Who had the best AAA first-party studio developed exclusive library this gen? Microsoft (XBO) or Sony (PS4)?

Who had the best AAA first-party studio developed exclusive library this gen? Microsoft or Sony?

  • Microsoft

    Votes: 20 8.2%
  • Sony

    Votes: 201 82.7%
  • Neither

    Votes: 22 9.1%

  • Total voters
    243
No competition here at all.

And that PS4 list is missing a lot. Astro Bot alone is enough.
 
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Based on all the errors/omissions posted, a more accurate picture:

MICROSOFT
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SONY
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Even though the list isn't even close in terms of variety and quality, the fact that you can play Xbox "exclusives" on a PC day one makes the entire thread pointless with Xbox One vs PS4 in the title.

This is basically a "what if" thread if there was an actual universe where Xbox One games were true exclusives. They're not, and you can take Horizon and whatever Sony exclusives off that list too that are on PC outside of streaming bullshit.
 
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why is not Spider-Man on that list. I mean if you consider Spiderman was not a first party title because Imsonniac was independent on that moment, then Forza Horizon shouldn't be listed too. Playground games was bought from MS recently
 
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*Is this a Joke Topic*

Nevertheless, you Forgot Spider Man, Ratchet & Clank, few Japan Studio games and a few PSVR games. Bottom line, it's a slaughter in favor of Sony. Nintendo would be second and Microsoft is a distant third.
 
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
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SONY
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220px-Uncharted_4_box_artwork.jpg
220px-GT_Sport_cover_art.jpg
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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.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!


Whew, thanks buddy. I can always count on you to brighten my day with your special brand of humor ;) Speaking for myself, I've had a buttload of fun this gen with Sony's exclusive output both from WWS and their partnerships. They've got a lot of talented people there who know what I love and they keep delivering on it.
 
All I did was make a neutral thread asking peoples opinion and then the thread became 3 pages about fanboy wars.

What in the opening post made the disabled users here think it was an Xbox fan thread? Maybe if you love racing games.
 
All I did was make a neutral thread asking peoples opinion and then the thread became 3 pages about fanboy wars.

What in the opening post made the disabled users here think it was an Xbox fan thread? Maybe if you love racing games.

Because multiple games you included on the Xbox side don't meet your own criteria (Forza Horizon 2 & 3)

While multiple games you omitted on the PS side do (Astro Bot, TLOU2, Ghost of Tsushima).
 
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All I did was make a neutral thread asking peoples opinion and then the thread became 3 pages about fanboy wars.

What in the opening post made the disabled users here think it was an Xbox fan thread? Maybe if you love racing games.
Neutral thread....you really thought that.
Any time anyone does a comparison of anything it's going to devolve into a fanboy war, you must of known that before posting.
 
lmao. posts a thread with rules stating it cant include games that were not made by a first party studio at the time of release, and then lists three forza horizon titles.

then calls users disabled. what a quality poster.
 
I voted neither for me personally. Yes, Sony had my game of generation in Bloodborne, but I didn't really care about any of their other exclusives.
 
Did OP put Forza 5, 6, 7, Horizon 2 from the gen before, Horizon 3 and 4......That is six games from one franchise including a game from last gen.....

Then OP has Gears 1 for crying out loud, Gears 4, Gears 5......None of the new Gears did anything for the franchise to take it in a new direction, no new mechanics or much improved verticality like we saw in UC4.......3 games in one franchise including a game from last gen.....By the way OP is going we should list TLOUR and UC Collection, Journey Remaster and a million more then?

Then OP puts a whole heap of mediocre AA Kinect games, includes Sea of Thieves which got panned and Halo 5, where even die hard Halo fans deem as the worse Halo they ever played...….


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No OP, there's no competition, there;s no need to even put the remasters in for Sony...., but I.m sure you know you are missing many titles from this list...

Bloodborne, Astro Bot, Death Stranding, Nex Machina, Spiderman, Alienation, Alone With You, Gravity Rush, Concrete Genie and a tonne more exclusives......Funny enough you put Gears Remake, but don't put SOTC...….Then there's a million third party exclusives only on PS4 as well.....

SFV, The Inpatient, Iconoclasts, MLB, Nioh, Persona, Until Dawn.......I could go on and on and on.....It's not a contest at all....
 
Just by counting the games I own from the OP, MS wins. 6 vs 4

Feels good not having to pick a console. I just play the games I want.
 
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I voted Microsoft. Not because it is true, but in protest to assinine polls.
 
