For me it is a sad fact of life that exclusives are a thing but there is little to do there other than hope the issue will one day resolve itself, people gave it a good stab and the idea of the PS360 means far more than the idea of the Super Megadrive ever would have. Until then we get to compare and contrast the offerings.
These days I am more about game concepts/styles than actual games themselves so I will probably be looking at this more from that perspective (why bother with Dark Souls when Demon's souls exists unless you are going back through the history of a "franchise"), this is just the one I am using and you are free to go for another.
My general conclusion is the term PS360 is not as absolutely solid as it could be (that surprised me) it is still pretty solid. The PS3 may not be the RPG powerhouse (give or take ni no kuni and one game does not necessarily a powerhouse make), the 360 is the Japanese shmup powerhouse (possibly even beating the PC) though that did not surprise me, xbox live aside the 360 might not be the FPS platform of choice (quite surprising) and shmups aside no exclusives really meant anything to me. That said getting "the other one" could be an idea and would definitely do to fill out a few dry months if you were bored of what you had, how much that is worth (especially with PC game requirements being as low as they are) remains for you to decide.
Beyond a minor note I have not been able to discuss relative merits of each console as far as multiplatform games go, many would say the PS3 got the bad side of that though but I can not recall anything of great note as far game quality goes getting the truly outrageous treatment (and not having it corrected with a patch). I could be wrong there though.
To that end my position on "what do I pick" remains pick a) whatever one you like the controller more for (and play with each with several hours, I can deal with the playstation pad but 4 hours in and my hands cramp up something fierce) and if that is a 50/50 shot then whatever one your friends have so you can borrow/share games/buy their collection when they get bored in a year or so or whatever one you can more easily get a fully hacked version of (3.55 PS3 or JTAG/RGH 360), lesser hacks can be worth it but do more research in those cases. For both if getting a second hand one then absolutely get one from 2009 or later (Jasper motherboard or a slim on the 360), this even goes above the hacked thing so do not get a hacked launch 360 or something unless it is really cheap (less than a game cheap).
As much as it pains me to use it I have to note that Wikipedia has a half nice list for once, it is missing a fair bit as my search through the shmups list taught me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_exclusives_(seventh_generation)
I am ignoring the Wii for unlike the GBA and DS you pretty much are limited to Nintendo first and second party titles if you want a good time ( http://www.gamesradar.com/best-wii-games-all-time/ and http://www.computerandvideogames.co...sic-titles-you-need-to-revisit-on-your-wii-u/ ). Similarly Wii ownership is common enough around here and if not you could probably get one as long as you promised to provide its owner something to use as a doorstop instead.
I took the list from wikipedia and first arranged it to get the "also on the PC games" at the top. For the most part the PC versions are superior.
Pure numbers wise the 360 had more, even if you account for the "also on PC" titles. I have not stuck franchises into one entry and dropped franchises with entries on another platform yet though.
Can we all agree that the readers of this thread can not be seen to be enjoying music based games that are not also things like you might see on a DMT trip, equally if you wanted to dance, sing or play either plastic or real instruments then you could do it just as well on anything other than the Wii.
Equally seen as we are at the end of the main lifetime of the consoles in question the idea of timed exclusives and later remakes/ports will be sidelined, Deadly premonition eventually made it to the PS3 (possibly even in a better form) and Ninja Gaiden II was a 360 exclusive but was remade as Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on the PS3 for instance. However discussion of things like Eternal Sonata (where the PS3 had what some call a superior version) and NIER (which had a somewhat different version, superior is very much a matter for debate) probably wants to happen.
After this we get to discuss things like is Forza as good as Gran Turismo and does it matter when Need for Speed is a thing.
Sony games
MS games
As for as console exclusives go I would say get the PC versions of each save perhaps Mushihime-sama Futari (a fairly nice shmup) and Alan Wake is not bad on the 360, they will tend not to require the shinest PC to run either. As such they are dropped from this. Also as we have the benefit of hindsight we can do things like ignore Heavenly Sword and Bullet Witch.
The main franchises of note
Halo. The Halo RTS is being lumped into it. This is MS' science fiction shooting game and one of its big flagship titles.
Forza Motorsport. Microsoft's attempt to get into the driving game world. Seems to float between simulation and arcade (even within the same games).
Gears of War. Epic games still own it but it has been exclusive to the 360. A third person perspective shooting game set in a ruined somewhat near future. Most commonly contrasted with the PS3 exclusive series Resistance.
Fable. Microsoft does Western RPG it seems (they have tried a bit in Japan with the likes of Blue Dragon and a few others to come shortly). Personally I have never been a fan and I really like a lot of western RPGs with European ones featuring prominently among them too and often more than the American led efforts (I play most of them, Risen, Two Worlds 2, Venetica and Divinity II all sitting among the games I really liked these last few years and The Dark Eye: Demonicon has caught my eye too as far as upcoming stuff goes).
Crackdown. Mentioned later are things like Infamous and Prototype, I would not put this or its sequel next to them and expect this to come out favourably.
Games
Tetris: The Grand Master Ace. Got to have a Tetris title, the grand master/TGM series is quite a noted departure from the normal Nintendo styled ones seen outside Japan. There is also Tetris Splash on XBLA. PS3 Tetris is Puyo Puyo Tetris and one from EA (similar to the PSP mini tetris if you ever played that, I have not played the PS3 version but the PSP one is pretty solid and certainly beats the likes of Tetris worlds on the GBA).
Guilty Gear 2. A 2d fighting game with something of a cult following.
MagnaCarta II. A stunning little action/timing based RPG ish thing, a bit cliched on the story but what isn't really. One of the things that cured my Japanese RPG boredom following the PS2.
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. A hack and slash take on the Kingdom Under Fire series, did not do great upon release and the subsequent years have provided ample competition.
Risen, a pretty nice game but a better sequel is now available on both and it was also seen as the turning point for the "can the consoles hang at the PC's level" debate -- http://www.videogameszone.de/Risen-...-und-Xbox-360-Version-696485/galerie/1201011/ )
Saints Row. Sequels all over the shop, many of which are even better. Either way it is considered the "fun" GTA.
Dead or Alive 4. A fighting game, once made to kind of rival Tekken I think. Arguably the multiplatform or possibly even some of the Wii stuff did better.
Infinite Undiscovery. Some have it as one of tri-Ace's off days (which is still not bad), given their on days result in Resonance of Fate, Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean though....
Culdcept Saga. A nice tactical card game stretching back to the PS1. This version did OK and other entries were ported and remade in several places, not sure if you can play it on the PS3 by any means other than backwards compatibility.
Ninety-Nine Nights and its sequel. A pretty nice fighting many enemies game (think Dynasty Warriors rather than Bayonetta), hardly an exclusive concept on either system.
Perfect Dark Zero. Not a great game and long since surpassed. We did get a very nice remake on XBLA of the N64 Perfect dark title and it still features one of the best multiplayer modes ever as far as I am concerned.
Spectral Force 3. Made by Hyperdimension Neptunia developer Compile heart this is a tactics game. The PS3 got Mist of Chaos from the save dev as well as a few others, more on Idea Factory/Compile Heart and all its stuff in the PS3 RPG machine section though.
The First Templar. Various European developers did quite a bit this time around and this was one of the more interesting things to shake loose. It plays and looks somewhat like a good PS2 game would and was responsible for shattering the dreams of a somewhat promising line up of co-op titles (this, dungeon siege 3, Hunted: The Demon's Forge and The Cursed Crusade)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Technically a franchise but not a patch on its N64 predecessors so "meh" really.
Shmups
Unless you have a Japanese arcade nearby the 360 was almost unquestionably the place to be if you liked Japanese shooters/shmups (nobody quite knows why, the PS2 before it was the go to destination for most of these companies and the 360 was not Big in Japan, not even the PC can really beat it though IOS and Android are the places to be and the DS did not do badly. The PS3 was not completely barren (it got things like Under Defeat HD, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta!, Sine Mora and even some love from Cave with the likes of a Ketsui title) but it does not come close if you actually like the gameplay style.
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label
Deathsmiles and its sequel as well as alt version.
Otomedius Excellent
Eschatos
Bullet Soul
Ginga Force
Mushihimesama
Espgaluda II
Muchi Muchi Pork! (pink sweets)
Shooting Love. 10-Shuunen: XIIZeal & DeltaZeal
Caldarius
Senko no Ronde. An odd fighting game and shooter hybrid.
