The Switch came out swinging, with three Nintendo titles and one multi-platform re-release (Shovel Knight) crossing the 90+ threshold. The XBone had 40 games with a MC of 81 or higher. It was also the ONLY XBox One exclusive to get a positive metacritic score. They had 50 games with scores of 81 or higher.įorza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels was the highest scoring XBox One exclusive, at 87 (quite respectable). The PS4 also had Horizon: Zero Dawn and FF14: Stormblood at 89, and Nier, Okami HD, Nex Machina, and Nioh at 88. The XBox One had the least, with only Okami HD.

The PC had the most great games from this year available on its platform - Divinity Original Sin 2, Okami HD, What Remains of Edith Finch, Undertale, Shovel Knight, and Bayonetta. If we look at all the 'great games' from this year, the Switch had two games you couldn't get on any other platform, the Playstation 4 had one, the PC had one, and the XBox One had zero. What Remains of Edith Finch only got a 90+ on one platform (it got 89 on PC and 88 on PS4 - essentially noise, though), while five of the 'great games' were re-releases (and thus were also available on other platforms).

The purely handheld platforms got shafted this year - the Vita had ONE good exclusive, the 3DS only 7, and neither had a game above 90. The PS4 had 20 good exclusives but only 2 'great games', while the switch had only 13 good exclusives but 4 'great' ones (though two of those were re-releases). The PC had the most 'good' (75+) exclusives (40!) and the second most 'great games' (90 or higher metascore, at 3).

The PC had the highest average metascore of any platform, somehow. Man, looking at Metacritic's list, a few things jumped out:ġ0 unique titles got 90+ metacritic scores, which is a seemingly high number - until you dig down and realize that five of them - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Undertale, Bayonetta, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, and Okami HD - weren't new.

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