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nintendo_fanboy on 09 March 2009

This list fails due to the lack of handhelds.

Look at the sales numbers in Japan, I guess it's obvious that the best Japanese developers are making games for handhelds. So the race between Japan and NA would be much closer with handhelds included. NA would probably still win, but then again, we still have the point of the western bias in metacritic scores.



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nintendo_fanboy on 09 March 2009
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Khuutra said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
famousringo said:
So American reviewers like games made in America. I guess that makes sense.

Blizzard, Valve.

Blizzard, bro. Blizzard.

The continent of North America is epic win for game developers.

As for "American critics" last time I checked, metacritic uses most english speaking review sources.

...but let me get this straight. Are you actually saying that North America doesn't produce the best videogames, and some other place does? Which place?

 

Not only do we make the best games, but we also invented the Internet, upon which you are speaking with me, and we might as well have invented movies, television, and music, because we certainly have a vast monopoly.

Our number one export is entertainment, and you can say a lot of shit about America, but there is one thing we've always been great at. Keeping you entertained.

I'm going to ignore the rest of your post to look at the idea that Americans "might as well have invented music".

It is blinding me.

 

A few things.

A. That was a turn of phrase, relevant to modern entertainment. It's not to say that America had any part in the creation of great music(though it did in part, with blues, rock and roll, ect), I'm saying that relevant, profitable music, comes from us, and in MODERN times, we're running the show, so while we DID NOT invent music, we certainly might as well have, as far as the profit and popularity scale are concerned.

B. Fucking Elvis.

Anyway, yes, I probably shouldn't have generalized music, as it is the most questionable of our monopolies, yet again, relevant modern music is America's stomping ground. Classical is a shrinking genre. Rap, R&B, even country and rock & roll. The casual music listener belongs to us now. You know this. We didn't invent it...but we might as well have.

Nintendo didn't invent videogames...but they might as well have.

That was my opinion. I find it valid.

This is disgusting.

 



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Bokal on 09 March 2009
d21lewis said:
The French made Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter!? That just doesn't seem right!

May I know why?

 



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Khuutra on 09 March 2009
draik said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Khuutra said:

I'm going to ignore the rest of your post to look at the idea that Americans "might as well have invented music".

It is blinding me.

 

A few things.

A. That was a turn of phrase, relevant to modern entertainment. It's not to say that America had any part in the creation of great music(though it did in part, with blues, rock and roll, ect), I'm saying that relevant, profitable music, comes from us, and in MODERN times, we're running the show, so while we DID NOT invent music, we certainly might as well have, as far as the profit and popularity scale are concerned.

B. Fucking Elvis.

Anyway, yes, I probably shouldn't have generalized music, as it is the most questionable of our monopolies, yet again, relevant modern music is America's stomping ground. Classical is a shrinking genre. Rap, R&B, even country and rock & roll. The casual music listener belongs to us now. You know this. We didn't invent it...but we might as well have.

Nintendo didn't invent videogames...but they might as well have.

That was my opinion. I find it valid.

 

I'm going to give music to the brits.

 

Queen, Pink floyd, the police, the who, radiohead, the clash, the sex pistols, led zeppelin, rolling stones, the beatles.

That's some quality music.

Not just that, but those groups you just named defined a lot of what eventually became popular music today. Europe has been the starting ground for many different genre of rock and roll, and even where they weren't they really legitimized different forms of the music. Almost all of rock's popularity on the international scene is thanks to the Beatles, the Stones, and Led Zeppelin, Ozzy is still the god emperor of the metal movement...

I mean, yeah, the American south is the birthplace of the blues and R&B, and rock and roll was born from those traditions, but where do you draw the line with this stuff?



The Fury on 09 March 2009

Is it really fair to compare things like this when the country that has more game development studios is the winner when it is bound to have more good games. I'm guessing it also has a lot of bad games too.

If you want to do it properly, do it with the amount of game studios from Each Country overall by the amount of AAA.



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Mr.Y on 09 March 2009

WHY IGNORE?

THE JAPAN IS GAMES.



im_sneaky on 09 March 2009

Rainbow Six:Vegas was made in Montreal. +1 for Canada.



 

 

thanny on 09 March 2009
SS.T.A.G.E. said:
twesterm said:
Canada isn't in the USA...

 

It's not in the United States, but is apart of North America.

 

so in other words... "Which continent is better?" is what you mean.

anyway, its quite clearly australia. De blob and bioshock, what more do you need?



 

 

 

 

 

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geddesmond2 on 09 March 2009

you cant just put usa together and split europe up like that and isnt north america a continent and not a country.stupid



non-gravity on 09 March 2009

Update: I’ve added handheld games for Nintendo DS, GameBoy Advance and PlayStation Portable. This gives the USA another point and Japan an additional 3 points.

PSP:
God of War: Chains of Olympus (1)

GBA:
Final Fantasy VI Advance (1)

NDS:
Chrono Trigger (1)
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (1)

This wasn’t so much work after all. But I think some may have overestimated the influence of the handhelds.