By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Gaming Discussion - The Discussion Thread! *Greatest Games Event 2014* (The Top 500 Games Will Now Be Chosen)

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Here are some stats from my list, now that the countdown is over:

Most in common with: TruckOSaurus (21 games = 42%)

This is a fun statistic... Still working out my own, but I'm going to blatently copy this part. Now I only have to look through all you guys' lists!



Oh, the stats have begun. So...

Most popular platform: PC (33)
Most popular developer: Bioware (5)
Most popular gen: 7th (23)
Most popular series: Age of Empires/Elder Scrolls/Final Fantasy/Metal Gear Solid (3 each)
Most popular genre: wRPG (including shooter/RPG hybrids- 15)



Average year: 2002.68

Non-Nintendo Percentage: 14%

Top Genre: Platformer: 19 (!)

Generation breakdown: 6th/14, 5th/13, 7th/12, 8th/5, 4th/4, 3rd/2



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

Alright you didn't think this was over yet do you? Now it's time to count, as some above me have already done. I like statistics, which is weird when you think about it, but whatever.

So I did the counting, prepare for big post !

Games by Year (only original release):

1979: 1 1996: 1  2004: 1
1987: 1 1997: 6 2005: 1
1991: 3 1998: 6 2006: 1
1992: 2 1999: 5 2007: 2
1993: 1 2000: 2 2009: 4
1994: 3 2002: 4 2012: 1
1995: 2 2003: 3 Total: 50

 Games by System (only original release):

2nd Gen Nintendo GameBoy: 2 Nintendo GameBoy Advance: 2 Others
Philips G7000: 1 5th Gen 7th Gen PC: 13
3rd Gen Nintendo 64: 7 Nintendo Wii: 1 Mac: 5
Nintendo Entertainment System: 3 Sony PlayStation: 4 Sony PlayStation 3: 2 Total: 50
4th Gen 6th Gen Nintendo DS: 1  
Super Nintendo Entertainment System: 3 Nintendo GameCube: 1 8th Gen  
SEGA Mega Drive: 1 SEGA Dreamcast: 3 Nintendo 3DS: 1

 

  • Best Year: 1998 & 1997; 6 titles.
  • Best Decade: '90s; 28 titles.
  • Average Year: 1998.86 (~ October 1998).
  • Average Game by Age: MediEvil (PS), October 9th 1998, #14.
  • Median Game by Release Date: Crash Bandicoot: Warped (PS), December 5th 1998, #29.
  • Most Featured Genre: Adventure; 7 titles. Inc. sub-genres: Shooter; 8 titles.
  • Most Represented Platform: PC; 13 titles (inc. Mac; 18 titles). Nintendo 64; 7 titles.
  • Most Represented Generation: 5th; N64+PS+GB(C)+PC; 18 titles.
  • Most in Common with User: tucotuti; 12 titles. TruckOSaurus & RavenXtra & |||||The1|||||; 10 titles.
  • Most Successful Developer: Nintendo (including subsidiaries); 18 titles.
  • Most Successful Franchise: Mario & The Legend of Zelda; 5 titles.
  • Most Successful Series: The Legend of Zelda; 5 titles.
  • Oldest Game: #14: Gunfighter (G7000 (ODY2)), 1979, #50.
  • Newest Game: Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS), 2012, #35.
  • Highest Newcomer: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA), 2005, #30.
  • Biggest Gain: Theme Hospital (PC), 1997, #25; ^ 7
  • Biggest Drop: MotoCross Madness (PC), 1998, #37 & Crazy Taxi (DC), 2000, #28 & Call of Duty (PC), 2003, #19; v 7
  • Highest on List Last Year that is Not Included This Year: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3), 2011, #29 in 2013.

The Guessing Game:

  • 36 of my 50 games were guessed upon, with 30 successful attempts.
  • I have guessed on 66 of other people's hints, of which 45 were successful.
Enjoy. I do, I like knowing these useless things .


Took me long enough but finally my list is up.



Yeah not doing stuff that's complicated but here goes

36 Sony exclusives
4 Nintendo exclusives
1 multiplat on Nintendo (RE4)
9 multiplat on Playstation

1 game originally on 8th gen (Infamous Second Son)
29 games originally on 7th gen
13 games originally on 6th gen
7 games originally on 5th gen

Most represented dev-Naughty Dog with 10 of my games including 4 of my top 10
Most represented franchise-Ratchet and Clank with 5 games including the top 2
Series that had every game on the list (more than 1 game released)-Batman, Uncharted, and Infamous

EDIT: disregard Uncharted I forgot about Golden Abyss




Get Your Portable ID!Lord of Ratchet and Clank

Duke of Playstation Plus

Warden of Platformers

so thats it ? whats the overall best game, best year etc..



