Which console does best and worst in each genre?

Seraphim - 522 days 2 hours ago

Top 5 games, what are they? Does my PS3 even have 5 RPGs? I know my 360 does.... Whose scores are we using to make these graphs? Meta Critics? All of them? Or just the top 15 if applicable? There's so many variables that could be thrown into something simple like these comparison charts.... Some more crap, useless, pointless graphs showing absolutely nothing new...

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Steven Colbert - 522 days 2 hours ago

The worst console is the Wii obviously

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JustinSaneV2 - 522 days 2 hours ago

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If you'd like to know the boring nuances of the data here, read on. Or you could just go and look at our collection of Sexy Fan Art. The choice is yours...

Like any study, there are several potential problems with the data and we accept that. These are:

1) Metacritic collects review scores from everywhere. If a lads' mag reckon DOA Xtreme 2 is a 10/10 because the girls are hot, that has as much weight as EDGE's opinion in the Metacritic universe. So the scores have to be taken with a pinch of salt. Having said that, it is a great way to show concensus opinion, and we reckon the scores are mostly accurate.

2) While we applaud Metacritic's invaluable service, its genre-labelling is highly suspect. While we have left most games where they are, we could not stand idly by and let Geometry Wars go in as a first-person shooter. That's simply not true. So while we have made sure the highest profile games are where they should be, and tried to tidy up as best we could, the very idea of 'genre' is subjective and so, ultimately, fallible. In the data's defense, this relabelling task has been carried out by one person for this study, so even if the choices made may not be universally appeasing, they are at least consistent.

3) Some games have not been included. Metacritic won't include a score for games that haven't been reviewed by enough sources. So brand new releases are not present and neither are extremely low-profile titles.

4) The consoles have had different lengths of time on the shelves. Not only does that mean 360 has more games available than PS3, but also that the old games are just that - old. If something scored 85 on its release, it stays at 85 unless new reviews are added. If that exact same game were released today on PS3, it may look outdated already, so that has to be taken into consideration.
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Ben1054 - 522 days 1 hour ago

Even between Xbox and Playstation.

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JasonXE - 521 days 23 hours ago

what charts were you looking at? Does the ps3 have any rpgs?

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Willio - 521 days 21 hours ago

funny how you brought up Rpgs when this genre didnt make the 360.

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ReBurn - 522 days 2 hours ago

The PS3 has been out for more than 18 months, so there's been plenty of time to build up a decent library. The graph is not irrelevant.

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jlytle1234 - 522 days 1 hour ago

games get better as the years progress. xbox is on its 3rd generation of games, sony is on its second generation. compare the games from xbox first year to sonys first year and so on to be fair.

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Overr8ed - 522 days ago

I Agree with you. Most people have to understand that Multiplatform games for the PS3 and the 360 werent the same. In the 1st generation games for the PS3 most developers had issues with the PS3 since they had to get used to it. This statement has to be accounted for. Not only that but the 360 has been in the market longer so the 360 has more exclusives titles because it didnt have any one going against them.

In summary this graph is irrelevant

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jcfilth - 522 days ago

that's why I don't pay attention to any comparisons unless they are made year by year BUT considering that the PS3 came out one year after the 360 and seeing the future of the 360 exclusives, anyone can tell from this that the PS3 will be ahead next year.

I like what he wrote at the end:
"Xbox360 has (currently) got the broadest and best selection of games. Or at least had the best results at review."

Anything related to 360 now IS/HAS to be "currently". Proof of this is PS3 sells closing the gap between 360 from 10mill to 5mill. Pretty scary for Microsoft I think. That explains their hunger for PS3 exclusives, price cuts, Medals(to counter Trophies), Miis like bullsh!t(to counter the release of HOME) but what sells consoles is exclusives and the PS3 is the best at that. Besides all the exclusives already on its way, SONY announced MAG, with another exclusive announcement in august 2/3, Square Enix "throwing the ball back" to SONY as they said it themselves which only means another exclusive for PS3.

So, I already can see what the future brings and it is awesomeness to PS3. So far I haven't been wrong.

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Gam71 - 522 days ago

Seems like Wah wah from the above two.

If the ps3 is supposed to be so superior and the 360 can't compete it would be reflected in the one place it's supposed to be, the games.

First gen xbox should be so inferior to first gen ps3 etc right from launch day but that didn't happen and if you have to use the argument "compare 1st gen xbox to first gen ps3" then you are conceding the fact that the ps3 didn't deliver. stop believing the hype like it's gospel and start playing games.

