2010 was a good, but not exactly superfluous year for the PS3. Barring standouts like God of War III, Heavy Rain and GT5, there weren’t that many noteworthy exclusives for Sony’s console. Well, not that many if you compare it to the exclusives bound for the PS3 this year.
Make no mistake, Sony has a line-up for 2011 that’ll make PS3 gamers incredibly happy. Someone who agrees is EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich, who goes so far as to say it’s one of the best line-ups in history.
“With Killzone 3, Resistance 3, Uncharted 3, and Infamous 2 all set to release in 2011, Sony is on track to deliver one of the most impressive line-ups of exclusive titles in the history of video games,” he said. He’s left out some other titles I’m chomping at the bit for; games like The Last Guardian, Ni no Kuni and Socom 4.
Other analysts even think that, thanks to its incredible line-up that the PS3 has a fair chance of overtaking the Xbox 360 in global sales this year. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has suggested that a PS3 price-cut would go a long way in helping Sony attain domination.
Conversely, the Xbox 360 is a little short on blockbuster exclusive content this year. With Microsoft’s attention squarely on their wildly successful Kinect motion sensing peripheral they’ve seemingly misplaced their focus on core, AAA blockbuster titles. The only really worthwhile ones that aren’t Kinect exclusive we know of so far are games like Gears of War 3, Forza 4, Crytek’s Kingdoms and the oft-rumoured Project Gotham Racing 5. Likely great games – and Gears of War 3 is probably my single most anticipated game of this year – but going head to head they pale in comparison to the PS3’s choice titles.
Source : IndustryGamers
Last Updated: January 10, 2011
Cleric
January 10, 2011 at 12:21
“was was”?
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
January 10, 2011 at 12:22
I have a digital stutter.
Rez
January 10, 2011 at 12:23
Are there any New IPs bound for either console other than Bulletstorm worth taking note of?
DieJason
January 10, 2011 at 12:48
There is Rage (from ID), and Homefront looks interesting.
EDIT: Add LA Noire to that list.
uberutang
January 10, 2011 at 12:34
Brinks is looking promising.
eXpZA
January 10, 2011 at 12:45
No mention of LBP2? Odd – Looking forward to KZ3 and Uncharted 3, Resistance and Infamous are games I’ll probably skip, as their predecessors were pretty rubbish.
Aussious
January 10, 2011 at 13:08
Hmm didn’t everybody say the same thing last year? When the dust settled Halo Reach, Fable 3, Alan Wake,Conviction, Mass Effect 2(then console exclusive) and even somewhat mediocre IP’s such as Crackdown 2, Metro 2033 and others coupled with Xbox live and Kinect proved the Xbox a force to be reckoned with…360 owened ’10! This year though I am not as enthusiatstic I think there will be alot of games announced but those will only see the light of day in 2012. Don’t really mind though already got alot to keep me busy plus all those amazing third party games…ME3, DeadSpace 2, Portal 2 and oh so many more!!!
Aussious
January 10, 2011 at 13:34
WTF, why does it list me as anonymous!?
Gavin Mannion
January 10, 2011 at 13:37
It only seems to do that in the sidebar comments… not sure why really :S… are you using a link to your twitter/facebook account or just posting normally?
Aussious
January 10, 2011 at 14:20
Dude I’ve even tried using different browsers it still doesn’t help and I am only using the disqus app to login…
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
January 11, 2011 at 00:01
Have you verified your email address through Disqus?
Aussious
January 10, 2011 at 13:59
I am using the Disqus app, I clicked on post as and logged in…not sure whats up it some of my posts are also missing.
Parker
January 10, 2011 at 14:32
Sony could have delayed every single game till the next year and only released The Last Guardian… and it still would’ve kicked ass.
Nick de Bruyne
January 10, 2011 at 15:37
This year is gonna be insane for gaming, no doubt.
M@GE
January 10, 2011 at 20:13
Hmmm… IMO the PS3 will gain many more hardcore gamers, while the Xbox 360 will gain many more casual gamers. The thing I wanna know is: do the hardcore gamers outweigh the casual gamers? Nope (Wii is the proof). So I would say this will be another year for Xbox, not because of hardcore games (PS3 wins here), but because of Kinect. Actually a smart move for Microsoft. Just my opinion though 🙂
PS: Quality or Quantity?
Kontact007
January 11, 2011 at 00:51
I am super stoked to plays KZ3 with this riffle!!
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/sony-shows-off-killzone-3d-with-move-sharp-shooter-motion-rifle/
Citizen Snips
January 11, 2011 at 09:13
I’m not too worried. There are so many excellent multiplat titles that I can’t possibly play all of them. Starting with Bulletstorm next month.