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The Exclusive Arms Race: July 2007 Update

Soul79 | July 23, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 Wii 
The Wii has now over taken the 360 in exclusive titles for the first time since tracking began in October of 2006. The Wii with 113 has a 17 game lead over the 360 with 96, and a 66 game lead over the PS3 with 47 exclusive titles.
With all of the announcements and unveilings of E3 2007 a growing memory, the aftermath of the video game industry’s biggest showcase has made the Exclusive Arms Race enter a brave new world.

The king is dead! Long live the Wii!

Yes, the Xbox 360 is no longer the leader in exclusive titles for the first time since we began tracking them in October of 2006. Nintendo’s little white behemoth has pulled ahead after a stellar E3 where nearly every major (and minor) publisher pledged plenty of support for the system. So what does the current exclusive landscape look like? First, we will go over the rules for those that have yet to read an Exclusive Arms Race article and then we will dissect the list, which includes a whopping 37 new titles for the Wii.
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    Cdemon | July 23, 2007
    How many of those consist of Mario, Metroid, Zelda, etc... or have "Wii" in the name?

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      TurMoiL911 | July 24, 2007
      That's why I'm thinking.

      The Mario games themselves probably make up at least 30% of all Nintendo games ever made.
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    Capn Droid | July 23, 2007
    The PS3 actually has 43? That many?

    But the Wii, woot woot. Viva la Wiiwii.
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    Guticb | July 23, 2007
    And how many of these cater to hardcore gamers? Two? Three?
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    bbb7002004 | July 23, 2007
    The Wii had more highly rated games than the PS3, according to the numbers of green highlighted titles in this list. Yes, I know this doesn't count the games that go multi platform, but this should tell you the Wii has plenty of high quality titles in its lineup. Sorry if they aren't "hardcore" enough for you, but for the rest of the world, a good game is still a good game, no matter its look or how many things burst in a spray of blood.

    I should also mention that no titles on that list have the name Zelda, only three Mario, one Metroid, and two with the name Wii. So, thats six in a lineup of over 100. Cdemon, let my pose a question of my own. How many titles for 360 aren't last gen games with prettier graphics? Also, how many 360 titles aren't FPS?
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    Storm | July 23, 2007
    Well yeah, most of their exclusives are of their actual company's nature: Nintendo. But, being the old-school gamer that I am, I love my SNES, and games like Mario Kart, Metroid Prime, Legend of Zelda, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are games not to be missed.
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    Capn Droid | July 24, 2007
    Here, here. I'm sorry if there's only one game involving any blood whatsoever... well, really, no I'm not.

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