Which system had the best year?

So, now that 2016 is only a few hours away, I guess now is a good time to look back at 2015 and talk about which system had the best year in general. There was plenty of hghlights to speak of for all the systems this year. The Xbox One got Tomb Raider and Halo, not to mention Xbox 360 backwards compatibility, the PS4 got Bloodborne, the Wii U got Xenoblade and Splatoon, and the PC got the likes of Pillars of Eternity and Cities: Skyline.

I don't own an Xbox One, so personally, I have to go with the PS4 (thanks to all the XB1/PS4 multiplats), and I had great fun with the likes of Splatoon, Mario Maker and Xenoblade Chronicles X too. However, objectively, I have to say that the XB1 did indeed have a pretty good year in that it had plenty of good exclusive releases, not to mention the fact that X360 backwards compatibility was an excellent move by Microsoft.

PC by far.

The consoles were shit.

Nobody really had an "excellent" year. Basically MS had nothing the 1st half of 2015, Sony had nothing (at least nothing AAA) the 2nd half. It sort of evened out overall, with a slight edge to MS - yet that edge is fragile since it's just a timed exclusive Tomb Raider. I mean... come on. Both systems had a solid year for multiplats with Witcher 3, MGS V - but there have been better years - and 2016 and 2017 should be even better for multiplats.

Nintendo has their couple of games, but then literally nothing else on the system at all - so it's silly to even discuss them. Though if you want to JUST look at exclusives - their exclusives were at least competitive, if not the best of the 3 - but that's only because it was a very down year (and generation) for exclusives in general.

PS4 gets my pick.

Not trying to put in a shameless plug here or anything, but I do explain my reasons for it here, should anyone want to read.

I haven´t been following closely the happenings of this year but from what little I saw they were all more or less shit,with the PC being slightly less shitty but still.

Wii U - Mario Maker, Yoshi's Wooly World, Splatoon, Xenoblade and Kirby this year.

Xbox would be second in my book

PS4 though far from ideal had a few games that appealed to my tastes.

PS4 for sure.

and Wii U first party completely urinates on PS4's and XBO's.

Wii U

Super Mario Maker

Yoshi's Woolly World

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Splatoon

PC > Xbox One > PS4 > Wii U > Vita > 3DS this year.

Probably PC

It was a great year for PC:

• Total War: Attila
• Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void
• Dirt: Rally
• Grey Goo
• The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
• Pillars of Eternity
• Undertale
• Shadowrun: Hong Kong
• Homeworld: Remaster
• Several multiplats
• Reveal of Sq42, Homeworld: DOK, Escape from Tarkov, Inner Chains, System Shock 3 etc.

I don't even think it's possible to say either had first party offerings this year for what was given.

with DOS2 I'm definitely sure PC will win 2016 too , ...

none of that shit counts

+ Cities: Skylines
+ Her Story
+ The Age of Decadence
+ Act of Aggression
+ Anno 2205
+ Sword Coast Legends
+ Hard West
+ Prison Architect
+ Satellite Reign
+ Star Citizen Alpha 2.0
+ Might &Magic Heroes VII

+ the BEST version of all multiplat games

:)

Too many games to remember. You always forget some of them when making a list.

Awwwww :-(

DOS 2 will kick ass just like the original (best RPG since Witcher 2).

wii u.

Consoles weren't total shit but PC handed them their own asses.

+Kerbal Space Program

+Heroes of the Storm

+Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

...I will only add these as this could just keep going, and going, and going.

Actually, purely on an exclusives front, I think the Wii U did best for all the consoles. Splatoon, Yoshi, Xenoblade, Super Mario Maker, and Kirby were pretty good games all said and done.

The 3DS had a pretty forgettable year, but no way did it have a worse one than the Vita.

Hard to disagree with this.

The PC... Followed by WiiU, and then PS4/Xbox (both fairly close).

1. PC

2. PS4

3. Wii U

4. Xbox One

The game lists PC owners post to brag about always look like stuff they grabbed from the 99cents bin.

@khoofia_pika: why? The only game that interested me on the 3DS was a remake of a not good fifteen year old game. At least I played good games on Vita.

I mean, shit, I didn't get a single Wii U game this year but I'll definitely give it a higher ranking than handhelds because it had games I'm still interested in.

Fair enough.

Well then you clearly don't know much about those games.

What Cloud Imperium and LC said, nothing I can add on.

Xbox One. It got a nifty collection of games in Rare Replay, a new Halo, Ori, Tomb Raider, those AAA multiplats, Forza, Gears Remaster, Backwards Compatibility, a new UI, a new controller.

PS4 got Bloodborne and Rocket League

LOL at anyone putting Star Citizen on their list.

"Add to this the PS4’s undeniable superiority in the one thing that matters above all else, games, and it is undeniable- the winner of the war, at least in 2015, was the PS4. There is no getting around it"

Nicely written article

Given the number of people agreeing with me, I'd say it was a total shit year for consoles.

Indeed, consoles easily won, but everyone knew that.

I know right? It's crazy how this shit collectively trashed consoles this year in quantity and quality.

Consoles had 2 reviews done on them for 2 major games and they scored 10/10, then PS4 got an extra one. Stellar year for consoles.

The system that had the most high quality game releases.

no way

Delusional PC fanboy posts like this always remind me the classic Los Angeles/San Francisco exchange:

San Francisco resident: "Everybody in San Francisco hates people from Los Angeles. What do Los Angeles people think of us?"

Los Angeles resident: "We don't"

At least Microsoft's 15 year long failure in the console market is fun to make fun of.

I don't care, my Dreamcast had the best year for me, I used it more than anything.

Wii U by a mile.

I agree with Metacritic they said

There is no question that for the biggest selection of good games this year, PC had every console beat by a mile.

What exactly are you still playing on it? I loved Dreamcast, but I don't really have the desire to go back and play many games on it. I find it hard to believe that with all of modern gaming, you have spent more time with the Dreamcast than anything else. This has to be a serious exaggeration or an extreme case of delusional nostalgia.

Anyway... PC had the best year as always.

I own like 140 games for it, like 100 are still in my backlog, but recently I've been playing the following. You also have to take into consideration that I own about 1,500 games in total for all of my systems, so I have a lot to do that is not current generation oriented.

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

Resident Evil 2

Crazy Taxi 2

Sonic Adventure 2

Power Stone 2

Carrier

Re-Volt

Toy Commander

D2

Dynamite Cop!

PC, with Wii U coming in second.

PS4 and Xbox One far into the distant.