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GTAexpert on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:
wangjingwanjia said:

Nintendo I could agree has the most great games in the most genres, and absolutely the very best games in a lot of genres, but they are in less genres than Sony and even MS.

RPG

Sony: ???

MS: Fable

Nintendo: Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Golden Sun

Party games

Sony: Singstar

MS: Viva Pinata Party Animals

Nintendo: Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Party

Racing

Sony: Gran Turismo, Driveclub, Modnation Racers, LittleBigPlanet Karting, Motorstorm, Wipeout

MS: Forza

Nintendo: Mario Kart, F-Zero

Platformer

Sony: Tearaway, Sly, Jak & Daxter (dead?), LBP

MS: Banjo-Kazooie (does this even count anymore?)

Nintendo: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby

Action adventure

Sony: Uncharted, TLOU, Infamous, Shadow of the Colossus

MS: ???

Nintendo: Zelda, Metroid

FPS

Sony: Resistance, Killzone

MS: Halo

Nintendo: Splatoon

TPS

Sony: I guess Uncharted and TLOU again, Socom U.S. Navy SEALS, Pursuit Force, Syphon Filter, The Order: 1886

MS: Gears of War

Nintendo: Splatoon

On-rails shooter

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Sin & Punishment, Star Fox

Fighting

Sony: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

MS: Killer Instinct

Nintendo: Super Smash Bros., Pokken Tournament

RTS

Sony: ???

MS: Halo Wars, Age Of Empires

Nintendo: Pikmin

Boxing

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Punch-Out!!

Sports

Sony: MLB, Hot Shots Golf

MS: ???

Nintendo: Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, 1080° Avalanche

Hack & Slash

Sony: God of War, Heavenly Sword, Hell Blade

MS: Ryse: Son Of Rome

Nintendo: Bayonetta

Life Simulator

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life

Story

Sony: Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls

You missed the bolded ones.



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GTAexpert on 02 March 2015

Double post.



bigtakilla on 02 March 2015
GTAexpert said:
Samus Aran said:

RPG

Sony: ???

MS: Fable

Nintendo: Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Golden Sun

Party games

Sony: Singstar

MS: Viva Pinata Party Animals

Nintendo: Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Party

Racing

Sony: Gran Turismo, Driveclub, Modnation Racers, LittleBigPlanet Karting

MS: Forza

Nintendo: Mario Kart, F-Zero

Platformer

Sony: Tearaway, Sly, Jak & Daxter (dead?), LBP

MS: Banjo-Kazooie (does this even count anymore?)

Nintendo: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby

Action adventure

Sony: Uncharted, TLOU, Infamous, Shadow of the Colossus

MS: ???

Nintendo: Zelda, Metroid

FPS

Sony: Resistance, Killzone

MS: Halo

Nintendo: Splatoon

TPS

Sony: I guess Uncharted and TLOU again, Socom U.S. Navy SEALS, Pursuit Force, Syphon Filter, The Order: 1886

MS: Gears of War

Nintendo: Splatoon

On-rails shooter

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Sin & Punishment, Star Fox

Fighting

Sony: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

MS: Killer Instinct

Nintendo: Super Smash Bros., Pokken Tournament

RTS

Sony: ???

MS: Halo Wars, Age Of Empires

Nintendo: Pikmin

Boxing

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Punch-Out!!

Sports

Sony: MLB, Hot Shots Golf

MS: ???

Nintendo: Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, 1080° Avalanche

Hack & Slash

Sony: God of War, Heavenly Sword, Hell Blade

MS: Ryse: Son Of Rome

Nintendo: Bayonetta, Wonderful 101 (it is their IP)

Life Simulator

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life

Story

Sony: Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls

Survival Horror: 

Nintendo: Fatal Frame, (and on a smaller note and for the younger crowd to enjoy as well) Luigi's Mansion, Spirit Camera

You missed the bolded ones.

Still, Nintendo is more diverse than I thought it was... I added to the bottom of the list as well. Not entirely sure Fatal Frame counts as they are second party, but eh, I added it.



Samus Aran on 02 March 2015
GTAexpert said:
Samus Aran said:

RPG

Sony: ???

MS: Fable

Nintendo: Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Golden Sun

Party games

Sony: Singstar

MS: Viva Pinata Party Animals

Nintendo: Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Party

Racing

Sony: Gran Turismo, Driveclub, Modnation Racers, LittleBigPlanet Karting

MS: Forza

Nintendo: Mario Kart, F-Zero

Platformer

Sony: Tearaway, Sly, Jak & Daxter (dead?), LBP

MS: Banjo-Kazooie (does this even count anymore?)

Nintendo: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby

Action adventure

Sony: Uncharted, TLOU, Infamous, Shadow of the Colossus

MS: ???

Nintendo: Zelda, Metroid

FPS

Sony: Resistance, Killzone

MS: Halo

Nintendo: Splatoon

TPS

Sony: I guess Uncharted and TLOU again, Socom U.S. Navy SEALS, Pursuit Force, Syphon Filter, The Order: 1886

MS: Gears of War

Nintendo: Splatoon

On-rails shooter

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Sin & Punishment, Star Fox

Fighting

Sony: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

MS: Killer Instinct

Nintendo: Super Smash Bros., Pokken Tournament

RTS

Sony: ???

