For my tastes its Sony > MS > Nintendo - the fact I play Valve and ME games on my PC of course severely weakens the 360 list appeal for me.

There are only 2 games in that list that interest me a great deal: Uncharted and (after seeing the excellent E3 trailer) Splinter so its a tie for me for PS360. Most of other interesting I have either already purchased, are multiplats or I will be getting for the PC.

Dragon Age, Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2 and (possibly) Bioshock 2 leading the pack for PC and games like Tekken 6, KoF XII and Brutal Legend being the more juicy multiplats.

I must say that third-parties are giving us a bonanza this year with the amount of big name sequals coming out or announced plus some awesome new IPs like Dante and Brutal Legend.

Splinter Cell is a good bet for game of the year after the cheers and inception at E3. Best graphics of 2009 goes to Forza 3. And Halo ODST. It's gotta be 360 this year. And I think Metacritic will show this to. Forza 3 has the possibilty to score meta 96+ and Splinter Cell looks to go above 90+ as WILL Halo ODST. Regardless of what some lame Left 4 Dead PC fans say Left 4 Dead 2 will also be amazing. Bright year for 360. Sony has some good games to. Uncharted 2 and KZ2 being he only ones that will get metacritic above 90%. Oh and Ninja Gaiden 2 is not exclusive.

Well, the lists are 'lacking' to say the least

But Sony takes the gold for me still.

Gold: Sony

Silver: Microsoft/Nintendo (I couldn't decide, the Wii is finally getting a bit of love)

Except you have already been proven wrong, since MLB 09: The Show is at 90, but whatever

Ah yes. My apologies. Very true. But I can see the top 5 360 exclusives scoring collectively higher than Sony's. It's not to say that I believe this years exclusives look great for any console owner.

Come now lets not get too picky :p, it's called Sigma afterall rather than just 2 and its got additional story on top of other features going in, be a graceful winner. :)

For my personal taste, Uncharted gives the PS3 the edge, but I can clearly see that the 360 has a superior lineup of exclusive objectively, it has the RPG (Magna Carta & Star Ocean) it has the racer (Forza 3), It has the competitive shooter (ODST) the Co-operative shooter (L4D2) and the RTS (Halo Wars), its got a hack & slash (Ninja Blade) the spy game (Splinter Cell) and a few other odds & ends thrown in (2 GTA DLC ffs!).

This is in fact the absolutely most balanced 360 annual lineup I've ever seen, there is literally a game to cater for just about every taste, no gamer should be unhappy with this lineup on top and bloody fantastic list of third-party games.

OT: Also missing from the list: Velvet Assassin (360), Oneechabara (360), SingStar Queens (PS3)

I would also like to add that Fat Princess it very highup on my must have list even though its only a PSN game.

For me, PS3 wins, inFamous and Uncharted 2 Among Thieves just win

lol pwnd.

As usual.

And selnor. Why the hell can you claim that games look "above 90" when noone has reviewed them yet and you've only seen a few trailers tops. Splinter cell could be below.. Would it be a worse game ? well according to critics but if you like it they won't stop you from playing it.

Sony takes home the gold for me.

dunno bout nintendo microsoft.. I think i'd go with nintendo because of the new super mario bros game.

And I agree with your sentiment, though I still feel Splinter Cell is very much up in the air. We'll just have to wait and see for now