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NYANKS on 30 March 2011
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Acevil said:
NYANKS said:
Acevil said:
patapon said:
digitalnasties said:

Forget all Sony games, in ten years time no one will remember them, but people will still be talking about Nintendo Wii games.

The funny thing is that Sony already has games made 10 years ago that are still talked about today


I don't think cult classics are necessarily on the same level as classics. Also while I don't agree with the user above, I do think Nintendo has more leverage of making classics, compared to Sony. 

You're right, Ninty has bigger franchises, mostly attributed to one man, but still.  They've also been around longer.  But still, Crash was pretty big.  Crash, Gran Turismo, Legend of Dragoon, Syphon Filter, Wipeout. God of War. Classics.

Also, would Shadow be a cult classic, seeing as nearly everyone has resigned it to being the best game on PS2?


I would say Shadow might not be a cult classic (rather a classic), but ICO for sure is a cult classic.

The other titles, I don't know if I put them necessarily as classics, as some of the titles are not really used to define classics (Syphon Filter, Crash, and Legend of Dragoon). God of War I think is still fresh, so that might still be a wait and see. Gran Tusimo is some type of beast... 

I hope sales aren't influencing you too much here, but I'll assume they aren't.  Okay, so Gran Turismo and Shadow are probably fair to call classics.  Crash's games sold like 3d Mario games and were the closest Sony ever had to a mascot, he even possesses the vaunted Ninty large sales aspect.    Legend of Dragoon proabaly didn't seel amazingly well, but it's a much loved rpg that people always clamor for a remake, and its rep might have actually increased since it released.  God of War....true, it's a bit new, but unless people take back those old reviews calling it the pinnacle of its genre to this day, it will be.  Syphon Filter is the weakest to call of the bunch, but there is no denying it has left its mark by name recognition.  See the thing with Ninty is that you CAN'T forget its franchises, they won't let you, with constant releases (meaning every gen, not calling it a bad thing lol).  Sony has to "make" new classics from scratch every gen, and BUILD new recognition. 

Different strategies, same result.  Many classics games by both companies. 

EDIT: And Sony's number of classics only seem to be accelerating with time....