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All I did was make a neutral thread asking peoples opinion and then the thread became 3 pages about fanboy wars.

What in the opening post made the disabled users here think it was an Xbox fan thread? Maybe if you love racing games.
I think it's because you included so many qualifiers and caveats, most of which seem aimed at making it a more even contest. And people are going to get grumpy when you ask then to talk about something they are passionately interested in and then say that their favorites (Bloodborne, Spiderman, etc.) don't count because reasons. Then, on top of that, to make the mistake of including the Forza games in violation of the rule that excludes those favorites, well, can you see why they might think the thread was made to favor Xbox?

I assumed you were just trying to keep things even for the sake of a more interesting discussion, but I get why people would look at what you've done here and see someone trying to tilt the scales to achieve a certain conclusion.

EDIT: I'd be curious to know what the point of this comparison was anyway. Are we trying to determine who has offered more to gain some insight into next gen? If so, I think a straight-up comparison of exclusives or else published games might be more useful. Not sure why whether they are a wholly-owned subsidiary or just a contract studio would matter. *shrug*
 
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All I did was make a neutral thread asking peoples opinion and then the thread became 3 pages about fanboy wars.

What in the opening post made the disabled users here think it was an Xbox fan thread? Maybe if you love racing games.

You made it fanboy wars when you set your stupid criteria in it and included Project fucking Spark.

And even with you setting criteria just to give MS a shot they still lost horribly.
 
All I did was make a neutral thread asking peoples opinion and then the thread became 3 pages about fanboy wars.

What in the opening post made the disabled users here think it was an Xbox fan thread? Maybe if you love racing games.
It's funny that you want to play innocent but even a child can see that you made this thread with some kind of "agenda" in mind.
 
While a lot of Sony's output wasn't my cup of tea (Uncharted, Killzone, Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn, Infamous, Drive Club) and a lot of my most anticipated titles fell a little flat but were still good (Last Guardian, Everybody's Golf, Gran Turismo Sport), they still offered some nice surprises (God Of War, Astrobot). That beats out Forza Horizon which is the only game that interests me from Microsoft's output. And as much as I love that series, I fell off of FH4 pretty quickly as the series is feeling really stale.
 
It's obviously Sony even based on these "credentials," but the fact of the matter is that AAA first party exclusives, matter very little in the overall scheme of things to most people.

Its where are my friends? Am I going to have fun and how much does it cost. The rest means nothing to the average buyer.
 
Kinect Sports Rivals? Seriously bro? :O

You can whine about Sony having their AAA template (third person perspective, action adventure, open world, often having an AI partner/sidekick) but it doesn't change the fact they've delivered the best exclusives.
 
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"without a third-party helping them out."

Goes on to list FH2 and FH3 yet skips spiderman because...
 
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Did OP put Forza 5, 6, 7, Horizon 2 from the gen before, Horizon 3 and 4......That is six games from one franchise including a game from last gen.....

Then OP has Gears 1 for crying out loud, Gears 4, Gears 5......None of the new Gears did anything for the franchise to take it in a new direction, no new mechanics or much improved verticality like we saw in UC4.......3 games in one franchise including a game from last gen.....By the way OP is going we should list TLOUR and UC Collection, Journey Remaster and a million more then?

Then OP puts a whole heap of mediocre AA Kinect games, includes Sea of Thieves which got panned and Halo 5, where even die hard Halo fans deem as the worse Halo they ever played...….


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No OP, there's no competition, there;s no need to even put the remasters in for Sony...., but I.m sure you know you are missing many titles from this list...

Bloodborne, Astro Bot, Death Stranding, Nex Machina, Spiderman, Alienation, Alone With You, Gravity Rush, Concrete Genie and a tonne more exclusives......Funny enough you put Gears Remake, but don't put SOTC...….Then there's a million third party exclusives only on PS4 as well.....

SFV, The Inpatient, Iconoclasts, MLB, Nioh, Persona, Until Dawn.......I could go on and on and on.....It's not a contest at all....
Horizon 2 was from this gen, it also had a 360 version which was a different game compared to currant gen one
 
I'm not really into racing games nor FPSs / third-person shooters this gen, so that removes most of the Xbox list and some of the Sony list.
 
It's kind of subjective. As a racing game fan, I'm going with MS.

Three Forza Motorsport games and three Forza Horizon games :messenger_ok:
 
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?
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How is this even a question? Microsoft did terrible this generation with quantity and quality of exclusives.

I am not going to lie, things are looking up for next generation with the studio purchases and creation. Time will tell how it works out.
 
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