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[Punished Miku]

So we should make it a PS+ list vs Gamepass list? Otherwise we can drop the PS+ list on top of everything else this year also...

You can include anything you want in your pick. PS+ is part of Sony's year. Some people are focusing on hardware. Another person listed revenue.

 

[StueyDuck]

Who cares. The question should be, did gamers have a better year in gaming and personally for me I'd say while it's a good year. It's not a great year because we haven't really gotten anything new.

 

[gooner4life_uk]

How can 78 people be so wrong? it's not even a debate.

 

[PropellerEar]

I personally care very little about exclusivity. Its 100x better for me to just get the games cheaper. And add up the cost of that list I posted. Very few can afford that. No one will buy all those day 1 at full price. Instead you just end up skipping games that arent 88+ MC and you end up missing most of the interesting stuff.

I have limited time, I will gladly pay full price on the games I actually want to play. 100x times better for me.

GP is the killer app for Xbox so of course people will bring it up.

Its killing Xbox all right:

Sales-Age - YTD: PS5 14.5 m; NSW 9.91 m; X/S ~ 4.15 m

Shipments (January-September) 2023 PS5 14.5 m NSW 9.91 m X/S ~ 4.15 m LTD NSW 132.46 m PS5 more than 46.6 m X/S ~ 22.7 m

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And answer to the original post:
PlayStation had the better year no contest.

 

[NEbeast]

I very much doubt all the voters do just as not all MS voters own a PS. Question is why is only the first important to you? Especially as xbox and pc are more interchangeable to know/experience what releases it had.

He bleeds green, that's why.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Xbox bought fucking Activision. They won

A measly little ps exclusive is nothing

This is true for those that prefer the same formula with a fresh coat of paint. Hope Activision proves me wrong with new games

 

[pasterpl]

1. Nintendo won - like most years
2. PC had an amazing year
3. xbox released some very good games
4. playstation was least impressive in 2023

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

It's a nier automata A2 official artwork from Platinum Games: https://www.platinumgames.com/official-blog/article/10157

Oh that's awesome, I love Nier! Hopefully Platinum and Yoko Taro get to make the next Nier but man SE is sure taking it's time.

 

[rofif]

Lies of P launching on Game Pass alone obliterates anything Playstation tried to do this year.

It still launched on PlayStation.

Ps also had more exclusives that are better than starfield like ff16 and forspoken…. And this little game spider woke2.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

In terms of games? In this order:

1. PC
2. Nintendo
3. Xbox
4. PlayStation

 

[Danjin44]

Oh that's awesome, I love Nier! Hopefully Platinum and Yoko Taro get to make the next Nier but man SE is sure taking it's time.

I think we need them to make Drakengard 4, that story is not over yet we are way overdue for new one.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

I think we need them to make Drakengard 4, that story is not over yet we are way overdue for new one.

Yea is rather see DK4 but SE are greedy and Nier Automata sold over 7 mil copies while Drakengard 3 didn't even sell a million. Shit even a remaster in the vein of the trials of mana 3 remaster would be great that and modern SE would censor the games specially DK1.

 

[MrTired]

It still launched on PlayStation.

Ps also had more exclusives that are better than starfield like ff16 and forspoken…. And this little game spider woke2.

I think some people forget that most s the 95% of 3rd party games in Gamepass aren't exclusive and are available on PS5. These experiences are available if a person deems it worth of there time and money. Gamepass subscribers getting at no additional cost doesn't somehow make it a better experience than on other platforms.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Oh that's awesome, I love Nier! Hopefully Platinum and Yoko Taro get to make the next Nier but man SE is sure taking it's time.

Yeah, same! This long wait just makes me want to buy more copies of Nier Automata (I already have it twice on the PS4 and once on the Switch).

 

[Jibran#one]

Here's my take on it
As a 38 year old father of 2 I don't have lots of money to spend on games,
Good for anyone who can buy all games but the only reason I got series x is day 1 games on gp and
This was a fantastic year of gp
I literally paid 100 dollars for 3 years for GP and I think I got like a 500 dollar worth from this year alone
If I had a ps I would've never been able to buy games like lies of p and the sleeper hit of the year for me is lies of p

 

[Ogbert]

Talk about a thread designed for a Sony circle jerk.

