Written by John Scalzo  on April 05, 2007

Special: Time to give the devil his due.

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Editor's Note: We have updated the exclusives list since this article was first written. The latest update can be found here.

Final Fantasy XIII. Metal Gear Solid 4. Devil May Cry 4.

Sony has been touting their Уbig threeФ since E3 2006, so it was a major shock when Capcom revealed that Devil May Cry 4 would be released simultaneously on the PS3 and Xbox 360. No timed exclusive. No special editions. Just the same game for each of the powerhouse next-generation consoles. Now, while some may scoff, is it out of the realm of possibility to think those franchises may jump ship as well? Metal Gear and Final Fantasy games have appeared on MS's machine before and with DMC4 already on board (the most obvious of the big three to make the jump), Konami and Square-Enix may not be able to ignore the money much longer.

So here we are again with another analysis of the exclusive games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Wii. And with any good comparison, there must be rules. The rules of The Exclusive Arms Race are simple:

1. These are Уconsole exclusivesФ. So if a game appears on the PC and only one console, it is exclusive to that console. Also, because of the limitations of the DS, PSP and GBA, any game that appears on only one console and a handheld will be considered exclusive to that console.

2. Downloadable games and content packs will not be included. Downloadable games may be added in the future, but considering the number of УexclusiveФ content pack deals flying around (i.e. Grand Theft Auto IV), the word doesn't end up meaning anything.

3. УNext-Gen exclusivesФ will not be counted. So we won't be counting games that appear on only one next-gen console but also on the PS2, Xbox or GC. So The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Burnout: Revenge and others are all out.

4. No Уfantasy gamesФ. That means that these lists will only include games that have been formally announced by a publisher and have at least a working title. So that means games like УUnannounced LucasArts/Day 1 Next-Gen ProjectФ and УUntitled Namco RPGФ won't be included.

So with the rules established, here's what the current totals look like. And like any good Cold War, they are in bar graph form for that whole УI have more missiles than you and it's the end of the world as we know itФ feel:






For those that wish to track the changes from our previous lists, they can be found here:
October 2006
March 2007

With all that out of the way, here is the full list of exclusives for each console. While it may not be a complete list, the lists are accurate as of the day this article was published.

Xbox 360 (84 [+4])

Released (36)
Amped 3
Battlestations: Midway
Bomberman: Act Zero
Bullet Witch
Call of Duty 2
Chromehounds
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Crackdown
Dance Dance Revolution Universe
Dead or Alive 4
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
Dead Rising
Earth Defense Force 2017
Full Auto
Fuzion Frenzy 2
Gears of War
Import Tuner Challenge
Kameo: Elements of Power
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
MotoGP 06
Ninety-Nine Nights
Over G Fighters
Perfect Dark Zero
Prey
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4
Ridge Racer 6
Rumble Roses XX
Star Trek: Legacy
Table Tennis
Tetris Evolution
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle-earth II
The Outfit
Top Spin 2
Viva Piёata
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1



Unreleased (48)
Ace Combat 6 *NEW*
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Alan Wake
All Points Bulletin
Banjo-Kazooie 3
BioShock
Blazing Angels: Secret Missions
Blue Dragon
Call of Juarez *NEW*
Castle Wolfenstein
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Crossfire
Cry On
Culdcept Saga
Dead or Alive Code: Cronus
Elveon
Eternal Sonata
Fable 2
Far East of Eden Ziria
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Forza Motorsport 2
GTR
Halo 3
Halo Wars
Hour of Victory
Huxley
Infinite Undiscovery
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
Left 4 Dead
Lost Odyssey
Marvel Universe Online
Mass Effect
Mobile Ops: The One Year War
Naruto 360
Overlord
Postal III
Project Gotham Racing 4
Project Progressive
Project Sylpheed
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel *NEW*
Shadowrun
Tenchu Z
TimeShift
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 5
Too Human
Two Worlds
Vampire Rain *NEW*

The PlayStation 3 list, the Wii list and some final analysis can be found on the next page.