| HappySqurriel said: Honestly, I think a more meaningful comparison would be the review scores of the 5 or 10 best selling launch games ... |
Not too hard to do, so I'll quickly do it, using Gamerankings only, filtering by launch year, using region of first launch. Note that 5 reviews for a game is the minimum I'm allowing.
Wii U: Top is Mass Effect 3 at 88.5%, 5th is 86.06%, 10th is 82.36%. Top 5 average is 87.09%, top 10 average is 85.32%.
PS3: Top is Resistance at 86.7%, 5th is 81.23%, 10th is 77.7%. Top 5 average is 83.19%, top 10 average is 81.19%.
Wii: Top is Twilight Princess at 94.51%, 5th is 76.22%, 10th is 73.41%. Top 5 average is 81.72%, top 10 average is 78.03%.
360: Top is Call of Duty 2 at 89.82%, 5th is 83.05%, 10th is 79.89%. Top 5 average is 86.9%, top 10 average is 83.97%.
Xbox: Top is Halo at 95.58%, 5th is 86.18%, 10th is 82.40%. Top 5 average is 88.88%, top 10 average is 86.46%.
Gamecube: Top is Tony Hawk's 3 at 91.39%, 5th is 88.89%, 10th is 81.19%. Top 5 average is 90.15%, top 10 average is 87.03%
PS2: Top is SSX at 92.17%, 5th is 84.54%, 10th is 79.89%. Top 5 average is 88.06%, top 10 average is 84.65%.
Dreamcast: Insufficient information for full analysis (only four rated games released in release year, only one of which has 5+ reviews). Top is Incoming at 62.29%.
N64: Top is Super Mario 64 at 96.15%, 5th is 73.61%, Insufficient info for 10th. Top 5 average is 84.54%.
Playstation: Insufficient information for full analysis.
So Gen 5 is hard to work with, due to lack of solid information that is easily obtainable. I don't want to have to go through and check each title to see if it's a launch title, etc, for a region, and besides, if it launches a year later in a region compared with another, it has an "advantage" in terms of game development, so it's not a fair comparison that way.
