I agree! Nintendo makes the best games. A few gems might by some miracle come from other developers but these are definite the exception, not the rule.

That's your opinion, in my book all the Sony's home consoles have had better exclusive library than Nintendo's... Does that means is an absolute truth?. I seriously hope you are trolling tbh.

Every video game list nintendo games are always in the top 5

I agree, but this is entirely opinionated.

Absolutely subjective, but still, the fact that their franchises are still relevant after so much time proves that their games, whether the best or not, are really great and outstanding.

Actually my answer is a bit more precisely aimed at that question. You see Sony and Microsoft, for all their great series, haven't made a point of having quite the same 'active' back-catalogue of franchises Nintendo's built up over the years.

Firstly I'd need to make a point of Nintendo's track record of high-quality delivery of games and the fact their series are often consider 'the basis of genres' (not that their games are alone in that ofcourse, many historical games like Final Fantasy and GTA are known as that as well). This means that players know exactly what they're getting and can have alot of faith it'll be great. This makes less "certainly great" games suffer more than they would without the rivalry.

Secondly I'd need to make reference to the number of franchises they have which each only see a release every five-twelve years or so.  I mean the likes of Kart and Smash are 'once in a generation releases' and as such remain 'evergreen titles' with a living playerbase for much longer than alot of third-party games. This can ultimately make them seem more tempting than other titles for multiplayer centered gamers , which drives there sales up and sadly that results in its rivals being pushed down. 

Nintendo's big problem, in my view, is that they are a producer of a much larger number of high-quality high-profile games. Not to say that things like Halo, Uncharted, and both GoWs (heh, I love that abbreviation), aren't great but Nintendo's number of franchises are crazy.- I have a ton of ideas for gamepad based games such as a dungeon crawling real-time tactial roleplaying game (think Fire-Emblem meets Zelda, with Fire-Emblem's overworld); problem is I would not put a game on Nintendo for less than 'artistic' reasons, for all their new skill with dealing with indies Sony and Steam still seem more likely to be profitable for me. - Thankfully for my fellow Nintendo-fans I am total fanboy so having my first ever big game exclusively on a Nintendo console matters to me.

Ultimately it all goes back to Sony's being easier to work with and not having any intimidating IPs back when the PS1 came out. Nintendo had to choose between becoming insular or accomodating. They decided back then to rely on their own skills and reputation, making themselves more intimidating to third-parties, this began a near infinite loop of sorts. They are working on getting out of that loop but its not quite an easy trend to break. 

To be fair its only about sixty-percent Nintendo's fault, third parties have made a habit of cheaping out on Nintendo ports in alot of cases, the end result of which has left many Nintendo heavy gamers in a position where they are heavily suspicious of third parties and resulted in most multi-platform gamers buying the versions not on Nintendo.

They make great iconic games, this is their gift, this is their curse, they are Nintendo.

You mean fatslob?  Because I think he genuinely thought that.

Thanks. If only I can get me a copy of Zombies At My Neighbors for PSN, I will did happy.

how bout this, EA makes the best games. Better than Nintendo, Sony, MS :P

I look at it this way. At the end of this gen I will be paying the same price as I did on release for Smash Bros maybe 5 bucks less if I buy it used. Doesn't matter what other game you mention in a few years that wont be the case unless you mentioned another Nintendo game. My friend says this thread so superfluous she's going to go buy a Nintendo game right now.

Not only do people not trade in as many Nintendo games but they also purchase more to boot. They often sell as many games as EA, Ubisoft, Activision and the giant publishers. I can't think of ANY of their games that have retained similar value after 5 years on the market.