Project Sylpheed. More space sim than straight up shmup.
Raiden Fighters Aces. A compilation of some well liked arcade titles of the same name.
Bullet Soul. Another 5pb title.
Radirgy Noa Massive. From the same dev as Chaos Field and Tank Beat on the DS. A PC version is available.
Raiden IV
Castle of Shikigami III/Shikigami no Shiro episode-3. Wii and PC versions of this also available.
XBLA titles
Bomberman Live but there are equivalents elsewhere. If Bomberman act zero had to be included in this little exercise it would have ended here.
Carcassonne. A modern classic board game, DS version exists as do many versions of phones and online as well as the PC but nothing really on the PS3.
Catan was for a while but a PS3 version of good quality popped up eventually.
Sony.
I do not know the Sony exclusives library as well as I might and for the most part I figured I could ignore it (the RPG stuff, discussed later, seemed to be comprised of things that did not appeal and things that I could get from other games).
Franchisea.
Yakuza. "Sega does GTA" but also probably the closest most will ever get to a Shenmue sequel (it has a pretty nice fighting engine as far as these games go). Even has a Zombie themed spinoff.
Time Crisis. An arcade classic. It is a lightgun/on rails shooter type game, home consoles have had such a thing since the NES but in recent years (possibly with the death of CRT) they have become somewhat less common to see outside of arcades (which in many parts of the world are not common either).
MotorStorm. A racing game series but with a slight twist. It is not full car combat like some of the Hot Wheels stuff and not quite as pared back as Need for Speed Hot Pursuit was but it was not a "good clean racing game" franchise by any stretch. Ignore the heavy off road component most would probably compare it to the multiplatform title Split/Second.
Gran Turismo. Sony's main thrust in the "simulation" racing space, was in many cases a system seller for the earlier consoles. For many the main counterpoint from MS being the Forza series though the likes of Need for Speed with the shift series and the general diversification of a lot of racing games could also play into things here.
God of War. Though there are no shortage of send in the crazy hardnut to beat up hundreds of people/creatures games on any platform since it became possible some time in the 1980's this series rose above the noise to gain something of a great reputation. How much of that was an exclusive push remains to be debated, that it is a great example of the gameplay style is not up for debate though (assuming you can stomach some quick time events which have since become a staple of the idea).
inFamous. Like GTA but with superpowers, a month after this hit there was another game for both platforms in Prototype and going a bit further things like Just Cause 2, Mercenaries the later Saints Row titles got crazy enough to match it. It is a nice series though.
Uncharted. In some ways "what would happen if Tomb Raider had more guns", that said probably more fun than the later pre reboot Tomb Raider offerings (though you might still want to give those earlier ones a look) and without a real equivalent on the 360.
Killzone. Back on the PS2 it was floated as a Halo killer (it was not, though it did OK) and to this day the Killzone series provides something of a counterpoint to it (it also being a science fiction shooting game).
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs. The SOCOM series gained something of a reputation in the hard as balls/realistic shooting game world (sometimes called tactical shooters), some have said it strayed from its roots and its servers (co-op is a big thing here) have but a few weeks to live at time of posting (as do many PS3 online games, MAG being one and not otherwise included for that reason), the series lived on through the PSP but most of the multiplayer there went over a year ago. Likewise things like operation flashpoint have risen up to take its place and Tom Clancy was always doing similar things anyway.
Twisted Metal. Something of a big deal back on the PS1 it is a car combat game that came back later on in the day of the PS3. In some ways MotorStorm had pulled a bit of focus and it was never Carmageddon but it was nice to see.
Insomniac Games
The original developers of the Spyro series they made a couple of Playstation exclusive franchises.
Ratchet & Clank. Probably the closest most will get to a Rare style N64 platformer these days. Disney and Ubisoft have been providing some competition which is available on all platforms but for the most part it is this or nothing.
Resistance. For some the Sony exclusive answer to Gears of War though on the PS3 this is more first person than third so take that as you will.
Other truly notable games that are not franchises yet.
Dragon's Crown. For many this brought back the idea of the 2d brawler. There have been several efforts on the XBLA/PSN front but this was probably one of the things to get it most right.
LittleBigPlanet. What if the incredible machine met a platformer is probably the best way to describe it. That said the possibilities of custom levels are unrivaled in other offerings until you look at some of the Wii stuff or end up back on the PC.
The Last of Us. To some it might be "what if gears of war was more survival and less action" but that would probably understate things significantly. There are other games with similar gameplay elements but none that would dethrone this really.
Metal Gear Solid 4. The Metal Gear Solid series has long been a Playstation mainstay (though it has had nice versions for several games on the PC and other platforms) and to this day this is a PS4 exclusive. Metal Gear solid focuses more on stealth than action (though the trend has been increasingly towards it as the games go on, perhaps a similar fate to that which has befallen horror games) and this is much in line with that.
The Quantic Dream games.
With most of their games Quantic Dream seem to try to blur the lines between interactive story and game. Some like it and some do not, some prefer its earlier game Farenheit (Indigo Prophecy). The more recent Beyond: Two Souls is a bit more action heavy than Heavy Rain which very much leans back towards the story thing.
Heavy Rain. A serial killer comes into the lives of a cast of characters, some say film noire but I am not sure there.
Beyond: Two Souls. Released but a few months ago at time of writing this also aims to be a rather story driven game but steps back from the Heavy Rain style stuff and has a bit more meat to its gameplay (though pickings were still too slim for many). Somewhat amusingly "The Last of Us" probably told a somewhat more impacting story.
The PS3 and RPGs.
Most of this reputation seems to be born of Hyperdimension Neptunia, the Atelier franchise, some Tales of games (the 360 has Tales of Vesperia, even has it at as an exclusive outside Japan), Disgaea and Level-5's efforts. They are to a game all very Japanese, though they are not all trying to be Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest and often have some interesting aspects.
Record of Agarest War 2. The original and its sequel (and this is very much a "one year later" sequel) appeared on both platforms (and android in the case of the first). Has an interesting "generations" mechanic as well.
Hyperdimension Neptunia. None have got great reviews outside Japan though it has its fans.... in short nobody will hold liking these against you (give or take their opinions on the art style) but they are not the sort of thing you would introduce someone to the concept with and if you are in danger of burnout or already there then avoid.
Tales of ?. Tales of is something of a niche series but one with a serious fanbase. The games vary quite a bit in quality (as many SNES classics that were spun into franchises tend to do) though without any true stinkers. Several also appeared on the Wii and counting those it leaves Tales of Xillia and it probably to be the easier way to get Tales of Symphonia these days (the GC version still commands a reasonable price and the Wii version is a kind of sequel).
Disgaea. Something of a tactics game, the latest three are PS3 exclusives. Though you probably would not buy a home console for tactics games since around the PS1 (the GBA, DS, PSP and Vita all featuring quite a few of them) you do not have a lot of options on the 360 for this sort of thing (Spectral Force 3 and depending upon how you want to look at a few of the other games that get called RPGs).
Gust games
Ar tonelico Qoga. Though only one entry in the franchise has appeared on the PS3. Did not review the best but an interesting premise and decent engine saw it have some fans.
Atelier series. A series with a heavy crafting focus and somewhat traditional combat engine. It might overload your cuteness sensors though.
Level-5 games.
Most will know the company more from their Professor Layton series, their work on the Inazuma Eleven titles and they also had a serious hand in Dragon Quests 8 and 9.
White Knight Chronicles. A franchise... most will probably say not bad games, not must haves and possibly boring games.
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. The involvement of Studio Ghibli in this changed things somewhat and reception reflected that, where many of the others were "yeah that is not bad" at best this is for many the sort of thing that stands out. Not enough to call the PS3 as the RPG machine but enough to stand up and take notice like The last of us, God of War and Uncharted might be.
Naturally if I have missed something, given undue prominence to another game or you want to discuss something further then go right ahead, this is only meant to be a seed post/minor reference.
These days I am more about game concepts/styles than actual games themselves so I will probably be looking at this more from that perspective (why bother with Dark Souls when Demon's souls exists unless you are going back through the history of a "franchise"), this is just the one I am using and you are free to go for another.
