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Euphoria14 on 25 October 2009

I personally feel that the PS3 has the best lineup of games this generation. I tend to be a single player gamer, I rarely have people over that I can play games with so I need to rely on online gaming if I ever want to game with more than just my girlfriend. LittleBigPlanet continues to fill that void for me.

I do however think the other 2 consoles have fantastic lineups as well, but the PS3 just fills my gaming needs much more than either of the other consoles this generation.



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forest-spirit on 25 October 2009
Kantor said:
Chrizum said:
Kantor said:
1337 Gamer said:
IMHO the 360 has the best library. Definatly not for 2009 but overall it wins by a mile. And 2010 is only going to add to it. 360 has the strongest 2010 lineup of all 3 consoles.

The sad thing, Khuutra, is that the only thing you're going to get is posts like this and people deliberately annoying you.

Is that what you intended?

Wait a minute. Are you going to be butthurt every time someone prefers something else than the PS3?

Alright.

No, not at all. He could have said:

IMHO the PS3 has the best library. Definatly not for 2009 but overall it wins by a mile. And 2010 is only going to add to it. PS3 has the strongest 2010 lineup of all 3 consoles.

And I would be equally annoyed.

Edit:

Forget it, I'm not making any sense, not for anyone, and I do not know what I am talking about...I messed up.



The Ghost of RubangB on 25 October 2009

Including online game libraries:

Wii > 360 > PS3

Separating each game library:

VC > Wii > XBLA > WiiWare > PS3 > 360 > PSN


VC wins by a huge margin, but I didn't want to be a jerk and type in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or anything. That's just all of gaming history right there. It's perfect. If there was a system called the VC that only had these games and didn't play Wii or GC discs, it would still win.

Wii for actually making me buy my first console since the N64, and making me play more games than I did in the SNES era. And almost every Wii game I'm enjoying is an exclusive, and not just due to licensing issues, but because the Wii is the only system that can play it. Whoa.

XBLA for having Braid, Zombie Apocalypse, Turtles in Time, and just way too much stuff to mention. It's doing really really well for itself without having the sheer quantity of the VC, or the Nintendo games. And it's getting great exclusives to keep me jealous.

I would've put the 360 over the PS3 'cuz the 360 had a Katamari and Dead Rising, but now Katamari's on the PS3 and Dead Rising's on the Wii, and PS3 took the lead with ModNation Racers. Oh, and PS3 for Singstar: Queen, which has "Under Pressure," which has David Bowie.

PSN at the bottom 'cuz I don't really know anything about it. I'm sure it has some good stuff, but it's the only thing here that hasn't made me jealous yet.



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1337 Gamer on 25 October 2009
Kantor said:
Chrizum said:
Kantor said:
1337 Gamer said:
IMHO the 360 has the best library. Definatly not for 2009 but overall it wins by a mile. And 2010 is only going to add to it. 360 has the strongest 2010 lineup of all 3 consoles.

The sad thing, Khuutra, is that the only thing you're going to get is posts like this and people deliberately annoying you.

Is that what you intended?

Wait a minute. Are you going to be butthurt every time someone prefers something else than the PS3?

Alright.

No, not at all. He could have said:

IMHO the PS3 has the best library. Definatly not for 2009 but overall it wins by a mile. And 2010 is only going to add to it. PS3 has the strongest 2010 lineup of all 3 consoles.

And I would be equally annoyed.

apparently i mis read something in the OP. What the heck do you want me to say? you asked which current gen console has the best games and without going too much into detail i stated my opinion.



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Carl on 25 October 2009
RolStoppable said:
psrock said:
RolStoppable said:
Khuutra said:
RolStoppable said:

Yes, but on average the PS2 still had the worst library of the four consoles last gen going by Metacritic.

Rol don't do this, you know what evil this may unleash

I am just stating a fact, even if it is absolutely useless.

@psrock: Yes, I am sure. Some website once had a comparison of Metacritic scores between 6th and 7th gen consoles and the PS2 and Wii had the lowest averages of their generation. Obviously because they attracted the most shovelware due to their popularity. If you consider that many crappy games aren't even reviewed at all, it would even get worse for those consoles.

