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[Voost Kain]

We are only including AAA First-party games made ONLY by studios owned by Microsoft and Sony at the time of their release, as that would show just how well they are managing their properties without a third-party helping them out. Remasters wouldn't count as AAA since it's just enhancing an existing game, but remakes with good production count as AAA. Based on the reports during the years of its development I will give TLG to Sony under this category, because despite its looks, it is an AAA production that just went badly.

Here are the games released this gen that follow the above criteria:

MICROSOFT

SONY

So which of these two do you think had the best quality? Or maybe you are one of the many people who think this generation was pretty lackluster and you didn't like either library?

When you look at both lists you see two companies aiming for entirely different audiences which I find fascinating. But I have to be upfront with you, I really think both Sony and Microsoft dropped the ball this generation in regards to direct first-party studio development.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Sony no doubt and there's no comparison.

Edit: Late edit but I had to do it since theres plenty of idiots here. I am mainly an Xbox guy and no I don't feel attached to any plastic its just MY preferred platform.

 

[Heinrich]

Microsoft no doubt and there's no comparison.
99.9% of Sonys exclusive games are just Movie Games. Boring AF. I can just watch the let's plays on YouTube and call it a day.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Sony and now Ratchet and Clank can be added and Spider-man

 

[Wonko_C]

Where the hell are Gravity Rush 2 and Astro Bot?

 

[FranXico]

Quality of games in general improved a lot during the generation.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

There's like 50 qualifiers in the thread title alone.

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

Haha how is this even a question.

 

[Voost Kain]

Sony and now Ratchet and Clank can be added and Spider-man

No look at the OP.

Where the hell are Gravity Rush 2 and Astro Bot?

Not meeting the criteria in the OP.

 

[Dargor]

Haha how is this even a question.

Well, if you make up some BS criteria to take away games from one side...

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I'm an Xbox guy but how is this even a question? On the MS side you have a bunch of Forza, a few Gears, Halo, and trash. Even as good as Forza is, and Gears 5, there's just not much depth here. I'm not a big fan of Sony games but there's much more variety there. And quality. Just not my type of game.

I will say though, you're right about one thing, they've both been dog shit this gen in terms of output. Microsoft shit the bed with their TVTVTV stuff at the start of the gen. Sony won the gen before it even started and got lazy. Compare this gen to last gen where Sony was crawling out of the PS3 gutter and fighting Wii, they made way less games and way less new IP's this gen.

But yeah, when you have to put shit like Project Spark or Kinect Rivals on the list, they're gonna take the L.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Wait, you're excluding something like Gravity Rush 2 or Astrobot but you're including PROJECT SPARK?

 

[kretos]

MS was crushed this gen, i hope they put up more fight next gen

 

[FranXico]

Not meeting the criteria in the OP.

In which alternate Universe is Kinect Sports Rivals AAA?

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Easilly Sony because of Bloodborne.

 

[DESTROYA]

Oh V Voost Kain have you been drinking again?

 

[FranXico]

Easilly Sony because of Bloodborne.

But Bloodborne doesn't count!

 

[Romulus]

PSVR omission is a thing I guess. Its not Kinect, it actually has a solid varied lineup on it's own right.

And I know what you meant OP, but you mentioned exclusive and XBO. I can play all those guys on PC day one at higher settings.

 

[Hobbygaming]

And if you count 2020 Sony does even better

 

[Wonko_C]

PSVR omission is a thing I guess. Its not Kinect, it actually has a solid varied lineup on it's own right.

And I know what you meant OP, but you mentioned exclusive and XBO. I can play all those guys on PC day one at higher settings.

It's funny because there is a Kinect game in there.

 

[Flintty]

Xbox really missed a Fable game this gen. Badly.

No comparison with the output tbh. Aside from Halo, Forza and Gears, Xbox was barren.

That said, at least the Forza games were genre leading.

Edit: Actually, Sea of Thieves deserves special mention. It was original and looked beautiful but just needed fleshing out. It was a superb sandbox though.

 

[Kusarigama]

Forza Horizon games were developed by Playground games which joined Xbox Game Studios in 2018 so all Forza Horizon games should be out from Xbox side. Since they joined in 2018 and FH4 came out in 2018 most of its development was done before so that's why it is out.

 

[Verdanth]

Is this even a question?

8 Xbox's games are only from two franchises.

 

[Potato Chip PRO]

The one with BLOODBORNE. Game from a 3rd party developer is better than the majority big Sony's 1st party games.

 

[Wonko_C]

Where the hell are Gravity Rush 2 and Astro Bot?

Then The Last Guardian shouldn't be there either because it's from Sony Japanese first party studios like the two I mentioned.

What makes a game AAA anyway?

 

[Hobbygaming]

No look at the OP.



Not meeting the criteria in the OP.

Microsoft didn't own Playground Games when Forza Horizon 2 or Forza Horizon 3 released though if we're applying that rule

 

[Tripolygon]

No look at the OP.



Not meeting the criteria in the OP.

