I'm basing my info on the IGN release dates as they stand from yesturday, 9/3. Things can change; I know. My differentiation between genres may not suit your style perfectly; so fine. I will not be including Playstation 2 because it's last gen, so too bad. Do the work yourself if it's that critical.

Now that all of that is out of the way, here's the point. It's hard to say which system is always the best, because sales do not necessarily entail quality, and gems can pop up on even the most awful of consoles. I'm gonna go genre by genre and show the fall lineup. You guys then discuss who rules in that area. If the release dates get updated by new games added or pushed into next fall, we can reconvene and decide again what that means for each console. I have taken a few liberties by not adding any games specifically for children, such as Spongebob and Ben 10, and will not include any games that have to do with hunting because I figure no one wants to argue over that anyways. If I'm offending any hunting game fans, too bad. Spend your money more wisely in the future. So without further ado...

Forgive me for this, but I had nowhere else to put 2D style arcade shooters, so I'm bunching them up with a complete opposite, like FPS games. If you're a fan of retro shooters Wii is where it's at. Blast Works looks interesting and hopefully plays well. Geometry Wars will be awesome, but it's also on 360 and will be cheaper to play on 360 too. With light gun games, it's either PS3 or Wii. In my honest opinion, Ghost Squad and RE:UC do not compare to Time Crisis 4 with the new Guncon. Song trumps Nintendo on that one. The Wii remote will be slow compared to the accuracy of the guncon, so control swings back in favor of Time Crisis.

With FPS games, Wii is not considerable in this argument. Their lineup is trash. Most of the FPS games coming out on 360 and PS3 are multiplatform so they're a wash. The exclusives for PS3 are Haze and Unreal Tournament III(at least until next year ). 360 has Halo 3 and America's Army:True Soldiers. So it's basically Halo 3 vs. Haze. I absolutely love the new ideas being put into Haze, but come on. It's an unproven  franchise up against Halo 3. I personally would rather try out Haze, so i'll give it to Sony, but I can fully see the review scores and Halo 3 will almost undoubtedly be the better game.

PC

Crysis

Crysis>everything else

I'd have to go with 360.

close call between 360 and PS3 but I would say 360

It's a close call between 360 and the PS3. The PS3's biggest gun is Unreal Tournament 3, not Haze. Unreal Tournament is a proven franchise, allows PS3 users to use the keyboard and mouse combination, and will allow mods to be passed from PC to PS3. There's a possibility of cross-platform as well, but it is unconfirmed at this time.

Halo 3 is ... well, it's Halo, Microsoft's biggest franchise to date. I'm actually looking forward to CoD4 and the Orange Box.

360. It also had bioshock just come out and its a genuine contender with mass effect and halo 3 for game of the yr (halo 3 wont win it, great as it will be)

Also, though they wont come in fall, the PS3's two big timed-exclusives (Haze and UT3) are coming to 360 next yr, but Ps3 will never see Halo 3

Is Haze a timed exclusive? I thought I had read that the 360 version wouldnt be coming out.

I put tape over the Wii fanboy's mouth (inside my head)

360 has a very good line-up + previous shooters...

but PS3 is getting Haze (Can't get the Free Radical fanboy to shut up) and UT3.


I will say PS3, but either owner would be very happy in this category. Even Wii is a decent 3rd if you like other types of shooters.

360 wins. but for me Orange box and COD 4 = PC games because i think those games are meant to be on the PC rather than console. ET quake wars is going to be awesome but also if it comes out for PC I'm getting it for that.

edit: awesome posts man these topics are awesome!