The best way to look at a game library's quality

[Reasonable]

d21lewis said:

Reasonable said:

I'm in the just play the games camp, but if you need to compare - for example because you can only afford one console then I'd look at the exclusives as the rest of the library would, in theory, be available no matter what choice was made.

Which is understandable but sometimes, there's games that are available on two platforms (360 & PC or 360 & PS3 or in rarer cases, PS3 & PC) that may not make one platform look stronger and unique but does make the outcast platform look weaker.

Yah but I just go by what I want to play - I don't worry about titles I have no interest in or how a platform might generically appear.  So for me the equation goes:

1 - which multi titles do I want that would be available to me no matter what my choice?

2 - which titles do I want that I need a specific platform for?

For each platform you'd end up with a total list of games you want and can chose from there.

I have all three consoles now so I never really think about it at all anymore, but early on when I decided I wouldn't get two HD consoles - boy did that resolution stick - I used the above to determine that, in terms of games I wanted, the PS3 library was better for me.