9 Best Upcoming PS3 Exclusives [Archive]

modeps

05-15-2009, 11:42 AM

Gamepro (http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/210252/the-9-best-upcoming-ps3-exclusives/) has a new list that outlines 9 upcoming games for the PS3 that are all exclusive to the system. Actually, the title says that they are the best upcoming PS3 exclusives (definitively) but the article says that they are possibly the best... they lose confidence. With most of the games listed, Gamepro claims they should be out this year.

Anywho, for those who don't want to check out the entire article and look at the pretty pictures or videos, here they are in numerical order:

God of War III
Heavy Rain
Uncharted 2: Among Theives
inFamous
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Gran Turismo 5
Pixel Junk: 1-4
MAG

What's up with the oddly numbered lists lately?

Greeble

05-15-2009, 11:48 AM

Probably just the number of worthwhile exclusives set to be released "within the next year or so".

Of that list I'm reallly looking forward to inFamous, Uncharted 2, Pixel Junk 1-4 and God of War III.

Heavy Rain and MAG I'm cautiously optimistic about but have the chance of sucking.

Ratchet & Clank, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy are series I don't really care about anymore, but maybe wooed back to if they turn out really well.

Morpheus

05-15-2009, 11:49 AM

Many great games. Glad I got a PS3.

Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2 and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time. Damn fine list.

bean19

05-15-2009, 11:50 AM

Again, why do lists so close to E3?

Morpheus

05-15-2009, 11:51 AM

Ratchet & Clank, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy are series I don't really care about anymore, but maybe wooed back to if they turn out really well.

Have you tried Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction? It's probably the best R&C game to date, so if you wanna get back into the series, definitely buy that game. It's rather cheap now adays.

modeps

05-15-2009, 11:53 AM

Have you tried Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction? It's probably the best R&C game to date, so if you wanna get back into the series, definitely buy that game. It's rather cheap now adays.

PS3 games that are good, don't seem to drop in price too quickly... Tools of Destruction is still up there at $56.99 on Amazon, while Uncharted is as well... that's one of the reasons I still don't own either.

Greeble

05-15-2009, 12:16 PM

Have you tried Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction? It's probably the best R&C game to date, so if you wanna get back into the series, definitely buy that game. It's rather cheap now adays.

Yeah I owned it but later goozexed it off, I'm guessing I got about 2/3 of the way through. It was not a bad game, but I just have other games I'd rather play. I think I kind of lost my desire to play that kind of platforming games. (Like Crash, Jak & Daxter, Spyro etc..) I guess my tastes have changed, and it doesn't help that I have a lot less time now.

Greeble

05-15-2009, 12:19 PM

I think this list is missing Trine and Fat Princess. (I'm judging both on game play videos and screenshots, but they both look freaking awesome)

modeps

05-15-2009, 12:20 PM

I think this list is missing Trine and Fat Princess. (I'm judging both on game play videos and screenshots, but they both look freaking awesome)

Trine is coming out for the PC also, but Fat Princess would have brought this to a healthy 10 list.

Morpheus

05-15-2009, 12:35 PM

PS3 games that are good, don't seem to drop in price too quickly... Tools of Destruction is still up there at $56.99 on Amazon, while Uncharted is as well... that's one of the reasons I still don't own either.

Wauw, really?

In Denmark (where I live) we have Uncharted for 27$ and you can get R&C between 36$ and 45$.

When they drop in price, definitely buy them. I've done nothing else than play Uncharted since I bought it 1½ weeks ago. Finished it last night.

Oh, I have also been playing the crap out of Plants VS. Zombies! Brilliant game.

modeps

05-15-2009, 12:42 PM

Wauw, really?

In Denmark (where I live) we have Uncharted for 27$ and you can get R&C between 36$ and 45$.

When they drop in price, definitely buy them. I've done nothing else than play Uncharted since I bought it 1½ weeks ago. Finished it last night.

Oh, I have also been playing the crap out of Plants VS. Zombies! Brilliant game.

Yep, its annoying. I'm not paying full price for a 2 year old game...

PvZ is a lot of fun indeed... Review should be hitting on Tuesday here for that.