My general conclusion is the term PS360 is not as absolutely solid as it could be (that surprised me) it is still pretty solid. The PS3 may not be the RPG powerhouse (give or take ni no kuni and one game does not necessarily a powerhouse make), the 360 is the Japanese shmup powerhouse (possibly even beating the PC) though that did not surprise me, xbox live aside the 360 might not be the FPS platform of choice (quite surprising) and shmups aside no exclusives really meant anything to me. That said getting "the other one" could be an idea and would definitely do to fill out a few dry months if you were bored of what you had, how much that is worth (especially with PC game requirements being as low as they are) remains for you to decide.
Beyond a minor note I have not been able to discuss relative merits of each console as far as multiplatform games go, many would say the PS3 got the bad side of that though but I can not recall anything of great note as far game quality goes getting the truly outrageous treatment (and not having it corrected with a patch). I could be wrong there though.
To that end my position on "what do I pick" remains pick a) whatever one you like the controller more for (and play with each with several hours, I can deal with the playstation pad but 4 hours in and my hands cramp up something fierce) and if that is a 50/50 shot then whatever one your friends have so you can borrow/share games/buy their collection when they get bored in a year or so or whatever one you can more easily get a fully hacked version of (3.55 PS3 or JTAG/RGH 360), lesser hacks can be worth it but do more research in those cases. For both if getting a second hand one then absolutely get one from 2009 or later (Jasper motherboard or a slim on the 360), this even goes above the hacked thing so do not get a hacked launch 360 or something unless it is really cheap (less than a game cheap).
As much as it pains me to use it I have to note that Wikipedia has a half nice list for once, it is missing a fair bit as my search through the shmups list taught me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_exclusives_(seventh_generation)
I am ignoring the Wii for unlike the GBA and DS you pretty much are limited to Nintendo first and second party titles if you want a good time ( http://www.gamesradar.com/best-wii-games-all-time/ and http://www.computerandvideogames.co...sic-titles-you-need-to-revisit-on-your-wii-u/ ). Similarly Wii ownership is common enough around here and if not you could probably get one as long as you promised to provide its owner something to use as a doorstop instead.
I took the list from wikipedia and first arranged it to get the "also on the PC games" at the top. For the most part the PC versions are superior.
Pure numbers wise the 360 had more, even if you account for the "also on PC" titles. I have not stuck franchises into one entry and dropped franchises with entries on another platform yet though.
Can we all agree that the readers of this thread can not be seen to be enjoying music based games that are not also things like you might see on a DMT trip, equally if you wanted to dance, sing or play either plastic or real instruments then you could do it just as well on anything other than the Wii.
Equally seen as we are at the end of the main lifetime of the consoles in question the idea of timed exclusives and later remakes/ports will be sidelined, Deadly premonition eventually made it to the PS3 (possibly even in a better form) and Ninja Gaiden II was a 360 exclusive but was remade as Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on the PS3 for instance. However discussion of things like Eternal Sonata (where the PS3 had what some call a superior version) and NIER (which had a somewhat different version, superior is very much a matter for debate) probably wants to happen.
After this we get to discuss things like is Forza as good as Gran Turismo and does it matter when Need for Speed is a thing.
Sony games
Code:
Closure Eyebrow Interactive Sony Computer Entertainment Console March 27, 2012
ModNation Racers United Front Games Sony Computer Entertainment Console May 19, 2010
PixelJunk Eden Q-Games Sony Computer Entertainment Console July 11, 2008
Drakengard 3 Access Games Square Enix Yes December 19, 2013
Malicious Alvion Alvion Yes October 10, 2010
Ryū ga Gotoku 5 Amusement Vision Sega Yes December 6, 2012
Yakuza Kenzan! Amusement Vision Sega Yes March 6, 2008
Yakuza 3 Amusement Vision Sega Yes February 26, 2009
Yakuza 4 Amusement Vision Sega Yes March 18, 2010
Yakuza: Dead Souls Amusement Vision Sega Yes June 9, 2011
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories Artdink Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 25, 2008
Zillions of Enemy X Broccoli Nippon Ichi Software Yes May 24, 2013
Everybody's Golf 5 Clap Hanz, SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 18, 2008
The Shoot Cohort Studios Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 19, 2010
Hyperdimension Neptunia Compile Heart Sega Yes July 29, 2010
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 Compile Heart Compile Heart Yes August 18, 2011
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory Compile Heart Compile Heart Yes August 30, 2012
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland Compile Heart Compile Heart Yes September 13, 2007
Mugen Souls Compile Heart Compile Heart, Nippon Ichi Software Yes March 22, 2012
Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls Z Compile Heart, GCrest Compile Heart Yes April 25, 2013
Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers Dimps Namco Bandai Games Yes 01/11/13
Twisted Metal Eat Sleep Play Sony Computer Entertainment Yes February 14, 2012
Calling All Cars! Eat Sleep Play, Incognito Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment Yes May 10, 2007
MotorStorm Evolution Studios Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 6, 2007
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Evolution Studios Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 28, 2008
MotorStorm: Apocalypse Evolution Studios Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 16, 2011
Lair Factor 5 Sony Computer Entertainment Yes August 31, 2007
Haze (video game) Free Radical Design Ubisoft Yes May 20, 2008
Demon's Souls From Software Sony Computer Entertainment Yes February 5, 2009
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn From Software Namco Bandai Games Yes March 8, 2012
Folklore Game Republic Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 12, 2007
Genji: Days of the Blade Game Republic Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 11, 2006
Wangan Midnight Genki Genki Yes July 26, 2007
Killzone 2 Guerrilla Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes February 25, 2009
Killzone 3 Guerrilla Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes February 22, 2011
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel Gust Corporation Namco Bandai Yes January 28, 2010
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland Gust Corporation Gust Corporation Yes June 25, 2009
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland Gust Corporation Gust Corporation Yes June 24, 2010
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland Gust Corporation Gust Corporation Yes June 23, 2011
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk Gust Corporation Tecmo Koei Yes June 28, 2012
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Gust Corporation Tecmo Koei Yes June 27, 2013
Mist of Chaos Idea Factory, Neverland Co. Idea Factory Yes March 22, 2007
Record of Agarest War 2 Idea Factory, Red Entertainment Compile Heart, Aksys Games, Ghostlight Yes November 18, 2010
Time and Eternity Imageepoch, Satelight Namco Bandai Games Yes October 11, 2012
Warhawk Incognito Studios Sony Computer Entertainment Yes August 28, 2007
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 23, 2007
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes August 21, 2008
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 27, 2009
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 18, 2011
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 27, 2012
Resistance: Fall of Man Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 17, 2006
Resistance 2 Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 4, 2008
Resistance 3 Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 6, 2011
Mahjong Taikai IV Koei Koei Yes November 22, 2006
Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll Koei Koei Yes November 25, 2010
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Kojima Productions Konami Yes June 12, 2008
Mahjong Fight Club Konami Konami Yes November 16, 2006
Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi Leaf Aquaplus Yes July 17, 2008
White Knight Chronicles Level-5, SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes December 25, 2008
White Knight Chronicles II Level-5, SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes July 8, 2010
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Level-5, Studio Ghibli Level-5, Namco Bandai Yes November 17, 2011
Starhawk LightBox Interactive, SCE Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes May 8, 2012
LittleBigPlanet Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 1, 2008
LittleBigPlanet 2 Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment Yes January 18, 2011
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 Millennium Kitchen Sony Computer Entertainment Yes July 5, 2007
Ridge Racer 7 Namco Namco Bandai Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 16, 2006
Katamari Forever Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Yes July 23, 2009
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games Yes November 11, 2006
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games Yes December 1, 2011
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Yes November 4, 2008
Time Crisis 4 Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 20, 2007
Time Crisis: Razing Storm Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games Yes October 19, 2010
Tales of Xillia Namco Tales Studio Namco Bandai Games Yes September 8, 2011
Tales of Xillia 2 Namco Tales Studio Namco Bandai Games Yes November 1, 2012
Tales of Zestiria Namco Tales Studio Namco Bandai Games Yes TBA
The Last of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment Yes June 14, 2013
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 20, 2007
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 13, 2009
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 1, 2011
PlayStation Move Heroes Nihilistic Software Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 22, 2011
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky HD Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom, Xseed Games Yes December 13, 2012
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC HD Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom, Xseed Games Yes April 25, 2013
Heavenly Sword Ninja Theory Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 12, 2007
Arcadias no Ikusahime Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software Yes September 26, 2013
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software Yes January 31, 2008
