starcraft said:
There is no question that the PS3 will be getting the better share of the ESTABLISHED games this year, however even in this area Sony's advantage over the 360 is not as vast as many claim. However, many people are rountinely claiming that the PS3 will have more AAA games than the 360 this year, and I thought I'd do an examination of the likelihood this will actually happen. I define a AAA title as one that has an average score OVER 90% To help make this comparison, I will be using gamerankings.com and the thread at the bottom of the page (I trust ssj12 is a big enough Sony fan to put every game I need to consider for the PS3 in that thread), as well as my own knowledge. What follows is a list of the past few titles and their scores (or only one if available) in each PS3 series releasing THIS year. I will not include multiplatform titles or timed exclusives unless there is a reasonable chance that the other console's version WONT launch thisyear. PS3: Killzone 2: Killzone 1 scored 73.5 NOT AAA Singstar: Majority of titles under 80%, PS3 version released in Europe and at 82.5%. NOT AAA Metal Gear Solid 4: Majority of main PSX and PS2 titles over 90%, LIKELY AAA Gran Turismo 5: Last title wasn't AAA, however most have been. Probably WONT be out this year. Likely AAA Final Fantasy XIII: Probably WONT be out this year, the majority of titles are around 90%. Likely AAA Tekken 6: Inconsistent history, last two titles have MISSED AAA status. POSSIBLE AAA Resistance 2: Last title NOT AAA, however great developers and expense spared on sequel. POSSIBLE AAA Motorstorm 2: Last title scored 82.3. NOT AAA SOCOM: Confrontation: No home console has EVER made AAA status. NOT AAA
Total likely AAA titles: 3
Total possible AAA titles: 2 Sony has LBP and Haze that are unproven titles that may go AAA with big budgets, hype and talent. Two of Sony's likely AAA titles may not make 2008. XBOX 360: Halo Wars: Every title easily AAA, however this game is produced by different studio. Possible AAA Fable 2: Last title received 85.2 on gamerankings. NOT AAA Gears of War 2: Last title received 93.8. Likely AAA Forza Motorsport 3: Last titles at 92.9% and 89.8%. Maybe not in 2008. Likely AAA Splinter Cell: Conviction: Many titles, the majority on Xbox over 90%. Most recent just under. Likely AAA Ninja Gaiden 2: Both Xbox titles were easily AAA. Likely AAA Banjo-Kazooie 3: Both previous console titles were AAA. Likely AAA Viva Pinata 2: Former title was 84.9 on gamerankings. NOT AAA Total likely AAA titles: 5 Total possible AAA titles: 1 Microsoft has a clear advantage in new IP this year with Too Human, Alan Wake and Lost Odyssey, with general consensus being they have more unannounced games than Sony. However despite recent rumours to the contrary, I remain doubtful that FM3 will make 2008 From this list, drawn from an unbiased statistics gathering website, we can see that whilst Sony may have many high-profilegames that are easy to market, the Xbox 360 has a far greater chance of a large number of AAA games than the PS3. Edit: It is also worth noting that most multi-platform games that were already released that I encountered has a better score on the Xbox 360 than on the PS3. | 
