Nintendo has been known to take shots at the competition, but this time they might have looked more delusional than normal, or are they? In a holiday shopping PR stunt, Nintendo has claimed that the 3DS and WII U has 11 more quality games than the PS4 and Xbox One combined.
The Nintendo effect – Does it have any credibility?
Nintendo supports their claim by taking only games into account that have a Metascore of 85 and above as well as a user rating of 8.5 or higher. Looking at Metacritic, the claim is actually supported by the user scores. The PS4 only has 2 games that qualify, the PS Vita has 6 and the poor Xbox One has 0 games that make the cut.
In the image below, Nintendo claims 19 great games this year with the “Other consoles” only having 8 combined.
The problem comes in with the fact that Nintendo just chose the specific cutoff of 8.5 rating or higher to support their claim. Is there really a big difference between 8.4 and 8.5? Yet another aspect that has to be taken into account is that the WII U is a year older than the PS4 and Xbox One, as well as the fact that Nintendo games tend to cater do a completely different audience.
Closing statements
Crazy, yet somehow accurate claims are nothing new for Nintendo. The company is known to take shots at the competition without directly naming them or their audiences.
Do you agree that Nintendo has more great games than both Sony and Microsoft’s current-gen consoles combined? What do you think of Nintendo’s claims? Let us know in the comment section below.
The Nintendo effect – Does it have any credibility?
Nintendo supports their claim by taking only games into account that have a Metascore of 85 and above as well as a user rating of 8.5 or higher. Looking at Metacritic, the claim is actually supported by the user scores. The PS4 only has 2 games that qualify, the PS Vita has 6 and the poor Xbox One has 0 games that make the cut.
In the image below, Nintendo claims 19 great games this year with the “Other consoles” only having 8 combined.
The problem comes in with the fact that Nintendo just chose the specific cutoff of 8.5 rating or higher to support their claim. Is there really a big difference between 8.4 and 8.5? Yet another aspect that has to be taken into account is that the WII U is a year older than the PS4 and Xbox One, as well as the fact that Nintendo games tend to cater do a completely different audience.
Closing statements
Crazy, yet somehow accurate claims are nothing new for Nintendo. The company is known to take shots at the competition without directly naming them or their audiences.
Do you agree that Nintendo has more great games than both Sony and Microsoft’s current-gen consoles combined? What do you think of Nintendo’s claims? Let us know in the comment section below.
Nintendo.... is still a game console for kids.... 
dk tropical freeze is challenging af 
maybe not a game for you tho
they counted Pokemon, both version as two different games
that's a 
and damn what a wide variety of games 
