IGN console showdown 4 : PS3 vs. Wii vs. 360

[Barozi]

Spankey said:

Hyruken said:
Very interesting. Only one problem though. Its IGN.....

Metacritic have it like this

2008 Games scoring over 80%

PS3 = 43 games
http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=0&game_platform=PS3&release_date_s=01%2F01%2F2008&release_date_e=12%2F18%2F2008&metascore_s=80&metascore_e=&x=37&y=8

360 = 43 games
http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=0&game_platform=xbox360&release_date_s=01%2F01%2F2008&release_date_e=12%2F18%2F2008&metascore_s=80&metascore_e=&x=31&y=7

Wii = 21 games
http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=0&game_platform=wii&release_date_s=01%2F01%2F2008&release_date_e=12%2F18%2F2008&metascore_s=80&metascore_e=&x=25&y=7

And how many games were released for every console in 2008?

PS3 = 164 games
http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=0&game_platform=PS3&release_date_s=01%2F01%2F2008&release_date_e=12%2F18%2F2008&metascore_s=&metascore_e=&x=43&y=3

360 = 228 games
http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=0&game_platform=xbox360&release_date_s=01%2F01%2F2008&release_date_e=12%2F18%2F2008&metascore_s=&metascore_e=&x=43&y=7

Wii = 287 games
http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=0&game_platform=wii&release_date_s=01%2F01%2F2008&release_date_e=12%2F18%2F2008&metascore_s=&metascore_e=&x=21&y=5

So as you can see the 360 and PS3 had the same amount of games with scores above 80% this year.

But the killer blow to this argument?
If you drop to games of a score above 70% you get
360 = 94 games
PS3 = 80 games

Proving the IGN article shows how awful their reviews are score wise.

 

percentages number of games released/number of games over 70%:

360: 94/228= 41%

PS3: 80/164 = 49%

That's correct, but doesn't matter at all. It only does, if you buy every single game of this year.