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bobobologna on 01 January 2010
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CGI-Quality said:
bobobologna said:
I'm really surprised the XBox360 is lagging so far behind in votes. It's what I voted for, but on second thought, I probably should have voted for the DS if you disregard preference for JRPG vs WRPG.

I'm a little confused about why the PS3 is getting so many votes though. I mean, yea, there's Demon's Souls, Valkyria Chronicles and Disgaea 3. And the (from reviews) mediocre White Knight Chronicles. And...well, that's probably about it. It could change in the future, but based on what's been released, the PS3 is lagging way behind the other consoles.

Meanwhile the XBox360 has Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, Blue Dragon, Tales of Vesperia (only on PS3 in Japan), The Last Remnant, Mass Effect 1/2, Fable 2, Divine Divinity 2, Risen, Two Worlds, and probably others. Yes, some of those are mediocre or even poor, but the XBox360 RPG library is still far stronger than the PS3 RPG library.

It proves how subjective these polls are. The 360 may have MORE RPGs, but people may think the quality of some of them are sub-par when comparing them with the PS3's. But, as I said, that's one way of looking at it. There are no right/wrong answers on this one, just a compilation of opinions on a poll.

It just so happens that the DS and PS3 are receiving the brunt of those votes. Whether the votes are sincere/biased/tainted, nobody can prove. Therefore, it's pointless to debate over it.

Oh believe me, I think Demon's Souls is better than every XBox360 game combined.  Ok, that's an exaggeration, but seriously, I love Demon's Souls, and would gladly take that over Mass Effect (which I own on the PC).  And Valkyria Chronicles is one of the best SRPGs ever.  I love that game too.  I'd take it over every JRPG exclusive the XBox360 has (personally not a big fan of JRPGs).

But looking at things as objectively as possible, I really have to wonder why so many people think that the PS3 is the best RPG console.  If I were to recommend either the PS3 or XBox360 to someone, without any knowledge of their preferences for games other than that they like RPGs, I would have to recommend the XBox360 over the PS3.  If someone doesn't like Demon's Souls (hack'n'slash RPG) or Disgaea 3 and Valkyria Chronicles (SRPGs), then they are screwed, even if I thought they were some of the best RPGs this gen.  Whereas on the XBox360, if they don't like Tales of Vesperia (action RPG), then maybe they would like Lost Odyssey (turn based RPG).  Or maybe Infinite Undiscovery.  Or maybe a WRPG like Divine Divinity 2 or Risen.  And there's still Mass Effect and Fable 2.  Hell, they might even like Too Human.