MS had 3 IPs last gen that had games which scored 90+. Halo, Gears and Forza.
Halo stopped getting that reception when Bungie left and 343i took over the franchise, and both Halo 4 and Halo 5 dropped to 80s category.
Likewise Forza 5 and 6 have also lost the love of critics over the last tow entries.
The only one left is Gears which like Halo is in the hands of a new developers, so we'll see where it ends up.
Nintendo also has a few IPs that consistently get universal acclaim, like Super Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros, and Metroid.
But other than that not much else makes it to that 90+ level, though last gen they had Xenoblade Chronicles which made the list.
Sony is quite different as most of their studios don't usually stick to one franchise, but are able to make new IPs that manage to get the acclaim.
Last gen the IPs that made the 90+ list were Uncharted, The Last of Us, LittleBigPlanet, God of War, Killzone, MLB: The Show.
Out of all the exclusives coming next year the only ones I can see getting 90+ scores (not counting indies) are Uncharted 4, Zelda WiiU, Horizon, Dreams, and Street Fighter V if that counts.
Nothing else has the talent behind it to suggest otherwise, I guess you could make a point for Scalebound cause Platinum has delivered Bayonetta 2 which scored 90, but they miss a lot more often than they hit, and from what we've seen of that game so far it doesn't look like 90+ material.
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