| Grampy said: Here was a bit of a surprise from Best Selling Games the Analysis by Mat Mathews, Next Generation April 10,2008 This chart shows how many of the top 100 titles can you play on each platform. The total is more than 100 because of multiple platform games.
To return briefly to the subject of exclusives, the Wii's 52 games include 12 games which are exclusive to the platform. On the other hand, Microsoft's 54 games include only 3 games which are exclusives. " What this means is that a Wii owner can play 52% of the top 100 games, only two less than the year older Xbox360 if you include the 12 1st party games that are Wii exclusives. Leaving those 12 out means that you can still play 40% of the top 100 3rd party titles on the Wii which is a lot closer to the PS2 and PS3 numbers than I expected. So the myth that Wii owners don't have access to any of the important 3rd party games is not supported by these figues. |
That's an interesting find you have there. I'm honestly a little surprised at those numbers, but not because I don't think there are plenty of quality Wii games out there. Instead, the reason ties into why I would be a little cautious about using that list in the future: it's "Top 100 titles" are composed of limited and subjectively selected games.
What I mean by that is that NextGen, like Metacritic and its ilk, have ratings created exclusively by young male gamers who are already enthusiastic about games, so the list's mileage may vary. As an example, we can all agree that Wii Sports is a large part of what first got many of the new gamers interested in our hobby, so obviously it appeals to them far more than a Halo or Call of Duty. And yet its metacritic ranking is somewhere in the mid-70s, placing it just above Chessmaster Live...
