An excellent point well made.

Just take out the damn 360/PC combos and then add XBLA/PSN and Move/Kinect games.

If you want a thread comparing quality exclusives between the PS3 and 360 then you gotta do it right. A quality exclusive is a quality exclusive regardless of how you buy it.

THis, it really shouldnt be too hard to find Move/Kinect games that have scored over 80, you could probably count both together using only two hands. PSN/XBLA might be more difficult, but off the top of my head, i can think Flower, Infamous FOB, Wipeout HD, Bastion, etc.

Exactly it would be pretty simple. Simply go to Metacritic and look at each console via the best games list and go down the list until you hit 78 or 79. 

Yeah I wonder that. Their scores are already included in Meta and Game Rankings.

Why do some games get ***, but others don't? Are they your personal favorites?

Edit: Oh I get it! They are 360/PC games....well if games on another Microsoft platform get **, shouldn't PS3/PS2/PSV(in the future) games get that same treatment? I count 8 PS3/PS2 games.

Also why does Tales of Vesperia not count? What percentage of Western JRPG gamers are fluent in Japanese? It counts, and it's damn good.

Also, with any list like this, quality is subjective. I for instance am fond of JRPG's, so although Blue Dragon only has a meta-score of 79/100, I think it's a much better game then at least half the games on this list. I also really loved Too Human, it's only of my favorite games this gen and it's metascore is 65% (IGN gave it a 7.8/100).

However there are a few games you missed, which you really shouldn't have:

Lost Odyssey - highest scoring JRPG exclusive (after Valkyria Chronicles which isn't so much a JRPG) on metacritic (82/100 on IGN, 79.79% on Gamerankings, and 78% on metacritic). Lost points for being "too old school" but that in essence is why it's so damn good.

Viva Pinyata: Trouble in Paradise - 8.5/10 game by Rare. (84% Metascore, 85/100 on IGN).....Viva Pinyata should also count since it's GamerRanking and IGN score are both 85%.

Dead Rising is also a phenominal game, nearly forgot about this one.

Also I know you said no Kinect/Move games, but Dance Central (82% Metascore) and Dance Central 2 (86% Metascore) are AAA games, and really fun to play. It might be a new rising genre, but not including them on the list would be equivalent to no including MLB: The Show. If you allow annual iterations of sports games to make this list, the bigger genre should be included too.

Reading some comments, there is also a Hot Shots Golf game for PS3 with a metascore above 80%

If you count these 8 games (including Tales of Vesperia), your list is 35-35, and I'm sure you're missing more games, for both sides. Also I know blue Dragon misses the cut off, by 1%, but as a tie breaker, I think it should count and give 360 the lead. Anyway I did this list before and I recall having closer to 40 games for both consoles, with 360 having the slight edge (for now).

If you go with games with scores 70% and higher, 360 has a major lead too.

P.S. Overall, it's Apples to Oranges, it depends on which games you like. I really like Uncharted 2, InFamous, White Knight Chronicles, Killzone, Valkyria Chronicles, and Heavy Rain, but after that I think the PS3 lineup is lame (my opinion), and I think some games like God of War and MGS are heavily over-rated. So to me, there are only really 10 must have PS3 games, and really without Uncharted and InFamous I would manage fine without a PS3, where 360 to me has about 20 must have games. 2012 really looks to improve the PS3 number for me though with two Tales of Games, The Last of Us, and The Last Guardian (I hope). Can't wait for PS4 to come out so I can finally replace my broken PS3. Want to get my Tales of groove back on, and MS really isn't doing much for the hardcore nowdays. This gen is over, PS3 and 360 are in reality tied for good exclusives.

It's all a matter of preference. When I count the must have games on 360 and PS3 for me, 360 wins 20-10 most because it has more then 1 good racing game, and a lot of great JRPG exclusives. Everyone has their own preference, I can understand why some people even think Wii is the best now that I played Skyward Sword.

lol PS3 had more and better JRPG exclusives too.

had? What are you talking about? Only really good JRPG on the PS3 to date is Valkyria Chronicles. Folklore and WKC are good, but no better then Blue Dragon or The Last Remnant.

360 has Lost Odyssey, Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery (which I think is great), Magna Carta 2, Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, and it had Star Ocean for a bit. The first 3 I consider AAA, or great, the others are just good. Top that off with some good WRPG exclusives (dear god, NOT FABLE! That game is shit), 360 is the RPG machine this gen.

but next year....that might balance it out a bit with 2 Tales of __ exclusives.

Michael-5 & ethomaz have opposing opinions in the same thread?

This thread is going to last for months. Congratulations Osamanobama. You're a shoo-in for top 10 on the Gamrconnect leaderboards.