 

[Snake29]

I think some people forget that most s the 95% of 3rd party games in Gamepass aren't exclusive and are available on PS5. These experiences are available if a person deems it worth of there time and money. Gamepass subscribers getting at no additional cost doesn't somehow make it a better experience than on other platforms.

This is what i said. People use the Gamepass service to cover how bad MS itself is releasing any quality games in general. So we just drop the gamepass list and call it a day.

 

[yurinka]

I think PS, because it had more and better exclusives plus the releases of PSVR2, PS Portal and more accesories.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Yeah, same! This long wait just makes me want to buy more copies of Nier Automata (I already have it twice on the PS4 and once on the Switch).

If you have a decent PC you can play it there at high fps and settings these days and there's also lots of cosmetic mods and *cough cough* mods. Back when it came out it ran fine on my 1070 and 6700k which are 7 and 8 year old parts nowadays. Might run fine in a Steam deck actually. But yea I can't wait for what's next!

 

[LiquidJensen]

Lol

 

[saintjules]

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

My only question. Do all the Sony voters own an xbox?

Based on recent news we should ask if there is anyone who owns an Xbox

 

[Stamps1646]

PC and Nintendo

 

[Dick Jones]

Of these 2, Playstation based on console sales alone.

Nintendo overperforming a newer, more powerful console in year 7 of its handheld life is the first choice had they been on rhe ballot

 

[SirTerry-T]

HiFi Rush is my personal GOTY but Nintendo topped both of the Big Boy Console Corps.

 

[Schmendrick]

PC ofc.
We get everything, including the Nintendo titles.

 

[bender]

I'll take Hi-Fi Rush and the other garbage that was Microsoft's first party titles over Spider-Man 2 and *crickets chirping*.

 

[yazenov]

PS5 Has Outsold Xbox Series X and S 3-to-1 in 2023, New Data Reveals - IGN

The PlayStation 5 has now sold over 50 million units and is on track to outsell the record-breaking PlayStation 4, Sony has said.

www.ign.com

Sony won by total domination.

 

[mayham2199]

Sony for me easily. Honkai, trails into reverie, ff16, and Spider-Man 2. Won’t even count the great dlc for both horizon and gow.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Xbox had HiFi Rush, Redfall, Starfield and Forza as first party exclusives while Sony had Spider-Man 2 and a DLC (Burning Shores). My vote will have to go to MS here although if you add FXVI and Forspoken (lol) in the mix (3rd party timed exclusive), and also the PSVR2 stuff things def get more even.

But like others have said, Nintendo trumps them both this year with the sheer amount of quality games they've put out so far: SMB Wonder, Zelda TotK, Metroid Prime Reamastered, XC3 Future Redeemed, Pikmin 4, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem Engage.

Tl:dr Nintendo > Microsoft ≥ Sony.

You include Redfall for why Xbox was better than Sony and yet laugh at Forspoken but Forspoken is the MUCH better game having played both. Just saying that's a bit of a questionable take despite how easy it is for people to dump on Forspoken.

 

[AJUMP23]

Personally I play games on my Xbox. But PS sold a ton of consoles and had Spider-Man 2.

for my money NINTENDO had the best year.

I bought 3 or 4 Xbox games 3 pc games 5 Nintendo games 0 ps games.

 

[damidu]

ps easily, and without even doing much as well.
xbox basically one dissapointing half finished release after another for the duration of the whole year.
if they kept the games cooking they could at least keep the hype going. now gamepass looks like an early access platform.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

You include Redfall for why Xbox was better than Sony and yet laugh at Forspoken but Forspoken is the MUCH better game having played both. Just saying that's a bit of a questionable take despite how easy it is for people to dump on Forspoken.

Hmm... looking back maybe I was a bit hot takey there with Redfall / Forspoken. I think I put around 3-4h into Redfall before I bailed out while I did manage to sink ~20h into Forspoken before I moved onto something else (the parkour and combat was what kept me interested in playing it for more hours than I initially expected).