Shadow2K6's Blog: The Whole "PS3 has no games" Argument

If you go on any multi-platform forum you probably heard this phrase from some fanboys before.  When this did hold true for a lot of us in early 2007 now I think its just a stupid phrase fanboys use to discredit the Playstation 3 library. 

Yesterday I watched a video on youtube made by someone I subscribed to (who is a extreme Nintendo fanboy).  The video was about some mysterious PS3 accessory he thought everyone should own.  He didn't reveal it till the end though.  He showed two games he bought which were Ninja Reflex for Nintendo Wii (why anyone would buy this game is beyond me) and The Darkness for Xbox 360 (which was used).  At the end he showed the PS3 accessory which was a box of wipes (obviously a joke) and he said its to dust the PS3 because it has no games.  People that commented started to recommend games for PS3 and he just said he didn't like them.  I just said to myself "well thats stupid, thats like saying the original Xbox had no games if you were a JRPG fan".  IMO you can't discredit a game or game library because you personally don't like that game or games. 

Lets look at the top 5 games of both PS3 and Wii (since that guy was a extreme Nintendo fanboy) according to GameRankings.  This is not a "PS3 is better then Wii blog" I'm just pointing out that PS3 has just as many good games as Wii.  Keep in mind the percentages are rounded.

Nintendo Wii: 
Super Mario Galaxy - 97%
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess - 94%
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 93%
Resident Evil 4 - 90%
Okami - 90%

Playstation 3:
Grand Theft Auto IV - 97%
Call of Duty 4 - 94%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 93%
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 93%
Rock Band - 91%

To be more indept.  PS3 has a total of 5 games at or above 90%, a total of 41 games between 80%-89.9%, and a total of 37 games between 70%-79.9%.  Wii has a total of 5 games at or above 90%, a total of 13 games between 80%-89.9%, and a total of 37 games between 70%-79.9%.

With that being said.  PS3 has just as many games as Wii in the 9/10 area, more games then the Wii in the 8/10 area and the same amount in the 7/10 area.  So why do people say "PS3 has no games"?  I personally think its in the middle of "exclusives only count" logic and just a generalization.  As far as the generalization goes, yeah PS3 didn't have many games in Spring '07.  However that is quickly changing.  This Fall games like LittleBigPlanet, Socom: Confrontation, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, Resistance 2, Valkyerie Chronicles, and along with the many multiplatform titles like Rock Band 2 and Mirrors Edge.  So I fail to see how PS3 has no games. =/ 

I do know most people who say "PS3 has no games" are just fanboys because if you really look there are great games, for any system currently out.  Doesn't matter if its Wii, PS3, 360 theres enough there.  I guess I won't changed any fanboys minds with this blog post but I just wanted to throw my opinion out there on the whole "PS3 has no games" logic.