saicho said:
New Franchises
Nintendo has been relying on their old franchises for years. You hardly see any new hardcore franchises from them as they would rather reinvent Mario, Metroid, Kirby and Zelda. Sony, on the other hand, is constantly coming up with new franchises for their Playstation platforms with the latest being Resistance, LittleBigPlanet and Uncharted. Although Sony franchises don't have the same critical acclaim as Nintendo's, the gap is quickly closing. Wii Sports/Play/Fit/Music/Sports Resort, Brain/Sight/Language Training, Nintendogs, Big Brain Academy, Endless Ocean, Excite Truck/bots, and many others do not count because they aren't games
Partnership with Smaller Studios
Sony is better than Nintendo when working with smaller development studios. Their partnership with Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet), helped create one of the best franchises in recent years for Media Molecule. Oddly enough, Nintendo also had a shot with Media Molecule before Sony snatched them up. Other partnerships with small companies like Q-Games (PixelJunk series), Queasy Games (Everyday Shooter) and Thatgamecompany (Flower) gave the Playstation Network downloadable service a distinct advantage against WiiWare. Nintendo's vast lineup of downloadable games, including World of Goo, Defend Your Castle, and the best games in history from the VC do not count because they are for teh cazualz
Online
Sony also has a leg up on Nintendo with online gameplay. In spite of both services being free, the online for Sony is light years ahead of Nintendo. This has more to do with Nintendo and their strictness towards exposing online to children than Sony. With online multiplayer being more prominent than ever before, Sony is easily beating Nintendo in that department. Mario Kart can be ignored, as can the many other good online games the Wii has because they are made by an evil corporation. Monster Hunter 3 counts for -1 games, because of the power of the cell
Visuals
Nintendo took a chance with the Wii by not equipping it with high-definition technology. Although Nintendo's stance resulted in record-breaking sales, their game development has slowed visually as a result. So while Nintendo is stuck developing Nintendo Wii games that look the same as Nintendo Gamecube titles, Sony managed to get the upper hand thanks to the power of the Playstation 3 and their shared technology between the internal studios. People clearly care about visuals more than innovation and control, as evidenced by the PS3's incredible hardware and software sales.
Global Presence
Finally, Sony's development studios span the globe with facilities in Europe, Japan and North America. Aside from Retro Studios in North America, Nintendo mainly relies on their Japanese development studios. With a bigger and more diverse group of developers, Sony can develop a larger range of quality titles. This may be Sony's biggest advantage in catching up to Nintendo as the best video game developer. The physical location at which the code was written, or the art drawn is very important, because the waggle is shit
Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1524929/why_sony_is_surpassing_nintendo_in.html?singlepage=true&cat=19
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Was randomly linked to the article and two things really stand out for me after I read it.
1. New Franchise: Only new hardcore franchises are counted. That's why Wii Sports, Wii Fit or even Wii Music don't qualify as new franchise.
2. I'm not sure why a console's visual capability and online strategy have anything to do with a studio's ability in game developement.
Cheers!
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