MS: Halo Wars, Age Of Empires

Nintendo: Pikmin

Boxing

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Punch-Out!!

Sports

Sony: MLB, Hot Shots Golf

MS: ???

Nintendo: Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, 1080° Avalanche

Hack & Slash

Sony: God of War, Heavenly Sword, Hell Blade

MS: Ryse: Son Of Rome

Nintendo: Bayonetta

Life Simulator

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life

Story

Sony: Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls

You missed the bolded ones.

I tried to ignore standalone games though. It needs to be at least a somewhat moderate franchise. You're right about Fable. And Age of Empires isn't exactly an xbox game. Is this franchise still alive even?

There's also Minecraft, but that isn't even exclusive.



GTAexpert on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:
GTAexpert said:

You missed the bolded ones.

I tried to ignore standalone games though. It needs to be at least a somewhat moderate franchise.

Here, you still missed many.

Samus Aran said:

RPG

Sony: ???

MS: Fable

Nintendo: Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Golden Sun

Party games

Sony: Singstar

MS: Viva Pinata Party Animals

Nintendo: Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Party

Racing

Sony: Gran Turismo, Driveclub, Modnation Racers, LittleBigPlanet Karting, Motorstorm, Wipeout

MS: Forza

Nintendo: Mario Kart, F-Zero

Platformer

Sony:  Sly, Jak & Daxter (dead?), LBP

MS: Banjo-Kazooie (does this even count anymore?)

Nintendo: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby

Action adventure

Sony: Uncharted, Infamous

MS: ???

Nintendo: Zelda, Metroid

FPS

Sony: Resistance, Killzone

MS: Halo

Nintendo: ???

TPS

Sony: I guess Uncharted and TLOU again, Socom U.S. Navy SEALS, Pursuit Force, Syphon Filter

MS: Gears of War

Nintendo: ???

On-rails shooter

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Star Fox

Fighting

Sony: ???

MS: Killer Instinct

Nintendo: Super Smash Bros.

RTS

Sony: ???

MS: Age Of Empires

Nintendo: Pikmin

Boxing

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Punch-Out!!

Sports

Sony: MLB, Hot Shots Golf

MS: ???

Nintendo: Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, 1080° Avalanche

Hack & Slash

Sony: God of War

MS: ???

Nintendo: Bayonetta 2

Life Simulator

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Animal Crossing

Story

Sony: Qauntic Dreams games



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aLkaLiNE on 02 March 2015

Sony: Platformers, Action Adventure, Racing, Hack & Slash
MS: Gears, Halo
Nintendo: RPG, Party, RTS (Advanced Wars)

This list only includes console manufacturers. Independent publishers are excluded.



Samus Aran on 02 March 2015
aLkaLiNE said:
Sony: Platformers, Action Adventure, Racing, Hack & Slash
MS: Gears, Halo
Nintendo: RPG, Party, RTS (Advanced Wars)

This list only includes console manufacturers. Independent publishers are excluded.

Sure, Sony is known for platformers and Nintendo isn't. /s



aLkaLiNE on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:
aLkaLiNE said:
Sony: Platformers, Action Adventure, Racing, Hack & Slash
MS: Gears, Halo
Nintendo: RPG, Party, RTS (Advanced Wars)

This list only includes console manufacturers. Independent publishers are excluded.

Sure, Sony is known for platformers and Nintendo isn't. /s

Never said they weren't known for it, I just think Sony does it better. The only platforming series Nintendo has is Mario and donkey Kong. Only liked one Mario game and DK64.

 

I grew up on Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper and their ps1 predecessors (crash and spyro will forever be Sony games to me, nothing will change that). LittleBig planet is as hardcore as a platformer can get lol.



Dusk on 02 March 2015
GTAexpert said:

The qestion is simple, among the first-party published game, which ones do you think each of them is best and worst at? I think Sony is best at hack n slash, simulation racing and TPS games. MS is best at FPS games. Nintendo is best at platformers.


Sony is good with Sim Racing and seem fairly good with 'cinematic experiences' lol. 

MS seems pretty equal to Sony with Sim racing and certainly FPS. Oh and RTS with Age games but they aren't console exclusive. 

Nintendo is good with Arcade Racing (MK series), platforming and party games. 

This doesn't seem like a fare comparison though. Nintendo tends to excell at most of the games they do and they have done almost every genre, even recently. Although, I haven't seen a Sim Racer from them, or FPS recently at all. Or horror actually. 



Gotta figure out how to set these up lol.

Dusk on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:
GTAexpert said:

You missed the bolded ones.

I tried to ignore standalone games though. It needs to be at least a somewhat moderate franchise. You're right about Fable. And Age of Empires isn't exactly an xbox game. Is this franchise still alive even?

There's also Minecraft, but that isn't even exclusive.


Yup. Age is still alive but it has always mainly been PC and it now also windows phone ect. One was released in 2014.



Gotta figure out how to set these up lol.