Which Company Do You Like The Most and Why?

[Weedlab]

platformmaster918 said:

Weedlab said:
Sony ... I love their IPs, their willingness to experiment and the diversity of their games. I like their hardware too and they've never failed me since the Walkman. I've been with them since 95 and they have never given me a reason to use another platform as my primary gaming machine.

Nintendo ... I grew up on Nintendo's stuff and I enjoy their IPs. If it's published by Nintendo chances are I'll buy it.

Microsoft ... *crickets chirping*

a man after my own heart.  Couldn't have said it better myself.  Willingness to experiment with games like Beyond, Heavy Rain, Puppeteer, Rain, Flower, Journey, etc. make me love Sony for that risk taking.  Also the fact that they love to bring new IP.  Uncharted, LoU, Resistance, Infamous, Heavy Rain, Beyond, Puppeteer, Flower, Journey, Rain, and many more were ALL new IP this gen and they've already shown The Order, Knack, Resogun, and Driveclub as new IP for next gen.  It's crazy how much new they create.

Nintendo I love for their refinement.  They don't do anything crazy with Mario or Zelda, but they don't need to.  The CORE gameplay is SO solid and they don't bog themselves down with the story so they can tweak the gameplay to fit a new theme like Galaxy for a new machine.  In the end you're always jumping on stuff or solving the dungeons but the new comes from new dungeons and new things to jump on and ways to jump on them.  People can say it's the same but NEVER have I played a 3D Mario or Zelda and thought "been there done that."  Of course part of that is due to only having 1 per platform normally.  This keeps their franchises from becoming exhausted which is why Sony can't maintain a franchise a lot of times (Ratchet FFA and A4O shouldn't have been released for instance to give the series a chance to breath while they focused on a HUGE PS4 launch title with all that time).

Why thank you, good sir. I see you have great taste yourself. xD To be honest that is the winning combo in my view. I've been doing it since PS1/N64 days and both have satisfied my needs. I received the Xbox and Dreamcast as gifts from friends, but neither brought me gaming pleasure as the PS2 and GC (though I did like he DC). Likewise, this gen I see great things with the PS4 and Wii U, so I'll be sticking to that formula. Three is excessive in my view, and why mess with a good thing when it is working well? My only issue with Nintendo is that my real friends don't see it that way, so I'll likely be a solo gamer on that machine (with the exception of 1 or 2 dudes), while at least 20 of them will go PS4/XBO. So I'll probably be playing with randoms and forums dudes online lol It's ironic since Ninendo platforms were my mp machines before.