Written by John Scalzo  on July 23, 2007

Special: Reggie Claus is making a list and he's checkin' it twice.

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PlayStation 3 (47[+3])
*Also On PC (2 [1%])
"Green" MetaScore + Proven Franchises (15 [32%])

Released (8)
"Green" MetaScore (3 [38%])

Title	Publisher	Metascore
Fomula One: Championship Edition	SCEA	74
Full Auto 2: Battlelines	Sega	67
Genji: Days of the Blade	SCEA	55
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire	Namco Bandai	34
MotorStorm	SCEA	82
Resistance: Fall of Man	SCEA	86
Ridge Racer 7	Namco Bandi	78
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom	SOE	58

Unreleased (39)
Proven Franchises (12 [32%])

Title	Publisher	Release Date
Afrika	SCEA	TBA
Angel Rings	SCEA	TBA
Coded Arms: Assault	Konami	2007
DC Universe*	SCEA	TBA
Driver 5	Ubisoft	TBA
Eight Days	SCEA	TBA
Eye of Judgment	SCEA	10/2007
Eyedentify	SCEA	TBA
Fifth Phantom Saga	Sega	TBA
Final Fantasy XIII	Square-Enix	2008
Final Fantasy Versus XIII	Square-Enix	2008
Folklore	SCEA	2007
God of War III	SCEA	TBA
Gradius 6	Konami	TBA
Gran Turismo 5	SCEA	TBA
Heavenly Sword	SCEA	9/2007
Heavy Rain *NEW*	SCEA	TBA
Hot Shots Golf 5	SCEA	2007
Infamous *NEW*	SCEA	TBA
Killzone 2	SCEA	2008
L.A. Noire	2K Games	TBA
Lair	SCEA	8/2007
LittleBigPlanet	SCEA	2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Konami	2008
Ni-Oh	Koei	TBA
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	SCEA	11/2007
Redwood Falls *NEW*	TBA	TBA
SingStar	SCEA	10/2007
Sly Cooper 4	SCEA	TBA
SOCOM 5	SCEA	TBA
Tekken 6	Namco Bandai	TBA
The Agency*	SOE	2008
The Getaway 3	SCEA	TBA
Time Crisis 4 *NEW*	Namco Bandai	2007
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	SCEA	11/2007
WarDevil: Unleash the Beast Within	Ignition	TBA
Warhawk	SCEA	8/2007
White Knight Story	Square-Enix	TBA
WipeOut	SCEA	TBA

Timed Exclusives (3)

Title	Publisher	Release Dates
Haze*	Ubisoft	PS3: 2007 360: 2008
Unreal Tournament III*	Midway	PS3: 2007 360: 2008
Virtua Fighter 5	Sega	PS3: Released 360: 10/2007

Wii (113 [+37])
*Also On PC (1 [<1%])
"Green" MetaScore + Proven Franchises (23 [20%])

Released (23)
"Green" MetaScore (5 [22%])

Title	Publisher	Metascore
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	Nintendo	69
Bust-A-Move Bash!	Majesco	53
Cooking Mama: Cook Off	Majesco	62
Elebits	Konami	75
Escape From Bug Island	Eidos	37
Excite Truck	Nintendo	73
GT Pro Series	Ubisoft	41
Kororinpa: Marble Mania	Konami	69
Mario Party 8	Nintendo	67
Monster 4x4 World Circuit	Ubisoft	51
Pokemon Battle Revolution	Nintendo	57
Red Steel	Ubisoft	63
Sonic and the Secret Rings	Sega	69
SSX Blur	EA Big	74
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz	Sega	74
Super Paper Mario	Nintendo	86
Super Swing Golf	Tecmo	72
Tamagotchi Party On!	Namco Bandai	38
Tramua Center: Second Opinion	Atlus	79
WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Nintendo	83
Wii Play	Nintendo	58
Wii Sports	Nintendo	76
Wing Island	Konami	47

Unreleased (90)
Proven Franchises (18 [20%])