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software Yes February 24, 2011
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software Yes March 20, 2013
Last Rebellion Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software, Tecmo Koei Yes January 28, 2010
The Guided Fate Paradox Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software Yes January 24, 2013
The Witch and The Hundred Knights Nippon Ichi Software Nippon Ichi Software Yes TBA 2013
Trinity Universe Nippon Ichi Software, Gust Corporation, Idea Factory Idea Factory, Nippon Ichi Software Yes October 1, 2009
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail Ongakukan Ongakukan Yes July 12, 2007
Comet Crash Pelfast Pelfast Yes April 2, 2009
Gran Turismo 5 Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 30, 2010
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment Yes April 15, 2009
Gran Turismo 6 Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment Yes December 6, 2013
Full Auto 2: Battlelines Pseudo Interactive Sega Yes December 7, 2006
PixelJunk 4am Q-Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes May 15, 2012
PixelJunk Racers Q-Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 13, 2007
Beyond: Two Souls Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 8, 2013
Heavy Rain Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment Yes February 18, 2010
Buzz!: Quiz TV Relentless Software Sony Computer Entertainment Yes July 4, 2008
Afrika Rhino Studios Sony Computer Entertainment, Natsume Yes August 28, 2008
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Sanzaru Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes February 5, 2013
TV Superstars SCE Cambridge Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 26, 2010
The Eye of Judgment SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 24, 2007
Kung Fu Rider SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 17, 2010
PlayStation Move Ape Escape SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes December 9, 2010
Puppeteer SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 5, 2013
Tokyo Jungle SCE Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 25, 2012
SingStar SCE London Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes December 7, 2007
SingStar Vol. 2 SCE London Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes June 20, 2008
SingStar: Vol. 3 SCE London Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 14, 2008
SingStar Dance SCE London Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 5, 2010
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest SCE San Diego Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 15, 2011
Warrior's Lair SCE San Diego Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes TBA 2013
Sports Champions SCE San Diego Studio, Zindagi Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 17, 2010
Sports Champions 2 SCE San Diego Studio, Zindagi Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 30, 2012
God of War III SCE Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 16, 2010
God of War: Ascension SCE Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 12, 2013
Carnival Island SCE Santa Monica Studio, Magic Pixel Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 15, 2011
Formula One Championship Edition SCE Studio Liverpool Sony Computer Entertainment Yes December 28, 2006
Initial D Extreme Stage Sega Sega Yes July 3, 2008
Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Gold Club Sega Sega Yes November 11, 2006
Valkyria Chronicles Sega Wow Sega Yes April 24, 2008
3D Dot Game Heroes Silicon Studio From Software, Atlus, SouthPeak Games Yes November 5, 2009
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation Slant Six Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes October 14, 2008
Bleach: Soul Resurrección Sony Computer Entertainment Nippon Ichi Software Yes June 23, 2011
Derby Time Online Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 13, 2008
Toro to Morimori Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment Yes July 23, 2009
Wonderbook: Book of Spells Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 16, 2012
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment Yes November 15, 2006
inFamous Sucker Punch Productions Sony Computer Entertainment Yes May 26, 2009
inFamous 2 Sucker Punch Productions Sony Computer Entertainment Yes June 7, 2011
Start the Party! Supermassive Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes September 17, 2010
Until Dawn Supermassive Games Sony Online Entertainment Yes TBA
Legasista System Prisma Nippon Ichi Software Yes March 15, 2012
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line Taito, Ongakukan Ongakukan Yes December 20, 2006
Touch, Shot! Love Application Tamsoft Compile Heart Yes February 23, 2012
The Last Guardian Team Ico Sony Computer Entertainment Yes TBA
One Piece: Pirate Warriors Tecmo Koei Namco Bandai Games Yes September 25, 2012
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 Tecmo Koei Namco Bandai Games Yes TBA 2013
Journey Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment Yes March 13, 2012
Sorcery The Workshop Sony Computer Entertainment Yes May 22, 2012
LittleBigPlanet Karting United Front Games Sony Computer Entertainment Yes November 6, 2012
Dragon's Crown Vanillaware Atlus Yes July 25, 2013
MAG Zipper Interactive Sony Computer Entertainment Yes January 26, 2010
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Zipper Interactive Sony Computer Entertainment Yes April 19, 2011Closure
ModNation Racers
PixelJunk Eden
Drakengard 3
Malicious
Ryū ga Gotoku 5
Yakuza Kenzan!
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza: Dead Souls
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Zillions of Enemy X
Everybody's Golf 5
The Shoot
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
Mugen Souls
Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls Z
Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers
Twisted Metal
Calling All Cars!
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Lair
Haze (video game)
Demon's Souls
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Folklore
Genji: Days of the Blade
Wangan Midnight
Killzone 2
Killzone 3
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Mist of Chaos
Record of Agarest War 2
Time and Eternity
Warhawk
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Resistance 3
Mahjong Taikai IV
Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Mahjong Fight Club
Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi
White Knight Chronicles
White Knight Chronicles II
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Starhawk
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3
Ridge Racer 7
Katamari Forever
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Tales of Xillia
Tales of Xillia 2
Tales of Zestiria
The Last of Us
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
PlayStation Move Heroes
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky HD
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC HD
Heavenly Sword
Arcadias no Ikusahime
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
Last Rebellion
The Guided Fate Paradox
The Witch and The Hundred Knights
Trinity Universe
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
Comet Crash
Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Gran Turismo 6
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
PixelJunk 4am
PixelJunk Racers
Beyond: Two Souls
Heavy Rain
Buzz!: Quiz TV
Afrika
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
TV Superstars
The Eye of Judgment
Kung Fu Rider
PlayStation Move Ape Escape
Puppeteer
Tokyo Jungle
SingStar
SingStar Vol. 2
SingStar: Vol. 3
SingStar Dance
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest
Warrior's Lair
Sports Champions
Sports Champions 2
God of War III
God of War: Ascension
Carnival Island
Formula One Championship Edition
Initial D Extreme Stage
Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Gold Club
Valkyria Chronicles
3D Dot Game Heroes
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Bleach: Soul Resurrección
Derby Time Online
Toro to Morimori
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
inFamous
inFamous 2
Start the Party!
Until Dawn
Legasista
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Touch, Shot! Love Application
The Last Guardian
One Piece: Pirate Warriors
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
Journey
Sorcery
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Dragon's Crown
MAG
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
ModNation Racers
PixelJunk Eden
Drakengard 3
Malicious
Ryū ga Gotoku 5
Yakuza Kenzan!
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza: Dead Souls
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Zillions of Enemy X
Everybody's Golf 5
The Shoot
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
Mugen Souls
Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls Z
Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers
Twisted Metal
Calling All Cars!
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Lair
Haze (video game)
Demon's Souls
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Folklore
Genji: Days of the Blade
Wangan Midnight
Killzone 2
Killzone 3
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Mist of Chaos
Record of Agarest War 2
Time and Eternity
Warhawk
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Resistance 3
Mahjong Taikai IV
Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Mahjong Fight Club
Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi
White Knight Chronicles
White Knight Chronicles II
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Starhawk
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3
Ridge Racer 7
Katamari Forever
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Tales of Xillia
Tales of Xillia 2
Tales of Zestiria
The Last of Us
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
PlayStation Move Heroes
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky HD
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC HD
Heavenly Sword
Arcadias no Ikusahime
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
Last Rebellion
The Guided Fate Paradox
The Witch and The Hundred Knights
Trinity Universe
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
Comet Crash
Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Gran Turismo 6
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
PixelJunk 4am
PixelJunk Racers
Beyond: Two Souls
Heavy Rain
Buzz!: Quiz TV
Afrika
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
TV Superstars
The Eye of Judgment
Kung Fu Rider
PlayStation Move Ape Escape
Puppeteer
Tokyo Jungle
SingStar
SingStar Vol. 2
SingStar: Vol. 3
SingStar Dance
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest
Warrior's Lair
Sports Champions
Sports Champions 2
God of War III
God of War: Ascension
Carnival Island
Formula One Championship Edition
Initial D Extreme Stage
Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Gold Club
Valkyria Chronicles
3D Dot Game Heroes
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Bleach: Soul Resurrección
Derby Time Online
Toro to Morimori
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
inFamous
inFamous 2
Start the Party!
