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Va1entinoZ on 11 December 2009

Media review aggregator Metacritic has released a list of the top games and consoles of 2009, with the PlayStation 3 coming out on top of the site's first annual Game Platform Power Ranking.

The Game Platform Power Ranking isn't just about the average review score of games across the various platforms. Metacritic takes into account the number of titles scored a 90 or higher when calculating the winner, which explains how the PlayStation 3 came out on top, despite PC titles having an average score of 72.5 to the PS3's 72.0.

As you can see in the chart, the Xbox 360 takes third place, followed by the Sony PSP. Nintendo's two platforms take up the rear, perhaps as result of having more games released than any other console platform.

So the PlayStation 3 is the top console, what are the top games?
The PlayStation 3 tops the chart again, with the first three positions taken up with PS3 titles. In fact, of the three titles in the list that are platform exclusives, two of those belong to the PlayStation 3 - number one Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and the God of War Collection, with Xbox 360 racer Forza Motorsport 3 being the third.

Not one game in the top 10 best reviewed games for the year is for the Nintendo Wii, with only a lone DS game - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - joining the five PS3 and four Xbox 360 titles.

Going over all of the statistics, it looks like a matter of quality over quantity for the PlayStation 3. It's good to see the sun shining on Sony's black box, isn't it?

http://kotaku.com/5423709/metacritic-names-ps3-the-best-gaming-platform-of-2009

 

What is your fav platform this year?




 

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Majin-Tenshinhan on 11 December 2009

Wii. I can't believe New Super Mario Bros. Wii lies under 90 on Metacritic. Blasphemy. Anyway, good for PS3 I guess. I don't care much about metacritic, but if that many reviewers call that many games good, it can't be bad, right? Congrats!



PSmingO on 11 December 2009

its only the begining for the ps3



Severance on 11 December 2009

wow look at the user scores of MW2
but isn't the Servers thing on PC? why is it on PS3 section?



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wick on 11 December 2009

Review scores are meaning less and less these days as so called "professionals" base scores on shiny graphics and hype instead of fun.



 

 

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nen-suer on 11 December 2009

Posted

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=94905



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Incondite on 11 December 2009

Though I'm inclined to agree that graphics are used far too much as a bias against the wii, I feel that the wii just doesn't have games to compete with those on the chart. Graphics aside, each of those games provide either a well rounded gaming experience or a unique style. Though I really enjoy playing New Super Mario Brothers there are still many tweaks the game could use, and it also falls short in online game play.  Though I will say its about time they had simultaneous gameplay.




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cAPSLOCK on 11 December 2009
Incondite said:

Though I'm inclined to agree that graphics are used far too much as a bias against the wii, I feel that the wii just doesn't have games to compete with those on the chart. Graphics aside, each of those games provide either a well rounded gaming experience or a unique style. Though I really enjoy playing New Super Mario Brothers there are still many tweaks the game could use, and it also falls short in online game play.  Though I will say its about time they had simultaneous gameplay.

Unique gameplay? Aside from Uncharted, Braid, and Batman there isn't another game on that list with gameplay younger than 1999 and thoroughly done to death.



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gurglesletch on 11 December 2009

Thats cool that the ps3 won for once.




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Bamboleo on 11 December 2009

The market leader usually has the most shovelware on the line up. this is normal.

I remember the old PS2 days where Gamecube games were ranked above ps2...