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JEMC said:
Like it or not, Bioware has been a very good acquisition for EA.

Maxis and Distinctive Software (now known as EA Canada, the guys who make Fifa and other sports games) as well.



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bigtakilla said

Monolith Soft.

They were a throw away developer for many studios, having both Xenogears and Xenosaga rushed to their completion (which was very noticeable if you played the series). After they were acquired by Nintendo, they seem to not only have been trusted in handling Nintendo's major franchises (such as their help in the development of Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, Animal Crossing New Leaf, and Pikmin 3), but have released what is widely regarded as the greatest JRPG of 7th gen with Xenoblade Chronicles. This is a MAJOR feat considering how far removed from the rest of the series the game actually is.

These guys piss excellence.


Xenogears and Xenosaga were certainly rushed to completion, but those were my favorite games when I was young.



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Media Molecule and Naughty Dog.



DaltonAbbey said:
Naughty Dog because they've been able to make multi million AAA sellers with a fraction of the budget allocated to other equal-standing studios. Cost efficiency is technically more important than raw numbers.


This. Uncharted 2 had a budget like 20 million, yet looks, plays better than Tomb Raider which cost 100 million, it also sold more on 1 platform. Imagine if Naughty Dog had access to 100 million.



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Naughty Dog. They made Uncharted very cost efficient.



bigtakilla said:

Monolith Soft.

They were a throw away developer for many studios, having both Xenogears and Xenosaga rushed to their completion (which was very noticeable if you played the series). After they were acquired by Nintendo, they seem to not only have been trusted in handling Nintendo's major franchises (such as their help in the development of Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, Animal Crossing New Leaf, and Pikmin 3), but have released what is widely regarded as the greatest JRPG of 7th gen with Xenoblade Chronicles. This is a MAJOR feat considering how far removed from the rest of the series the game actually is.

These guys piss excellence.

Xenoblade, Xenogears, and Xenosaga 3 might have been a good game, but the whole "they piss excellence" isn't true.  You make mention that Xenogears and Xenosaga was rushed to their completion right?  Xenogears was, sure.  They didn't have the time to finish the entire second half of the game so it's a lot of text.  Xenosaga though?  It wasn't rushed to completion until the third game, and t hat was only because the main writer quit.  Xenosaga 3 also happened to be the best in that franchise.  The first one had a great story but the gameplay was horrible.  The second one had horrible gameplay and the storyline while decent, could be skipped completely.  If they pissed excellence, every one of the Xenosaga games would have been great not just the "rushed" third one. 

And what about Project X Zone?  I've never played it, but I've heard that while it's fun at first, it becomes very boring very quickly and stays that way for the rest of the game.  That the only good thing about the game is the fanservice and flashy combos, but after the first dozen or so times, they get old.  Would you call this "pissing quality."

Just because their latest game is good doesn't mean they haven't released some bad games.   



I'll have to parrot Naughty Dog.  Not all of their games are good, but most of them before and after Sony acquired them have been. 

Rockstar games is another.  I'm not sure if Take Two acquired them before GTA or not, because there's one version of the game released without the Take Two logo, one with the logo.  Regardless of when they bought them.  Rockstar is the only reason Take Two is worth anything. 



bigtakilla said:

Monolith Soft.

They were a throw away developer for many studios, having both Xenogears and Xenosaga rushed to their completion (which was very noticeable if you played the series). After they were acquired by Nintendo, they seem to not only have been trusted in handling Nintendo's major franchises (such as their help in the development of Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, Animal Crossing New Leaf, and Pikmin 3), but have released what is widely regarded as the greatest JRPG of 7th gen with Xenoblade Chronicles. This is a MAJOR feat considering how far removed from the rest of the series the game actually is.

These guys piss excellence.


I don´t get that, Xenosaga 2 was amazing on the PS2, really really good. Everyone always say that it is bad, but I love it.



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Turkish said:
DaltonAbbey said:
Naughty Dog because they've been able to make multi million AAA sellers with a fraction of the budget allocated to other equal-standing studios. Cost efficiency is technically more important than raw numbers.


This. Uncharted 2 had a budget like 20 million, yet looks, plays better than Tomb Raider which cost 100 million, it also sold more on 1 platform. Imagine if Naughty Dog had access to 100 million.

Tomb Raider had to factor in the open world and different platforms. Still that's quite awesome on naughty dogs part. I think with uncharted 4 they'll at least have a 50 mil budget 



Ltd predictions by the time 9th Gen comes out

Ps4:110million

Xbox one :75 million( was 65) 

Wii u: 20 milliion