Until Dawn
Legasista
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Touch, Shot! Love Application
The Last Guardian
One Piece: Pirate Warriors
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
Journey
Sorcery
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Dragon's Crown
MAG
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
MS games
Code:
Alan Wake Remedy Entertainment Microsoft Game Studios Console May 14, 2010
Condemned: Criminal Origins Monolith Productions Sega Console November 16, 2005
Darkest of Days 8monkey Labs Phantom EFX Console September 8, 2009
Fable 3 Lionhead Studios Microsoft Studios Console October 10, 2010
Frontlines: Fuel of War Kaos Studios THQ Console February 25, 2008
Gears of War Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios Console November 7, 2006
Infernal Metropolis Software Playlogic International Console June 30, 2009
Left 4 Dead Turtle Rock Studios Valve Corporation Console November 17, 2008
Left 4 Dead 2 Valve Corporation Valve Corporation Console November 17, 2009
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition 4J Studios Microsoft Studios Console May 9, 2012
Mushihime-sama Futari M2 & Cave Cave Console November 26, 2009
Prey Human Head Studios 2K Games Console July 11, 2006
Raiden IV Moss Taito Console September 8, 2009
Risen Piranha Bytes Deep Silver Console October 2, 2009
Samurai Shodown: Sen SNK Playmore SNK Playmore Console December 10, 2009
State of Decay (video game) Undead Labs Microsoft Studios Console June 5, 2013
Toy Soldiers Signal Studios Microsoft Studios Console March 3, 2010
Toy Soldiers: Cold War Signal Studios Microsoft Studios Console August 17, 2011
Trials HD RedLynx Microsoft Game Studios Console October 12, 2009
WarTech: Senko no Ronde G.rev Ubisoft Console July 27, 2006
Witcher 2 CD Projekt RED Atari Console April 17, 2012
Amped 3 2K Sports 2K Sports Yes November 15, 2005
Halo 4 343 Industries Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 6, 2012
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary 343 Industries & Certain Affinity Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 14, 2011
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label Extra 5pb. & Cave 5pb. Yes December 25, 2008
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA 5pb. & Cave 5pb. Yes April 22, 2010
Rapala for Kinect Activision Activision Yes November 15, 2011
Wipeout in the Zone Activision Activision Yes June 14, 2011
Guilty Gear 2: Overture Arc System Works Arc System Works Yes November 29, 2007
Versus Tactical Action Arc System Works TBA Yes TBA
Tetris: The Grand Master Ace Arika AQ Interactive Yes December 10, 2005
Motion Explosion! Artech Studios Majesco Entertainment Yes November 1, 2011
Naval Assault: The Killing Tide Artech Studios 505 Games Yes June 11, 2010
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Asobo Microsoft Studios Yes March 20, 2012
MagnaCarta II Banpresto Banpresto Yes August 6, 2009
Kinect Joy Ride BigPark Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 4, 2010
Project Gotham Racing 3 Bizarre Creations Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 22, 2005
Project Gotham Racing 4 Bizarre Creations Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 2, 2007
Fantastic Pets Blitz Game Studios THQ Yes April 12, 2011
The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout Blitz Games THQ Yes November 4, 2010
Michael Phelps: Push The Limit Blitz Games Studios 505 Games Yes October 11, 2011
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom Blueside Microsoft Game Studios Yes December 13, 2007
Indianapolis 500: Evolution Brain in a Jar Destineer Yes September 30, 2009
MorphX Buka Entertainment 505 Games Yes September 28, 2010
Halo 3 Bungie Microsoft Game Studios Yes September 25, 2007
Halo 3: ODST Bungie Microsoft Game Studios Yes September 22, 2009
Halo: Reach Bungie Microsoft Game Studios Yes September 14, 2010
Lets Cheer Cat Daddy Games 2K Play Yes November 7, 2011
Deathsmiles Cave Aksys Games Yes April 23, 2009
Deathsmiles II Cave Cave Yes May 27, 2010
Bullet Witch Cavia Atari, AQ InteractiveJP Yes July 27, 2006
Zegapain XOR Cavia Namco Bandai Yes July 27, 2006
Shadow Complex Chair Entertainment, Epic Games Microsoft Studios Yes August 19, 2009
MotoGP '06 Climax Studios THQ Yes June 9, 2006
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Vol. 1 Compilation Microsoft Games Studio Yes September 5, 2006
Leela Curious Pictures THQ Yes November 8, 2011
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster Double Fine Productions Warner Bros. Interactive Yes November 21, 2011
Halo Wars Ensemble Studios Microsoft Game Studios Yes February 26, 2009
Gears of War 2 Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 7, 2008
Gears of War 3 Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios Yes September 20, 2011
Game Party: In Motion FarSight Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Yes November 18, 2010
Chromehounds From Software Sega Yes June 29, 2006
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor From Software Capcom Yes June 19, 2012
Kinectimals Frontier Developments Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 4, 2010
Kinect Disneyland Adventures Frontier Developments Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 15, 2011
AquaZone: Life Simulator Frontier Groove Frontier Groove Yes September 14, 2006
Project Sylpheed Game Arts Square Enix Yes September 28, 2006
Every Party Game Republic Microsoft Game Studios Yes December 10, 2005
Import Tuner Challenge[4] Genki Ubisoft Yes July 27, 2006
Kengo: Legend of the 9 Genki Majesco Yes September 7, 2007
Kinect Adventures! Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 4, 2010
The Conveni 200X Hamster Masterpiece Yes March 30, 2006
Dance Central Harmonix Music Systems MTV Games Yes November 4, 2010
Dance Central 2 Harmonix Music Systems Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 25, 2011
Dance Central 3 Harmonix Music Systems Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 16, 2012
NBA Baller Beats HB Studios Multimedia Majesco Games Yes 01/09/12
Country Dance All Stars High Voltage Software GameMill Publishing Yes March 27, 2012
Victorious: Time to Shine High Voltage Software D3 Publisher Yes November 15, 2011
Bomberman: Act Zero Hudson Soft Konami, Hudson Soft JP Yes August 3, 2006
Fuzion Frenzy 2 Hudson Soft Microsoft Game Studios Yes January 30, 2007
Momotaro Dentetsu 16 GOLD Hudson Soft Hudson Soft Yes December 6, 2007
Tengai Makyou Ziria: Haruka naru Jipang Hudson Soft Hudson Soft Yes March 23, 2006
Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage Idea Factory Idea Factory Yes August 11, 2006
Lips iNiS Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 18, 2008
Lips: Canta en Español iNiS Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 13, 2009
Lips: Deutsche Partyknaller iNiS Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 13, 2009
Lips: I Love the 80's iNiS Microsoft Game Studios Yes April 2, 2010
Lips: Number One Hits iNiS Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 20, 2009
Lips: Party Classics iNiS Microsoft Game Studios Yes February 26, 2010
Kinectalloons JSTV Media JSTV Media Yes 2011
Tenchu Z[9] K2 Interactive From Software Yes October 5, 2006
Adrenalin Misfits Konami Konami Yes November 4, 2010
Dancing Stage Universe Konami Konami Yes December 7, 2007
Dancing Stage Universe 2 Konami Konami Yes October 3, 2008
Rumble Roses XX Konami, Yuke's Konami Yes March 28, 2006
Scene It? Box Office Smash Krome Studios/WXP Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 28, 2008
Fable 2 Lionhead Studios Microsoft Studios Yes October 8, 2008
Fable: Anniversary Lionhead Studios Microsoft Studios Yes February 7, 2014
Fable: The Journey Lionhead Studios Microsoft Game Studios Yes
Kinect Star Wars LucasArts & Terminal Reality Microsoft Game Studios Yes April 3, 2012
Otomedius G M2 & Konami Konami Yes November 20, 2008
Demons of Mercy Maxum Games TBA Yes TBA
Kinect Sesame Street TV Microsoft Studios - Soho Productions Microsoft Studios Yes 01/09/12
Blue Dragon Mistwalker Microsoft Game Studios Yes December 7, 2006
Lost Odyssey Mistwalker Microsoft Game Studios Yes December 6, 2007
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure n-Space Majesco Games Yes November 8, 2011
Twister Mania Naked Sky Entertainment Majesco Entertainment, 505 Games Yes November 1, 2011
Ridge Racer 6 Namco Namco Yes November 17, 2005
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Namco Bandai Namco Bandai, AtariEU Yes October 23, 2007
Body and Brain Connection Namco Bandai [Namco Bandai Games|Namco Bandai]] Yes February 8, 2011
The Idolmaster Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Yes January 25, 2007
Love Football Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Yes May 18, 2006
Mobile Ops: The One Year War[5] Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Yes June 26, 2008
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Yes November 4, 2008
Zegapain NOT Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Yes December 7, 2006
Beautiful Katamari[1] Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games Yes October 16, 2007