OmegaVader

05-15-2009, 12:43 PM

lame list.

where's the ICO team's game? only exclusive worth mentioning.

automaton

05-15-2009, 01:40 PM

R&C 3 (Up your Arsenal???) was the best. I do not get why these Sony 1st and 2nd party games have not dropped price. I picked up R&CF used, but Drake and Heavenly Sword are still too close the launch price. GTA4 is below $40 and it is just about 1 year old.

JazGalaxy

05-15-2009, 02:05 PM

I'm not saying anyone else is doing it better, but look how many sequels are on that list. YAWN.

Gott

05-15-2009, 02:06 PM

Wombat

05-15-2009, 02:10 PM

Final Fantasy isn't a ps3 exclusive...

Heavy Rain could be another lair for all we know...

Gran Turismo is over...only a small segment likes driving simulations as opposed to havign arcade elements mixed in.

Never even heard of Pixel Junk

MAG has potential...but with each Sony exclusive that gets crazy hype and is a let-down further decreases my faith in them to be able to pull it off.

This is Final Fantasy VERSUS XIII. It is still an exclusive, at the moment. However, I don't think that is due until after regular FF XIII comes out, so i don't see it arriving before 2010.

Gott

05-15-2009, 02:12 PM

This is Final Fantasy VERSUS XIII. It is still an exclusive, at the moment. However, I don't think that is due until after regular FF XIII comes out, so i don't see it arriving before 2010.

Ahh gotcha...

Did some research on pixel junk...looks like an arcade game.

Morpheus

05-15-2009, 02:28 PM

dfr

05-15-2009, 02:38 PM

Ratchet, Uncharted and Heavenly Sword are all Platinum Titles in Euroland.

I have at least 4 must buys on that list, strangly i never got into Uncharted so the follow up doesn't interesst me that much (yet?).

TeeCakes

05-15-2009, 05:07 PM

Expect 9 to become 29 by the end of E3. PS3 is quickly becoming known as the goto console for the best exclusive games this gen. :D

the soUL TRAder

05-15-2009, 05:21 PM

Wow, that's a lot of checks Sony wrote. :D

Everblight

05-15-2009, 05:53 PM

Wow, that's a lot of checks Sony wrote. :D

Took them long enough to figure out that's how things work now.

donkeydrop

05-15-2009, 07:58 PM

The down side is that half of the games they mentioned WON'T be out this year.

donkeydrop

05-15-2009, 08:05 PM

Gran Turismo is over...only a small segment likes driving simulations as opposed to havign arcade elements mixed in.

It's a guaranteed 10+ million sales. Heck, they sold 3 million copies of the demo at $40 bucks a pop. Of course those 10 million sales will have to wait for 2010 or maybe even 2011.

dark_inchworm

05-15-2009, 11:12 PM

Expect 9 to become 29 by the end of E3. PS3 is quickly becoming known as the goto console for the best exclusive games this gen. :D

And despite any sales numbers suggesting otherwise, Microsoft won this generation.

There, a false consensus pulled out of my ass.

TeeCakes

05-16-2009, 12:46 AM

And despite any sales numbers suggesting otherwise, Microsoft won this generation.

There, a false consensus pulled out of my ass.

It's funny how the truth upsets certain individuals so much :rolleyes:

Let it go, Jack. Let it go.

HALO 32

05-16-2009, 01:00 AM

My PS3 list contains

Heavy Rain
Uncharted 2
inFAMOUS

But with E3 on the horizon I will expect that list to grow quite a bit.

the soUL TRAder

05-16-2009, 08:44 AM

It's funny how the truth upsets certain individuals so much :rolleyes:

And for some the truth hurts soooo bad, they refuse to even accept it.

They are just sitting on a unicorn wading in d'Nile ;).

dark_inchworm

05-16-2009, 10:45 AM

It's funny how the truth upsets certain individuals so much :rolleyes:

Let it go, Jack. Let it go.

Let what go? The good exclusives on other platforms too? No thanks, I'd rather play them all.

Agnostic

05-16-2009, 10:48 AM

9 games that I will be buying.

oldjadedgamer

05-16-2009, 11:05 AM

Virtuoso

05-16-2009, 04:39 PM

As a PS3 owner, the only game on that list that interests me right now is Uncharted 2 and that will depend on if they tone down the insane amount of hide and seek shooting in it. Multiplayer looks good.

Seriously? inFamous looks incredibly badass.

