The current state of the metagame (now w/ handhelds)

I dont know the lists to well but your missing Killer instinct(7), D4(7), and dance central(8) if you want to count that for the xbox one.

i dont take gamespot reviews seriously, so whatevs.

splatoon > bayo 2

Going by the rules that people swore by last gen ( most overall A, AA, AAA games) PS4 destroys xbone and just beats out Wii U on metagame.

I know there are a lot of users who still remember because of how desperate a lot of the arguments were to include all games (multiplats) in those lists. Suddenly that argument stance is completely abandon this gen from those same passionate posters of last gen, haha.

Yup WiiU is worth it for its exclusives alone..... well that's all it has tho so..... ya.

Vita is doing better than I thought.

Those are fightin' words... Even though Its pretty much true...

forza horizon 2 and lbp 3 came out on previous gen

So why people say ps4 has no games when Xbox has less?

All 3DS games and all Wii U games.

Kinda sad the 3DS destroys everything this gen

None of those filter by score, even after applying those filters.

I think it's safe to say this is the age of multiplatform games. Exclusive games will only be made by studios tied to the console makers. While Nintendo's Wii U may have more good-scoring exclusives compared to other consoles, it barely has multiplatform games designating it as a good 2nd system at best. Anyway, I guess the exclusion of PC is because it crushes all with its great exclusives and multiplatform games both quantity and quality-wise.

If someone had a spare 7 or 8 hours they could put down all the PC ones :P

lol

is PC getting counted from WiiU launch?

That's when the new gen started. We don't count Wii U games from when the PS4 came out. Its brutal either way in its butchery this gen tho.

Nice lists. I'm having a blast this gen.

Thank you GabeN! :D

I just dusted oiut my PC case last week. Haven't gamed on it except for some minor Diablo in quite some time. I dont think I even have Steam running.

Looks like Wii U>3DS>Vita>Xbone>PS4. No surprises here.

@kinectthedots: Guess you were a lurker at the time, not once thinking of signing up until 2013. Happens all the time.

When where handhelds part of the metagame.

always?

Actually this gen started strong and has gradually gotten worse.

2013 to the first half or so of 2014, the 3 consoles of this gen had 853 games between each others library if I counted correctly.

From the other part of 2014 till now, 578 games.

I suppose the last months of this year and 2016 could pick this up depending on the announcements.

I don't know why it doesn't show them in order and needs to be fixed. But it does show all the games rated 6/10 or higher.

Man that makes the WiiU look much better than it really is haha.

Still want one though.

@kinectthedots: I remember that too... funny how some keep moving th goal post.

everyone has a gaming PC to fall back on. Even hermits with a leet rig have a budget $500 gaming PC to fall back on when things get rough in system wars.

3DS is king

so where's pc in the lists?

Didn't you forget Phantasia Music Evolved? That got an AAE too if memory serves.

Okay, well this was a pain as I tried to post it once already and lost everything due to GS being stupid/me. Anyways, this is my attempt at trying to list every PC exclusive reviewed by GameSpot that was AE or higher since the launch of the 3DS, February 26, 2011 to today, June 3, 2015. While many of these do not have physical releases they still feel like the work for me. Also, just a heads up, this is probably not a complete list as I did my best and GameSpot was being weird and would list certain games the first time and then list new games when I tried to double-check my first try. I also put in games even if there are mobile versions of the game as I feel mobile platforms are not real competition to PC or consoles. I did however, not list games that were also on the OUYA as even as dead as that system is, it is still a console and still competition to the PC. I wasn't sure if I should have rounded .5 games so I just left them in the number next to them, but if you want to round them I listed the ones that were .5 games. I might have accidentally posted two of the same game or missed some so if I did please feel free to notify me of my errors. Anyways, sorry for the HUGE page stretch this will probably cause, but here's the PC list:

PC:

AAAE:

