In your opinion, between Sony and MS, who has better 1st/2nd party titles?

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Comrade Tovya on 08 December 2008

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If M$ went all out to buy Bioware, Bethesda and Epic that would be a very stellar team.

I have a funny feeling though that M$ may buy Valve. They seem very close at the moment and Valve have been assosiated with Halo 4. Hmmmmmm.

I don't think they really need to buy Valve. Valve seem to loyally follow Microsoft pretty close and seem to not really have interest in Nintendo or Sony (especially after Orange Box).

It's just because of the similar nature of PC and 360 architecture makes for easier and cheaper and more successful ports to the 360 than for PS3 or Wii. I don't think Valve really has a preference other than it's fairly easy to make a tidy profit this way.

I could have sworn I heard something about the president of Valve not really liking Sony all that much but I could be wrong. It's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it works well to Microsofts advantage.

Sony pulled the same crap Nintendo did back in the 80s with the NES. When Sony had the PS2 empire, they were pretty pushy with software developers, and a lot of them probably didn't like it...

But then again, Microsoft has been pushing around software developers for years. I guess that's onbe of the many reasons why monopolies are such a bad thing.

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rhisc on 08 December 2008

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How many studios does MS actually own now? There's Lionhead, Rare, Turn 10 and I know I'm missing a couple. Not counting Ensemble, since they're soon being closed down.

According to wikipedia:

In-house studios

ACES Game Studio: Flight Simulator series, Combat Flight Simulator series and the upcoming Train Simulator 2

Lionhead: Black & White series, The Movies, Fable series
Rare: Perfect Dark series, Kameo, Conker series, Banjo series, Viva Piñata
Turn 10: Forza Motorsport series
Wingnut Interactive: A new studio set up in conjunction with Peter Jackson (they will be producing alongside with Bungie Studios a new game based in the Halo universe)
Xbox Live Productions: A new first-party studio set up to develop Xbox Live Arcade games and digital video content.

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rhisc on 08 December 2008

selnor said:
If M$ went all out to buy Bioware, Bethesda and Epic that would be a very stellar team.

I have a funny feeling though that M$ may buy Valve. They seem very close at the moment and Valve have been assosiated with Halo 4. Hmmmmmm.

MS should buy Valve purely for Steam. They can have the de facto digital download service for Windows and incorporate Games for Windows Live into this.

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Sony right now, who knows 2010 may change that.

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selnor on 08 December 2008

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Also doesnt it strike everyone as odd. Sony have more internal devs but less top class games this gen. What happened? M$ seems to have more variety and stellar exclusives time after time this gen.

Very varied indeed... shooters, shooters and shooters... oh and a RPG with a horrible art style (Fable 2) and that "extremely" fun pratformer called Banjo. Some of these games selling good doesn't mean they're better than others. IMO only Halo and Gears are top notch.

M$ isnt just shooters. This gen the reason I own and play 360 s much is the variety. I like all genres, I dont think there is a genre I dont like. M$ have had great games this gen like Dead Rising, Ace Combat 6, Ninja Gaiden 2, Devil May Cry 4, GTA4, Saints Row 1&2, Crackdown, Lost Odyssey, Tales OF Vesperia, PGR3 & 4, Forza 2, Football Manager 09, PES 09, Halo 3, Gears 2, Fable 2, Mass Effect, Viva Piniata, Lips, Blue Dragon to name a few. Hardly shooters are these.

And for 09 and onwards there is hardly shooters galore with, Alan Wake, Race Pro, Halo Wars, Splinter Cell Conviction, Kingdom Under Fire 2, Huxley, Mass Effect 2, Cry On, Lost Odyssey 2, Killer Insticnt 3, Forza 3, Star Ocean 4 and Final Fantasy 13.

Yes 1 or 2 of those are multiplat, but my point is their is an array of diversity on 360 with many exclusives that are top drawer in multiple genres. It's hardly a shooter console. M$ have done wonders to make it great in every genre.