Sahib said:
Miyamotoo said:
Not even close:
-PS1: Crash Bandicoot and Crash Bandicoot Racing
-PS2: Jak and Daxter, Jak X: Combat Racing
-PS3: Uncharted and Last of Us
-PS4: Uncharted and Last of US
Now try to compare that with Rare just on N64 platform:
-Killer Instinct Gold
-Blast Corps
-GoldenEye 007
-Banjo-Kazooie
-Diddy Kong Racing
-Jet Force Gemini
-Donkey Kong 64
-Conker's Bad Fur Day
-Perfect Dark
-Mickey's Speedway
Rare just on N64 have more diverse games than Naughty Dog last 4 generations combined.
But what I find very impressive about Naughty Dog is they went from Crash Bandicoot to Last of US.
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You clearly missed the “critically acclaimed blockbusters” part, I’m sure there’s devs out there who’ve tried their hands at many different genres, especially back in the day when it took only a couple months to make a game. Point is none of them put out 90+ rated titles in so many different genres and set sales records on top of it.
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So... your criteria is 90+ titles in different genres, and sales records? Ok... strange criteria for diversity, but let's go with that.
Naughty Dog has created 90+ titles in 2 genres. Third Person Shooter (Last of Us/Uncharted 2/3) and Platformers (Jak 1 and Crash 3). These games have combined for about 40 million. Certainly not bad.
Let's compare that to Nintendo EPD. They have 90+ games in three different genres. Platformer (Mario Odyssey), Adventure (Breath of the Wild), and racing (MK8 Deluxe). The those titles have combined to sell 30 million copies.
Pretty close right? But Nintendo EPD has only been officially a thing for 3 years. Compared to nearly 25 for Naughty Dog.
None of this is a knock on Naughty Dog btw. They make good games, but diversity is not their strong suit. In their 2+ decades of existence, they've basically worked on 4 franchises and a few spin offs of those. Calling them the most diverse developer (easily no less) is ridiculous.