and did i mention i hate these top ten lists they always bring out fanboys and also did i mention that Miyamoto is a bit overrated. he keeps making the same games he made years ago and if you have a character that long of course everyone will notice.

"pushing Sony into the video game market from its niche as an electronics developer."

"Sony continues to be one of the most profitable and largest video game companies ever."

That was good for a laugh... Not that I expected any less after seeing Krazy Ken in first place.

I really disagree with this list.

Drink Cool-Aid much? I hope you were joking with the first part of your post.

I agree with you about Carmack. Read my first couple of posts in this thread. They're epic.

What? how are the people I listed funny? I don't get it. Do I need to make a list of reasons why? The entirety of the gaming world is not just the Wii, you really should get that into your head. Sales are not everything. Some of the most influential books and paintings were not the most profitable, and that certainly is true for gaming as well.

I'm not saying the wii or nintendo do not have the quality and influence as well, because they do, I'm just saying that because something didn't make that much money doesn't mean it isn't important.

Deus Ex (Warren Spector) For instance, will remain one of the most influential games of all time regardless of how well it sold. There is still nothing on the market today that is anything like it.

For someone to say John Carmack doesn't deserve to be on the list would also be hilariously stupid. Because of John Carmack we have the 3d games we do today, and games like gears of war, halo, call of duty all owe their respects to this man. Unreal Tournament would of never been were it not for quake and john carmack. Multiplayer FPS's in general owe their respects to this man, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

Will Wright is pretty much the reason casual games are profitable, he has made just as many gamers out of people turned off of the market as nintendo has, he's also a genious as a designer.

Gabe Newell and Valve software brought us the most successful PC games behind the Sims, the most successful FPS on PC of all time, Half-life selling around 10million units, half life 2 at about 7million, revolutionized class based multiplayer with team fortress 2 and brought us the best and most profitable digital distribution service Steam. Story Driven FPs's including everyone on vgchartz favorite halo owe major respects to Valve, and hundreds of indie and classical games breathing out of new lungs through the digital distribution service of steam while promoting creativity and sharing. Also, Valve have a gigantic influence in the mod communities, as well as promoting free content and supporting their games long after release with new content at NO extra charge. there is not a single developer on the face of the earth that cares more for their customers than valve. and Gabe Newell is the most known and most favorite member of valve.

Gary Gygax created RPGs. Every RPG, including jRPGs owe their existance to this man.

Insomniac guy? What a joke...Kojima, Will Wright, Sid Meier should be there.He didn't create genres nor did anything "industry changing" has to be a joke.Insomniac guy,really?

to me miyamoto is just about making simple FUN(yes i know this is why you like him)  games for simple gamers its great idea but he doesn't risk anything to move the industry forward... (please dont tell me Wii music,  that is just a little child's Rockband.)

he is like the popular pop star that is so popular around people but doesn't really do anything new other than being a popular person who have alotta fangirls/boys

i think if people can stop praising Miyamoto over and over than the world would stop turning, so i'll just leave it as it is.

to me people like David Cage deserve it more than Miyamoto , why ? because they risk it all to make it "different"

i am also puzzled to why the love of Ted Price suddenly came out, he have kickass games and have one of the best places to work in. but he didn't do anything new.

Resistance been done before
Ratchet and Clank been done before
Spyro been done before
Distruptor been done before.

not saying they are bad games mind you

Pullus, what do you define as "moving the industry forward" if Miyamoto does not do it?

Also, how can you possibly compare Wii Music to Rock Band? They're not similar in any way.

Yeah, but Uematsu is just better at making music. And he made the music of FF7 too.