The end of the year has rolled around, which means it’s time to sum up 2017 with the Game of the Year Awards. PlayStation LifeStyle is doing our year-end awards slightly different from previous years. We wanted to put more importance on the nomination for each award, so we limited each category to five games. That’s not many, especially in a year stacked with great titles. It took a lot of careful deliberation to come up with each list.
For best PlayStation exclusive, we wanted to keep the category truly exclusive to the console. This meant that it wasn’t just console exclusives, but to appear on this list, games also couldn’t be released on PC. Games like NieR: Automata were disqualified from this list for that reason. We found, however, that there were plenty of amazing PS4 exclusive games that you have to own Sony’s console to play. Persona 5 and its incredibly stylish attitude, Yakuza 0 with its occasionally bizarre, but altogether engrossing world, and the epic Horizon Zero Dawn were just a few that were up for consideration.
Keeping everything that came out in 2017 in mind, here are PlayStation LifeStyle’s nominees for the Best PlayStation Exclusive of 2017:
The winner of our Best PlayStation Exclusive of 2017 award will be announced next week on Thursday, December 28. It will be a part of a week-long celebration of the best PlayStation titles of 2017. Ultimately, it’ll conclude on Friday, December 29, where we’ll reveal PlayStation LifeStyle’s Game of the Year 2017. This year will go down as one of the greatest in gaming, so we’re very excited to unveil all of our picks!
Of course, we’d also love to hear what you think. Let us know what your PS4 Exclusive of 2017 was, and which nominee you’ll think will win the award! Will it be Horizon Zero Dawn and its sprawling post-apocalyptic world filled with robot dinosaurs? Stay tuned to find out the winner next week!
View the rest of the announced year-end award nominees.
GOTY Nominees Best PS4 Exclusive 2017
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Best PlayStation Exclusive of 2017
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Horizon Zero Dawn
How could Horizon not be included? Guerilla's surprising move from the Killzone franchise created a game that is quickly becoming the face of PlayStation now that the Uncharted series has all but retired. Read our review.
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Knack 2
There was no way that the GOAT wasn't going to make the list. Read our review to learn more.
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Persona 5
Persona 5 is a game so full of substance and style that, despite it being a traditionally niche franchise and genre, is getting a lot of attention and recognition this year. And that's all from release on a single platform. Read our review.
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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Nathan Drake might be out of the picture, but Uncharted had one more gasp in it this year. Featuring the strong females of Uncharted, this was everything fans wanted an Uncharted game to be. Read our review.
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Yakuza 0
Yakuza 0 may technically be two years old, but localization happened in 2017, so it's up for consideration. those looking for a good starting point for the series can begin with this excellent prequel.
Read our review.
