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Considering the comments from the previous thread I made some adjustments.

I have included all games that were directly or co-developed by a Platform Holder and released on one of the consoles or handhelds. So if a game is missing send the data to be included.

For the GOTY I used GOTY Awards: https://gotypicks.blogspot.com/

For the Scores I used: metacritic.com

For Sales I used VGC and when found I used shipment or sales numbers informed by platform holders or analysts. If a more precise number is know please give source to update.

SONY

Game Name

Studio

Year of Release

Metacritic

GOTY Awards

Sales

Obs:

Days Gone

Bend Studio

2019

71

2

N/A

19th NPD, Best Sales on PSN

Everybody’s Golf

Forward Works

2017

78

0

0.56

VGC

Killzone Shadow Fall

Guerilla Games

2013

73

0

2.1

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/corporate/press-releases/2014/killzone-shadow-fall-sales-exceed-2-1-million-units-worldwide/

Horizon Zero Dawn

Guerilla Games

2017

89

52

10.00

https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/28/horizon-zero-dawn-sales-pass-10-million-two-years-after-launch/

Ratchet & Clank

Insomniac Games

2016

85

0

2.38

https://gamerant.com/ratchet-clank-ps4-sales-record/

Spider-Man

Insomniac Games

2018

87

16

13.2

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/08/20/marvels-spider-man-sales-13-million/

Puppeteer

Japan Studio

2013

80

0

0.27

VGC

Knack

Japan Studio

2013

54

0

1.88

VGC

Knack 2

Japan Studio

2017

69

0

0.47

VGC

Bloodborne

Japan Studio

2015

92

31

3.11

https://www.eteknix.com/sony-pleased-bloodbornes-sales-figures/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/apparently-around-11-3-million-of-people-played-bloodborne.83899/

Astrobot

Japan Studio

2018

90

3

0.71

 

Gravity Rush Remastered

Japan Studio

2016

80

0

0.18

 

Gravity Rush 2

Japan Studio

2017

80

0

0.35

https://www.gravityrushcentral.com/2017/02/26/a-closer-look-at-gravity-rush-2s-sales-numbers/

Playroom

Japan Studio

2013

N/A

0

N/A

Bundled with PS4

Playroom VR

Japan Studio

2016

77

0

N/A

Bundled with PSVR

Blood and Truth

London Studio

2019

84

0

N/A

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-06-03-uk-charts-blood-and-truth-is-the-first-vr-game-to-claim-no-1

Little Big Planet 3

Media Molecule

2014

79

0

0.64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IieaCPIr7nA

Tearaway

Media Molecule

2013

87

1

0.65

 

Tearaway Unfolded

Media Molecule

2015

81

0

0.24

 

Dreams

Media Molecule

2020

89

N/A

N/A

 

Uncharted 4

Naughty Dog

2016

93

165

16.00

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/10/14/the-last-of-us-sales-uncharted-4-sales/

Uncharted Lost Legacy

Naughty Dog

2017

84

0

2.37

 

Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection

Naughty Dog

2015

86

0

5.7

 

The Last of Us

Naughty Dog

2013

95

249

20.00

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/10/14/the-last-of-us-sales-uncharted-4-sales/

The Last of Us Left Behind

Naughty Dog

2014

88

0

N/A

 

The Last of Us 2

Naughty Dog

2020

96

N/A

N/A

N/A

Entwined

PixelOpus

2014

59

0

N/A

 

Concrete Genie

PixelOpus

2019

75

0

N/A

 

Gran Turismo 6

Polyphone Digital

2013

81

0

5.22

https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-sport-has-sold-around-3-3-million-copies-worldwide/

Gran Turismo Sport

Polyphone Digital

2017

75

0

8.00

https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-sport-has-sold-an-estimated-8-million-copies/

MLB: The Show 13

San Diego Studio

2013

87

0

0.99

PS3+PSVita

MLB: The Show 14

San Diego Studio

2014

83

0

1.28

PS3+PS4+PSVita

MLB: The Show 15

San Diego Studio

2015

80

0

1.45

PS3+PS4+PSVita

MLB: The Show 16

San Diego Studio

2016

85

0

1.44

PS4+PSVita

MLB: The Show 17

San Diego Studio

2017

85

0

1.16

 

MLB: The Show 18

San Diego Studio

2018

82

0

1.06

 

MLB: The Show 19

San Diego Studio

2019

86

0

1.5

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2020/01/17/mlb-the-show-19-sales-united-states/

