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The best developer currently in the business?
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NeverYouMind
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Developer quality =/= financially irresponsible consumer behavior.
Their last good game came out two generations ago.
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Kataploom
Gold Member
Monolith Soft is a first party developer so it's as much of Nintendo as any EAD team, so is Retro Studios, both just have their own studio name for whatever reason, and the only mainline Metroid games not made by Nintendo are Other M and Dread, which still had Nintendo producers in their core.
Regarding HAL Lab and IS, are you saying TLOU 1 and the entire Uncharted franchise weren't Sony first party games?
simpatico
Member
And now for the sad list of OGs no longer with us.
Bioware
Arkane
Rocksteady
Bethesda
Halo-Bungie
Monolith
Konami
Tango
Ubisoft Montreal
You guys were some of the realest. I've got a nice spot swept off for DICE up there, but we need to at least see their next game before formally adding them.
Bioware
Arkane
Rocksteady
Bethesda
Halo-Bungie
Monolith
Konami
Tango
Ubisoft Montreal
You guys were some of the realest. I've got a nice spot swept off for DICE up there, but we need to at least see their next game before formally adding them.
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Kataploom
Gold Member
I'm currently playing Xenoblade 3, which wipes the floor with most games this gen so far, didn't know it came out in the Game Cube.
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nial
Gold Member
I think you're missing the point, EAD is (or was) an internal organization within Nintendo Co., Ltd., while Monolith and Retro are simply subsidiaries owned by Nintendo. It's why you have people mentioning them here as separate studios, same with SIE and ND, for example.
This isn't about first-party talk, it's about the actual developers behind the projects. Nobody says that Uncharted is developed by Sony, they just refer to Naughty Dog.
On the other hand, referring to Gravity Rush or Astro Bot as SIE-developed games is quite correct, because both were created by internal organizations within the company.
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Oppoi
Member
You know I really felt that my post was coming off a bit hail corporate and trust me I'm not a fan of how they milk their franchises but what they are able to create with each new GTA are major stepping stones. I'm adamant that GTA VI will set a new standard.
Camreezie
Member
Two generations ago is Wii
Kataploom
Gold Member
Ok, this simplifies the matter, I'd go with Monolith Soft then.
And everyone associates ND with PS for obvious reasons, so in the minds of everyone, NS is Sony... It was shocking for most knowing they weren't a first party studio when Sony bought them.
LOL I read it as two decades ago, but even so it's not true considering the generation that came right after was considered one with the most bangers (Wii U) to the point it felt unfair that Nintendo didn't market it appropriately, at least some games came to Switch, which also has had banger after banger... And I'm not even counting 3DS.
Hawking Radiation
Member
Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Insomniac for sure.
Fabieter
Member
Another one mentioned ID which made the same annount of games in the last 10 years and both are fine choices.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Sony, From, RockStar, Nintendo, Square
tomato shrub
Member
Capcom, FROM
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
Rockstar
Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog
Guerilla Munch
Member
Nintendo has been batting damn near .1000 for over 40 fucking years
Stamps1646
Member
- Atlus
- Supergiant Games
- Nintendo
- Larian Studios
- Insomniac Games
- Capcom
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- FromSoftware
- Naughy Dog
Dr. Wilkinson
Gold Member
Well I’d say it’s a close call between Fromsoft or Nintendo EPD or Capcom
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Dr. Wilkinson
Gold Member
This was only true before the complete dumpster fire that was CP 2077.
Sorry but no one’s forgetting that launch any time soon.
MrRenegade
Banned
Klei.
Black_Mamba
Member
Capcom easily. They've been releasing at least one great title every year since RE7.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
PonyStation4
Member
The people saying Nintendo are just as wrong. Sony and Microsoft release games on PC, Nintendo does not.
Leaving PC out means Nintendo is not a great developer.
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Codes 208
Member
FROM, Nintendo, Capricom
The three goats that consistently launch quality
Thats been the rules since the wii era
The three goats that consistently launch quality
you dont buy a Nintendo console for third party games, if you do then youre doing it wrong.
Thats been the rules since the wii era
NeverYouMind
Member
Wii still had 3rd party bangers. Wii U and Switch had 3rd party sloppy seconds.
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Hawking Radiation
Member
I wouldn't call their games system sellers.
If we take GTAV as an example then it sold 20 million copies on PS4 which has a userbase north of 100 million.
Less than a million seperates God Of War, Spider-Man and GTAV on PS4.
Portugeezer
Member
From for their quality and relatively quick output.
kungfuian
Member
Overall Multi Genre-
-Nintendo
-Capcom
Genre Kings-
-From
-Naughty Dog
-Insomniac
-Larian
-Santa Monica
-Rockstar
-CD Project Red
Up and Coming-
-ASOBI (Astro VR was literally a Mario 64 level moment of just WOW, and Playroom was way too much fun for being a pack in 'demo', they are capable of top of the industry platformers tied only by Nintendo IMO)
-Housemarque (Returnal alone is such an amazing game it instantly establishes them as top in their field for third Person Shooters, all other metrics be dammed)
-Team Cherry (Hollow Knight is to Metroidvanias what Peanut Butter is to Chocolate or some other dumb analogy that doesn't make sense but who cares just go play it!)
If only they cared-
-Valve (Portal and Alex are unmatched, imagine what they could do if they cared enough to make more games)
-Nintendo
-Capcom
Genre Kings-
-From
-Naughty Dog
-Insomniac
-Larian
-Santa Monica
-Rockstar
-CD Project Red
Up and Coming-
-ASOBI (Astro VR was literally a Mario 64 level moment of just WOW, and Playroom was way too much fun for being a pack in 'demo', they are capable of top of the industry platformers tied only by Nintendo IMO)
-Housemarque (Returnal alone is such an amazing game it instantly establishes them as top in their field for third Person Shooters, all other metrics be dammed)
-Team Cherry (Hollow Knight is to Metroidvanias what Peanut Butter is to Chocolate or some other dumb analogy that doesn't make sense but who cares just go play it!)
If only they cared-
-Valve (Portal and Alex are unmatched, imagine what they could do if they cared enough to make more games)
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Daedalic Entertainment.
Madserb2023
Member
Capcom and Nintendo. Been this way for at least the last 5 years.
Vlodril
Member
I played it at launch and i had almost no bugs. 2 crashes 2 reloads for stuck missions and 1 t pose. I am only speaking for my experience and it was great (I finished the game 3 times now). I had a ton more bugs with Assassin's Creed Valhalla (crashes and the animations frequently didn't even hit the enemy).
Klosshufvud
Member
Capcom is not a developer. Neither is Nintendo. They're huge publishers with numerous dev studios under their wing. It's like saying Sony is a developer. It makes no sense.
My vote goes for either Polyphony Digital for their remarkable work with GT Sport/7, Kojima Productions and From Software. These are the best studios right now.
My vote goes for either Polyphony Digital for their remarkable work with GT Sport/7, Kojima Productions and From Software. These are the best studios right now.
Hero_Select
Member
Nintendo is at the top and Capcom is up there too.
From Software is great but their output is so small that it's kind of hard to compare when you have that level of consistency from Nintendo and Capcom
From Software is great but their output is so small that it's kind of hard to compare when you have that level of consistency from Nintendo and Capcom
Little Chicken
Member
Playground Games and FROM. No filler 
Dr. Wilkinson
Gold Member
Dude it was so bad it was literally delisted from sale by PlayStation. Most people who played it at launch played the horrible disaster version that was Xbox One and PS4 at launch, that never really did improve much. Your experience was not the norm.