Heavy Rain? I mean, yeah, it is definitely pretty - but does anyone know what the gameplay aspect of the game is?

TeeCakes

05-16-2009, 05:05 PM

Seriously? inFamous looks incredibly badass.

Heavy Rain? I mean, yeah, it is definitely pretty - but does anyone know what the gameplay aspect of the game is?

Probably a lot like Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/trailer-1-indigo-prophecy/6825), creator David Cage is supposedly taking all the lessons he learned from that to perfect the gameplay in HR.

Virtuoso

05-16-2009, 05:08 PM

Probably a lot like Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/trailer-1-indigo-prophecy/6825), creator David Cage is supposedly taking all the lessons he learned from that to perfect the gameplay in HR.

Don't get me wrong, I liked Indigo Prophecy, but it wasn't a game. It was basically an interactive movie - which sounds like a game, but isn't.

I remain cautious concerning the game's merits; it sure is pretty though.

shadow763

05-16-2009, 05:33 PM

Yep, its annoying. I'm not paying full price for a 2 year old game...

:cough: COD4 :cough:

There are definitely some good games this year. GOW 3, Uncharted 2 of course, and Ratchet are must buys for sure.

The new Pixeljunk I will most likely buy, and MAG and Infamous are two titles I will probably get as well unless I completely dislike them after playing them. Overall I would be buying the majority of the list. Its a good year to be a PS3 owner and I wont have a game shortage this holiday season once again.

JazGalaxy

05-16-2009, 07:12 PM

Don't get me wrong, I liked Indigo Prophecy, but it wasn't a game. It was basically an interactive movie - which sounds like a game, but isn't.

I remain cautious concerning the game's merits; it sure is pretty though.

That, to me, is exactly why I'm not on the PS3 train.

Heavy Rain has shown not once ounce a gameplay in it's 4 or so years of existance and already people are like "must buy game!"

What?

I'm one of those crazy gamers who actually wants to see the game aspect of a "game" before I put my money down on it. Especially when the last one was barely a game at all.

oldjadedgamer

05-16-2009, 08:01 PM

Seriously? inFamous looks incredibly badass.

Heavy Rain? I mean, yeah, it is definitely pretty - but does anyone know what the gameplay aspect of the game is?

I'll have to play the demo but inFAMOUS has never excited me... not even a little from the moment it was shown.

And Heavy Rain... what is the gameplay like? Exactly. How can I get excited about something that is not even shown?

JazGalaxy

05-16-2009, 08:10 PM

inFAMOUS never excited me much either. Partly because when the game debuted it looked exactly like Prototype. And then, also, it featured the "white guy with buzz cut" look at like 7 other games were showing at the exact same time.

When I can't pick a game out of a crowd I'm just not all that interested.

But now since I said something bad about PS3, I'll say something nice about PS3: That one J-Strategy game that just came out looks amazing.

Hitoriga

05-17-2009, 10:59 AM

Wow, that's a lot of checks Sony wrote. :D

Except 6 of those come from Sony owned (or strongly affiliated) development studios.

the soUL TRAder

05-17-2009, 03:49 PM

Except 6 of those come from Sony owned (or strongly affiliated) development studios.

So that means they have written multiple checks for those games.

Wow, that's really a buttload of checks written for exclusives.

Which someone around here said is a sign of desperation.

Virtuoso

05-17-2009, 05:00 PM

So that means they have written multiple checks for those games.

Wow, that's really a buttload of checks written for exclusives.

Which someone around here said is a sign of desperation.

This statement is just wrong....

MS pays for exclusive content from 3rd parties - thats just how things work now.

the soUL TRAder

05-17-2009, 08:00 PM

This statement is just wrong....

MS pays for exclusive content from 3rd parties - thats just how things work now.

So Sony first party and closely tied second party developers get no money from Sony, that seems like a raw deal for them :rolleyes:.

And what does MS and/or 3rd parties have anything to do with it?

TeeCakes

05-17-2009, 08:15 PM

So that means they have written multiple checks for those games.

Wow, that's really a buttload of checks written for exclusives.

Which someone around here said is a sign of desperation.

Lie.

I said writing checks to 3rd parties for exclusive games is desperate, which Sony has never been proven by anybody on EvAv or elsewhere to have done during the PS3 era.

