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Samus Aran on 12 January 2014
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DerNebel said:
Samus Aran said:
DerNebel said:
Samus Aran said:


Geez. Here's another hint: compare the character roster of both games. 

Wow, so now weTha're comparing first party quality and third party support by comparing the size (?) of the character rosters of a game and it's clone?

Why don't I ask you another fun question then? Since we're talking about current support here, why don't you tell me how many Smash characters are less than 10 years old?

No, we're comparing Sony's first party roster versus Nintendo's. I thought it was rather obvious, but apparently some people here need everything spelled out to them. 

What does it matter if the characters are old? Most of them are still relevant today. If anything, it's impressive that these characters have survived for so long in a chaotic industry. 

Compare Mario to Crash Bandicoot and Sonic nowadays. It's all about quality: that's why all of them are older than 10 years. Crappy characters don't last that long! 

Anyway, if you want a new Nintendo IP, I'll be glad to tell you Miyamoto is making one. 

Bullshit, do you wanna know why most Nintendo characters are still "relevant" today? Because Nintendo keeps using them, plain and simple.

That still doesn't say anything about the quality of the respective first parties, just because Sonys first party doesn't have many characters that have been used in dozens of games (something I'm sure more than a few people would count as a pro for Sony) doesn't mean they are worse than Nintendos.


Yet all their Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Pikmin, Pokémon, etc games keep scoring high with professional reviewers and normal gamers alike. 

Sonic isn't relevant anymore today and neither is Crash Bandicoot. Why is that? Because their games suck.

Mario is still relevant today because his games are very good(with some exceptions). Same goes for Zelda, Metroid, Pikmin, etc

Sony's first party character roster, even characters that only were in 1 game, just doesn't compare at all to Nintendo's.

I'm sure a lot of people count it as a pro they get to play Mario 3D platformers, Pikmin, Metroid, Zelda, Mario Kart, Super Smash bros., etc every season. 

So what if Luigi's Mansion has Luigi in it? Would it be a better game if it would use a brand new character? No, it wouldn't. What's really important is that the gameplay was unlike anything Nintendo released before. 

Sony just can't make mascots as good as Nintendo. Their console is so succesful because of third party support. 

Do you really believe the Wii U would've sold better if Nintendo released the exact same console as Sony but with a different name? No, it wouldn't. Sony's consoles just sell well because they know it will get third party support. And a lot of fanboys just buy Playstation regardless of what Sony offers them. Just look at the insane PS4 sales even though there's not one decent exclusive game out on it.