It generally considers expansions and re-releases as separate entities. Metacritic is an aggregator of video game journalism reviews.
Top-rated games in 2017 included The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, Divinity: Original Sin II, and Horizon Zero Dawn. Microsoft also released the higher-powered Xbox One X targeted for 4K resolutions and virtual reality support. The Nintendo Switch console was released in 2017, which sold more than 14 million units by the end of 2017, exceeding the underperforming Wii U lifetime sales, and helped to revitalize Nintendo, alongside the "retro" Super NES Classic Edition console, the refreshed New Nintendo 2DS XL handheld, and a strategy for mobile gaming. Overview of the events of 2017 in video gamesĢ017 saw the release of numerous video games as well as other developments in the video game industry.