Ps3 & Wii = long term support 360 =uncertain

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mibuokami said:

Luney Tune said:
True first party games are actually somewhat rare. Publishers/console makers typically prefer working with independent studios, rather than owning studios themselves. This is equally true for all the current console makers.

SSBB was made by GameArts, a third party developer. Pretty much the only games Nintendo have made themselves this generation is Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy, Zelda TP, and Animal Crossing. In addition Metroid Prime 3 was made by Nintendo owned US based Retro Studios. Everything else published by Nintendo have for the most part been developed by third parties.

GT5 is being developed by Polyphony who are owned by Sony. I'm not sure about the SOCOM developers, but as far as i know both Media Molecule (LBP), Guerrilla (KZ2), and Naughty Dog (Uncharted) are all independent developers. Insomniac is not only independent of Sony, but they also fully own their own IP's. They can port Resistance/Ratchet and Clank to the 360 any time if they want to. And Valkyria Chronicles was made by Sega.

As for the 360, Bungie (Halo) is now independent of Microsoft. Lionhead (Fable) has as far as I know always been an independent developer.

Anyway, weak first party support has never been a problem for any console in the past. In fact it's pretty much the other way around. Just look at how the first Playstation crushed the Saturn/N64 more or less entirely with third party titles. Third party support is what makes or breaks a console.

Guerilla and Naughty Dog are both Sony owned studios, Insomiac is independent but all their IP belongs to Sony. Sony has the most prolific of all first party studios and their Worldwide Studios include some very strong pedigree: (from wiki)

 

SCE Worldwide Studios

Japan Polyphony Digital – Gran Turismo series SCE Japan Studio – Ape Escape series, LocoRoco Project Siren – Siren series Team ICO – ICO, Shadow of the Colossus Clap Hanz – Everybody's Golf series North America Incognito Entertainment – Twisted Metal series, Warhawk Naughty Dog – Jak & Daxter series, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune SCE Bend Studio (formerly Eidetic) – Syphon Filter series SCE Foster City Studio – Jet Li: Rise to Honor SCE San Diego Studio – NBA series, MLB: The Show series SCE Santa Monica Studio – God of War series Sony Online Entertainment LLC. – EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies Zipper Interactive – SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series, Massive Action Game Europe Bigbig Studios – Pursuit Force Evolution Studios – World Rally Championship series, MotorStorm Guerrilla Games – Killzone series SCE London Studio (formerly Team SOHO & Camden) – The Getaway series, SingStar series SCE Studio Cambridge (formerly Millennium Interactive) – MediEvil series SCE Studio Liverpool (formerly Psygnosis) – Wipeout series, F1 series

 

 

And there are even more studios than that. Sony also has some smaller studios as well.