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IGN Console Showdown 2010: Part 2

Now that we've looked at the exclusives for each platform (with the Wii scoring a narrow victory), it's time to get to the meat and potatoes of gaming in 2010 and take a look at a broad view of each system's releases for the year. It's time for the genre face-off.

FrankMcSpank5598d ago

I am trying to understand how this poor article is written. But I can't really grasp their system of calculation. Why even have multiplats on there. Oh look at Bayonetta winning over God of War 3. Thanks for reminding me why I deleted IGN from my iPhone and off my saved websites.

Oh congrats to 360 for winning though 13-12 . I am calling 2010 a tie though. With the Wii at a close second. Nintendo really pulled together some kickass games since the Fall.

Dark_Charizard5598d ago

N4G's PS3 trolls bashed the first one too. Why? Because PS3 is not winning ofcourse!

redDevil875598d ago

No because IGN is a crap site. They have been terrible at doing their job this gen.

JUDALATION5598d ago (Edited 5598d ago )

I pity the fool that thinks the WII or 360 has a more diverse lineup than the PS3... Mod naction racers, Heavy rain, GOW3, and MAG, Beat Skecth, Dead Naction,and Kung Fu Live says hello... While the wii may lead in some and the 360 in others overall the PS3 is the most diverse and IGN FOUND THE ONE way to hide this by adding the WII to the equation...

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pixelsword5598d ago (Edited 5598d ago )

Ignorant, IGN, you know the rest.

Story Quality: WTF?

Like this website: No.

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ABizzel15598d ago (Edited 5598d ago )

I just lol when I see Bayonetta over God of War 3.

Anywho, for the most part I agree with this, but some categories are questionable like Best 3rd person action, family, and sports. Which should have went to PS3, Wii, and PS3.

They gave 360 the point for FPS because of Halo Reach, which was completely justifiable.

And the same should have been done for God of War 3 in the 3rd person Action (the Bayonetta excuse would have held up in January 2010, but it's December 2010 and it is patched like they said).

Family games. They gave it to 360 simply because of Kinect, which is BS. Wii is still the place for family games and will always be unless Sony or MS do a 360 (lol) and go full on casual, which isn't going to happen.

Finally sports should have went to Sony for the same reason stated earlier. Sony has an exclusive sports game that is consistently ranked as one of the best sports games MLB: The Show.

Other than that they're spot on. I honestly think it was a tie this year between the PS3 and the 360. The PS3's quality of games did drop from 2009, and the 360 picked things up from 2009. But both offered solid year for there audiences. The Wii did pick things up at the end of they year, but my problem with the Wii is that the majority of their games are platformers.

If it comes to diversity (which is what this whole artice was about) then Sony should have won, since most of the 360 exclusives were shooters. Mass Effect is a shooter hidden in a deep RPG, Alan Wake is a shooter hidden in a Suspense Adventure, Halo reach is a full on shooter, Splinter Cell Conviction is a shooter hidden in a Action Stealth game. But this is their opinion just like this is my opinion, but to each his own.

The final results should have been

1st
PS3 12 (should have won 3rd person Action and Sports)
Wii 6 (should have won Family)
360 11 (should have lost 3rd person Action, Family, Sports)

2nd
PS3 12
Wii 6
360 16 (2nd for 3rd person action, family, and sports)

3rd
PS3 16
Wii 7 (Why isn't this higher since they lost most 1st and 2nd?)
360 16

Overall
PS3 13
Wii 6
360 13

I guess we'll have to wait and see who wins the next part. If they want to make everyone happy then they better give the PS3 the win or chaos will be unleashed upon them, and not Kratos :D

Motorola5598d ago

@Gwave Everytime I go to gamestop to buy a PSN card or a game, they like "We have this on 360, and its cheaper and better." My dad almost fell for it until I said theres no such thing as a PSN card for the xbox. Hate that place >.<

Dark_Charizard5598d ago (Edited 5598d ago )

*looks at replies* Wow. Fanboyism at its max!

Falloutxii5598d ago

@ Motorola
I know what you mean, every time I pre-order a game from gamestop they put it as the 360 version I always need to remind them that I want it for the ps3.

el zorro5598d ago (Edited 5598d ago )

I've been saying this lately when people are talking about how great 2011 is looking for the PS3. I point out that the 360 has had a better year in 2010. Well, actually I can only speak for myself, but in 2010 there were a lot more games I wanted on my 360 than on my PS3. Next year it looks like there will probably be more games I want on my PS3.

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Maddens Raiders5598d ago (Edited 5598d ago )

IGN = Irrelevant Gaming News.

So sad nothing has changed @ IGN as we head into 2011.

Rush5598d ago

You act like the community here is somehow better, all I see is the kettle calling the pot black.

How is any of the flamebait fanboy news or comments posted on N4G any more relevant then whats on IGN.

Am sorry but you and everyone that agreed with you are a bunch of hypocrites.

FinalSpartan5598d ago

Xbox 360 won :P

Well dont worry PS3 will win 2011

FinalSpartan5598d ago

wow PS3 fanboys are so hurt loool relax Xbox 360 won :P

Just because PS3 didn't win doesn't mean to go all outraged on IGn.

all three consoles had a great year.

capjacksparrow5598d ago

Why is this such a waste of my time? I'm the idiot for clicking on the article though. Shame on me.

NeutralGamer5598d ago

Of course ur an idiot for clicking on the artice...

You just clicked it cause you was currious to see who won AND if it was ur favorite you would hail it and bash the othe consoles (SRY for the bad english)

capjacksparrow5598d ago

I would never "hail" anything. This was just a bad article. End of story.

NeutralGamer5598d ago

Okay maybe you wouldnt (IDK you), but I know alot darn N4G users who would...

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yoshiro5598d ago

hmm no MLB 2010...that would change something.

Serinous5598d ago

LOL they put Bayonetta above GOW3. joke.

el zorro5598d ago

Easy Kratos, easy...no need to go into one of your fits of rage just because you got beat by a girl. :)

No but in all honesty I do have to say that I didn't agree with them on that one. GOW 3 was better than Bayonetta and was really the only game I really enjoyed on my PS3 this year.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg5d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree4d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai4d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer8d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde5d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy6d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand1256d ago (Edited 6d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk777d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga7d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer19926d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga6d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman6d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger6d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box7d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion6d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv727d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent757d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit7d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz1497d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning777d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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