It seems the new Xbox boss Don Mattrick is being flanked left and right. He had been brought to the limelight saying that 360 rivals (namely Sony and Nintendo) was on an extended vacation. Also insisting that Bungie had wholeheartedly accepted his decision to pull the plug on Halo Wars in this years E3. Bungie totally denied though, saying Keeping things clean, I certainly didnt agree with the decision to delay our news until sometime after E3. More on that in Eurogamers chat with him.
So, we decided to put the new Xbox boss to the test. Although claims like Yes. absolutely [Xbox 360 will beat the PS3 worldwide] and [Rival Devs] have been slacking off cant be proven, but how true is his words declaring You go onto Metacritic - and count the number of 90-rated titles on our platform, compare that to Wii, compare that to PlayStation 3: there is no comparison?
We did just that. Jumped straight into Metacritic and did some simple statisitcs. Believe it or not, his statement actually holds out to be true (its not a matter of Halo vs Gears vs Metal Gear Solid, folks). To be precise, the Xbox 360 has a total of 12 90+ rated titles. Compared to the PS3 and Wii tying together for a total of 5 each. But the 360 has the highest library of games, 427 to be exact with the Wii trailing in at 234 titles and the PS3 a 186. If all these number crunching hurts (numbers not my thing too), Ive compiled the results into an easy-to-understand pie-chart (it beats having to type).