MLB: The Show 20

San Diego Studio

2020

83

0

1.6

https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/21/mlb-the-show-20-has-record-sales-as-real-baseball-is-put-on-hold/

Farpoint

San Mateo Studio

2017

71

0

0.48

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/10/03/farpoint-sales-figures-us-psvr/

God of War

Santa Monica Studio

2018

94

198

10.00

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/05/21/god-of-war-sales-have-passed-10-million

God of War 3 Remaster

Santa Monica Studio

2015

81

0

0.89

 

The Order 1886

Santa Monica Studio

2013

63

0

1.62

https://wccftech.com/ready-at-dawn-ceo-the-order-1886-sales/

Flower

Santa Monica Studio

2013

91

0

N/A

 

Journey

Santa Monica Studio

2015

92

0

N/A

 

Infamous Second Son

Sucker Punch Productions

2014

80

0

3.01

https://blog.playstation.com/2014/04/10/infamous-second-son-sales-surpass-1-million/

Infamous First Light

Sucker Punch Productions

2014

73

0

0.03

 

Ghost of Tsushima

Sucker Punch Productions

2020

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

MICROSOFT

Game Name

Studio

Year of Release

Metacritic

GOTY Awards

Sales

Obs:

Halo MCC

343 Industries

2014

85

0

5.50

https://www.dualshockers.com/halo-the-master-chief-collection-sold-almost-2-million-copies-on-steam/

Halo 5

343 Industries

2015

84

0

5.00

https://www.dualshockers.com/halo-5-xbox-one-best-selling-exclusive/

Halo Wars Def Ed

343 Industries

2017

81

0

N/A

 

Halo Wars 2

343 Industries

2017

79

0

0.51

 

Halo Infinite

343 Industries

2020

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

None

Compulsion Games

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

No games released after purchase

Psychonauts 2

Double Fine

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Wasteland 3

inXile Entretainment

2020

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Minecraft Dungeons

Mohjang

2020

75

0

N/A

https://www.windowscentral.com/minecraft-dungeons-tops-sales-charts-nintendo-and-xbox-platforms-beating-out-animal-crossing

None

Ninja Theory

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

No games released after purchase

The OuterWorlds

Obsidian Entertainment

2019

82

N/A

2.0

https://gamerant.com/outer-worlds-sales/

Forza Horizon 2

Playground Games

2014

86

4

2.29

 

Forza Horizon 3

Playground Games

2016

91

1

3.93

https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/13/14599082/forza-horizon-3-sales

https://www.windowscentral.com/forza-horizon-3-crosses-10-million-players-xbox-one-and-pc

Forza Horizon 4

Playground Games

2018

92

0

1.84

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-06-14-forza-horizon-4-reaches-10m-players

Killer Instincts

Rare

2013

73

0

0.11

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-hypes-record-killer-instinct-player-numbers-xbox-march-highlight

Kinect Sports Rivals

Rare

2014

60

0

0.62

 

Rare Replay

Rare

2015

84

0

0.78

https://ar12gaming.com/articles/rare-replay-selling-better-than-expected-but-future-compilation-packs-are-unlikely

Sea of Thieves

Rare

2018

69

0

0.96

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/01/08/sea-of-thieves-passes-10-million-players-since-launch/

https://gamerant.com/sea-of-thieves-sales-expectations-surpass/

Gears of War Ul Ed

The Coalition

2015

82

0

3.62

 

Gears of War 4

The Coalition

2016

84

0

3.38

https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/6u44vg/the_coalition_accidentally_revealed_64million/

Gears 5

The Coalition

2019

84

2

N/A

https://www.eurogamer.pt/articles/2019-09-16-gears-5-vendeu-20x-menos-do-que-gears-3-lojas-fisicas-reino-unido

https://www.pcgamesn.com/gears-5/gears-5-sales

None

The Initiative

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

No game launched since creation

Forza Motorsport 5

Turn 10

2013

79

0

2.40

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-18-ms-forza-5-fastest-selling-racing-game-in-xbox-history

Forza Motorsport 6

Turn 10

2015

87

0

2.02

https://www.teamvvv.com/news/forza-motorsport-6-sales-exceed-1-million-units/

Forza Motorsport 7

Turn 10

2017

86

0

1.52

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-10-09-forza-motorsport-7-sales-down-slightly-on-forza-6

