While there are a number of arguments that can be made over which platform is better, there’s only one true measure of how good it really is – the games.
While PC gamers obviously have a massive advantage in the back catalogue of games available, this doesn’t necessarily make it the best place to game in 2016.
We took the top 10 critic scores on all three platforms from games released in 2016 and averaged them to a simple score out of 100.
Check out our results below:
PC
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (92)
- Out of the Park Baseball 17 (92)
- Overwatch (91)
- Stephen’s Sausage Roll (90)
- Dark Souls III (89)
- Kentucky Route Zero (89)
- Stardew Valley (88)
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (88)
- XCOM 2 (88)
- World of Warcraft Legion (88)
Score: 89.5
Xbox One
- NBA 2K17 (93)
- Inside (92)
- Forza Horizon 3 (91)
- Overwatch (91)
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (88)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (88)
- DOOM (87)
- Dark Souls III (87)
- Rocket League (87)
- DiRT Rally (86)
Score: 89.0

PS4
- Uncharted 4: Thief’s End (93)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (91)
- Inside (91)
- Overwatch (90)
- NBA 2K17 (89)
- Dark Souls III (89)
- The Witness (87)
- Odin Sphere Leifthasir (87)
- Tales From the Borderlands (86)
- Guilt Gear Xrd -Revelator- (86)
Score: 88.9

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