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pichu_pichu on 07 August 2008

...decided by Gamepro

It may have “OMG!” scrawled inexplicably on its sidebar, but Gamepro can put together a pretty solid list. Today, the site rattled off its top eight most powerful videogame studios, and we mostly agree. In no particular order, Gamepro gave the nod to:

  • Epic Games
  • Bungie
  • Rockstar North
  • Maxis Software
  • EA Tiburon
  • Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Blizzard Entertainment
  • Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development

Valve, Infinity Ward, and Harmonix took home runner-up ribbons.

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Cheebee on 07 August 2008

Hmm, yeah, sounds about right. I do assume those are in no particular order though.. :p



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Simulacrum on 07 August 2008

...2k games and maybe even Konami.



 

 

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MrBubbles on 07 August 2008

wheres microsoft...



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getrdone on 07 August 2008

insomniac is my favorite and think it should be on the list



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Munkeh111 on 07 August 2008

Probably right, though why that EA studio?



CAL4M1TY on 07 August 2008

Why Bungie? yes they made alot of money with Halo, but it's not like any of their other games ever hit the big time.

I would have included S-E (biggest JRPG company) and 2k.



MikeB on 07 August 2008

I think Sony and Nintendo take up the two top spots with a significant gap between the runners up in terms of long term games development power. Microsoft also has some industry might, but IMO mostly with regard to their deep pockets rather than inhouse development.



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**Slash** on 07 August 2008

where the heck is S-E, their games alone coud decide a console war



   

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makingmusic476 on 07 August 2008

Rockstar North and Bungie don't exactly pump out the games. They only really have one major franchise each, though admittedly those sell tremendously well.

SE definitely should have been up there in place of one of those, because of DQ, FF, KH, etc.  Valve would've also been a good choice.

Also, why single out EA Tiburon but lump the entirety of SCE together as one studio? Same goes for Nintendo EAD, which is separated into individual (though lesser known) groups.