If someone did this for last gen consoles ps2, xbox etc would you be demanding they only start from when the last console came out?

No it wouldn't be an issue then.

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Overr8ed - 522 days ago

dont you understand Devs had problems with the ps3 due to its different architecture, and that was the First Gen. Now devs are seeing the potential of the PS3, and Some devs say that PS3 development helped the 360 version become better.

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Gam71 - 522 days ago

Dont you understand thats not what was said before the ps3 came out and still the hype everyone was told is still being sprouted at every turn only to be broken with "it's a different architecture" "the devs don't know how to programme for it"

Now if it has taken this long to start to get anything out of the system then that would mean the games before were sub-par so lower scores which means the very arguments used here could actually back up these results.

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JasonXE - 521 days 23 hours ago

Quote "In the 1st generation games for the PS3 most developers had issues with the PS3 since they had to get used to it."
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and that is the 360 problem how? If anything the year head start could of also hurt the 360 in scale with more bad games as well. If the charts were opposite then everyone with sony bias would have a different tone.

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Monty_The_Great - 522 days 2 hours ago

this

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Steven Colbert - 522 days 2 hours ago

is living?

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gameplayer - 522 days 2 hours ago

Wii won the adventure genre.

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Mausenheimmer - 521 days 20 hours ago

Why would you count the whole library when even enthusiasts of a genre are unlikely to buy more than 5 games of a certain type (that's $300)? Also, the data for all the games in the genre is available in the graphs too.

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idontcare - 522 days 1 hour ago

yeah dude, of course it's crap - because the 360 is the winner like always ;-)

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Voiceofreason - 522 days 1 hour ago

So what if they do have more games coming out? That does not mean they are all AAA titles scoring in the 90's.. Lair, Haze and a few others prove that.

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jcfilth - 522 days ago

Lair and Haze yes, but a few others??? please tell me those "few others"

LAIR and HAZE only means Lair2 and Haze2 another great future exclusives for PS3 as developers always learn from their mistakes.

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Gam71 - 521 days 7 hours ago

Thats really poor.

So if it was a 360 with crappy scores you would say, well it just means in the sequels the devs can learn from that?

Bet you wouldn't. You'd focus on the score in hand

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thewhoopimen - 522 days 2 hours ago

Yep asking too much. These are game/free lance writers who've probably never taken a course in statistics in their life. They just pull whatever they can from other sources (lot of borrowing i noticed) and if they can't find anything to borrow, they pull it out of their ass.

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Voiceofreason - 522 days 1 hour ago

What you want is for a chart to be done showing Sony is number 1 in every area. In order to do that though they would have to lie and make up data.

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Steven Colbert - 522 days ago

American corporations?Dude the Xbox 360 is made in China!

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Gam71 - 522 days ago

Still an american corporation even if it's assembled elsewhere.

For instance
You stand there in front of an american flag but you don't pronounce the "T" in your surname. No-one from america does that so you can't be america.
So what part of france are you from.

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RadientFlux - 522 days 1 hour ago

personal choice for the win

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Mausenheimmer - 521 days 20 hours ago

Yeah, in the end, personal preference dictates what YOU think is the best game library. However, for the point of trying to develop a consensus of which is the best library, using the average of the opinion of all the insiders and connoisseurs is not a bad plan.

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jtucker78 - 521 days 11 hours ago

I'm a Sony fan and I'm quite happy with the games my system has.

As for XBox winning - That's cool. 360 is a great platform and has loads of great games.

Personally I chose Sony over Microsoft as I enjoy games and high quality HD movies too, so if HD DVD had won then I might have gone 360 instead.

The PS3 has enough good games to last me for the moment and I'm patient (a really useful quality to have for a Sony fan ;-)

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Mausenheimmer - 522 days ago

Yes, that's right. Everyone is out to get you and your video game system. It's a vast conspiracy. /sarcasm

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Mr Marbles - 521 days 21 hours ago

Oh mercy that was good, bubbles for you.

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Voiceofreason - 522 days 1 hour ago

LOL@ ANgrysonybot.. So the PS3 has nothing but crap games for this chart to compare? What about MGS4? GTA4? I love it when a Sony bot says PS3 has no games to defend it but I bet you'll be talking about its killer library when the next story comes out..Oh and no unlreleased PS3 games are not used on this list. Neither are unreleased 360 or Wii games either so you dont have any kind of valid point there at all.

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Voiceofreason - 522 days 1 hour ago

It has nothing to do with the amount of games. They based it off the top 5 rated games for each console.Are you saying Sony doesnt have at least 5 games to measure it by? It's clearly stated in the article. I would suggest actually reading it and not just assuming its bad because it puts the PS3 in its proper place.

