Rare, 1994-2001: The Best Run Ever?

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Zekkyou said:

Valve definitely need to be considered for the title. It's not flawless, but 15 years later and they are still hitting the same quality ^^ Most notable:

1998: Half-Life
1999: Team Fortress
2000: Counter-Strike
2003: Day of Defeat
2004: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
2006: Half-Life 2: Episode One
2007: Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, TF2 (dat sweet sweet 2007 @_@)
2008: Left 4 Dead
2009: Left 4 Dead 2
2011: Portal 2
2012: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2013: Dota 2

Edit: Thinking about it, Naughty Dog definatly need to be considerd too, they seem incapable of making bad games.

1996: Crach Bandicoot
1997: Crach Bandicoot 2
1998: Crach Bandicoot: Warped
1999: Crash team racing
2001: Jak and Daxter
2003: Jak and Daxter II
2004: Jak 3
2005: Jak X: Combat Racing
2006: Daxter
2007: Unccharted
2009: Uncharted 2
2011: Uncharted 3, Uncharted: Golden Abyss
2012: Jak and Daxter Collection
2013: The Last of Us

Although they need 17 years to come close to Rare's 7 years. I don't think any company has had a game that was so impactful on the industry as DKC was, it is the only game ever released that literally changed the fortunes of an entire generation past the midway point. Of course, Rare's other titles did contribute heavily, and in the end, Nintendo went from 1/3rd of the industry sales in 1993, to utter dominance from late 94, and taking the lead in 95, and 96.