The Idolmaster Live For You! Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games Yes February 28, 2008
The Idolmaster Twins[3] Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games Yes March 12, 2009
Culdcept Saga Omiya Soft, Jamsworks Namco Bandai Games Yes September 30, 2006
Hulk Hogans Main Event Panic Button Majesco Games Yes October 11, 2011
Gears of War: Judgment People Can Fly/Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios Yes March 19, 2013
PopCap Arcade Volume 1[6] PopCap Games PopCap Games Yes November 15, 2007
PopCap Arcade Volume 2[7] PopCap Games PopCap Games Yes March 27, 2009
Full Auto Pseudo Interactive Sega Yes February 10, 2006
Ninety-Nine Nights II Q Entertainment/Feelplus Microsoft Game Studios Yes June 29, 2010
Ninety-Nine Nights Q Entertainment/Phantagram Microsoft Game Studios Yes April 20, 2006
Kameo: Elements of Power Rare Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 9, 2005
Kinect Sports Rare Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 4, 2010
Kinect Sports: Season Two Rare Microsoft Game Studios Yes 2011
Perfect Dark Zero Rare Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 18, 2005
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise Rare Microsoft Game Studios Yes September 2, 2008
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Rare Ltd. Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 11, 2008
Crackdown[2] Realtime Worlds Microsoft Game Studios Yes February 20, 2007
America's Army: True Soldiers Red Storm Entertainment Ubisoft Yes November 15, 2007
Kinect Nat Geo TV Relentless Software Microsoft Game Studios Yes 01/09/12
The Outfit Relic Entertainment THQ Yes March 13, 2006
Crackdown 2 Ruffian Games Microsoft Game Studios Yes July 6, 2010
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action Screenlife/WXP Microsoft Game Studios Yes November 6, 2007
Too Human Silicon Knights Microsoft Game Studios Yes August 19, 2008
Race Pro SimBin Studios Atari Yes 01/01/09
Snoopy Flying Ace Smart Bomb Interactive Microsoft Game Studios Yes June 2, 2010
Sonic Free Riders Sonic Team Sega Yes November 4, 2010
Dragon Ball Z for Kinect Spike Namco Bandai Games Yes October 16, 2012
Super Star Studio9Nine Studio9Nine Yes TBA
Operation Darkness Success Corporation Success Corporation Yes October 11, 2007
Nike+ Kinect Training Sumo Digital Microsoft Studios Yes October 30, 2012
Over G Fighters Taito Corporation Ubisoft Yes February 23, 2006
Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do Take-Two Interactive Take-Two Interactive Yes May 4, 2011
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad Tamsoft D3 Publisher Yes December 14, 2006
Dead or Alive 4 Team Ninja Tecmo Yes December 29, 2005
Ninja Gaiden II Team Ninja Microsoft Game Studios Yes June 3, 2008
Zoids Assault Tomy Tomy Yes October 18, 2007
Zoids Infinity EX Neo Tomy Tomy Yes March 30, 2006
Infinite Undiscovery tri-Ace Microsoft Game Studios Yes September 2, 2008
Shooting Love, 200X[8] Triangle Service Triangle Service Yes February 19, 2009
Forza Motorsport 2 Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios Yes May 24, 2007
Forza Motorsport 3 Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 23, 2009
Forza Motorsport 4 Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 11, 2011
Forza Horizon Turn 10 Studios/Playground Games Microsoft Game Studios Yes October 23, 2012
The Gunstringer Twisted Pixel Games Microsoft Studios Yes September 16, 2011
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Ubisoft Ubisoft Yes October 30, 2007
PowerUp Heroes Ubisoft Ubisoft Yes October 18, 2011
Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kicking Ubisoft Ubisoft Yes November 8, 2011
Self-Defense Training Camp Ubisoft Ubisoft Yes November 8, 2011
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2012 Edition Ubisoft Ubisoft Yes November 1, 2011
MotionSports Ubisoft Milan Ubisoft Yes November 4, 2010
Naruto: The Broken Bond Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Yes November 18, 2008
Saints Row Volition THQ Yes August 29, 2006
Harry Potter for Kinect Warner Bros. Interactive Warner Bros. Interactive Yes October 9, 2012
Yoostar on MTV Yoostar Entertainment Group Yoostar Entertainment Group Yes November 15, 2011
Tsūshin Taisen Mahjong Touryūmon Yuki Enterprise AQ Interactive Yes January 26, 2006
You're in the Movies Zoë Mode Codemasters Yes November 17, 2008
Blackwater (video game) Zombie Studios 505 Games Yes October 25, 2011
Minute to Win It Zoo Games Zoo Games Yes October 18, 2011Alan Wake
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Darkest of Days
Fable 3
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Gears of War
Infernal
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Mushihime-sama Futari
Prey
Raiden IV
Risen
Samurai Shodown: Sen
State of Decay (video game)
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Trials HD
WarTech: Senko no Ronde
Witcher 2
Amped 3
Halo 4
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label Extra
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA
Rapala for Kinect
Wipeout in the Zone
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Versus Tactical Action
Tetris: The Grand Master Ace
Motion Explosion!
Naval Assault: The Killing Tide
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
MagnaCarta II
Kinect Joy Ride
Project Gotham Racing 3
Project Gotham Racing 4
Fantastic Pets
The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout
Michael Phelps: Push The Limit
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
Indianapolis 500: Evolution
MorphX
Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Halo: Reach
Lets Cheer
Deathsmiles
Deathsmiles II
Bullet Witch
Zegapain XOR
Shadow Complex
MotoGP '06
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Vol. 1
Leela
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
Halo Wars
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Game Party: In Motion
Chromehounds
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Kinectimals
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
AquaZone: Life Simulator
Project Sylpheed
Every Party
Import Tuner Challenge[4]
Kengo: Legend of the 9
Kinect Adventures!
The Conveni 200X
Dance Central
Dance Central 2
Dance Central 3
NBA Baller Beats
Country Dance All Stars
Victorious: Time to Shine
Bomberman: Act Zero
Fuzion Frenzy 2
Momotaro Dentetsu 16 GOLD
Tengai Makyou Ziria: Haruka naru Jipang
Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage
Lips
Lips: Canta en Español
Lips: Deutsche Partyknaller
Lips: I Love the 80's
Lips: Number One Hits
Lips: Party Classics
Kinectalloons
Tenchu Z[9]
Adrenalin Misfits
Dancing Stage Universe
Dancing Stage Universe 2
Rumble Roses XX
Scene It? Box Office Smash
Fable 2
Fable: Anniversary
Fable: The Journey
Kinect Star Wars
Otomedius G
Demons of Mercy
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Blue Dragon
Lost Odyssey
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure
Twister Mania
Ridge Racer 6
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Body and Brain Connection
The Idolmaster
Love Football
Mobile Ops: The One Year War[5]
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade
Zegapain NOT
Beautiful Katamari[1]
The Idolmaster Live For You!
The Idolmaster Twins[3]
Culdcept Saga
Hulk Hogans Main Event
Gears of War: Judgment
PopCap Arcade Volume 1[6]
PopCap Arcade Volume 2[7]
Full Auto
Ninety-Nine Nights II
Ninety-Nine Nights
Kameo: Elements of Power
Kinect Sports
Kinect Sports: Season Two
Perfect Dark Zero
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Crackdown[2]
America's Army: True Soldiers
Kinect Nat Geo TV
The Outfit
Crackdown 2
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
Too Human
Race Pro
Snoopy Flying Ace
Sonic Free Riders
Dragon Ball Z for Kinect
Super Star
Operation Darkness
Nike+ Kinect Training
Over G Fighters
Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Dead or Alive 4
Ninja Gaiden II
Zoids Assault
Zoids Infinity EX Neo
Infinite Undiscovery
Shooting Love, 200X[8]
Forza Motorsport 2
Forza Motorsport 3
Forza Motorsport 4
Forza Horizon
The Gunstringer
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
PowerUp Heroes
Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kicking
Self-Defense Training Camp
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2012 Edition
MotionSports
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Saints Row
Harry Potter for Kinect
Yoostar on MTV
Tsūshin Taisen Mahjong Touryūmon
You're in the Movies
Blackwater (video game)
Minute to Win It
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Darkest of Days
Fable 3
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Gears of War
Infernal
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Mushihime-sama Futari
Prey
Raiden IV
Risen
Samurai Shodown: Sen
State of Decay (video game)
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Trials HD
WarTech: Senko no Ronde
Witcher 2
Amped 3
Halo 4
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label Extra
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA
Rapala for Kinect
Wipeout in the Zone
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Versus Tactical Action
Tetris: The Grand Master Ace
Motion Explosion!
