Which has the best games, PS3 or Xbox 360? Don’t answer that, we could still be arguing about it for literally decades. The analysts at Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) reckon they’ve got the solution though, courtesy of Metacritic and a bit of careful number crunching. Their research shows that overall 17% of PS3 games are rated at 85/100 or higher, while Xbox 360 has to make do with 13%. So there you go.
At the other end of the spectrum, Sony is also leading. Just 30% of PS3 games are rated as 65 or lower, while its 38% for Xbox 360. This backs up other recent stats that showed PS3 scores beating Xbox 360 over all.
What do these stats mean? Apart from ‘not much, really’, it’s that in theory you should have better odds of picking up a PS3 with some decent games than if you picked the Xbox 360. Naturally, the review scores themselves, especially ones drawn from Metacritic, are not gospel truth and can be easily biased, although in which direction really depends who you ask and what day of the week it is.
It is also interesting to note that EEDAR’s methodology includes a “weighted system to determine its review score, meaning that greater significance is allocated to some critics than to others”. And of course there’s the problem of the PS3 having less games overall than the Xbox 360.
So, to be honest, it’s a statistical minefield and we think it’s perfectly fair to say that you can’t go wrong with either system. And if you’re buying a new PS3 or Xbox 360, for God’s sake look beyond the price tags, because if we’ve learned anything in the last few days it’s that Sony is extremely confident its current PS3 pricing strategy is fair, good value overall and won’t be shifting any time soon.
And that Xbox 360 is also a thoroughly good laugh. Also: Wii.
(via Edge)
Of course it’s worthy it! The PS3 is worth every penny they charge for it, it is the best gaming console in the market period. I laughed my ass off when people started saying that Sony was in deep trouble and that they would have to discontinue the PS3. The company, unlike Microsoft, is reliable and it makes long lasting quality products instead of trying to reap off their customers every few years with unfinished and unreliable products. The PS3’s future is just begining, the Xbox360 is just begining its end streak.
I laughed when Microsoft said that the “PS3 was hemorrhaging at retail” the other week.
10.3m PS3’s sold last year at £300/$400
10.6m Xbotches sold last year at £200/$300
If Sony are hemorrhaging, what are Microsoft doing?
Even more bizarre are the mindless idiots that still believe everything Micorosoft issues in a press release.
PS3 is shit and for you 2 idiots above ps3 is been outsold everymonth keep up the damage control D***heads
ps3 271,000
360 391,000
owned hahaha
Now, after a price drop and a ps3 slim release its
Ps3 234,895
360 161,073
Owned hahaha
i love that ps3 owners go on about games all of a sudden lets look at this year exclusives for both
PS3
killzone 2
360
Halo wars
Race pro
Star ocean
GTA lost and damned
You were saying hahahahahahahaha
RGF= Real gay fanboy
/your right ps3 is doing shit its been beating by a wii
“And of course there’s the problem of the PS3 having less games overall than the Xbox 360″ – this makes this article completely ridicules.
@Mily “this makes this article completely ridicules.”
Care to expand on that?
FFS here we are AGAIN with the same old anal fanboy BS.
Baaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaaa
@ps3suks first of all let me 1st adress how dam stupid u r wit this. pulling up random monthly npd numbers doesnt mean jak sh*t it just makes you look like a retard. i also luv how u mention only killzone 2 as the only ps3 exclusive 4 this year. where is uncharted 2? inFamous? Heavy Rain? u obviously dnt kno anything. and btw gta lost n damned is an added episode not a full blown game u inbred xbot.also star ocean sukd so wats the point in you bringing that up. ur just bringing random titles u probably dnt evn play
and i laff at how u mention ps3 being beat by wii like the 360 isnt 2. did u eat the rock youve bn sleeping under so u can afford the computer you used 2 type ur bullsh*t. oh heres food d4 thot btw if MS is sooo freakin gr8 how come u cnt evn surf the web on 360 wen they practically invented the dam internet! i typed this message using the internet on my ps3 so lik ballz on that 1 kid. and also ur exclusives are terrible btw. i dnt get how ppl cn lyk such a hardware failure as the 360. itz such a boring system