You liar. :p

TeeCakes

05-17-2009, 08:20 PM

That, to me, is exactly why I'm not on the PS3 train.

Heavy Rain has shown not once ounce a gameplay in it's 4 or so years of existance and already people are like "must buy game!"

What?

I'm one of those crazy gamers who actually wants to see the game aspect of a "game" before I put my money down on it. Especially when the last one was barely a game at all.

While I wonder what you not liking one 3rd party game out of this arbitrary list of nine has to do with the "PS3 train", it's hard to argue against Heavy Rain not being quite possibly the most impressive looking HD-console title ever developed.

Yeah, it's got nothing to do with potential gameplay, but for a hype list that's reason enough to gain admittance. It'd be quite funny if this became the sleeper GOTY, and especially funny for me to rub you writing it off before it's even released back in your face! :D

the soUL TRAder

05-17-2009, 08:21 PM

Lie.

I said writing checks to 3rd parties for exclusive games is desperate, which Sony has never been proven by anybody on EvAv or elsewhere to have done during the PS3 era.

You liar. :p

Oh, you must have missed the point where the rest of us see no difference in what party the exclusive checks go to, but simply if you pay for exclusive content it's either desperate or not.

But please, just keep riding your Uni into the land of Sony gum drop rainbows.

And I was really refering to Peter Dille-hole, but thanks for showing your hypocritical ways :D.

Virtuoso

05-17-2009, 08:24 PM

So Sony first party and closely tied second party developers get no money from Sony, that seems like a raw deal for them :rolleyes:.

And what does MS and/or 3rd parties have anything to do with it?

I think you misunderstood me. My point was that everyone pays for exclusive content, whether its in the form of 1st/2nd party studios, or paying for exclusive content from 3rd parties. It all is the same column, as far as I am concerned.

Studio + Money = Exclusivity

Everyone is doing it, so calling out one side or the other for it is just stupid.

the soUL TRAder

05-17-2009, 08:27 PM

Virtuoso

05-17-2009, 08:28 PM

I agree with you 100%.

My apologies for the confusion.

No worries, although I am a red, I at least try to remain pretty rational :p

TeeCakes

05-17-2009, 09:36 PM

I think you misunderstood me. My point was that everyone pays for exclusive content, whether its in the form of 1st/2nd party studios, or paying for exclusive content from 3rd parties. It all is the same column, as far as I am concerned.

Studio + Money = Exclusivity

Everyone is doing it, so calling out one side or the other for it is just stupid.

While this is all true to an extent, there's a world of difference from funding a 1st party development house to ensure exclusive games, and financially persuading a 3rd party who would ideally like to develop for multiple consoles to only do business with one company.

Whether you agree or disagree with that sentiment doesn't change the fact that 3rd party exclusivity via check is a desperate, arguably unethical tactic.

Virtuoso

05-17-2009, 09:39 PM

While this is all true to an extent, there's a world of difference from funding a 1st party development house to ensure exclusive games, and financially persuading a 3rd party who would ideally like to develop for multiple consoles to only do business with one company.

Whether you agree or disagree with that sentiment doesn't change the fact that 3rd party exclusivity via check is a desperate, arguably unethical tactic.

Come now, thats just ridiculous. If I were a third party, and had the option of being purchased by a first party or taking a check to develop exclusively for them temporarily, I would do the latter. Think of how many studios get "consolidated" (read - shut down) after being absorbed by a first party dev.

Also, "ideally" they want to make as much money as possible. If they make more money taking a check and developing for one platform, then more power to them. Its not like MS or Sony forced them to take the money, it was just a better business decision for them.

Call it desperate if you want, call it unethical (although I am unsure how paying someone for an exclusive service is unethical), but we should be able to agree that neither Microsoft nor Sony (some may disagree here, but whatever) are in anything close to a "desperate" position.

TeeCakes

05-17-2009, 10:22 PM

Actually, a 3rd party becoming a 1st/2nd party would be ideal IMO. Like Bungie has done with the Halo series on Xbox, and Insomniac is currently doing with Resistance/Uncharted/etc. for PS3, having a hardware provider intimately invested in the success of your work can turn an unknown development team into an overnight success.

Aside from the odd CoD4 or RE5, the majority of great games for any console come in the form of exclusive 1st-party titles. This certainly isn't a coincidence.

