2013 to 2020 1st party reception and sales battle - Redone

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kirby007 said:

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The sales segment is pointless imo. Nintendo provides quarter by quarter sales info on all their software. MS has stopped giving numbers eversince XB1 massively declined. Sony only gives numbers whenever they feel like.

I think its best to look at ranges, bare in mind a fair amount of this is predicting LTD:

Nintendo

25-30M : Mario Kart, AC
20-25M: SSB, Zelda, MO, Pokemon
15-20M:
10-15M: Pokemon third entry, Splatoon, SMP
5-10M: LM3, SMM, 2D Zelda
<5M: FE, Kirby, Xenoblade, etc

Sony

25-30M : TLOU II (?)
20-25M: Spiderman
15-20M: GOW, UC4
10-15M: Horizon, GoT (?)
5-10M: GT, DG, Bloodborne, Ratchet, Death Stranding (?)
<5M: Gravity Rush, Team ICO, LBP, Infamous etc

MS

25-30M :
20-25M:
15-20M:
10-15M:
5-10M: Forza Horizon, Halo
<5M: Forza Motorsport, Gears, SoT, SoD, Crackdown etc

The metacritic score tracker is great. Really shows how Sony and Intendo have excelled in first party games while MS is virtually lost.

Question how did you draw that conclusion if the average is Sony 82 MS 81 and nintendo 78?

Average would be the wrong thing to look at here. The reverence of Sony and Nintendo's first party comes from their quality output quantity. Yes they release numerous not so good games but the quantity of fantastic games easily overcomes this.

If you look at 80+ (tbh I would say 75+), great games:

Sony: 32

Nintendo: 41

MS: 13

Another thing that adds reverence to a studio is the GOTY award or discussion. Just look at the disparity there.