Forza Horizon was not made by a 1st party studio.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

We are only including AAA First-party games made ONLY by studios owned by Microsoft and Sony at the time of their release, as that would show just how well they are managing their properties without a third-party helping them out. Remasters wouldn't count as AAA since it's just enhancing an existing game, but remakes with good production count as AAA. Based on the reports during the years of its development I will give TLG to Sony under this category, because despite its looks, it is an AAA production that just went badly.

Here are the games released this gen that follow the above criteria:

MICROSOFT

SONY

So which of these two do you think had the best quality? Or maybe you are one of the many people who think this generation was pretty lackluster and you didn't like either library?

When you look at both lists you see two companies aiming for entirely different audiences which I find fascinating. But I have to be upfront with you, I really think both Sony and Microsoft dropped the ball this generation in regards to direct first-party studio development.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Who the hell is voting for MS?

What does "neither" even mean here??

I don't even own a PS4 but... this is not open to debate, c'mon

 

[Butz]

Why do you need a thread for an answer this obvious?

I don't like most of the Sony games but at least they had more big games so I guess they win by default.

 

[VertigoOA]

God of War alone does the job to give Sony the win. MS' flagship Halo sequel is the worst AAA budgeted single-player campaign in shooter history.

 

[slade]

Op scraped the bottom of the barrel for MS but didn't do the same for Sony.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Hey I fixed your trash OP for you dude:


MICROSOFT

SONY

 

[Heinrich]

PSVR omission is a thing I guess. Its not Kinect, it actually has a solid varied lineup on it's own right.

And I know what you meant OP, but you mentioned exclusive and XBO. I can play all those guys on PC day one at higher settings.

What? No. VR in such a low res and such low graphical fidelity is just the worst. This is like the Nintendo Virtual boy

 

[LazyParrot]

Microsoft, of course. Gears, Gears, Gears, Forza, Forza, Forza, Halo and like 2 or 3 others I can't remember the names of.

What more could a gamer ask for?

 

[Butz]

Hey I fixed your trash OP for you dude:


MICROSOFT

SONY

Why did you remove Forza Horizon? Probably the only high quality games published by MS this gen (ofc Cuphead and Ori too but those arent AAA)

 

[Iced Arcade]

both pale compared to last gen

 

[Rim]

Dude is this a trick question?
Did MS even created a GOTY contender this gen?

 

[Tripolygon]

Why did you remove Forza Horizon? Probably the only high quality games published by MS this gen (ofc Cuphead and Ori too but those arent AAA)

OP wanted only AAA games made by first party when they were released.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Why did you remove Forza Horizon? Probably the only high quality games published by MS this gen (ofc Cuphead and Ori too but those arent AAA)

If Spider-Man doesn't count then Horizon 4 wouldn't. Even if it is the best racer ever made

 

[Deleted member 774430]

Are you kidding me? it's Sony and not even close.

Now between Nintendo and Sony it's closer and there maybe i'd pick Nintendo (and it makes sense cause they have to rely a lot more on the first party releases)

Microsoft, besides Forza Horizon 3-4, and maybe Gears 5 (not for me but i understand its quality) the rest is all just decent or mediocre. Their first party situation has been a trainwreck all gen.

 

[leo-j]

both pale compared to last gen

Not really Sony straight up Nintendo tiered this gen.
horizon 10 million plus
God of war 10 million plus
Last of us 20 million plus
Spider-Man 20 million plus
Infamous best game
Ratchet best game
Bloodborne
Dreams

and u can go on and on

 

[Tripolygon]

What? No. VR in such a low res and such low graphical fidelity is just the worst. This is like the Nintendo Virtual boy

That would mean Resident Evil and countless other games are not a AAA games because the VR version is lower resolution and has lower fidelity. Doesn't make sense now does it?

 

[Afro Republican]

So is this thread supposed to help or hurt the Xbox?

Because instead of the meme Halo Gears Forza, the op is saying "Gears, Forza, and we'll occasionally add something else once in awhile."

Everyone knows Microsoft got more help from "third" parties than Sony, and why is Gears Ultimate on the list when Epic helped out with it? It's also not a AAA game, it was done in less than 2 years and is mostly a remaster.

Stealth pro-sony thread?

 

[SrBelmont]

Sony

 

[GHG]

If you voted for Microsoft you deserve every bit of suffering you may have endured throughout this generation.

 

[Butz]

OP wanted only AAA games made by first party when they were released.

Ah ye, makes sense.

Though, that renders this thread even more pointless because Microsoft only had like 5 first party studios, 2 of which were tied to Minecraft and Kinect for a while.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

OP I just noticed you're missing FM7 on your list. What criteria did it not meet?

 

[Wonko_C]

What? No. VR in such a low res and such low graphical fidelity is just the worst. This is like the Nintendo Virtual boy

Virtual Boy wasn't even VR, that was just marketing. it was a black&red 3DS precursor that sits very close to your face... not to mention almost every game was sprite-based.

 

[Graciaus]

I didn't like anything Microsoft put out this generation. I never tried God of War but I didn't like anything Sony had either that I played. Open world games are terrible.