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Ace Killa 08 - 522 days ago

this is an open zone u ass

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Mausenheimmer - 522 days ago

They didn't win Adventure. The Wii did. The PS3 finished in second. And as for racing, the numbers don't lie.

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Steven Colbert - 522 days 2 hours ago

The confusing part is where Mario Galaxy is considered the best adventure game.But a true gamer knows Uncharted is the correct recipient of that award.

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ps360fella - 522 days 1 hour ago

ok ok stop the crap get off uncharted nuts it was a great game but do not say its the best adventure game. Dark sniper its obvious that u are joking because in no way has any of msfts great games tanked, your comment is pointless

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Voiceofreason - 522 days 1 hour ago

Steven obviously lives in his own reality that has nothing do with the real world. Yes Unchartd is superior to SMG in every way, except review scores and sales. You know those things that really matter when trying to show which one was better.Hell SMG is the highest rated game this gen, it will take more than a Tomb Raider clone with a guy as the lead instead of a chic to top that.

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Steven Colbert - 522 days ago

Obviously not voiceofreason.Super Mario Galaxy may have better reviews and sales just like GTA4 which both were overrated.Super Mario Galaxy does the exact same thing the N64 did and it gets the same reviews?Collect star collect star is the name of that game.Uncharted was Tomb Raider,sure,but was done right in every sense of the word.An adventure game that would entairtain just as much as Raiders of the Lost Ark.

However you PS3 and 360 fanboys are too busy fighting and arguing so fine.Keep your charts and "statistics" and all that Bullsh*t.Whatever makes you feel you have to defend whatever system you have,fine.What does this chart say? Wii sucks.Why does it suck? Ask Nintendo.

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ps360fella - 522 days 1 hour ago

Ps3 USA launch 17 November 2006, Xbox 360 USA launch November 22, 2005. That sounds more like a one year difference, 5 days doesnt count as half a damn year. As a 2 console owner its hard to understand how any of u can be so in love with one console that u simply start making shlt up, that goes for both ps3 and 360 fanboys... ladies and fellas its kinda gay stop the fanboism.

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DJ - 522 days 1 hour ago

In that continent, the 360 did launch almost a year and a half earlier.

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ps360fella - 521 days 23 hours ago

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Steven Colbert - 522 days 2 hours ago

Hahahahaha

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juuken - 521 days 23 hours ago

...I think Maverick was captured by Greenburg and Kim and was forced to look at the red light of death, doom, and destruction. He's so traumatized that he's become a bot. Pray for him guys, pray that he may find his way back to Sony.

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W831Liquidsnake - 522 days 1 hour ago

So youre trying to say im wrong? your tryng to say there is less games on the 360? maybe its you? Youre the PS3 fan!!

Go check the games at gamestop before you comment you only look stupid!! hahaha

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juuken - 522 days 1 hour ago

Whoooooo! More retarded pie charts and inaccurate information FTW!

Seriously guys, you're trying way too hard man. Those charts are made of fail and you know deep down inside that it's true.

Stop defending your fellow bots and jump out.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 522 days ago

Wow maverick,get that microsoft c*ck outta your mouth,its hard to understand what your typing when everything you say is in caps,as if your "pwning" people or something.

..Like a 12 year old kid.

PS3 has a great selection of games,Heavenly sword,Motor storm,MGS4,Uncharted,Godfather :Dons edition,Warhawk,Genji days of the blade,haze,lair,Resistance fall of man and plenty more coming out by the end of 08

LBP
R2
Motor storm 2
Afrika

AND alll the great multiplatform games.what the f*ck are you smoking kid? acting like PS3 has no games what-so-ever.

As for the online,yeah? what about it? it's everything i need to play games online,for free.
and it only gets better with each FREE firmware update.

So you keep up with your little ranting there buddy,i'll enjoy my PS3
And no ammount of pathetic rambaling from an attention whore of a kid is gonna change that.

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testerg35 - 521 days 20 hours ago

I have to agree. Its always "just wait" for the PS3. I have a launch PS3 60gig and only have a few games and still waiting for more.

PS3 online: almost 2yrs and still waiting for it to be on par with XBL
Trophies: wow they brought out something similar to achievements.. oh wait.. have to wait till games support it
HOME: son can't wait for this, but has to wait till.. have no clue cause Sony doesn't seem to have a target date.. why the hell even announce it.

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air1 - 521 days 1 hour ago

or get a bs3 and enjoy the huge library of 1 good movie/game.

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