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Basically all this thread was is summed up in this simple term apologists. Making excuses for their consoles failures. Laughably none of the excuses are even remotely relevant to the question at hand. The analysis is objective the majority of you bitching about it are not. Nothing any of you brought up was even remotely relevant to the point which console right now has the better library period.

Microsoft having a head start is irrelevant. Your console not having five good games to compare is irrelevant. Microsoft buying exclusives is irrelevant. However they got there right now Microsoft has the best library, and for a neutral observer that is all that should matter end of story.

First the Manufacturers and their products are different. That is why we even bother to compare them in the first place. Launch dates were strategic and imparted bonuses and detractors to the manufacturers and the consoles. To say the difference is an excuse not to compare is patently idiotic.

Your console doesn't have five real good games to rate so shovel ware is hitting the scoring hard. This is a reality check by this point in a life cycle each console has hundreds of games. The manufacturer has a duty to keep their library varied and of high quality. Planning for the future is very important.

Microsoft buys exclusives so it is not fair. Reality check time Sony buys exclusives as well. There are a number of games subsidized by Sony, and they are the publishers of a great many of their exclusive games. Sony could have had more money if they hadn't blown so much of it on their Trojan horse loss leading strategy. Nintendo could buy exclusives if they were not so busy hording cash. Different strategies. Sony bet on advanced hardware technologies. Nintendo sees no reason to buy exclusives with their first party offerings. Microsoft made it a point to have capitol to spend on exclusives.

To summarize stop making excuses. None of them are valid. None of them matter to a neutral observer. Were you looking to purchase a game console right now, and had no juvenile bias this would be important information for you to consider.