Which company is the most essential one for console gaming?

[TheLegendaryWolf]

Areym said:

TheLegendaryWolf said:

Areym said:

TheLegendaryWolf said:

Nintendo, because Sony and Microsoft can be easily imitated by any other company when it comes to first party games.

Horse...shit. Nintendo's game aren't exactly the pinnacle of gaming innovation, granted they are extremely well made. 

I didn't mean it like that but in a sense of being iconic. For example, Sony has Knack, which nobody will remember well in say 5 years unless Knack 2 is successful. Im just saying a copying Mario would be alot less successful and much more dificult to imitate in a legal standpoint as well. Sony few decently known icons and Xbox got none besides Master Chief.

I really don't think that Knack is a copy of mario. Not every platform is a copy of mario, if that is what your are implying.

At the very least, you gotta see that Sony and MS are attempting to make iconic heroes for their respective brands. Nintendo stopped a long time, which is a little depressing. Nintendo has a lot but they were established way long ago, I can't think of any recent ones. Knack is failed attempt, we can all admit to that.

No, Knack is not a copy Mario they are completely different. I'm just implying that many of the games made by Sony and Microsoft can be in away "imitated" and become successful without legal problems and such. But to be honest, all 3 companies are extremely needed in the gaming division, but Nintendo always has creativity in it's games that just can't be replicated.