Xbox 360 games line-up not good enough? |
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Douglas Perry over at IGN made a list of the games released since September for the Xbox 360. There were six exclusives (three of them were Burger King games). Here's his list:- 6 exclusives: Gears of War, Viva Pinata, Dead or Alive Extreme 2, three Burger King games (Sneak King, Big Bumpin', Pocketbike Racer)
- 2 games on Xbox 360 but not PS3: Splinter Cell Double Agent, WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007
- 6 games on Xbox 360 before PS3: F.E.A.R., Rainbow Six: Vegas, Need For Speed Carbon, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Call of Duty 3
- Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 won't sell half million copies in the next six months, said Perry, because it's just a "girlfriend simulator" and "soft core niche material."
- Splinter Cell is an "exclusive by default" that was cancelled for PS3 because it couldn't be done on time.
- Tony Hawk, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and Call of Duty 3, are all sequels ("as dull as you can get," said Perry, "predictable, unoriginal, and franchise material"). It's the third Call of Duty, and the Tony Hawk title is Tony Hawk Project 8 - and it's eight years running - it's got its fans, but that's it. Ultimate Alliance is "the same old Diablo-style button-mashing action-RPG."
But what's the big problem? Perry is concerned that Microsoft will not win the console war if it continues to have such thin line-ups. While we agree with him that this second-year line-up is a bit thin, who's to say that every year's line-up will be like this fall? Surely Microsoft will continue to try to get exclusives. Surely they'll try to get more successful titles like Gears of War.
In the end, we're not too concerned. Not after reading Robbie Bach's interview where he showed that Microsoft really does have a plan. Yes, Dead or Alive isn't as, um, "big" as Gears of War. And Marvel plays like an RPG. But they each have an audience. And they're still fun and worth playing - it's not like they're hurting the console; they're still helping it along.
Also, the second-year games line-up of a console is not all there is to determining the fate of the Xbox 360. Because it's not all there is. The future has more games. The present has Xbox Live, good gaming (not a lot of titles, but enough), excellent value for your money... And we're still here, the Xbox 360 community: still going strong.
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Ah, yes, bringeth the retarded Sony fanboys to come bash the 360 fans.
Wait for it... Wait fooor it...
the $h1tstation 3 has better games. Resistance? Bah GoW pawns it away.
Pinata? Nothing like it. And all the other standard spec games (like CoD3) we have them too.
If he's going to bash the 360's game lineup, he better bash the PS3's too. Mass Effect & Bioshock > anything that will ever be on PS3. The only game that looks even slightly interesting for the PS3 this whole year is Resistance
Oh and DOAX2 is NOT worth playing, it got terrible scores for a reason, IT'S A TERRIBLE GAME. The fun wears out after 10 minutes
bash the 360 for having games the ps3 doesn't have yet...but are still great games?
am i missing something here?
What about Fable 2 isn't that supposed to come out next year? I really can't wait for this game and makes me glad that I have a 360.
the main point of Douglas Perry's article seems to have been lost on the way to QJ HQ. He was saying that with the PS3 coming so late and not having that great a line up, now is the time for M$ to really sucker-punch them with an Autumn line up full of AAA titles, which some would argue have been promised to us all year (Mass Effect, Alan Wake, Bioshock, Crackdown etc.) but unfortunately a lot of titles wont be released till next spring...
but in my opinion they may still have a chance to rock Sony's boat over in Europe if they can release a few AAA before March!
The burger king games rock....... They can take on the PS3 anyday.
this is kinda scary... Not that the PS3 has a whole lot better, besides Resistance. But still, why in the hell are the consoles getting mediocre exclusives?