It’s incredibly difficult to stay consistently great over a long period of time. I think we have a tendency to place our faith in the name of a studio, even if it’s clear the talent has gone elsewhere, or the industry has simply passed it by.

Both Nintendo and Capcom have, somehow, endured for 40-plus years. It’s really miraculous. Nihon Falcom is still rocking it. From Software has only gotten better from its early days. Same for Supergiant. Atlus remains one of the studios I trust the most.

I think the biggest, saddest examples of decline are Bungie and Rare. Bungie was arguably the best developer on the planet from 2001 to 2010; now it’s just a name. Rare kept pace with Nintendo and Square from 1994-2000 — in some instances even outdoing them — but started to fall apart in the 21st century. It’s still active but hasn’t made a great game since 2008.

When it comes to studios that have fallen off a cliff, Bioware have to be up there. In the space of a bit less than a decade they've gone from having a stellar reputation to being one of the biggest jokes in the entire video game industry, to the point where you have to wonder if EA's keeping the studio open isn't just part of some elaborate tax scam.

Scarlet Nexus is great however. Digimon Time Strangers is great. If we count published then Armored Core VI was good and that Elden Ring seems popular. Maybe you just need to say Tales Studio. I thought Arise was just ok but not amazing. I do miss Wolfteam tho. 

Capcom comes to mind. I dunno if most people know, but they are over 40yrs old, theyve have had some bad moments throughout their lifetime, but at the moment they are living their best life imo.

Fromsoftware also bears mentioning, they are much older than people realize and have steadily gotten bigger and better until they became one of the landmark game studios of the time.

Again it's just based on Tales which is where 90 % of their credit comes from in my book. Aside from that they're a bit all over the place, some hits some big misses.

Blizzard immediately comes to mind, unfortunately. They were literally the kings of pc gaming back in the late 90s and early 2000s. If the game had that blue logo on, you knew it was some top of the line shit, revolutionary stuff. 👌

Capcom are indeed going great now, though they did fall off a bit for a while there in the 7th gen I'd argue.

Agreed on Rare having fallen off as well, they were one of the best studios on the planet for a while there, but for my money they haven't made a good game since the N64.

I'll throw in HAL as one that has remained strong for decades too.

Stood the test of time: Nintendo's internal studios. Basically, all of them, or at least the main ones. Even Mario platformers in the last 15 or so years like New Super Mario Bros. 2 and New Super Mario Bros. U were still quality games despite playing it pretty safe and lesser Mario platformers. Mario and Zelda are strong, Mario Kart is strong, DK had a great 3D platformer, etc.
Fallen off: Naughty Dog. The Last of Us Part II had a poorly done story but great gameplay. And now, Naughty Dog games are taking forever and have less variety.

Those came to mind. If I have a few more worth saying I will make another post.

IMHO, Playstation is number one. The best!

Speaking very objectively, 10 years of gaming:

2025 - 1 Expedition 33 | 2 Kingdom Come Deliverance II | 3 Hollow Knight Silksong
2024 - 1 Astro Bot | 2 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | 3 Balatro
2023 - 1 Baldur's Gate III | 2 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | 3 Alan Wake II
2022 - 1 Elden Ring | 2 God of War Ragnarok | 3 Immortality
2021 - 1 It Takes Two | 2 Resident Evil Village | 3 Forza Horizon 5
2020 - 1 The Last of Us Part II | 2 Ghost of Tsushima | 3 Hades
2019 - 1 Death Stranding | 2 Resident Evil 2 | 3 Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
2018 - 1 God of War (2018) | 2 Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3 Marvel's Spider-Man
2017 - 1 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 2 Horizon Zero Dawn | 3 Super Mario Odyssey
2016 - 1 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | 2 Overwatch | 3 Doom (2016)

Playstation delivered :
4 overall Game of the Year Award Winners.
3 Runner Ups in second.
1 Runner Up in third.

The results are just too strong! No one comes close.

Fall from grace:

Activision Blizzard.
Bethesda.
Bioware.
Bungie.
Gamefreak.
Rare.
Ubisolft.

I'm surprised Konami has lasted. Like actually wondering how they get to put out the Master collection V2...well? I Suppose gamling machines.