Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Tactical Stealth Espionage
Release Date: Jun 12th, 2008
Additonal Info: None
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Tactical Stealth Espionage
Release Date: Dec 5th, 2006
Additonal Info: Japan December R/D: 21, 2006...
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Tactical Stealth Espionage
Release Date: Mar 14th, 2006
Additonal Info: None
After losing key exclusive titles such Devil May Cry 4 and Grand Theft Auto IV, Sony continues to hold on to one of the last great exclusive titles in it's arsenal in the form of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
The fact that the game has remained exclusive, and continues to be for the PlayStation 3 only should prove instrumental in helping to boost the adoption rate of the console.
"We're telling our fans that if you want to play 'Metal Gear Solid 4', you have to buy a PS3," said Ryan Payton, the assistant producer of the game. "The PlayStation brand has always been good to us, and we're pretty bullish on the PS3."
Because of the high development cost of current-gen games, most publishers prefer to release a game on various platforms in order to try to recover the largest amount of profit, throwing exclusivity out the window.
"We understand publishers are needing to recoup their investment," said Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Sony. "From our perspective, as long as the games aren't going exclusive to other platforms, PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything."
To counter third party developers and their releasing multi-platform games, Sony has ramped up their in house development studios to produce high quality, exclusive, first party games.
The company currently has 15 development studios working on games, more than Microsoft and Nintendo combined, Dille stated, and he also expects there to be 15 PS3 exclusive title to be release between September 2007 to April 2008.
Source: Reuters

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I think the GTA series will come back to the Sony camp after this release. I also think that crapcom will end up coming back as Sony exclusive for DMC. Now that sales have shown they are here to stay, and the devs have a handle on the programming, the PS3 will start to get more love.
Man i cant wait until i get my hand on this game. I.m starting saving money for that game, so i could get it, when it will come out. loool
Man i cant wait until i get my hand on this game. I.m starting saving money for that game, so i could get it, when it will come out. loool
imo Sony brings out more quality !st party games... they bring new ips and new
sequels...
nintendo does make new Ips but mainly for DS... but GC/wii they are doing the same thing just pumping out mario after mario...
I'm sorry but games like Final Fantasy just can't go multi-platform. Yes, it's true that the development process of games are getting longer and more expensive with each passing generation. But there's a way to offset that. Let's take Final Fantasy as an example:
Square-Enix loves to take their time with making heavy-hitting titles like their Final Fantasy [Insert Roman Numeral here] or Kingdom Hearts franchise. But between the releases of those franchises, what does Square-Enix do? They release other games, exclusively, to other consoles. Between KH1 and KH2, they had Chain of Memories on the Nintendo DS. Between the Final Fantasy games, what came out? Chocobo Racing, Tactics, spin-offs like FFX-2, FFVII Dirge of Cerberus, and others.
These are successful in their own respects. (Some, admittedly, aren't as successful as others.) And these titles have all made Square-Enix a great deal of money for minimal cost. Every major developer who makes the major franchises we know and love each has their own "minor projects" that make them a lot of money.
Exclusivity from Third Party developers won't stop. Konami and Square-Enix, no matter how much they love their money, know that they're two of the best developers for, and only for, the benchmark quality of their games. And they have the quality of their games because of their dedication to one format.
Sure, the next exclusive games from these developers may not be on our chosen platform, but you can bet that it'll come, and it'll be great. Just to re-iterate, Games Exclusivity from third party developers won't end. They drive the market.
(Note: I emphasize that I'm speaking about **Third Party Developers**, as is the article. I do not count the First and Second Party developer and games.)
we aswell still have the best rpg that is final fantasy ^_^ that im hoping it won't go anywhere :)
just imagining games like mgs4 or ff13 running on wii or even xbox360 makes me wan't to throw-up, these consoles just don't have the capacities to have titles of this quality that is why sony with their ps3 will once again show to the world that they are number 1. wait and see!
Is it just me or does alot of people forget about the other exclusives Sony has. Some even bigger than MGS.
anyway, when sony exclusive games go onto other platformes they don't have the same impact when they cime out on ps , plus games that are made on multi platforme always have problems, if they're gonna make a game for every platforme they should make the game especially for each platform so that the game is sure to use the maximum of potential of each console
killzone 2 is another exclusive.
What about Killzone 2? That's got a TON of hype around it... FF13? God of War ? Gran Turismo 5? lol Just beucase Halo is released doesnt mean there are no more big games coming.... I hate the American media...
And dont forget Getaway 3 and 8 Days. there is a lot of games to be made in the future, why all people complain like if all the games for this generation are already announced?
Edit: And GTA never was a Sony exclusive. Maybe timed exclusive.
god of war iii
The title doesn't really make ANY sense,please next time don't just copy paste articles from other sites PSU
15 exclusives on there way from Sony alone, fantastic
Sweet.. 15 inhouse studios. Thats a lot. And there has already been a heap of Sony published exclusives so no doubt they'll continue.
Dont forget Tekken. Its one of the major third party titles that has stuck with sony and ONLY sony since day 1. (with the exeption of a flash based tekken 3 on one of the gameboys)
Tekken 6 ftw. That last boss is huuge :p Gonna be great.. On topic though i doubt third party exclusives will completely dissapear. As also stated by others, its one of the major factors that drives the buisness.
I don't see 3rd party exclusives going the way of the dodo Tom, but i do agree that trend will slowly decline. As long as these three companies (Nintendo, Microsoft and SONY) have big dollars theres bound to be some money thrown at these companies to keep their title exclusive. I also think it's a given that Sony has the best exclusives coming to their system. I don't even have to name them even the fanboys of the other system drools about them.
So what, FFXIII isn't a great exclusive?
15 title exclusives? nice, i dont axpect that to really happen but we never know.
thats gr8 and gta have exclusive content on ps3
Ok, so where is the next installment of SOCOM a PS3 "exclusive title". It's been over a year and I've heard NOTHING about Socom Confrontation since May or June. What's the deal Sony?
psn id: gingo... dont know about it being the last of the big exclusives but sony has lost a lot of big exclusives butas Peter Dille said as lnog as its not going as an exclusive to other platforms then playstation fans aren't losing out
Heavy Rain,Little Big Planet, The Getaway *hopefully its made better this time around,
this Gen is more about first part exclusives most 3rd party games will be Multi
Another exclusive that will bring major success is the FF series though it has to be AAA title everyone wants it to be as well. These games will push the PS3 forward.
ROFL, is this guy serious? What about the piece de resistance.... FF13
What an idiot.
Well, Sony is always going to have the best 1st party games. Microsoft game studios are really weak right now, no more bungie, no more bioware( well i guess microsoft didnt own bioware, but now that EA owns them whats going to happen to ME2.)
Also Sony still has Final Fantasy XIII & Final Fantasy Versus XIII after MGS:4 and the nest franchise made by Rockstar remember. O ya also LA Noire.
so what sony still got da best game EVER God of War
whaa about grand turismo ???
Kingdom Hearts isn't that an exclusive also?????
That's not true...as long as it's not going exclusive to other platform...Playstation fans are still missing out...We're then getting a less quality product being dumbed down by the 360 version....But like the Sony rep said: We have more than M$ and Nintendo combined...That's all that counts. And MGS4 being some of the last exclusives? LOL. Exclusives will always come. Even if it takes Sony buying them.
What no MGS 5?
Who says there will be no Killzone 3, Resistance 3, GT 6? and more...
With this exclusive deal with Sony and Rockstar, who says GTA V won't be a PS3 exclusive.