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Sony: Our First-Party Exclusives Are "The Best Out There"

August 01, 2008 in News comments 19

In a response to Microsoft's boasts regarding their heavy investment in securing previously exclusive titles, Sony chief Kaz Hirai has claimed that the real exclusivity battle is about first-party games - and that Sony is winning this battle by a landslide.

Responding to the issue of Microsoft's investment in Xbox 360 'exclusive' content, Hirai said: "On the exclusivity front, whether it’s downloadable or not, one of the unrivalled strengths we have, and we’ve proven this time and time again, is the power of our internal worldwide studios. Our first-party product is obviously platform exclusive and is the best out there.

"We’ve talked about a raft of great titles, whether that’s Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, SoCom, God Of War 3, Killzone 2, MaG and Motorstorm: Pacific Rift."
Taker4ever via digitalspy.co.uk »
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  • 0
    Deathsythe Aug 1, 08
    God of War 3, MAG, and Little Big Planet better make up for them losing FFXIII. Not only from the fanboys standpoint, but fiscally as a company.

  • 1
    drpunk Aug 1, 08
    Sony man says Sony is best shocker!!!!!!!!!

    Anyone wanna guess at what Microsoft might retaliate with?

    I wonder what Kojima thinks of this story. You know what you can if it's touched a nerve, don't you Hideo?
    • 4
      Red 9 Aug 1, 08
      But it's not like he's completely lying, though. Sony does have great first party support.
  • 0
    Newcloud Aug 1, 08
    this maybe true but it takes sony so dam long to release them eg.. killzone 2, home.
    • 1
      Red 9 Aug 1, 08
      Well, if peoples' expectations wouldn't demand so much, we may have seen them earlier.
      • 0
        Deadman Rules Aug 2, 08
        That doesn't make any sense at all.
        • 1
          Bale Fire Aug 2, 08
          Well if people had lower expectations they woul'nt hve to make them so great to sell well, which would make them come out faster
        • 0
          Deadman Rules Aug 2, 08
          So it's ok to release shitty games as long as nobody expects you to make anything good?

          I guess that's EA's way of thinking.
        • 0
          Bale Fire Aug 2, 08
          Well think of it this way, would people expect to see titles which were as good as MGS4, Halo 3 or GTA IV on the Xbox or PS2? Peole's standards have risen, what used to impress us doesn't do it anymore
        • 0
          Red 9 Aug 2, 08
          Remove Halo 3 and replace it with Halo 2. Halo 3 has nothing on 2.

          Hopefully Guerilla knows what they're doing. Last thing we need is one of PS3's biggest exclusives flopping.
  • 2
    iLLmatic Aug 1, 08
    I've said this before. We all know third party support is somewhat even this time. However, Microsoft Game Studios doesn't compare to Sony's first and second party talent.
  • 2
    DragoniteBallZ Aug 1, 08
    The only Sony First Party Exclusive i could see scores of people getting in line at midnight for is God of War.

    But only big Microsoft "First Party" titles I can think of at the moment are Halo(the FPSs) and Fable.

    But most of Microsoft's exclusives are second party(built by third party studio/trademarks owned by MS).(Gears of War is by Epic Games, much of Bioware's games are by Bioware-EA, Project Gotham Racing is by Bizarre, etc.)
  • 2
    Supernouva Aug 1, 08
    Such wishful thinking, considering half of their "best" aren't even out yet, if you want to include Killzone 2, GOW3, LittleBigPlanet, and MAG.
  • 0
    Taker4ever Aug 1, 08
    It would take a very pessimistic person indeed to suggest that every one of those exclusives aren't going to live up to the hype. Killzone 2 you can make an argument for, but the others are coming from proven developers/series, and LBP just looks far too original to be a let-down.

    Personally, I can't see anything coming from Microsoft Studios which will compete with God Of War III in the action genre. Three God Of War games have already been released, and every one has been amongst the best games of their generation.
  • 0
    DragoniteBallZ Aug 1, 08
    God of War III is probably the one PS3 First Party title I got the PS3 for.

    God of War is the only series of all PS3 First Party titles that has proven spectacular. Also SOCOM. I know it's just me but I love the SOCOM series for some reason.
    • 0
      Seeker X Aug 2, 08
      Just you? I think the first SOCOM game still has players in it. Let alone in Combined Assault or the Fireteam Bravo series online. Confrontation is continuing what SOCOM started...with superb community features and all.
    • 1
      iLLmatic Aug 2, 08
      Are you kidding? SOCOM has like a cult following.
  • 2
    anatomyofme Aug 2, 08
    Prediction... LBP will turn into a phenomenon unlike gaming has ever seen..
    • 0
      Deadman Rules Aug 2, 08
      After reading about LBP and watching alot of videos about it I'm seriously thinking about the PS3 again.

      I still need to play GoW1 and 2 to see if I care about GoW3, then I'll definately be sure if I'm getting one or not.

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