaining 14 titles are split across 7 3rd party publishers.

Lastly Wii has 40 exclusives in development. Of their 40 exclusives, 15 are 1st party Nintendo titles and the other 25 are split across 16 different 3rd party publishers.

So far Sony and Microsoft have traded some exclusives. Sony lost some games like Assassins Creed and Grand Theft Auto but gained titles like Oblivion and F.E.A.R. which were Xbox 360 exclusives. The 3rd party support for Playstation 3 seems pretty week compared to Wii and Xbox 360. If this doesn't change, Playstation 3 could suffer a lack of new games to play. I'm sure this is just a temporary situation brought on by launch supply issues. The Xbox 360 saw a similar drought in game releases over it's first six months following launch as well. When it costs so much to make these next get HD games, developers and publishers want to make sure they make their money back. They can't do that with a 400,000 or 500,000 install base.

Nintendo support seems to be very strong out of the gate. 3rd parties seem to really be embracing the Wii's innovative game play option. They are no doubt inspired by the price, launch quantity and the smaller development costs. With the Wii's graphic's not really being able to compare, the only ace the Wii has is it's new play style and cheap purchase price. Launch support is strong because Nintendo will have 4 million units for launch day and another 9-11 million by the end of 2006. That's more Xbox 360's than Micrsoft has sold to date who also have a target number of 10 million by the end of the year.

Here is a list of the exclusives by publisher

XBOX 360

Microsoft Game Studios
Alan Wake
Banjo-Kazooie
Blue Dragon
Crackdown
Fable 2
Forza Motorsport 2
Fuzion Frenzy 2
Gears of War
Halo 3
Halo Wars
Infinite Undiscovery
Kameo: Elements of Power
Lost Odyssey
Marvel Universe Online
Mass Effect
Ninety-Nine Nights
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Project Gotham Racing 4
Shadowrun
Too Human
Viva Piñata
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1

2K
Amped 3
BioShock

AQ Interactive
Cry On

Atari
Bullet Witch

Capcom
Dead Rising
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Codemasters
Overlord

Eidos
Battlestations: Midway
Crossfire
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

Electronic Arts
FIFA 2007

Konami
Dance Dance Revolution Universe
Rumble Roses XX

Namco Bandai
Mobile Ops: The One Year War
Ridge Racer 6

Rockstar
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis

Sega
Chromehounds

Square-Enix
Project Sylpheed

Tecmo
Dead or Alive 4
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

THQ
MotoGP ‘06
Saints Row

Ubisoft
Naruto (working title)
Over G Fighters
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 5
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PLAYSTATION 3

Sony
Afrika
Eight Days
Fomula One 06
Genji: Days of the Blade
Gran Turismo HD
Heavenly Sword
Hot Shots Golf
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
Killzone
Lair
MotorStorm
Monster Kingdom: Unknown Realms
My Summer Vacation
Resistance: Fall of Man
Singstar
The Eye of Judgement
Warhawk
White Knight Story

Sony Online Entertainment
DC Universe
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

Capcom
Devil May Cry 4

Koei
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War
Fatal Inertia

Konami
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Namco Bandai
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Ridge Racer 7
Tekken 6

Sega
Fifth Phantom Saga
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Golf Club
Virtua Fighter 5

Square-Enix
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Taito
Railfan
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WII

Nintendo
Battalion Wars 2 / BWii2
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Excite Truck
Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn
Forever Blue
Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii
Mario Strikers Charged
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Wii Motor Sports Airplane
Wii Sports

Activision
Rapala Trophies
Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam

Atlus
Tramua Center: Second Opinion

Banpresto
Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King

Hudson
Kororinpa
Sky Workers

Koei
Samurai Warriors Wave

Konami
Elebits

Majesco
Bust-a-Move Revolution

Namco Bandai
Ennichi no Tatsujin
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
SD Gundam: Scud Hammer
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daito-ryo-!

Nibris
Sadness

Sega
Bleach: Wii Shiraha Kirameku Rinbukyoku
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

Spike
Heroes
Necro-Nesia

Square-Enix
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers

Taito
Cooking Mama

Tecmo
Swing Golf Pangya

Tomy
Naruto: Geiktou Ninja Taisen Series

Ubisoft
Red Steel

Thanks to www.siliconera.com for compiling this comprehensive list.