Written by John Scalzo  on May 14, 2007

Special: Counting exclusives, easy as 1-2-3

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PlayStation 3 (40 [NO CHANGE])
Also On PC (1 [2.5%])
"Green" MetaScore + Proven Franchises (13 [33%])

Released (8)
"Green" MetaScore (3 [38%])

Fomula One: Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
MotorStorm
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

Unreleased (32)
Proven Franchises (10 [31%])

Afrika
Angel Rings
Coded Arms: Assault
DC Universe*
Driver 5
Eight Days
Eye of Judgment
Eyedentify
Fifth Phantom Saga
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
FolksSoul
God of War III
Gradius 6
Gran Turismo 5
Heavenly Sword
Hot Shots Golf 5
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
Killzone
L.A. Noire
Lair
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Ni-Oh
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
SingStar
Tekken 6
The Getaway 3
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk
White Knight Story
WipeOut



Wii (69 [+6])
Also On PC (1 [1%])
"Green" MetaScore + Proven Franchises (19 [28%])

Released (18)
"Green" MetaScore (6 [33%])

Bust-A-Move Bash!
Cooking Mama: Cook Off
Elebits
Excite Truck
GT Pro Series
Kororinpa: Marble Mania
Monster 4x4 World Circuit
Red Steel
Sonic and the Secret Rings
SSX Blur
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Paper Mario
Super Swing Golf
Tramua Center: Second Opinion
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wii Play
Wii Sports
Wing Island

Unreleased (51)
Proven Franchises (13 [25%])

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None*
Alien Syndrome
Animal Crossing Wii *NEW*
BWii: Battalion Wars 2
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
Boogie
Cosmic Family *NEW*
Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party
Dave Mirra BMX Challenge
Destiny of Zorro
Dewy's Adventure
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Donkey Kong Jet
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
EA Playground *NEW*
Escape From Bug Island
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
Final Furlong
Fire Emblem
Forever Blue
Ghost Squad *NEW*
Godzilla: Unleashed
Kirby Adventure
Line Rider
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
My Sims
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 3
Nights: Journey of Dreams
No More Heroes
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
Opoona
Orb
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Project Rygar *NEW*
Project Treasure Island Z
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Sadness
Samurai Slash
Soul Calibur Legends *NEW*
Space Station Tycoon
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Tamagotchi Party On!
Thorn
Wii Health Pack *NEW*
Wii Music

As with last month, the Wii added the most exclusive games to their list out of the three systems. And most of the additions were big titles as Nintendo formally confirmed a few games that we all knew were coming sooner or later (like Animal Crossing Wii). Namco Bandai has also thrown one of their major franchises behind the Wii with Soul Calibur Legends and Tecmo is reviving the Rygar series with Project Rygar.

Otherwise, there were hardly any changes in the main lists. Eidos announced Kane & Lynch: Dead Men and Crossfire for the PS3, removing them from the Xbox 360 list. And Nintendo formally confirmed a few games that we all knew were coming sooner or later. But neither of those announcements were much of a surprise. Eidos was always coy about the PS3 future of K&L and Crossfire, suggesting that the system's low install base was not encouraging for development. But they were always open about bringing them to the PS3 when the install base became large enough. Sadly, this does not change the fact that the PS3 added zero exclusive games in the past month.

The much more interesting development is all of the new numbers and statistics that we get to play with. I'm sure no one is shocked that the Xbox 360 has the most games (by far) that will also appear on the PC. But what is a surprise is that the Xbox 360 also has the most "green" MetaCritic games and the highest percentage of them. Microsoft's system also the most proven franchises in their unreleased list and several new properties coming from high profile development houses like Mass Effect, Alan Wake and Halo Wars. What all of this means is that an Xbox 360 exclusive is more likely to be a good game than on the Wii or the PS3.

While the Wii added the most exclusives this month again, this contest looks more and more like it's the Xbox 360's to lose every month.