The Discussion Thread: The Greatest Games Event 2015 (Your #1 Favorite Game)

[theRepublic]

S.Peelman said:

It's not over yet! I did the counting on my list, and came up with some stats. It's always fun to know these useless data.

Games per system:

G7000	1	GBA	2
NES	3	DS	1
SNES	3	3DS	2
N64	7	PS	4
GC	1	PS3	2
Wii	1	DC	3
WiiU	1	PC	13
GB	2	MAC	4

Games per year:

1979	1	2000	4
1987	1	2002	3
1989	1	2003	3
1991	2	2004	1
1992	1	2005	1
1993	1	2006	1
1994	2	2007	1
1995	2	2009	4
1996	1	2011	1
1997	6	2012	1
1998	5	2013	1
1999	5	2015	1

And the math:

• Best Year: 1997; 6 titles.
• Best Decade: '90s; 25 titles.
• Average Year: 1999.74 (~ June 1999)
• Average Game by Age: Astérix (PS), March 1st 1999, #18
• Median Game by Release Date: Astérix (PS), March 1st 1999, #18
• Most Featured Genre: Adventure, Construction & Business Management; 7 titles.
• Most Represented Platform: PC; 13 titles (inc. Mac 17 titles). Nintendo 64; 7 titles.
• Most Represented Generation: 5th (N64+PS+GB(C) and PC+Mac (equivalent era)); 18 titles
• Most Successful Developer: Nintendo (including subsidiaries); 20 titles.
• Most Successful Franchise: Mario; 6 titles.
• Most Successful Game-series: The Legend of Zelda; 5 titles.
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• Oldest Game: #14: Gunfighter (G7000 (ODY2)), 1979, #50
• Newest Game: Super Mario Maker (WiiU), 2015, #45
• Highest Newcomer: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (PC), 2000, #44
• Highest Re-Entry: The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC), 2000, #38
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• VGC User Most in Common With: tucotuti; 11 titles

So, looks like the age between 1997 and 2003 was the Golden Age of Gaming to me, with the years 1991-2007 all being continuesly represented as well as half of the titles in the list being from the '90s. Not something I didn't already know though. Coincidentally, the game closest to the average age of all the games on my list as well as the median one by age (so, the "middle-oldest") is the same game. This means, once again that the peak of gaming quality occured that year (1999), well within my golden age-period, but also that my games are neatly distributed on both sides of the peak; there's as many games younger than my average game as there are older. PC wins the total amount of games by a large margin, but obviously it has a huge advantag not being boud by generations. Moreover it's victory is mostly due to my love of 'business management games', more commonly refered to as the 'simulation', 'city-builder' or 'tycoon' games. Similarly Nintendo has developed the most games on my list, simply due them making so many games. Unsurprisingly, my favorite series, The Legend of Zelda, also brings the most games, though it's still only 5. Lastly, the user here, going by the completed lists in the Official Thread I had the most in common with, was tucotuti, with 11 titles. Shared runner-ups were RedInker and Pavolink, both 10 titles, though there are a handful that haven't completed their lists here but could still be contenders.

Cool stats.  I will need to do the same for my list.  I sent it to Smeags weeks ago, but only just updated it in the offical thread today.