• 16Jul 08

  What's with the "PS3 is Dead" nonsense

  Following the recent shocking announcement of one the most prolific Playstation 3 exclusives going multiplatform, Final Fantasy XIII, talk of "PS3 is dead" and "I'm selling my PS3" (even if the person doesn't even own a PS3) took the forum by storm. However, things are in Sony's favor. Final Fantasy XIII is still PS3 exclusive in Japan and will be release first worldwide with a X-box 360 version rumored with a release date of 2010.
  
  We all know that third party exclusives are basically dead, so in the long run first and second party exclusives will determine the outcome of the console war. Sony have more first party studios than Nintendo and Microsoft combined which in turns means more exclusives for Sony in the long run. In this discussion, I will mainly focus on Sony and Microsoft so let's look at the first and second party studios for each company.
  
  Microsoft

  
  1st Party
  ACES Game Studio (Flight Simulator and Combat Flight Simulator series)
  Carbonated Games (Hexic, 7 Hand Poker, UNO, Aegis Wing)
  Ensemble (Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Halo Wars)
  Hired Gun (Halo 2 for Windows Vista)
  Lionhead (Black and White, The Movies, Fable)
  Rare (Perfect Dark, Kameo, Conker, Banjo, Viva Pinata)
  Turn10 (Forza Motorsport)
  Wingnut Interactive (No game in development)
  
  2nd Party
  Mistwalker (Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey)
  
  Sony

  
  1st Party
  Clap Hanz (Hot Shots Golf)
  Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Omega Boost)
  SCE Japan Studio (Project Siren, Ape Escape, LocoRoco, Folklore, Genji)
  Team ICO (ICO, Shadow of the Colossus)
  Incognito Entertainment (Twisted Metal, Warhawk)
  Naughty Dog (Jak and Daxter, Uncharted)
  SCE Bend Studio (Syphon Filter)
  SCE Foster City Studio (Jet Li: Rise to Honor)
  SCE San Diego Studio (The Mark of Kri, NBA '07, MLB The Show 0
  SCE Santa Monica Studio (God of War, Kinetica)
  Sony Online Entertainment LLC. (EverQuest, DC Online Universe, The Realms, The Agency)
  Zipper Interactive (SOCOM, M.A.G.)
  Bigbig Studios (Pursuit Force)
  Evolution Studios (Motorstorm)
  Guerrilla Games (Killzone)
  SCE London Studio (The Getaway, SingStar)
  SCE Studio Cambridge (MediEvil, Primal)
  SCE Studio Liverpool (Wipeout, F1)
  SCE Korea (EyeToy, GloRace)
  
  2nd Party
  Sucker Punch (Sly Cooper, Infamous)
  Insomniac (Ratchet and Clank, Resistance)
  
  Sony have a total of 21 first and second party studios while Microsoft have 9. With third party exclusives basically dead, the favor is clearly in Sony's favor. Hardware reliability also helps.

  • Posted Jul 16, 2008 6:44 pm GMT
  • Category: Games
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