Summary
Sony recently confirmed that it has no big first-party exclusive games releasing this fiscal year, but thePlayStation 5is still about to go an impressive streak of exclusive new game releases thanks to the company’s third-party partners. Thanks to a focus on cross-gen releases and Sony’s desire to port its big games to PC, thePS5doesn’t have all that many exclusives compared to its predecessors, but it’s still building a respectable library.
Two of the highest-rated PS5 exclusives were released for the console on the very day of its launch, in the form of theAstro’s Playroompack-in title andtheDemon’s Soulsremake. Since then, the PS5 exclusive games have consisted ofDestruction AllStars,Horizon Call of the Mountain,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,Quantum Error,Silent Hill: The Short Message, andThe Dark Pictures: Switchback VR.
PS5 gamers will soon have three more games to add to the list of the console’s exclusives, with one set to release in February, another in March, and the last one in April.Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthis launching February 29,Rise of the Roninis coming March 22, andStellar Bladeis scheduled to release April 26. Barring any unforeseen delays, these releases will put the PS5 on an impressive three-month stretch of new exclusives and considerably boost the value of its exclusives library.
List of PS5 Exclusive Games
The jury is still out on the quality of these games, though they have all looked impressive thus far.Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthis the second installment in Square Enix’sFinal Fantasy 7remake trilogy, promising graphical improvements, large open zones to explore, and an even deeper version of the exciting combat system from the previous game. AnFF7 Rebirthdemo is available to play right nowfor those that can’t wait for February 29.
Rise of the Ronin, meanwhile, is an open world action-RPG developed by Team Ninja.Rise of the Roninhas drawn comparisons to Sucker Punch’sGhost of Tsushima, and it will be exciting to see if it lives up to the hype. As far asStellar Bladegoes, it’s a new sci-fi action game with stylish, over-the-top combat that has players battling all kinds of monstrositiesas a deadly woman named Eve. All three games have the potential to be big hits for PlayStation, and regardless, it will be nice for the PS5 to secure even more exclusives for its growing library.
