Funnily enough, this means that Sony's conference actually put them on a fairly even keel with Microsoft's in terms
of first party exclusives.
Andrew House, Sony Computer Entertainment President and global CEO, addressed their weakness in
first party exclusives as well as the need to maintain strong third party support for the next year.
Although Xbox head Phil Spencer has promised upped investments in Microsoft's first party games, and has expressed to be confident in the years to come, it's no secret that Microsoft's Xbox is low
on first party exclusives compared to Sony's PS4.
Coming into E3 this year, Microsoft had two things to ultimately satisfy its fan base: Reveal the new console in full and show off new
first party exclusive games.
Horizon Zero Dawn was a real highlight from 2017, showing that creating new IP instead of churning out sequels can still work, letting Guerrilla Games flex their creative muscle, and handing Sony a huge
new first party exclusive to tout for the PlayStation 4.
I think what I'm saying is, why would anyone buy a switch if they didn't like Mario, Zelda, or any of the other
big first party exclusives?
According rumors on internet and report from well known industry insider Tidux, Sony will announce two Big Budget
PS4 first party exclusive title at the event and one of them falls under «Third Person» genre.
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft boss Phil Spencer emphasised the company's plans to
release first party exclusives on other consoles, namely PS4.
PAX East 2017 is this weekend from March 10th - 12th and Sony will be there in full swing bringing loads of titles from some of there
upcoming first party exclusives to some great indie games.
In fact, it's been a strong week for first party titles, with the aforementioned God of War and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds rounding out a Top Ten that's 50 per
cent first party exclusives.
If you're a racing game fan pining over buying a PS4, chances are you've been holding off until the release of Evolution's long - delayed DriveClub, the console's
first party exclusive racer that was originally due to race off the line at launch last November.
In a recent opinion column, I had a little rant at Nintendo's 3DS software lineup that desperately needs some
original first party exclusives during this critical first year.
One of Sony's
several first party exclusive titles released during the time of the PlayStation 3, Resistance was developed by Insomniac Games, the creators behind the immensely fun Ratchet & Clank and zany Sunset Overdrive.
Sony is in a strong enough position not to have to offer it's
first party exclusives as an incentive, but if they did this it would cement their position as the clear winners of this generation not only in sales but also in innovation and value, leaving the company in the strongest possible position to enter the next generation with the PlayStation 5.
Fable Returns: I feel like Microsoft is double down
on first party exclusives this year and Fable is another franchise which I feel is inevitable.
At this rate we'll have more Lego games than
first party exclusives to brick up our systems!!
First party exclusives, if you don't offer more than your typical gear / halo / forza next gen is not going to be kind to you.
Sony showed off more of
their first party exclusive The Order: 1886 and in this new trailer all that can be said is «Dem transitions.»
Rolling out full,
first party exclusives has been done on consoles before such as on Xbox Live but it's not usually this quick.
It is something Microsoft would be reasonable to try for
their first party exclusive titles, since assumedly they've already burned that bridge to the ground.
House directly addressed PlayStation's biggest elephant in the room: lack of
first party exclusives.
Sony might be waiting until E3 to flush out
their first party exclusives.
In addition to this on January 23rd this year Xbox announced that ALL it's
first party exclusives would come to Gamepass, this means that subscribers will get Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2, Crackdown 3 and Ori and the Will of the Wisps on the day of release for the low monthly fee of # 7.99 / $ 9.99.
PS3 has been constantly pushing out exclusives and high end games, MS since 2010 we haven't got 1 game that wasn't halo fable gears or forza as
a first party exclusive.
Since the Xbox One actually has an advantage over the PlayStation 4 in terms of console price and
first party exclusives, we can expect Microsoft to throw this in people's faces.
The Order: 1886 Genre: Third Person Shooter Developer: Ready at Dawn Publisher: Sony Release Date: February 20, 2015 The Hype: Here we are into the second year of the new high powered consoles and
first party exclusives are scarcer than -LSB-...]
While some might be disappointed that some of the firm's
first party exclusives aren't running at full HD, the situation is somewhat reminiscent of the Xbox 360 launch, where key titles like Project Gotham Racing 3 and Perfect Dark Zero failed to hit the native 720p target that Microsoft mandated in its own technical requirements.
The game will be launching physically and digitally on PS4 as
a first party exclusive from Heavy Rain developers Quantic dream.
The Nintendo Switch has been thriving with
its first party exclusives.
If Microsoft and Sony want to continue down the path of pushing consoles more than
first party exclusives, they'll eventually be perceived as third - party machines.
In every Xbox One versus PlayStation 4 debate, there is always one category that PS4 wins every time:
first party exclusives.