No Gunpei Yokoi, epic fail. But probably everybody knows that already.

Bravo my friend, cheers to being nearly happy while me being the cynical bastard that I am, expect my next venture into beverage drinking to end in my more permanent death. Life is fair sometimes :)

lol

Never said he was a god or he should be worshiped.

Just saying hes the number 1 person in video game history. Theres a reason he was the first person ever inducted into the video game hall of fame. There really is no debate about it.

Now this IS a list

Since 1998, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has annually inducted into its "Hall of Fame" video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the computer and video game industry.

• 2009 — Bruce Shelley (founder of Ensemble Studios)^[7]
• 2008 — Michael Morhaime of Blizzard Entertainment
• 2007 — Dan Bunten (1949–1998), founder of Ozark Softscape
• 2006 — Richard Garriott, founder of Origin Systems
• 2005 — Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, 3DO, and currently at Digital Chocolate
• 2004 — Peter Molyneux of Lionhead Studios and Bullfrog Productions
• 2003 — Yu Suzuki of SEGA
• 2002 — Will Wright of Maxis
• 2001 — John D. Carmack of id Software
• 2000 — Hironobu Sakaguchi formerly of Square (Square Enix as of 2003), and currently at Mistwalker
• 1999 — Sid Meier of Firaxis Games and MicroProse
• 1998 — Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo

Woo! Go Ted Price! Though even with as close as ND and Insomniac are, I'm pretty sure that Jak was done by ND.

EDIT: Just to clarify though, this is a pretty terrible list. I figured that out when they said that Sony was profitable and had Ken as numbah one. And as much as I love Insomniac, they really haven't done much to change the industry. They just make some seriously awesome games!

Ken kutaragi is nothing but a THIEF.

He worked with nintendo, stole their software and hardware ideas and then ran to sony like a scalded dog with all the ideas he had poached.

Having him as number 1 on this list is an insult to the gaming industry.

WRONG, learn your video game history.

I really don't think it's in any specific order...

He was just listing the 10 dudes.

I few wierd lines like Jak and Daxter made by Inzomniac but other than that, it was atleast an interesting read.

I would add Richard Garriot too for same reason as Warren Spector. Theres no other game that is as detailed as most of games in ultima serie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_VII

"The gameworld is renowned for its interactivity: virtually everything not nailed to the ground can be moved, taken, or interacted with in some fashion. It is possible, for instance, to bake bread, to forge weapons, to milk cows, to play musical instruments, and even to change a baby's swaddling. The Avatar and his companions will complain of hunger pains and severe thirst, and will even die if these matters are not attended to properly. If they come across a disgusting or gruesome scene, they may groan and vomit."

+ Game is highly unlinear + etc.

Full map: http://ian-albert.com/misc/gamemaps/ultima7/full/u7-map-sm.jpg

Oh, and oblivions radiant AI is crap compared to ultima 7, where people work, eat, spend free time and sleep in their day cycle.

(Mind you that game run in 8MB)

Can you name even one game that has even those? Nope, even elder scrolls games can't compete with it.

Atleast they weren't doing shrooms.

Like another person..

When he made super mario

OH SNAP

anyways, Kutaragi is soooo more important. It's not even up for debate. He made video games more than a kids toy.

How?