I respect the devs the most who take advantage of their target hardware and modern technology (HDTV, surround sound, internet connectivity, etc) the most (like Blu-Ray and the Cell processor). So especially Naughty Dog.
I have far less respect for exclusive developers who built their games based on multi-platform game engines (so no real technical reason to not port their games onto all capable consoles). (for example Epic)
The least I respect one developing company which apparently lacks ambition to push their game engine towards new more competent challenges (changes which would only modernize and optimize their engine), this while talking pure trash regarding their true motives. Namely Valve.