Total War: Shogun 2

Gone Home

Guild Wars 2

Dota 2

Europa Universalis IV

Path of Exile

Kentucky Route Zero - Act 3

Legends of Grimrock 2

Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP

Football Manager 2014

Kerbal Space Program

The Stanley Parable

AAE:

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 - Retribution (8.5)

Frozen Synapse: (8.5)

Anno 2070 (8.5)

Wargame: European Escalation (8.5)

Botanicula (8.5)

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (8.5)

Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai (8.5)

Torchlight 2 (8.5)

Hero Academy (8.5)

Antichamber (8.5)

The Binding of Isaac

Dear Esther

Xenonauts

This War of Mine

Lost Constellation

Blackguard 2

Oblitus

Republique

Age of Wonders 3

Technobabylon

Out of the Park Baseball 12

Tribes: Ascend

Transcripted

Kentucky Route Zero - Act 2

Total War: Rome 2

Solstice Arena

Three Fourths Home

Interloper

TrackMania 2 Canyon

Pillars of Eternity

Might and Magic: Heroes VI

The Book of Unwritten Tales

Symphony

A Valley Without Wind 2

Intake

King's Bounty: Dark Side

Cities: Skylines

Panzer Corps

Legend of Grimrock

Divinity: Dragon Commander

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Risk of Rain

Banished

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2

Five Nights at Freddy's

Football Manager 2015

Rift

Orcs Must Die! 2

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Grey Goo

Homeworld Remastered Collection

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

Wargame: AirLand Battle

The Cat Lady

NaissanceE

Life Goes On

Space Run

Endless Legend

Grow Home

Endless Space

Starseed Pilgrim

Infested Planet

TRI

A Bird Story

Galactic Civilizations 3

Crusader Kings 2

FTL: Faster Than Light

Football Manager 2013

Reus

Shadowrun Returns

AE:

Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword (7.5)

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad (7.5)

TERA (7.5)

Warlock: Masters of the Arcane (7.5)

World of Battles: Morningstar (7.5)

Miasmata (7.5)

Chaos on Deponia (7.5)

FORGE (7.5)

ShootMania Storm (7.5)

Rise of Immortals: Battle for Graxia (7.5)

Gunpoint (7.5)

Darkspore (7.5)

King Arthur: Fallen Champions (7.5)

War of the Roses (7.5)

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress (7.5)

Company of Heroes 2 (7.5)

Cubetractor (7.5)

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians (7.5)

E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy

World of Warplanes

Blackguards

Kill the Bad Guy

MIND: Path to Thalamus

Elegy for a Dead World

Total War: Attila

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Dyscourse

Sanctum: Cavern

Microsoft Flight

Retrovirus

Magicka 2

Sunset

Action Henk

The Last Door: Chapter 1 - The Letter

Insurgency

Strike Vector

Scrolls

Halo: Spartan Strike

Last Word

7 Grand Steps

Bionic Dues

Driftmoon

Planetary Annihilation

Defenders of Time

Vertiginous Golf

Among the Sleep

Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms

Storm: Frontline Nation

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Hard Reset

Rise of Venice

Full Bore

Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition

Violett

Jazzpunk

Space Hulk Ascension Edition

The Weaponographist

Shad'O

The Night of the Rabbit

Shelter

Betrayer

Halfway

Frozen Cortex

Journey of a Roach

Ballpoint Universe Infinite

Warlock 2: The Exiled

Kentucky Route Zero - Act 1

The Vita list is wrong.

Danganronpa 1 + 2 and Tokuiden were on the PSP as well.

Fire Emblem Awakening is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAE

Super Smash bros isn't exclusive. You'd be splitting hairs to come up with bullshit reasons as to why it could ever be considered exclusive. It's the same game with a couple superfluous differences. D

And LBP3 is exclusive?

@Planeforger: in Japan, it's superfluous excluding them as such.

So, the 3DS is the winner of the non-PC platforms? Nice.