Which again, is what makes buying exclusive 3rd party games on a title-to-title basis seem a little desperate. If MS was satisfied with the 360 library, why would they need to buy out these 3rd parties? Despite knowing that both Sony and MS aren't exactly ready to throw in the towel as far as gaming goes, MS seems like they're almost afraid of the exclusive lineup that the PS3 considering their spending habit and need to "put a bandage" on the fact that they have relatively few future titles to look forward to.

the soUL TRAder

05-18-2009, 08:57 AM

Endless Hypocracy

HaHaHa you're so precious.

It's like you're the five year old who still thinks 1 plus 1 equals 1.

The business decisions MS has made in gaming has the Xbox division making a profit and increasing in market share, especially in content sales, on the other hand, Sony is haemorrhaging from all orafices and lost all the advantage they had in this industry.

Simple and plain, MS finds the content their customers want and than they go and get it for them. Sony promises the world, underdelivers and than relies on blind fanbois to defend their failures.

But in the end you even contradict yourself in this thread:

If Sony is now the "go to" console for exclusives, by your definition, they are the desperate ones.

Of course, I think they are the desperate ones because they lost a billion dollars over the last year :eek:.

TeeCakes

05-18-2009, 09:24 AM

HaHaHa you're so precious.

It's like you're the five year old who still thinks 1 plus 1 equals 1.

The business decisions MS has made in gaming has the Xbox division making a profit and increasing in market share, especially in content sales, on the other hand, Sony is haemorrhaging from all orafices and lost all the advantage they had in this industry.

Simple and plain, MS finds the content their customers want and than they go and get it for them. Sony promises the world, underdelivers and than relies on blind fanbois to defend their failures.

But in the end you even contradict yourself in this thread:

If Sony is now the "go to" console for exclusives, by your definition, they are the desperate ones.

Of course, I think they are the desperate ones because they lost a billion dollars over the last year :eek:.

How is that a contradiction? Sony has more 1st parties and more exclusives, so is seen as the "goto" console. Hence, more 3rd parties want a piece of that action and will make exclusive titles for the console that's seen as having a higher quality lineup.

Unless MS cuts them a check to for exclusivity, mind you. (read: MS desperately trying to control the market)

In all of your "comment" (for lack of a better word that won't get me warned by mods), you haven't cast doubt on a single statement I've made. It's a well-known fact that 1st-party exclusives receive higher review scores/more of gamers' dollars than 3rd party games in general.

Sony has more 1st parties than MS. Do the math.

the soUL TRAder

05-18-2009, 09:39 AM

Do the math.

I did.
MS made money off of their investment in Lost and the Damned, Fallout3 DLC, Gears1&2, Bioshock and most of the 3rd party games they have wrote checks for. Sony seems to be writing even more checks and is definately losing more money.

Sony's plan for the PS3 was to control the market even more than they did with the PS2. And they have failed.

And by the by, I don't have to cast any doubt on your statements, the lack of any logical consistency in everything you say does that just fine :D.

SacredWeasel

05-18-2009, 11:23 AM

I said writing checks to 3rd parties for exclusive games is desperate, which Sony has never been proven by anybody on EvAv or elsewhere to have done during the PS3 era.

I did some research and you appear to be right. It hasn't been proven that sony has paid for any 3rd party exclusives. I guess those 3rd parties just decided to make their games exclusive out of the kindness in their hearts. Seems logical to me, especially since the ps3 is the hardest to develope for and has the least amount of consoles sold...

oldjadedgamer

05-18-2009, 01:27 PM

I love how everyone assumes that independent third party developers like Media Molecule, Insomanic, Sucker Punch, and Ninja Theory are Sony first parties when it's the farthest from the truth. Little Big Planet was pitched to Nintendo and Sony at the same time but Sony paid money first for the exclusive or it would have been a Wii game. The developer didn't care what system it was on, they just wanted to make the game.

Sony is paying these independent third party dev houses for exclusive games. If you look at the history of the PS3 and the exclusive games to be released for the system, very... very few are made by Sony owned or "first party" studios.

Microsoft pays third party publishers for their games and Sony pays third party developers. In the end, MS and Sony are paying developers they don't own for making exclusive games. They are paying for exclusives.

Only Nintendo truly has the best and biggest "first party" of in house developers.