SHMUPGurus said:
Not a single Square-Enix, Konami, and Capcom studio = Fail.
Throw out SCE from that list, I noticed I NEVER owned a SCE game even since I got my PS1 (lol, I was adding games in my PlayStation.com account, and yes, it was a poor list). And I'd put Valve above Bungie, IMO. But they both redesigned the FPS genre in their way... So I'm not sure anymore! @_@
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I agree that SCE (and any publisher, like Capcom or S-E) should be off the list. And I would say that, as a FF fan, Final Fantasy X-2 was a definate fail. =)
However, the collection of studios under the SCE hood are amongst the most talented on the planet, without question. Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War 1/2, the Twisted Metal series, the original Spyro trilogy, original Crash Bandicoot trilogy, all the SOCOMs, all the Ratchet & Clanks (technically 2nd party), all the Jak & Daxters , Uncharted, Resistance, all the Gran Turismos, etc. etc...the list goes on and on and on and on. I would argue that, as a collection, the studios under SCE are probably responsible for more quality gaming than any other 1st party studio collection in existance... including Nintendo's 1st-party studio collection (which I would rank a close 2nd). Sony 1st-party development is incredible, whether you like it or not. Sony bought every one of the studios which made the above titles (or the title IPs, in the case of the 2nd parties), for a good reason.
One of the large gaming mags posted an "average review scores by publisher" of the last 5 years (or so) early this year. SCE was #1, as I recall, and rightfully so.