| Written by Colin McFedran Published at 2008-11-27 14:07:33 Tagged: [Miscellaneous] |
Joystiq has done some data diving through Metacritic and come up with some interesting results.
They looked only at games that scored 85% or better on MetaCritic and this is what they found:
October was the most crowded month for quality titles with 12 released, followed by November (8), September (7) and April (6).
Breaking it down by console, PlayStation 3 has the most presence on the list with 22 titles, followed by Xbox 360 (20), PC (15), Nintendo Wii (8), DS (7), PSP (2) and PS2 (1).
The best-reviewed game this year? April's Grand Theft Auto IV (98%), followed by a three-way tie between LittleBigPlanet, BioShock and World of Goo (95%) -- all three of which were released in October. Metal Gear Solid 4 and Wrath of the Lich King are the next tier below at 94%.
Of the 55 titles listed, 13 (or approximately 24%) were not based on an existing franchise: Sins of a Solar Empire, Patapon, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Braid, The World Ends with You, Boom Blox, World of Goo, GRID, Pure, LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space and Valkyria Chronicles.
I did some digging:
Another fun fact: Xbox had 6 exclusives on the list (4 of which were XBLA), PS3 had 6 exclusives on the list (1 was PSN), Wii had 5 (3 Wii Ware)
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5 comments:
 |  Colin McFedran
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367 @Dana Olson: Here is a link to older 'research' I did as part of SPG (now defunct) back in MAY 2007...Same basic idea...PS3 = More Quality and now Quantity is catching up too.
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=17278
 | Dana Olson
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@Colin McFedran: That could be the exact stuff I was referring to, if it got referenced around the web.. I didn't stray too far away from Joystiq and PS3FB for a while.
| Colin McFedran
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@Dana Olson: I used to do a series called 'Reality Check'...it did get around the net pretty well.
 | Wayne J. Rodrique
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Sony Detractors: PS3 has gaemz?
This is in addition to their previous [older] research finding that the PS3 has a higher Metacritic average score than the other systems. I don't know if this still holds true, but likely, it does.
So now it's all about quality and quantity, baby!