Xbox CFO: We Have Better First Party Games Than Wii, PS3

Recently, Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin sat down and talked with IndustryGamers about the Xbox 360. Durkin seemed pretty confident in his product, claiming that the Xbox 360 trumps both the Wii and the PS3 in both quality and quantity.

Recently, Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin sat down and talked with IndustryGamers about the Xbox 360. Durkin seemed pretty confident in his product, claiming that the Xbox 360 trumps both the Wii and the PS3 in both quality and quantity.

Durkin cited multi-million selling titles like Forza, Fable, and Kinect Sports as proof of the Xbox 360’s “indisputable” success. Xbox 360 has certainly been more successful than its predecessor, but I don’t really think there’s any comparison to Nintendo’s well-established, and highly successful, vast array of first party games. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Smash Bros, and much more, set Nintendo apart from the competition. Even with the Wii being criticized for not having enough core games, it still moved plenty of first party titles, and highly rated ones at that. Super Mario Galaxy, and Galaxy 2, are prime examples of this.

From my viewpoint, and from the viewpoint of millions of game critics and consumers around the world, Nintendo has yet to be unseated from their throne of first party dominance. Nintendo’s been pumping out high quality, top-selling games for almost three decades now, so it’s going to take a much stronger showing from Microsoft to change most people’s minds about who has the best first party games.

How about you guys? Is Microsoft on track to pass up Nintendo in first party quality and quantity? Have they already surpassed Nintendo? Or is Nintendo still the king for the foreseeable future? Sound off in the comments.