You missed out one thing though

The PS2 had 63 games with over 90 aveg, which was more than the xbox and Cube put togheter. I think they made up beautifully for those shovelwares.

Moving on.

The PS2 also had like two or three times as many games as the Xbox and GC combined. That easily offsets the higher number of good games. It just goes to show how silly Carl's original point was. Most people don't mind if there are 1,000 bad games, if they have enough good games to choose from. So when comparing libraries of consoles it makes more sense to focus only on the good games instead of the libraries as a whole. Why bother with the irrelevant trash you won't play anyway?

People do play the irrelevant trash though.

Example. 



                            

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Khuutra on 25 October 2009
Carl2291 said:

People do play the irrelevant trash though.

Example. 

So, tell me, and don't get mad:

When did you play Carnival Games?



sabby_e17 on 25 October 2009

PS3, because it has MGS4, Uncharted and GT5. Nuff said.




Kantor on 25 October 2009
1337 Gamer said:
Kantor said:
Chrizum said:
Kantor said:
1337 Gamer said:
IMHO the 360 has the best library. Definatly not for 2009 but overall it wins by a mile. And 2010 is only going to add to it. 360 has the strongest 2010 lineup of all 3 consoles.

The sad thing, Khuutra, is that the only thing you're going to get is posts like this and people deliberately annoying you.

Is that what you intended?

Wait a minute. Are you going to be butthurt every time someone prefers something else than the PS3?

Alright.

No, not at all. He could have said:

IMHO the PS3 has the best library. Definatly not for 2009 but overall it wins by a mile. And 2010 is only going to add to it. PS3 has the strongest 2010 lineup of all 3 consoles.

And I would be equally annoyed.

apparently i mis read something in the OP. What the heck do you want me to say? you asked which current gen console has the best games and without going too much into detail i stated my opinion.

I realise I'm being a bit of a hypocrite here, but could you be a little more specific? He did ask for justification.

So anyway, I choose PS3, because it has a wide variety of genres, both existing series (which, owning PS1/PS2, I am a fan of) and new IP, and great games spaced throughout the year. My favourites include the Uncharted games, LBP, MGS4 and Killzone 2, as well as some multiplats like BioShock and CoD4.

I think that's what we're supposed to do, but I'm not sure.



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psrock on 25 October 2009
RolStoppable said:
psrock said:
RolStoppable said:
Khuutra said:
RolStoppable said:

Yes, but on average the PS2 still had the worst library of the four consoles last gen going by Metacritic.

Rol don't do this, you know what evil this may unleash

I am just stating a fact, even if it is absolutely useless.

@psrock: Yes, I am sure. Some website once had a comparison of Metacritic scores between 6th and 7th gen consoles and the PS2 and Wii had the lowest averages of their generation. Obviously because they attracted the most shovelware due to their popularity. If you consider that many crappy games aren't even reviewed at all, it would even get worse for those consoles.

You missed out one thing though

The PS2 had 63 games with over 90 aveg, which was more than the xbox and Cube put togheter. I think they made up beautifully for those shovelwares.

Moving on.

The PS2 also had like two or three times as many games as the Xbox and GC combined. That easily offsets the higher number of good games. It just goes to show how silly Carl's original point was. Most people don't mind if there are 1,000 bad games, if they have enough good games to choose from. So when comparing libraries of consoles it makes more sense to focus only on the good games instead of the libraries as a whole. Why bother with the irrelevant trash you won't play anyway?

I agree with you there and contnue to add to it.

Sometimes a game we may consider to be trash may be somebody's else treasure. Most hardcore gamers have an elitist idea that only the games they like are good. But they forget the point of gaming, to have fun and the more fun the better the game to them.

I may have my gripe with the wii, but its not the games, I'd probabably enjoy them.

The PS2 had everything, and that's why its was so great, good or bad games. And to think of it, only the 360 has that kind of library right now.



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Khuutra on 25 October 2009

You are a peach, psrock.

Hey, Rubang.

What is your favorite Wii game, not counting VC? If it is Wii Sports, gimme your top two.