Who has disappointed you this gen?

Development cost rose a lot this gen.. You can't blame it all on Activision

I can because they were the first publisher to raise prices. MS first party games remained $50 for the first year. Also, I believe that Activision was the first to charge $60 for PC games.

The first $60 game this gen from them was GUN. A PS2 port.
 
Oh I completely forgot:

Warren Spector

C'mon my man, you worked on System Shock, Thief and Deus Ex. This is how you come back to gaming? smh.
 
For me, I'll have to say Nintendo and Microsoft.

Nintendo, because of their refusal to step into the HD generation with the Wii, and to continue down the same tried and true path of their mainstream franchises with very little branching out. Everyone praises Nintendo for the creativity and ingenuity, but I don't feel like I've seen that this generation.

Microsoft, because of their lackluster first and second party development. XBLA is excellent, and the main reason why I still have my 360 (albiet, a broken 360, but I'll get a new one eventually), I'm a big fan of exclusives that really push the console to it's limits. Even the Wii had some amazing games that did that (ie, Mario Galaxy, for one).

The lack of strong first party titles outside of Halo has always bummed me out about the 360. I bought a 360 for games like Bioshock, Mass Effect, and Fable, but two of those three are multi-platform, and Fable 2 and 3 are probably 2 of the most disappointing games I've played all generation (huge fan of the first one, and was really excited for part 2, then I hoped 3 would fix 2's problems. I was wrong).

Sony hasn't disappointed me terribly, because I think their software output has been exemplary this generation, and looking at how they have improved their network service by leaps and bounds in a single generation is impressive (Xbox LIVE really forced Sony to take online gaming seriously, and I feel they have).

I also think Sony has introduced some awesome new IPs, as well as continuing their existing franchises well this gen. The Vita is an excellent machine.

In the end, all that matters to me are the games. I want all of the publishers, console manufacturers, and developers to make awesome games and hardware.

Nintendo is bringing the Wii U to the table, so I'm keeping an eye out on that. The 360 is practically done as far as releasing new IPs exclusively to the system (I'm not a Halo fan, and I'm pretty much done with Fable. I doubt we'll get a new Banjo and Kazooie), so it's on to the next Xbox, but I'm not really in the market for a new console just yet (maybe in two or three years).

Companies like EA, Activision, and Ubisoft I hardly ever have high expectations for, so they don't disappoint me.

I'm disappointed in the saturation of shooters on the market, while pushing other genres to the sidelines.

And yet, I'm really impressed by the digital download market. Between Steam, PSN, and XBLA, I'm glad that smaller developers are getting some exposure from mainstream sources. I have a rather large library of downloadable games thanks to these three services. I still haven't played most of it.
 
Companies being paranoid of pirates and making life difficult with DRM for everyone EXCEPT pirates...

Games treating consumers like cash cows.

Consumers not being critical of being treated like cash cows.

Online-only DRM for singleplayer (I am looking mostly at you Blizzard and Ubisoft).
 
LucasArts for not bringing a 1:1 light saber game to the Wii when MotionPlus was announced. Think Red Steel 2 but in a Star Wars setting, light saber instead of samurai sword, blaster pistol, blaster rifle, Wookie bowcaster instead of Wild West weapons and Jedi powers and finishing moves instead of samurai mones. Make it the third Jedi Knight game and it would have been a licence to print money.
 
Sony. I was a big fan of the PS1/PS2 but Sony's attitude and decisions during the start of this gen left a bad taste in my mouth. Even though the taste has gone down as time has passed, the taste is still in my mouth 5-6 years later.

This. Shit, I was down with PS1/2. So many good memories. But Sony completely and utterly burned that bridge with the PS3.

Oh, and Lucas Arts, for not giving me X-Wing / TIE Fighter HD!
 
Bro gamers:

Their insistence on playing only COD/Madden/Shootan Gaems was tolerable, until it started affecting the entire goddamn market.

I'm disappointed that people started using the term "bro" to jab at the mainstream market.

