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But what will hamper the 360's library from ever becoming one of the greatest ever is the fact that it is a Western console, and Western games haven't been at their highest level of quality in almost twenty years. Not since the Golden Age of graphic adventures by Lucas Arts and Sierra, and great single player rpgs from SSI and Origin in the eighties. Those were glorious years for Western gaming that no major publisher has tried to go back to since they discovered they could make a quicker bucks with multiplayer frag fests with Wolfenstein 3d, so almost all Western games today shortsell themselves into multiplayer games in three principle genres: rts, fps, and mud or mmo. On the other hand Japanese gaming during the same time period transformed itself into an artistic medium comparable to what was on American PCs during the glory years of SSI, Sierra, Infocom, Origin, and Lucas Arts. It is true that the 360 has had some Japanese exclusives but with games like WKC and Yakuza selling so much better than...



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similar titles on the 360 in Japan and with the PS3's much higher sales numbers there you will see much more exclusive games from Japan heading the PS3's way than to the 360. Sure, the big Japanese companies have placed their biggest titles on both systems to maximise profits, but imo it will be coming to a close at about the time of the release of FF Versus XIII when the PS3's overall numbers will be catching up to those of the 360. But in final analysis, it isn't the bigger titles but the lack of a comparable number of the little games that become cult classics that will keep the 360's library from being remembered as favorably as the Wii and PS3's libraries will be, the DS library is, and the SNES, GBA, Genesis, PS1, and PS2 libraries are.



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PS2>>>>>>PS1&SNES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>XBox 360.



Xbox 360 has the best library of this generation, but I doubt with rising production costs and a faltering economy that any console this gen could have a better library than PS2, SNES, and NES.



IMO it already is but thats because i LOVE gorgeous visuals and tremendous amounts of blood. LOl what can i say. But most people are going to tell you no. Everyone has their own opinin



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Godhand pwns Gears.



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RolStoppable said:
The NES still has the greatest library out of all consoles, Mega Man 2 alone crushes everything. Wouldn't you agree, michael-moore?

 



The snes has the best library ever, not the 360 or PS2.

The 360 library is very good, but not the best ever.



But does MM2 have the Protoman theme song?  I rest my case, MM3 wins. 



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I think the 360 will surpass ps2 library, time will tell.