None

Undead Labs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

No game launch since purchase

None

World’s Edge

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

No game launch since creation

NINTENDO

Game Name

Studio

Year of Release

Metacritic

GOTY Awards

Sales

Obs:

Super Mario 3D World

1-Up Studio

2013

93

12

5.84

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker

1-Up Studio

2014

81

0

1.41

 

Zelda Triforce

1-Up Studio

2015

73

0

1.24

 

Super Mario Odyssey

1-Up Studio

2017

97

26

17.41

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker

1-Up Studio

2018

82

0

1.04

 

Ring Fit Adventure

1-Up Studio

2019

84

0

1.7

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/03/
ring_fit_adventure_is_so_popular_it_keeps_selling_out

Animal Crossing New Horizons

1-Up Studio

2020

91

N/A

11.77

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Monolith Software

2015

84

0

0.84

 

Project Zone 2

Monolith Software

2015

73

0

0.19

 

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Monolith Software

2017

83

0

1.7

https://twitter.com/benjisales/status/1137081554159702018?lang=pt

Xenoblade Chronicles Def Ed

Monolith Software

2020

89

N/A

N/A

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-31-xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-takes-no-1-uk-charts

Pikmin 3

Monolith Software

2013

87

0

1.23

 

Zelda Link Between Worlds

Monolith Software

2013

91

6

3.57

 

Splatoon

Monolith Software

2015

81

2

4.95

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html

Animal Crossing Happy Home Des

Monolith Software

2015

66

0

3.41

 

Zelda BoTW

Monolith Software

2017

97

189

17.41

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Splatoon 2

Monolith Software

2017

83

0

10.13

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Wii Party U

NDCube

2013

65

0

1.88

 

Mario Party Island Tour

NDCube

2013

57

0

2.40

 

Mario Party 10

NDCube

2015

66

0

2.23

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html

Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival

NDCube

2015

46

0

0.49

 

Mario Party Star Rush

NDCube

2016

68

0

0.87

 

Mario Party The Top 100

NDCube

2017

59

0

0.69

 

Super Mario Party

NDCube

2018

76

0

10.10

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Clubhouse Games 51 WW Classics

NDCube

2020

82

0

N/A

 

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

Retro Studios

2013

83

0

2.13

 

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Retro Studios

2014

86

0

4.16

https://nintendosoup.com/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze-switch-officially-outsells-wii-u-version/

Mario Golf World Tour

Camelot Software

2014

78

0

0.49

 

Mario Tennis Ultra Smash

Camelot Software

2015

58

0

0.54

 

Mario Sports SuperStars

Camelot Software

2017

62

0

0.46

 

Mario Tennis Aces

Camelot Software

2018

75

0

2.53

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioTennis/duplicates/alqh8f/ mario_tennis_aces_has_sold_253_million_units/

Pokemon Sword and Shield

Game Freak

2019

80

0

17.37

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Pokemon Let’s go

Game Freak

2018

80

0

11.97

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Mario & Luigi Dream Team

Good Feel

2013

81

0

2.33

 

Yoshi’s Woolly World

Good Feel

2015

78

0

1.52

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/02/
nine_nintendo_titles_pass_one_million_sales_for_this_financial_year

Poochy & Yoshi Woolly World

Good Feel

2017

77

0

0.55

 

Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn

Good Feel

2019

79

0

N/A

 

Yoshi’s Crafted World

Good Feel

2019

79

0

1.11

https://www.gematsu.com/2019/04/switch-worldwide-sales-top-34-74-million-yoshis-crafted-world-sales-top-1-11-million-in-three-days

Zelda Majoras Mask

Grezzo

2015

89

0

2.5

 

Luigi’s Mansion

Grezzo

2018

74

0

0.47

 

Zelda Links Awakening

Grezzo

2019

87

0

N/A

 

Kirby Star Allies

HAL Laboratory

2018

73

0

1.99

 

Super Kirby Clash

HAL Laboratory

2019

74

0

N/A

 

BoxBoy BoxGirl

HAL Laboratory

2019

81

0

N/A

 

Kirby Triple Deluxe

HAL Laboratory

2014

80

0

2.05

 

Kirby Fighters Deluxe

HAL Laboratory

2014

66

0

N/A

 

Dedede Drum Dash Deluxe

HAL Laboratory

2014

65

0

N/A

 

Boxboy

HAL Laboratory

2015

80

0

N/A

 

