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

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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.

 

All this really tells me is that IGN's reviews are not as close to the general average of other reviews, and because of that you think that IGN's reviews are "awful".

OT: Yay PS3!