PlayStation Committed to First Party Despite Competition

“We’re not like some other game platforms,” says executive.

Taking one look at Sony's first party lineup of content exclusive to the PlayStation 3 and you'll find a long list of high quality gaming experiences. To suit all flavors of gamer, Sony's investment in these unique experiences isn't going away any time soon. In fact, the company is more dedicated than ever to bringing these fresh games to their fan-base, and plan to distinguish themselves from the competition in the process. The company believes they treat their third and first party studios in such a way that'll return dividends in the future, despite the methods that the competition (Nintendo, Microsoft) do.

“We’re not like some other game platforms," said Jack Buser in a recent interview with Industry Gamers. We don't say "Put your game out here on the App Store and maybe you’ll be one of these 10 featured apps if we feel like it right now, and then the rest of you guys can all go out of business.’ Or some other platform owners who are saying, ‘Look, we’re gonna make all the great games and if you guys can maybe make a great game on our platform, good luck but we’re not going to help you much.’ Or some other guys who say ‘Hey, we hand-picked you and we’re gonna shove a bunch of money in your pocket and the rest of you guys can all dial the 800 number and try to dial through to the front desk."

2011 was a big year for Sony's first party games on the PlayStation 3. Highly rated titles like LittleBigPlanet 2, Killzone 3, inFamous 2, Resistance 3, and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception gave gamers something to put in their console at every step of the way throughout the year. If the company's rumored lineup for 2012 is any indication, the console is set to have another year full of great games. From Naughty Dog's jaw dropping reveal of The Last of Us at this year's video game awards, to the rumored inbound reveal of Sony Santa Monica's God of War 4 it doesn't look like Sony is letting up off the gas any time soon.

By Al McCarthy on January 26, 2012

Did you this story? Please share it with your friends

IHATEHIPSTERS
that’s what she said.
Okay fanboys amd fanboyets, here are some stats. Don’t shoot the messenger ok?
Playstation 3 exclusives sold: 56m
Xbox 360 exclusives sold: 86m
Playstation plus subscribers: ??
Xbox live gold subscribers: 40m
Now, could someone tell me what 40m × 50 per year equals? =}
Once again just some stats not saying one is better than the other =]
- IHATETROLLS (WHO DOESN’T)
  hmm ur back from ur hiatus of trolling,
  when has sales has ever gotten to do with how good a game is?? or for any media for the matter? transformers made more money than most of the academy award nominees and how is a game or console’s sales figure affect ones opinion of his/her taste for gaming?
  ps3 exclusives are better:because of the ps3 exclusives only two are of the fps genre one is the tps genre the rest are a combination of platformers, puzzelers, action adventure, racing etc because sony provides a bigger variety of gaming simple as that.
- Cool dude
  @IHATEHIPSTERS
  Seriously bro. That was uncalled for.
njb
@IHATEHIPSTERS
y bring that up in this article?
simple answer, if you only have a few exclusives you can buy them all. If you wanted every exclusive for PS3 in 2011 its expensive a couple of bills. maybe £200+
- Cool dude
  Not really, its just because theyre more popular. Why do you think cod sells 20 mil a year despite the crowded FPS market? Because theyre more popular.
IHATEHIPSTERS
But I wasn’t even saying xbox exclusives are better? You figured that out on your own. These are just stats dude who cares if people like the xbox more right? Who cares if sony`s gaming decision is reporting loss after loss. In the end we are all gamers right dude?
lrossword
im sorry but nintendo have the best exclusives no one can argue with that i own an xbox i love the exclusives on there but you all seem to forget nintendos exclusives have stood the test of time i mean im gonna buy the wiiu (dumb name) just for the likes of mario zelda metroid donkey kong and other heep of nintendo only games but not for third party you just know there gonna be no good they always are
- Silenthawx
  I would agree with you but my wii is used for that alone. Stellar nintendo exlusives, which have been a downer as of lately. Skyward sword and galaxy 2 were the only decent games as of late.
Hoppsy
People People, please don’t feed the pathetic trolls
Hoppsy
To get back to the point of the article.
Great news, and to be honest just goes to show that the console of choice for core games should be ps3. lets face it the systems are virtually identical in terms of graphics, both have excellent features both have good online gaming so the only thing that really separates them by any meaningful distance is the games.
IHATEHIPSTERS
Cool dude my gamertag is wah00ga hurry the duck up and add me lol.
Anyway I thought those stats were relevant because ppl always bash xbox for not having as many exclusives but really the numbers don’t lie xbox exclusives = quality is better than quantity
- abc
  not really
Brian
The last of us looks fucking badass
Twon is back
I agree PS3 has a far more wide variety. We got Uncharted, God of War, Rachet and clank, Sly cooper, Every numbered Metal Gear Solid, Gran turismo, Resistance, Killzone, Little big planet, Motorstorm, Heavy Rain, and Infamous. On top of that we ill have Twisted Metal, The Last of Us, and Starhawk here soon. I also think Final Fantasy Versus 13 will remain PS3 exclusive and even if it does not i know Kingdom Hearts 3 will be PS3 exclusive and if anything else it may come out on the Wii U as well due to some kingdom hearts games being on nintendo’s products already. It won’t be on 360 though. Now to the Xbox 360. There is Halo…there is Gears of war….there is Fable….there is crackdown….and there is forza motersport. Those are the only 5 xbox exclusives i can think of off the top of my head. Of course xbox exclusives sell better there is only 5 maybe 6 good series to have to worry about where on PS3 there is around 15.