Diomedes1976 said:
The PS3 hasnt had any price drop since it was launched in Japan .It was launched at a lower price that announced in E3 2006 ,for sure ,but that isnt a price drop while in the stores . Second ,I am not joking about developer power .Right now Sony has nearly 100 developer teams worlwide ,let alone all those engineers doing the firmware updates ,those others helping for example Epic with the optimization of the Unreal engine ,plus all the others charged of the online section such as the PSN and developing Home . Nintendo has barely any of this .I would be hard pressed to name more than 4-5 second parties of Nintendo .Most of their work seems to be done by Miyamoto with the help of some internal developers here and there.Even long time second parties as Camelot and Rare arent related to Nintendo anymore ,and Silicon Knights and Factor 5 have changed their work to MS and Sony respectively . What are exactly Nintendo developing righ now ?Well we know Miyamoto is working in Mario Galaxy ,the occidental second party they have charged for Metroid is developing Metroid Corruption ,then they are doing Wii Fit where Miyamoto will be involved ,Mario Kart with some internal developer under Miyamoto supervision ....they didnt announce nearly anything for the DS in E3 ,then they are doing baby steps in their online system and channels at a pace that if it was sony we would say is desperating slow ...and thats about it.Most of the product they have released is only ports from the Cube transferred to the Wii and DS conversions .I forgot Mario Smash Bros ...ok .That gives some 5 games in development right now ,4 of them under direct control of Miyamoty .Where is that much touted talent and developing capability of Nintendo ?Aside Miyamoto they dont seem to be anything . On the other hand , Sony is right now developing at the same time the Home system ,the PSN ,the firmware updates ,helping Epic with engineers ,and then developing games as Ratchet and Clank ,Heavenly Sword ,Uncharted ,Wipeout HD ,Gran Turismo 5 ,Infamous ,Pain ,Hot Shots Golf 5 ,Folklore (just released ) ,Lair ,Killzone 2 ,Afrika ,8 Days ,Getaway ,SOCOM COnfrontation ,Warhawk ,God of War 3 ,The Agency, Jak and Daxter Lost Frontier, Loco Roco for PS3 ,Little Big Planet ,Eco Chrome ....whatever Team Ico is developing ....plus all the games for the PSP Nintendo has a developing genius as Miyamoto ,but aside him they just dont have a ton of developing muscle ,let alone talent .Sony ,like it or not ,right now has as first or second party people like Guerrilla ,Incognito ,Insomniac ,Team Ico ,Sony Online ,Evolution ,Game Republic ,Factor 5 ,Clap Hand ,Zipper ,Media Molecule ,Quantic Dreams ,London Studio ,Studio Liverpool ,Sucker Punch ,Ready at Dawn ,Santa Monica Studio (with David Jaffe ) ...etc etc they just have ton more man-power and talent in there .
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Current First Party:
Brownie Brown — Software developer consisting of former members of Squaresoft. Responsible for the Magical Vacation (Magical Starsign outside of Japan) series, and for supporting Shigesato Itoi and HAL with Mother 3 (Japan only).
Intelligent Systems — Established in 1986 by former members of Nintendo Research & Development 1 to develop games. Responsible for Metroid, Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, and Nintendo Wars franchises.
NDCUBE — Developer of F-Zero: Maximum Velocity and various other Game Boy Advance and GameCube titles.
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (Originally "Nintendo Research & Development 4") — Largest division at Nintendo. Managed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Responsible for the Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Wii Series, and other franchises.
Nintendo EAD Tokyo — The first in-house Nintendo studio to be located outside of Kyoto. Responsible for Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Super Mario Galaxy
Nintendo Software Technology Corporation — Redmond-based studio responsible for Metroid Prime: Hunters and Project H.A.M.M.E.R., among others.
Retro Studios — Austin-based studio wholly owned by Nintendo. Developer of the Metroid Prime games excluding Hunters and Pinball.
Current Second Party:
AlphaDream — Developer of Tomato Adventure (Japan only), Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Ambrella - Developers of Hey You, Pikachu!, Pokémon Channel, and Pokémon Dash.
Camelot Software Planning - Developer of Nintendo's Mario Golf and Mario Tennis series as well as the Golden Sun franchise.
Fuse Games — A British Pinball game company who made Mario Pinball Land and Metroid Prime Pinball.
Game Freak — Developer of the Pokémon video game series and Drill Dozer.
Genius Sonority — Newly formed developer; responsible for Pokémon Colosseum, its sequel, Pokémon XD, and the Pokémon puzzle game: Pokémon Trozei.
HAL Laboratory — Responsible for the Kirby franchise, Super Smash Bros. series, the Eggerland series (also known as the Adventures of Lolo series), the development of the e-Reader, and co-produced the EarthBound/Mother series.
Monolith Soft - Founded in 1999 by a former member of Square Co., the company was sold to Nintendo on 27 April, 2007 by Namco Bandai. Developer of the Xenosaga series, as well as Namco x Capcom, the upcoming Wii title Disaster: Day of Crisis, and the Baten Kaitos series.
Nexon Corporation - An MMO developer that was the creator of Maple Story and War Rock, NEXON recently announced that it has partnered with Nintendo, and will be bringing some of it's MMOs to Nintendo consoles.
Noise - Developers of the Custom Robo franchise.
skip Ltd. - Developers of the Chibi-Robo series, the bit Generations series (Japan only), and GiFTPiA (Japan only).
Basically, Nintendo has a lot of development resources; beyond that Nintendo has been the #1 or #2 game publisher in the world when it comes to game sales for roughly 20 years. Sony has a lot of development teams yet can't break into the top 5 consistently.