Picross 3D Round 2

HAL Laboratory

2015

86

0

 

 

BoxBoxBoy

HAL Laboratory

2016

80

0

N/A

 

Kirby Planet Robot

HAL Laboratory

2016

81

0

1.32

 

Bye Bye Boxboy

HAL Laboratory

2017

83

0

N/A

 

Team Kirby Clash Deluxe

HAL Laboratory

2017

57

0

N/A

 

Kirby’s Blowout Blast

HAL Laboratory

2017

69

0

N/A

 

Kirby Battle Royale

HAL Laboratory

2017

57

0

0.33

 

Game and Wario

Intelligent Systems

2013

61

0

0.25

 

Pushmo World

Intelligent Systems

2014

80

0

N/A

 

Codename STEAM

Intelligent Systems

2015

69

0

N/A

 

Stretchmo

Intelligent Systems

2015

83

0

N/A

 

Fire Emblem Fates

Intelligent Systems

2015

87

0

1.98

 

Paper Mario Color Splash

Intelligent Systems

2016

76

0

0.87

 

Fire Emblem Echoes

Intelligent Systems

2017

81

0

0.75

 

WarioWare Gold

Intelligent Systems

2018

78

0

0.28

 

FireEmblem Three Houses

Intelligent Systems

2019

89

0

N/A

 

Paper Mario Origami King

Intelligent Systems

2020

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

Next Level Games

2013

86

0

5.20

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sale/software/3ds.html

Metroid Prime: Federation Force

Next Level Games

2016

64

0

0.15

 

Luigi’s Mansion 3

Next Level Games

2019

86

1

5.37

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/over-5-million-luigis-mansion-3-has-already-outsold-its-predecessors/

Super Smash Bros

Sora Ltda

2014

92

28

12.96

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/3ds.html

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Sora Ltda

2018

93

4

18.84

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Mario Kart Deluxe 8

NEAD

2017

92

0

24.47

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe

NEAD

2019

80

0

6.6

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

Mario Kart 8

NEAD

2014

88

28

8.45

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html

SUMMARY

 

Sony

Microsoft

Nintendo

Sales Totals

120.54

36.48

242.49

GOTY Totals

717

7

296

Metacritic 90+

8

2

8

Metacritic 80-89

24

11

33

Metacritic 70-79

9

4

14

Metacritic Under 69

4

2

17

Average Sales (exclude N/As and blanks)

3.44

2.28

4.49

Average Score

82

81

78

Average GOTY

16

0.25

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Doing a quick once-over, this is definitely a huge improvement. Kudos.



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Nicely done. And Infamous:First Light only got a 73? F*** off game critics.



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Nice improvement and now we can actually start to make some observations from this.

- Ninty and Sony both had a solid amount of critically acclaimed 1st parties. Microsoft is unsuprisingly behind by quite a bit.
- Nintendo ofc had have some great titles, but they also have the highest percentage of low metascore games, notably including Kirby and AC spinoffs and every Mario Party except Super. Luckily there has been less of those in recent years.
- Sales wise Nintendo are ofc kings when it comes to 1st party, but Sony has upped their game quite a bit in these last 7 years and are doing impressive numbers as well.



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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.



src said:

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?



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kirby007 said:
src said:

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.



src said:

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.

Sony also gives updates to most of their noteworthy releases. Sure it isn't as often and transparent as Nintendo. But even like that Nintendo is a little troubling to look for data. Their wiki for what are the studios and them their releases per studio is less organized than Sony and MS, plus on the sales most of the not blockbuster on google only showed the percentage of shipment sold in japan on first week but not total sales. So to update their numbers I would probably need to go to all their financial data scooping for info =[. But yes MS is even harder to get proper data, the best we can get is their comments on number of users due to GP. Also not to forget that we are basically comparing MS and Sony 1 system against Nintendo 3 system mostly.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Much better this time around, though I would have included Astral Chain and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE as Nintendo owns the IP.

In any case, it looks like Sony dominates GotY awards and has the highest overall average, while Nintendo dominates actual software sales and has the most games above not only 90, but between 80-90 as well. The average however is dragged down to the lowest due to a few stinkers they have let out as well. Meanwhile it also shows XBox lagging in general when it comes to 1st party, but we already knew that.

Upon reflection, it it clear why I have always been a Playstation gamer since the PS2 and why Nintendo has found its way back into my home as my primary console. Both have done great over the years.



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