Also, "shootan"? Keep that shit on gameFAQs please
 
Square Enix - 41
Nintendo - 30
Capcom - 29
Sony -26
Bioware - 22
Microsoft - 19
Konami- 14
Kojipro - 9
Rare - 7
Zipper- 5
SCEJ - 4
Namco - 4
Bethesda- 2
Tecmo - 2
Crytek - 1
Etc - Elventy-billion
(got lazy)

The top 3 are very well deserved. Square and Nintendo have just been disappointing on every level. And although Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is one of my favorite games this gen, Capcom's business practices with their fighting games have been terrible.
 
Atlus. Seven years in to the HD generation and not even a sniff of a new console SMT game. Coupled with their seemingly endless Persona ports and the mediocrity of Catherine, it's been a real downer this gen, man.
 
Nintendo has definitely been the biggest disappointment. The good news is that they have lowered expectations so much now that anything they do right in the next couple years will be a pleasant surprise. This is definitely not the Nintendo of the 1980s, 1990s, or even the early 2000s. I am guessing Nintendo has finally been gutted by retirement and other matriculation that, like Sega, it is beginning to no longer reflect its earlier self. It really shows.

Capcom has been a disappointment for obvious reasons. lol

Sony has also fucked up a lot this generation. In fact, I am to a point where I think their successes in the videogame industry were more flukes than the norm. I wonder if they will be in the gaming business in any significant way in, say, ten years.
 
Japanese console developers with the obvious exclusion of From Software.

Next-gen installments in some of my favorite Japanese franchises have all been incredibly disappointing. Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resident Evil 5, they were all garbage.

Then we have games like The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy versus XIII which have been in development for so long where I'm now at the point where I'm beginning to lose interest.

I've had no problem enjoying Western games but I miss the relevance that Japan used to have in this industry. They almost don't mean shit to me now.
 
Off the top of my head:

Capcom -- RE5 was a huge disappointment; crappy spin-off RE titles for Wii; making RE6 even more of a mainstream, dudebro-friendly game than RE5; relegating their only (weak) attempt at survival horror to a handheld.

Silicon Knights -- Huge fall from grace. From one of the rising stars in the industry to being ridiculed in just a few short years.

Nintendo -- Being behind on HD and online with Wii; not being proactive and getting a successor out much sooner; wasting Retro's talent on Donkey Kong; not bringing over a number of titles to the U.S.; Metroid: Other M.

Konami -- Trying to run the Silent Hill brand into the ground as much as Capcom is with RE; MGS4 sucked ass.

Rare -- Same as Silicon Knights, but an even bigger fall from grace.

Remedy -- Alan Wake was good, but far from what it could have been (especially considering the long development); subsequent AW content has been a huge missed opportunity (should be releasing new story episodes, not action-fests).

The list of who didn't disappoint is probably shorter.
 
This can be anyone, MS, Sony, Nintendo, developers.

Kojima Productions:
Complete fail this gen, MGS4 was terrible and there hasn't been much else from them other than compilations. Metal Gear Rising has been in development hell and is only now looking better thanks to Platinum Games.

I disagree, sir. MGS4 was one of my favorite games this generation, and I say this as someone who only played it for the first time in 2011 while marathoning all four of the main MGS titles. Game was excellent, save for about five minutes of its hour-something long ending.
 
Japanese console developers with the obvious exclusion of From Software.

Next-gen installments in some of my favorite Japanese franchises have all been incredibly disappointing. Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resident Evil 5, they were all garbage.

Then we have games like The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy versus XIII which have been in development for so long where I'm now at the point where I'm beginning to lose interest.

I've had no problem enjoying Western games but I miss the relevance that Japan used to have in this industry. They almost don't mean shit to me now.

I agree 100% with everything you said. Damn disappointing.
 
Nintendo has been mentioned a lot, but their rapid ascension and subsequent rapid downward spiral actually helps them a lot. I think expectations when it comes to the Wii U are six feet under the ground and such expectations can pave the way for an impressive comeback. People also tend to forget about Nintendo's many shortcomings when they show another Mario game. And yes, it is that easy.
 
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Fuck, post #163? Really, GAF?

And third-parties in general. Can't find shit to play.
 
Nintendo. Wonderful developer, terrible publisher. Pandering while being the most anti consumer of the platform holders. Botched Virtual Console support, stingy localization, inexcusable lack of dialogue with fans in a post Web 2.0 world (Xenoblade, refusal to even SPEAK about the situation surrounding the Mother series), uncompetitive hardware. They're gross.
 
