The thing is that he points out these things for the LW while he just points out the very bare bones of the others, its pretty obvious he'd never played the games and just looked them up on the wiki.

He wants to give credit to the LW for his achievements, that's all fine and dandy, but what the VC and CO did totally outclassed what the LW did.

Another thing is I think many people remember the Lone Wanderer getting one perk per level, but they forget the QUALITY of his perks. People seem to picture the Courier with one perk per level, which yeah, would be insane. The thing about the Lone Wanderer's perk though is that a LOT of them only give minor skill point boosts rather than permanent effects like Super Slam or Piercing Strike, which, considering how easy it is to get skill points (up to 23 points per level, 60 free stat points per skill if you have Comprehension), are pretty useless.