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Spade on 28 February 2015

Nintendo- (2D and 3D platformers, action adventure)
Sony- Story Telling
MS- shooters



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Samus Aran on 28 February 2015
Teeqoz said:
TheMagicMax said:


Sony publishes them so it should fit


I was just wondering, because Insomniac develops the games. But if it counts:

Sony: 3D platformers , action-adventure (Uncharted), racing sim, hack and slash

Nintendo: 2D platformers, whatever genre Zelda is in, RPGs (Xenoblade, Fire Emblem)

MS: FPS, TPS (Gears)

 

one question, is this about which genres do we think the big three's games are the best in the industry, or best of the big three?

SM64, SMS, SMG 1 & 2, SM3DL and SM3DW like to have a word with you. ;)



Samus Aran on 28 February 2015
wangjingwanjia said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
Microsoft - Shooters
Nintendo - Platformers
Sony - Action Adventure


This I would go with as well. MS for shooters, Nintendo for platformers and Sony for adventure games.

But I would say that Sony is really good with both platformers and shooters as well, I would at least put them in second place for both. Nintendo in second place for adventure games.

So for all-around I think Sony would be the one with the biggest variety of genres with good or decent games. Microsoft also has a big variety but is missing out on especially platformers and adventure games. Nintendo on the other hand is missing out on shooters, especially, but also sports/racing games. They have their own such as Mario Kart etc. but lack a proper GT/Forza which Sony/MS has.

MS now that they have Minecraft and at least a timed exclusivity of Tomb Raider, and are hopefully working on Banjo 3 will fill in the gap which they currently have. Next generation Minecraft might be exclusive to the MS brand and Banjo might be re-born as an excellent series again. Tomb Raider I don't think will stay exclusive to MS permanently, but it would benefit them very much if it did.

Metroid and Zelda are also adventure games. Some of the best in the industry. Realistic racing games suck imo, Nintendo doesn't need that lol. They have F-Zero and Mario Kart. Mario Kart is the biggest racing franchise in the world. ;)

Nintendo has the biggest variety of genres by far.



Teeqoz on 28 February 2015
Samus Aran said:
Teeqoz said:


I was just wondering, because Insomniac develops the games. But if it counts:

Sony: 3D platformers , action-adventure (Uncharted), racing sim, hack and slash

Nintendo: 2D platformers, whatever genre Zelda is in, RPGs (Xenoblade, Fire Emblem)

MS: FPS, TPS (Gears)

 

one question, is this about which genres do we think the big three's games are the best in the industry, or best of the big three?

SM64, SMS, SMG 1 & 2, SM3DL and SM3DW like to have a word with you. ;)


Crash 1-3, Sly Cooper 1-4, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank 1-3+ToD+ACiT+ItN and Tearaway would like a word with you.



TheMagicMax on 28 February 2015
thepurplewalrus said:

How can you forget Pokemon when talking about Nintendo's RPG's?

Whoops! I never really played Pokemon that much so i somehow forgot about it :D



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Samus Aran on 28 February 2015
Teeqoz said:
Samus Aran said:

SM64, SMS, SMG 1 & 2, SM3DL and SM3DW like to have a word with you. ;)


Crash 1-3, Sly Cooper 1-4, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank 1-3+ToD+ACiT+ItN and Tearaway would like a word with you.

Crash wasn't made by Sony and isn't owned by them.

Most of these franchises are dead btw. ;)

And again, how is R & C a platformer?



Teeqoz on 28 February 2015
Samus Aran said:
Teeqoz said:


Crash 1-3, Sly Cooper 1-4, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank 1-3+ToD+ACiT+ItN and Tearaway would like a word with you.

Crash wasn't made by Sony and isn't owned by them.

Most of these franchises are dead btw. ;)

And again, how is R & C a platformer?


Crash was made by Naughty Dog, which is owned by Sony. You can argue semantics about the fact that Sony didn't own ND at the time, knock yourself out.

Sly and Ratchet (which is the main reason why I put Sony first with 3D platformers) are alive anyway. I could argue that the Galaxy subseries is dead too.

Just because R&C dares to incorporate other mechanics than pure platforming doesn't make the games not be platformers.



Maraccuda on 28 February 2015

Nintendo - platformers, party, adventure

Microsoft - shooters, racers

Sony - action



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Samus Aran on 28 February 2015
Teeqoz said:
Samus Aran said:

Crash wasn't made by Sony and isn't owned by them.

Most of these franchises are dead btw. ;)

And again, how is R & C a platformer?


Crash was made by Naughty Dog, which is owned by Sony. You can argue semantics about the fact that Sony didn't own ND at the time, knock yourself out.

Sly and Ratchet (which is the main reason why I put Sony first with 3D platformers) are alive anyway. I could argue that the Galaxy subseries is dead too.

Just because R&C dares to incorporate other mechanics than pure platforming doesn't make the games not be platformers.

Not semantics, you don't see me claiming games like Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Conker's Bad Fur Day for Nintendo. And Nintendo actually owned half of Rare back then.

Sly and Ratchet's recent sales haven't been good. I doubt we'll see Sly return anytime soon. As for Ratchet, never said it was dead, though a lot of it will depend on how his new game will sell this year.



GTAexpert on 28 February 2015
Teeqoz said:
TheMagicMax said:


Sony publishes them so it should fit


I was just wondering, because Insomniac develops the games. But if it counts:

Sony: 3D platformers , action-adventure (Uncharted), racing sim, hack and slash

Nintendo: 2D platformers, whatever genre Zelda is in, RPGs (Xenoblade, Fire Emblem)

MS: FPS, TPS (Gears)

 

one question, is this about which genres do we think the big three's games are the best in the industry, or best of the big three?

I was talking about best in the industry.