Nintendo was solid. They didn't have the HD grafix or third party support but their first-party support has been solid, some of their best ever.

Sony has had strong support too, Microsoft's first party collapse is a shame.

Lots of third-parties have disappointed. Too many to name.

Maybe the most disappointing is the businesses practices of some third parties.
 
Blizzard. Starcraft 2 story/dialogue was horrendous (but gameplay was solid). and Diablo 3 i don't like the graphics/art/atmosphere.

Sony has actually been the complete opposite of disappointing, especially compared to my 360. i've never had problems with hardware or software. free online play, no need to keep buying batteries for the controllers, no extra wifi peripheral, no system failures. and the amount/quality of exclusives has been superb, and i love the fact they support/back risky titles like Heavy Rain and Twisted Metal.
 
No one really.

Hard to be disappointed if you're a multi console owner. There's something there no matter what.

I'm disappointed in myself for buying too many XBLA and PSN games early on, so now I'm ignoring games I shouldn't be ignoring.
 
Gamers. CoD2 launched at the start of this gen and we are already coming up on CoD9. Meanwhile sequels to games like bayonetta or mirrors edge are up in the air.
 
Japan. Outside of the good Platinum output and Capcom limping along (I still swear Lost Planet 2 is a complete overhaul patch away from being a great game). The RPGs haven't done anything for me. The closest thing to a jRPG I've thoroughly enjoyed this gen is Valkyrie Chronicle. But it, Binary Domain and the Platinum output have been some of my highest highs.

I guess I miss the RPGs and the awesome robot/ninja shooting/slashing arcade genre that was once done so well. Before they were in abundance, now I've got like 5-6 really good ones and that's it.

Nintendo, please show me where to buy an SDTV. I posed the same question to my cable company right beofre I canceled. Hopefully all the great software for Wii will be compatible and scale well in Wii U, if not, there's always Dolphin. My cell phone does better than 480p. I know it's been beat into the ground, but it matters a lot to me.
 
Capcom

Because I am/was a huge fan. Ever since at the end of last gen when they lost Mikami everything just slowly declined. Megaman, DLC, rehashes, destroying RE with co-op, bad marketplace tactics, losing Inafune.

Seriously Capcom. Another revival of Legends 3 followed by the swift axe and we need to seriously consider holding a GAF intervention for Capcom.
 
Bioware and Lionhead - simplifying their games instead of expanding. Team Ico for not getting anything done, Naughty Dog for not doing platform games. Gas Powered Games for seemingly just giving up and chasing trends instead of having own ideas. Blizzard for laughable writing.

Just don´t care for Capcom, Konami, Square or Rare.

But there are quite a lot that haven´t dissapointed me - Valve, Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, Relic, Obsidian (New Vegas is awesome), Bethesda (Skyrims awesome), Double Fine, Firaxis (they seem to be getting Civ V together now, and XCOM looks awesome), CD Project, Telltale, etc. Lot´s of great games to play.
 
Consumers. For failing to stand up to game companies like EA or for buying hardware based on brand name and some sort of loyality to a brand (*Cough Nintendo Cough* )
 
Consumers. For failing to stand up to game companies like EA or for buying hardware based on brand name and some sort of loyality to a brand (*Cough Nintendo Cough* )

lol, I think some of you guys need to realize that the majority of people that buy consoles don't follow up on gaming news or have typical gaming forum attitudes when it comes to certain companies.
 
MS have been one of the worst companies for me this gen.

Still charging (actually increasing the price) for XBLG while also increasing the ads.

Appalling first party, they really don't stand anywhere near to Nintendo or Sony.

Their incredible marketing power which makes anything they want become a massive success. Yes this annoys me. See: Kinect.

RROD is an obvious one.

Over charging for propriety hardware.

They ruined Rare and Lionhead.

Giving PC gamers the finger. Repeatedly.
 
Bioware mention #123,624.

They're the only entity I had good feelings for before this gen but no longer do. Others, like EA or Capcom, have never impressed me as being particularly reputable.
 
This gen has been huge. :lol at the people saying everyone.

EA and Capcom win it. EA for their shitty business and Capcom for their shitty control schemes.
 
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