Title	Publisher	Release Date
Action Girlz Racing *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None*	Adventure Company	11/2007
Alien Syndrome	Sega	7/2007
Animal Crossing Wii	Nintendo	TBA
Anubis II *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Arctic Tale *NEW*	Destination	10/2007
BWii: Battalion Wars 2	Nintendo	10/2007
Balls of Fury *NEW*	Destination	2007
Billy the Wizard *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy *NEW*	Majesco	2007
Bleach: Shattered Blade *NEW*	Sega	2008
Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting	TBA	TBA
Boogie	EA	8/2007
Carnival Games	2K Games	TBA
Chocobo's Dungeon: The City of Forgotten Time	Square-Enix	TBA
Cosmic Family	Ubisoft	2007
Counter Force *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Cruis'n *NEW*	Midway	11/2007
Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party	Konami	2007
Dave Mirra BMX Challenge	Crave	8/2007
De Blob *NEW*	THQ	2/2008
Destiny of Zorro	Destineer	TBA
Dewy's Adventure	Koanmi	2007
Disaster: Day of Crisis	Nintendo	TBA
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast	Nintendo	10/2007
Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire *NEW*	D3	2007
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors	Square-Enix	2008
EA Playground	EA	2007
EA Trivia *NEW*	EA	2007
Endless Ocean	Nintendo	10/2007
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers	Square-Enix	2008
Final Furlong	TBA	TBA
Fire Emblem	Nintendo	11/2007
Fishing Master *NEW*	Konami	TBA
Furu Furu Park *NEW*	Majesco	2007
Game Party *NEW*	Midway	11/2007
Garfield Gets Real *NEW*	Destination	11/2007
Geometry Wars: Galaxies	Sierra	TBA
Ghost Squad	Sega	12/2007
Godzilla: Unleashed	Atari	Q4 2007
Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour *NEW*	Disney	2007
Harvest Moon Wii *NEW*	Natsume	Q2 2008
Hooked! Real Motion Fishing *NEW*	Aksys	2007
Indianapolis 500 Legends *NEW*	Destineer	2007
Jenga *NEW*	Atari	2007
Kirby Adventure	Nintendo	TBA
Line Rider	inXile	2007
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games	Sega	2007
Mario Kart Wii *NEW*	Nintendo	2008
Mario Strikers Charged	Nintendo	7/2007
Medal of Honor Heroes 2 *NEW*	EA	2007
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Nintendo	8/2007
Mini Desktop Racing *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Monster Trux Extreme *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Mushroom Men	Gamecock	2008
My Horse and Me *NEW*	Atari	2007
My Sims	EA	TBA
My Word Coach	Ubisoft	Q4 2007
Myth Makers Super Kart GP *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Namco Museum Remix	Namco Bandai	2007
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution	D3	2007
Nights: Journey of Dreams	Sega	2007
Ninjabread Man *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Nitrobike *NEW*	Ubisoft	2007
No More Heroes	TBA	TBA
Offroad Extreme *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure	TBA	TBA
Opoona	Koei	TBA
Orb	TBA	TBA
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.	Nintendo	TBA
Project PQRS *NEW*	EA	TBA
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2	Ubisoft	2007
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles	Capcom	2007
Rock N Roll Adventures: Elviz *NEW*	Conspiracy	2007
Rygar: The Battle of Argus	Tecmo	TBA
Sadness	TBA	2008
Samurai Slash	Koei	TBA
Showtime Championship Boxing	Destination	2007
Soul Calibur Legends	Namco Bandai	2007
Space Station Tycoon	Namco Bandai	2007
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Nintendo	12/2007
Super Mario Galaxy	Nintendo	11/2007
Super Swing Golf: Season 2 *NEW*	Tecmo	TBA
Thorn	TBA	TBA
Tramua Center: New Blood *NEW*	Atlus	2007
Ultimate Duck Hunting *NEW*	Detn8	8/2007
Wii Fit	Nintendo	2007
Wii Music	Nintendo	TBA
Yamaha Supercross *NEW*	Destination	2007
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure	Capcom	2007

The Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 both had modest gains during the last month and both have new titles to crow about thanks to E3. While it is not the high profile coup that something like Metal Gear Solid 4 would be, Namco Bandai revealed that the next game in the Katamari series, Beautiful Katamari, is only going to appear on the Xbox 360 (for now, rumors of a Wii version are running rampant).

And speaking of Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony used E3 to let the world know, once and for all, that when the game ships sometime in 2008, it will ship only on the PS3. Time Crisis 4 (a possible kiss-and-make-up project from Namco Bandai after the Katamari thing), Heavy Rain (the next game from Quantic Dream) and Infamous (the next game from Sucker Punch) also add a spring to the PS3's unreleased step.

E3 was also home to plenty of talk about Уtimed exclusivesФ and Sony executives were quick to confirm that Unreal Tournament III and Haze will only be available on the PS3 this year. Neither game will debut on the Xbox 360 until next year. While these two games are confirmed timed exclusives, the 360 list also features several games (Ace Combat 6, Age of Conan, BioShock and Eternal Sonata) that are rumored to be coming to the PS3 someday. And then there are those Beautiful Katamari rumors again. In fact, the 360 just lost one of their highest-rated exclusives, Table Tennis, when it was announced for the Wii yesterday. But don't count all of the timed exclusives against the 360, they will be getting Koei's futuristic racer Fatal Inertia several months to a year before the PS3 will. We have added a sublist of timed exclusives at the end of each platform's full exclusives list.

But for all of these slight additions over last month, the Wii has proven to be the new king of the exclusive. Now, it would be dishonest to somehow imply that Wii exclusives like Ultimate Duck Hunting, Furu Furu Park, Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour and Action Girlz Racing match up with some of the games that dot the Xbox 360 and PS3 lists. It's also wrong not to acknowledge that many non-exclusive third-party games that are coming to both the 360 and the PS3 will never make it to the Wii in any form, so the Wii loses out. But it's not hard to connect the dots and see that publishers have flipped their perceptions of the three consoles and their console identities are beginning to take shape.

The PS3 now has the small, dedicated fanbase that is selling almost solely on the strength of its first party releases (taking over for the GameCube). This means the Xbox 360 has officially moved into the market leader position (move over PS2) as the console that gets nearly everything along with a large helping of exclusive major third party titles and budget releases. But the Wii does not fit into the Уquiet second placeФ the original Xbox did.

The strong sales of Nintendo's console mean it will quickly pass the Xbox 360 in terms of market share. And the system's lo-fi graphical capabilities will guarantee that the budget releases will continue to flood the system (likely further increasing the quantity of exclusives). But the sheer number of games that are in development for the Wii (even if most are budget titles or minigame compilations) will fuel system sales, which will fuel more budget releases, which will create an endless loop of sales. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata thinks this could push the Wii to even greater sales heights than the PS2.(currently sitting at 120 million sold worldwide and counting). If that happens, expect to see more exclusives that will appeal to a segment of gamer (the so-called Уhardcore gamerФ) that might currently feel neglected by the Wii.

So live it up Nintendo, you're sitting pretty as the king of the hill once more. Try to behave this time.