"Favorite" or "best"? 'Cause those are two very different games... but Dragon's Crown isn't on the list, so I'll go with The Last of Us. "Best."

If gaikai works with your plus catalog then MS better start caring. However you are incorrect. They care and it is why they decided not to scrap games for gold on xbox one like originally planned. That's a good thing for gamers. As for bad news for plus that would be devastating for the ps4. If they killed it then…

"Owen's"

That's weird reasoning for inclusion; a game that can't be played in 2013 is on a "most popular of 2013" list.

We're pretty sure the latest Call of Duty still blew away Battlefield 4 in total sales, but our readers definitely prefer the sprawling maps, vehicles, and variety that DICE's series brings. Battlefield 4 got its big push on Black Friday, when Amazon discounted the digital PS3 version to $25, which could be upgraded…

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Shane, where is this data coming from? Is it purchases that result from clicks through Deals posts?

I had the same thought. Technically, I pre-ordered FFX/X-2, but even that should not be considered a sale since it hasn't been paid in full (and most aren't until they ship).

​Why The Last of Us Should Be Game Of The Year: Welp. Here I am, nominating the game that'll probably be near the top of just about every GOTY list on the internet. What a cliché I am.

we all make mistakes felonlousmax...

For anyone that gets these games and finds them offputting, get off my lawn, you snot-nosed brat. Go play your Skyrim with guns and leave the proper Fallouts to the people clever enough to appreciate them.

Yeah, because comparing two relatively close cities like Boston and New York is equivalent to comparing one whole country to another. Do they speak a different language in one city to the next? Are the cultures profoundly different? Do you need a passport when traveling the few hour drive from Boston to New York?

Judging by:

Thank you. As a born and raised Connecticutoid, and now living in New Hampshire for the past 8 years, New York is as much apart of New England as Detroit is.

Right so Godzilla is "pure" for being an animal defending his perceived territory, but humans are "bad" for being animals defending their perceived territory. Brilliant logic.

Yeah but it would be nice to see.

Imagine that more people are choosing the PS4, and the PS4 is decidedly the better experience who woulda thought.......Nevermind that the Xbox has major problems YET AGAIN, nevermind that the Xbox didn't break a million in 13 countries and Sony has officially announced 2.1 million sold.....

Interesting didn't you give the OS edge to the xbone in your comparison of the 2 console side by side Kotaku:

No no. We've seen a Serge of complaints.