So there they are: the Xbox One and the PS4 – the long awaited NextGen video game consoles. And so far both are a really big disappointment for me. Mainly because they lack good launch titles. But how was it back in the days when Xbox 360 and PS3 were released ? Enjoy !
Note: This comparism is based on http://www.metacritic.com/ data from the 28th of November 2013. Because of a increasing number of reviews the ratings per game will change afters this date (applys only to the XBOX One and PS4 games). All games that were rated not later than 6 days after the earliest release of the console have been considered. Example: the console launched on the 20th of march. All games, including those rated on the 26th of march are considered. A game released on the 27th of march is not considered. We call this the +6 rule.
| XBOX One | XBOX 360 | Playstation 4 | Playstation 3 |
| Launch date | |||
| 22.11.2013 | 22.11.2005 | 15.11.2013 | 11.11.2006 |
| Available games (+6 rule) | |||
| 22 | 28 | 24 | 16 |
| Games with rating (+6 rule) | |||
| 14 | 28 | 16 | 15 |
| Average rating (+6 rule) | |||
| 69 points | 76 points | 78 points | 71 points |
| Best game (+6 rule) | |||
| 87 points(FIFA 14) | 89 points(Call Of Duty 2) | 93 points(flower) | 86 points(Resistance: Fall of Man) |
| Worst game (+6 rule) | |||
| 27 points(Fighter Within) | 62 points(FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World cup) | 48 points(NBA Live 14) | 33 points(Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire) |
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Now the conclusions (all with +6 rule in mind, don´t forget):
- the XBOX 360 had more launch titles than the XBOX One
- the Playstation 3 had less launch titles than the Playstation 4
- Sony increased their number of launch titles, Microsoft decreased it
- the XBOX 360 launch titles had better overall ratings than the XBOX One launch titles
- the Playstation 3 launch titles had worser overall ratings than the Playstation 4 launch titles
- Microsoft won the overall ratings battle of the last console generation, Sony wins now
- the XBOX 360 had a higher rated game than the XBOX One when applying +6 rule
- the Playstation 4 had a higher rated game than the Playstation 3 when applying +6 rule
- again Microsoft wins the higher rated game battle of the last console generation, again Sony wins now
- the XBOX One had a lower rated game than the XBOX 360 when applying +6 rule
- the Playstation 3 had a lower rated game than the Playstation 4 when applying +6 rule
- and again Microsoft did better in the last console generation, Sony wins now
Well – was that a surprise for you ? Comment !