Naval Assault: The Killing Tide
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
MagnaCarta II
Kinect Joy Ride
Project Gotham Racing 3
Project Gotham Racing 4
Fantastic Pets
The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout
Michael Phelps: Push The Limit
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
Indianapolis 500: Evolution
MorphX
Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Halo: Reach
Lets Cheer
Deathsmiles
Deathsmiles II
Bullet Witch
Zegapain XOR
Shadow Complex
MotoGP '06
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Vol. 1
Leela
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
Halo Wars
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Game Party: In Motion
Chromehounds
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Kinectimals
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
AquaZone: Life Simulator
Project Sylpheed
Every Party
Import Tuner Challenge[4]
Kengo: Legend of the 9
Kinect Adventures!
The Conveni 200X
Dance Central
Dance Central 2
Dance Central 3
NBA Baller Beats
Country Dance All Stars
Victorious: Time to Shine
Bomberman: Act Zero
Fuzion Frenzy 2
Momotaro Dentetsu 16 GOLD
Tengai Makyou Ziria: Haruka naru Jipang
Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage
Lips
Lips: Canta en Español
Lips: Deutsche Partyknaller
Lips: I Love the 80's
Lips: Number One Hits
Lips: Party Classics
Kinectalloons
Tenchu Z[9]
Adrenalin Misfits
Dancing Stage Universe
Dancing Stage Universe 2
Rumble Roses XX
Scene It? Box Office Smash
Fable 2
Fable: Anniversary
Fable: The Journey
Kinect Star Wars
Otomedius G
Demons of Mercy
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Blue Dragon
Lost Odyssey
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure
Twister Mania
Ridge Racer 6
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Body and Brain Connection
The Idolmaster
Love Football
Mobile Ops: The One Year War[5]
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade
Zegapain NOT
Beautiful Katamari[1]
The Idolmaster Live For You!
The Idolmaster Twins[3]
Culdcept Saga
Hulk Hogans Main Event
Gears of War: Judgment
PopCap Arcade Volume 1[6]
PopCap Arcade Volume 2[7]
Full Auto
Ninety-Nine Nights II
Ninety-Nine Nights
Kameo: Elements of Power
Kinect Sports
Kinect Sports: Season Two
Perfect Dark Zero
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Crackdown[2]
America's Army: True Soldiers
Kinect Nat Geo TV
The Outfit
Crackdown 2
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
Too Human
Race Pro
Snoopy Flying Ace
Sonic Free Riders
Dragon Ball Z for Kinect
Super Star
Operation Darkness
Nike+ Kinect Training
Over G Fighters
Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Dead or Alive 4
Ninja Gaiden II
Zoids Assault
Zoids Infinity EX Neo
Infinite Undiscovery
Shooting Love, 200X[8]
Forza Motorsport 2
Forza Motorsport 3
Forza Motorsport 4
Forza Horizon
The Gunstringer
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
PowerUp Heroes
Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kicking
Self-Defense Training Camp
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2012 Edition
MotionSports
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Saints Row
Harry Potter for Kinect
Yoostar on MTV
Tsūshin Taisen Mahjong Touryūmon
You're in the Movies
Blackwater (video game)
Minute to Win It
As for as console exclusives go I would say get the PC versions of each save perhaps Mushihime-sama Futari (a fairly nice shmup) and Alan Wake is not bad on the 360, they will tend not to require the shinest PC to run either. As such they are dropped from this. Also as we have the benefit of hindsight we can do things like ignore Heavenly Sword and Bullet Witch.
The main franchises of note
Halo. The Halo RTS is being lumped into it. This is MS' science fiction shooting game and one of its big flagship titles.
Forza Motorsport. Microsoft's attempt to get into the driving game world. Seems to float between simulation and arcade (even within the same games).
Gears of War. Epic games still own it but it has been exclusive to the 360. A third person perspective shooting game set in a ruined somewhat near future. Most commonly contrasted with the PS3 exclusive series Resistance.
Fable. Microsoft does Western RPG it seems (they have tried a bit in Japan with the likes of Blue Dragon and a few others to come shortly). Personally I have never been a fan and I really like a lot of western RPGs with European ones featuring prominently among them too and often more than the American led efforts (I play most of them, Risen, Two Worlds 2, Venetica and Divinity II all sitting among the games I really liked these last few years and The Dark Eye: Demonicon has caught my eye too as far as upcoming stuff goes).
Crackdown. Mentioned later are things like Infamous and Prototype, I would not put this or its sequel next to them and expect this to come out favourably.
Games
Tetris: The Grand Master Ace. Got to have a Tetris title, the grand master/TGM series is quite a noted departure from the normal Nintendo styled ones seen outside Japan. There is also Tetris Splash on XBLA. PS3 Tetris is Puyo Puyo Tetris and one from EA (similar to the PSP mini tetris if you ever played that, I have not played the PS3 version but the PSP one is pretty solid and certainly beats the likes of Tetris worlds on the GBA).
Guilty Gear 2. A 2d fighting game with something of a cult following.
MagnaCarta II. A stunning little action/timing based RPG ish thing, a bit cliched on the story but what isn't really. One of the things that cured my Japanese RPG boredom following the PS2.
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. A hack and slash take on the Kingdom Under Fire series, did not do great upon release and the subsequent years have provided ample competition.
Risen, a pretty nice game but a better sequel is now available on both and it was also seen as the turning point for the "can the consoles hang at the PC's level" debate -- http://www.videogameszone.de/Risen-...-und-Xbox-360-Version-696485/galerie/1201011/ )
Saints Row. Sequels all over the shop, many of which are even better. Either way it is considered the "fun" GTA.
Dead or Alive 4. A fighting game, once made to kind of rival Tekken I think. Arguably the multiplatform or possibly even some of the Wii stuff did better.
Infinite Undiscovery. Some have it as one of tri-Ace's off days (which is still not bad), given their on days result in Resonance of Fate, Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean though....
Culdcept Saga. A nice tactical card game stretching back to the PS1. This version did OK and other entries were ported and remade in several places, not sure if you can play it on the PS3 by any means other than backwards compatibility.
Ninety-Nine Nights and its sequel. A pretty nice fighting many enemies game (think Dynasty Warriors rather than Bayonetta), hardly an exclusive concept on either system.
Perfect Dark Zero. Not a great game and long since surpassed. We did get a very nice remake on XBLA of the N64 Perfect dark title and it still features one of the best multiplayer modes ever as far as I am concerned.
Spectral Force 3. Made by Hyperdimension Neptunia developer Compile heart this is a tactics game. The PS3 got Mist of Chaos from the save dev as well as a few others, more on Idea Factory/Compile Heart and all its stuff in the PS3 RPG machine section though.
The First Templar. Various European developers did quite a bit this time around and this was one of the more interesting things to shake loose. It plays and looks somewhat like a good PS2 game would and was responsible for shattering the dreams of a somewhat promising line up of co-op titles (this, dungeon siege 3, Hunted: The Demon's Forge and The Cursed Crusade)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Technically a franchise but not a patch on its N64 predecessors so "meh" really.
Shmups
Unless you have a Japanese arcade nearby the 360 was almost unquestionably the place to be if you liked Japanese shooters/shmups (nobody quite knows why, the PS2 before it was the go to destination for most of these companies and the 360 was not Big in Japan, not even the PC can really beat it though IOS and Android are the places to be and the DS did not do badly. The PS3 was not completely barren (it got things like Under Defeat HD, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta!, Sine Mora and even some love from Cave with the likes of a Ketsui title) but it does not come close if you actually like the gameplay style.
