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HappySqurriel said:

Honestly, they're all lacking diversity in the quality titles they provide ...

I would say that the Wii has a slight edge in diversity at the expense of depth in a lot of genres; this is mainly caused by the diversity that Nintendo brings to the library alone ... Super Mario Galaxy, The Legend of Zelda, Super Smash Bros, Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Mario Strikers Charged, Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, and Mario Kart are all games which are all very good games in different genres.

Basically, if you eliminate Shooters, Sports games and racing games the HD console's line-up becomes pretty sparse; in contrast you can't really decimate the Wii's line-up with the removal of a couple of genres, but they probably only have a couple of good games in each genre.

 

Well, I did that. Picked up 80+ games on metacritic and removed shooters,sports games and racing games. (Can't be sure about all of them, but this should be close enough to prove a point):

 

1     Grand Theft Auto IV 
2     Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The    
3     Rock Band    
4     Guitar Hero II
5     Mass Effect    
6     Rez HD    
7     Castlevania: Symphony of the Night    
8     Burnout Revenge    
9     Virtua Fighter 5        
10   Ikaruga        
11     Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords    
12     Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, The    
13     Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved        
14     Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine, The        
15     Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock    
16     Dead or Alive 4    
17     Dead Rising    
18     Bomberman Live    
19     Viva Pinata    
20     Devil May Cry 4    
21     Civilization Revolution    
22     Pac-Man Championship Edition    
23     N+        
24     Crackdown    
25     Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix        
26     Marvel: Ultimate Alliance    
27     Hitman: Blood Money    
28     Prince of Persia Classic        
29     Football Manager
30     Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars    
31     Sonic the Hedgehog 2        
32     Condemned: Criminal Origins        
33     Football Manager 2006    
34     Assassin's Creed    
35     Saints Row    
36     LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy        
37     Ninja Gaiden II    
38     Soulcalibur    
39     Uno    
40     Roogoo        
41     Poker Smash    
42     Condemned 2: Bloodshot    
43     Catan        
44     WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007    
45     Cloning Clyde    
46     Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation    
47     Bully: Scholarship Edition        
48     Tomb Raider: Legend    
49     Peter Jackson's King Kong        
50     LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Do the same for the wii and remove platformers, adventure games and shooters. Which one had the sparse lineup again? :)