EDGE Next Gen Face-Off

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DanneSandin said:

platformmaster918 said:

DanneSandin said:
Next Gen face off? Where's Wii U then? they'd at least nick the "First Party Studios" and "Second Screen Experience" ^^ so it would more be like:
Xbox: 4
Sony: 4
Nintendo: 2

second screen experience I'll give you but even if you consider Nintendo's first party better than Sony's they're more divided when it comes to handheld development.  Don't get me wrong I love Nintendo and I love Wii but the amount of big titles they've put out over this gen for me includes DKCR, SMG1 and 2, Zelda TP and SS, SSBB, and Metroid Prime 3.  So we'll give em 10 because maybe you liked a couple more than me.

Meanwhile Sony has given me Uncharted 1-3, Ratchet (ToD, Q4B, ACiT), Resistance 3 (wasn't a fan of the first 2 so I'll exclude them), Killzone 2-3, Infamous 1-2, Sly 4, LoU, Heavy Rain, Beyond, GoW 3 and Ascension, LBP 1-2, and we can count Journey, Flower, Twisted Metal, and Flow all as 1 since they're smaller.  So about 21 and I haven't gotten around to Puppeteer or Ratchet Nexus yet (obviously Ratchet since it's not out yet).  

So IMO IMO IMO they don't win first party for a console at least.  And in the end an opinion is all an article like this is.

Well, I was kinda thinking about which games sell the most - and that would be Nintendo's first party. But yeah, they kinda need to focus a little bit less on the 3DS and more on Wii U

oh I agree on that front.  I mean think about the profit they made off of Mario Kart Wii this gen.  It probably didn't cost too too much to make and then they keep it at near full price with fantastic legs the whole gen.  If you want Mario Kart on Wii then you only had 1 game to get.  Only coming out with 1 a gen is also how they keep those franchises going so long because people don't get burned out.  I wish Sony had taken a similar strategy with Twisted Metal on PS1 or Ratchet this gen (A4O, FFA, and even into the Nexus should have never exhausted everyone because they could have a fully fledged PS4 Ratchet as big or bigger than ACiT ready by now).  I'm glad there's stuff like Sonic, Bayonetta, and X coming for WiiU to give us something other than the mainstays as great as they always are (I plan on getting WiiU on Black Friday 2014 and eventually getting DKCTF, Mario 3D World, WW HD, Smash, Mario Kart, and at least 1 of those ones I just mentioned depending on reviews).