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label
Deathsmiles and its sequel as well as alt version.
Otomedius Excellent
Eschatos
Bullet Soul
Ginga Force
Mushihimesama
Espgaluda II
Muchi Muchi Pork! (pink sweets)
Shooting Love. 10-Shuunen: XIIZeal & DeltaZeal
Caldarius
Senko no Ronde. An odd fighting game and shooter hybrid.
Project Sylpheed. More space sim than straight up shmup.
Raiden Fighters Aces. A compilation of some well liked arcade titles of the same name.
Bullet Soul. Another 5pb title.
Radirgy Noa Massive. From the same dev as Chaos Field and Tank Beat on the DS. A PC version is available.
Raiden IV
Castle of Shikigami III/Shikigami no Shiro episode-3. Wii and PC versions of this also available.
XBLA titles
Bomberman Live but there are equivalents elsewhere. If Bomberman act zero had to be included in this little exercise it would have ended here.
Carcassonne. A modern classic board game, DS version exists as do many versions of phones and online as well as the PC but nothing really on the PS3.
Catan was for a while but a PS3 version of good quality popped up eventually.
Sony.
I do not know the Sony exclusives library as well as I might and for the most part I figured I could ignore it (the RPG stuff, discussed later, seemed to be comprised of things that did not appeal and things that I could get from other games).
Franchisea.
Yakuza. "Sega does GTA" but also probably the closest most will ever get to a Shenmue sequel (it has a pretty nice fighting engine as far as these games go). Even has a Zombie themed spinoff.
Time Crisis. An arcade classic. It is a lightgun/on rails shooter type game, home consoles have had such a thing since the NES but in recent years (possibly with the death of CRT) they have become somewhat less common to see outside of arcades (which in many parts of the world are not common either).
MotorStorm. A racing game series but with a slight twist. It is not full car combat like some of the Hot Wheels stuff and not quite as pared back as Need for Speed Hot Pursuit was but it was not a "good clean racing game" franchise by any stretch. Ignore the heavy off road component most would probably compare it to the multiplatform title Split/Second.
Gran Turismo. Sony's main thrust in the "simulation" racing space, was in many cases a system seller for the earlier consoles. For many the main counterpoint from MS being the Forza series though the likes of Need for Speed with the shift series and the general diversification of a lot of racing games could also play into things here.
God of War. Though there are no shortage of send in the crazy hardnut to beat up hundreds of people/creatures games on any platform since it became possible some time in the 1980's this series rose above the noise to gain something of a great reputation. How much of that was an exclusive push remains to be debated, that it is a great example of the gameplay style is not up for debate though (assuming you can stomach some quick time events which have since become a staple of the idea).
inFamous. Like GTA but with superpowers, a month after this hit there was another game for both platforms in Prototype and going a bit further things like Just Cause 2, Mercenaries the later Saints Row titles got crazy enough to match it. It is a nice series though.
Uncharted. In some ways "what would happen if Tomb Raider had more guns", that said probably more fun than the later pre reboot Tomb Raider offerings (though you might still want to give those earlier ones a look) and without a real equivalent on the 360.
Killzone. Back on the PS2 it was floated as a Halo killer (it was not, though it did OK) and to this day the Killzone series provides something of a counterpoint to it (it also being a science fiction shooting game).
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs. The SOCOM series gained something of a reputation in the hard as balls/realistic shooting game world (sometimes called tactical shooters), some have said it strayed from its roots and its servers (co-op is a big thing here) have but a few weeks to live at time of posting (as do many PS3 online games, MAG being one and not otherwise included for that reason), the series lived on through the PSP but most of the multiplayer there went over a year ago. Likewise things like operation flashpoint have risen up to take its place and Tom Clancy was always doing similar things anyway.
Twisted Metal. Something of a big deal back on the PS1 it is a car combat game that came back later on in the day of the PS3. In some ways MotorStorm had pulled a bit of focus and it was never Carmageddon but it was nice to see.
Insomniac Games
The original developers of the Spyro series they made a couple of Playstation exclusive franchises.
Ratchet & Clank. Probably the closest most will get to a Rare style N64 platformer these days. Disney and Ubisoft have been providing some competition which is available on all platforms but for the most part it is this or nothing.
Resistance. For some the Sony exclusive answer to Gears of War though on the PS3 this is more first person than third so take that as you will.
Other truly notable games that are not franchises yet.
Dragon's Crown. For many this brought back the idea of the 2d brawler. There have been several efforts on the XBLA/PSN front but this was probably one of the things to get it most right.
LittleBigPlanet. What if the incredible machine met a platformer is probably the best way to describe it. That said the possibilities of custom levels are unrivaled in other offerings until you look at some of the Wii stuff or end up back on the PC.
The Last of Us. To some it might be "what if gears of war was more survival and less action" but that would probably understate things significantly. There are other games with similar gameplay elements but none that would dethrone this really.
Metal Gear Solid 4. The Metal Gear Solid series has long been a Playstation mainstay (though it has had nice versions for several games on the PC and other platforms) and to this day this is a PS4 exclusive. Metal Gear solid focuses more on stealth than action (though the trend has been increasingly towards it as the games go on, perhaps a similar fate to that which has befallen horror games) and this is much in line with that.
The Quantic Dream games.
With most of their games Quantic Dream seem to try to blur the lines between interactive story and game. Some like it and some do not, some prefer its earlier game Farenheit (Indigo Prophecy). The more recent Beyond: Two Souls is a bit more action heavy than Heavy Rain which very much leans back towards the story thing.
Heavy Rain. A serial killer comes into the lives of a cast of characters, some say film noire but I am not sure there.
Beyond: Two Souls. Released but a few months ago at time of writing this also aims to be a rather story driven game but steps back from the Heavy Rain style stuff and has a bit more meat to its gameplay (though pickings were still too slim for many). Somewhat amusingly "The Last of Us" probably told a somewhat more impacting story.
The PS3 and RPGs.
Most of this reputation seems to be born of Hyperdimension Neptunia, the Atelier franchise, some Tales of games (the 360 has Tales of Vesperia, even has it at as an exclusive outside Japan), Disgaea and Level-5's efforts. They are to a game all very Japanese, though they are not all trying to be Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest and often have some interesting aspects.
Record of Agarest War 2. The original and its sequel (and this is very much a "one year later" sequel) appeared on both platforms (and android in the case of the first). Has an interesting "generations" mechanic as well.
Hyperdimension Neptunia. None have got great reviews outside Japan though it has its fans.... in short nobody will hold liking these against you (give or take their opinions on the art style) but they are not the sort of thing you would introduce someone to the concept with and if you are in danger of burnout or already there then avoid.
Tales of ?. Tales of is something of a niche series but one with a serious fanbase. The games vary quite a bit in quality (as many SNES classics that were spun into franchises tend to do) though without any true stinkers. Several also appeared on the Wii and counting those it leaves Tales of Xillia and it probably to be the easier way to get Tales of Symphonia these days (the GC version still commands a reasonable price and the Wii version is a kind of sequel).
Disgaea. Something of a tactics game, the latest three are PS3 exclusives. Though you probably would not buy a home console for tactics games since around the PS1 (the GBA, DS, PSP and Vita all featuring quite a few of them) you do not have a lot of options on the 360 for this sort of thing (Spectral Force 3 and depending upon how you want to look at a few of the other games that get called RPGs).
Gust games
Ar tonelico Qoga. Though only one entry in the franchise has appeared on the PS3. Did not review the best but an interesting premise and decent engine saw it have some fans.
Atelier series. A series with a heavy crafting focus and somewhat traditional combat engine. It might overload your cuteness sensors though.
Level-5 games.
Most will know the company more from their Professor Layton series, their work on the Inazuma Eleven titles and they also had a serious hand in Dragon Quests 8 and 9.
White Knight Chronicles. A franchise... most will probably say not bad games, not must haves and possibly boring games.
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. The involvement of Studio Ghibli in this changed things somewhat and reception reflected that, where many of the others were "yeah that is not bad" at best this is for many the sort of thing that stands out. Not enough to call the PS3 as the RPG machine but enough to stand up and take notice like The last of us, God of War and Uncharted might be.
Naturally if I have missed something, given undue prominence to another game or you want to discuss something further then go right ahead, this is only meant to be a seed post/minor reference.
