http://features.metacritic.com/features/2009/the-best-games-of-2009/
Sony’s Playstation 3 console has edged out Microsoft’s once-dominant Xbox 360 to finish on top in Metacritic’s first annual Game Platform Power Rankings.
The Power Rankings combine a variety of factors — all involving the quality and quantity of titles released during the year — to rank the six major gaming platforms. Although Xbox 360 finished with the highest number of positively-reviewed titles (88 games receiving a Metascore of 75 or higher), and though Nintendo’s Wii had the largest total number of releases (a whopping 362, or almost one per day), the PS3 console showed the best overall game quality for the year. Among other factors, five of the 10 highest-scoring games in 2009 (for any platform) were PS3 titles, including the year’s top game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
Below, we list the best-reviewed games for each gaming platform. First, however, let’s take a look at how each platform fared during the past year.
| Platform | # Titles | # Great | Median Metascore | % Good | % Mixed | % Bad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playstation 3 | 228 | 10 | 72.0 | 43% | 50% | 7% | |
| 2 | PC Games | 306 | 7 | 72.5 | 43% | 49% | 9% | |
| 3 | Xbox 360 | 279 | 7 | 70.0 | 35% | 55% | 11% | |
| 4 | PSP | 125 | 1 | 69.0 | 36% | 57% | 7% | |
| 5 | Nintendo DS | 329 | 3 | 69.0 | 27% | 62% | 10% | |
| 6 | Wii | 362 | 1 | 67.0 | 28% | 59% |
13% |