Tsubasa Ozora

Keiner kann ihn bremsen, keiner macht ihm was vor. Immer der richtige Schuss, immer zur richtigen Zeit. Superfussball, Fairer Fussball. Er ist unser Torschützenkönig und Held.

kljesta64 said:
so thats it ? whats the overall best game, best year etc..

Smeags is probably busy counting and ordering everything. Last couple years it took him a couple days .



S.Peelman said:

Alright you didn't think this was over yet do you? Now it's time to count, as some above me have already done. I like statistics, which is weird when you think about it, but whatever.

So I did the counting, prepare for big post !

Games by Year (only original release):

1979: 1 1996: 1  2004: 1
1987: 1 1997: 6 2005: 1
1991: 3 1998: 6 2006: 1
1992: 2 1999: 5 2007: 2
1993: 1 2000: 2 2009: 4
1994: 3 2002: 4 2012: 1
1995: 2 2003: 3 Total: 50

 Games by System (only original release):

2nd Gen Nintendo GameBoy: 2 Nintendo GameBoy Advance: 2 Others
Philips G7000: 1 5th Gen 7th Gen PC: 13
3rd Gen Nintendo 64: 7 Nintendo Wii: 1 Mac: 5
Nintendo Entertainment System: 3 Sony PlayStation: 4 Sony PlayStation 3: 2 Total: 50
4th Gen 6th Gen Nintendo DS: 1  
Super Nintendo Entertainment System: 3 Nintendo GameCube: 1 8th Gen  
SEGA Mega Drive: 1 SEGA Dreamcast: 3 Nintendo 3DS: 1

 

  • Best Year: 1998 & 1997; 6 titles.
  • Best Decade: '90s; 28 titles.
  • Average Year: 1998.86 (~ October 1998).
  • Average Game by Age: MediEvil (PS), October 9th 1998, #14.
  • Median Game by Release Date: Crash Bandicoot: Warped (PS), December 5th 1998, #29.
  • Most Featured Genre: Adventure; 7 titles. Inc. sub-genres: Shooter; 8 titles.
  • Most Represented Platform: PC; 13 titles (inc. Mac; 18 titles). Nintendo 64; 7 titles.
  • Most Represented Generation: 5th; N64+PS+GB(C)+PC; 18 titles.
  • Most in Common with User: tucotuti; 12 titles. TruckOSaurus & RavenXtra & |||||The1|||||; 10 titles.
  • Most Successful Developer: Nintendo (including subsidiaries); 18 titles.
  • Most Successful Franchise: Mario & The Legend of Zelda; 5 titles.
  • Most Successful Series: The Legend of Zelda; 5 titles.
  • Oldest Game: #14: Gunfighter (G7000 (ODY2)), 1979, #50.
  • Newest Game: Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS), 2012, #35.
  • Highest Newcomer: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA), 2005, #30.
  • Biggest Gain: Theme Hospital (PC), 1997, #25; ^ 7
  • Biggest Drop: MotoCross Madness (PC), 1998, #37 & Crazy Taxi (DC), 2000, #28 & Call of Duty (PC), 2003, #19; v 7
  • Highest on List Last Year that is Not Included This Year: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3), 2011, #29 in 2013.

The Guessing Game:

  • 36 of my 50 games were guessed upon, with 30 successful attempts.
  • I have guessed on 66 of other people's hints, of which 45 were successful.
Enjoy. I do, I like knowing these useless things .

Damn, that's impressive! Great job compiling all that data, Peelman.

I think I might steal some of those stats  



Veknoid_Outcast said:

Here are some stats from my list, now that the countdown is over:

Average year: 2000.8
Most popular series: The Legend of Zelda (6)
Most popular developer: Nintendo EAD (11)
Most popular system: tie - N64 (7) and SNES (7)
Most popular generation: 6th (18)
Most in common with: TruckOSaurus (21 games = 42%)

Some more stats, stolen from Peelman  

Oldest game: The Legend of Zelda (1987)
Newest game: Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Highest-ranked newcomer: Mario Kart 8 (11th place)
Biggest YOY jump: Banjo-Tooie (17 spots!)
Biggest YOY fall: Donkey Kong Country 3 (8 spots)