Which company has the strongest IPs?
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90TilInfinity
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For me, Sony and Capcom.
Metalmurphy
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Really? I went to FNAC (huge european retailer) the other day and they had an entire section for it. It was as big as the entire PS3 or 360 section.
Yeah that's true. Was thinking more about recognizable characters, like Mario for Nintendo, but you're right about game titles. Might as well throw halo up there as well, though I wouldn't consider MS to have strong IPs.
revolverjgw
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Quality wise, Sony, and for me they overtook Nintendo long ago. By far the most series' that I keep up with. I also appreciate that they introduce lots of new stuff every gen. Although that does result in great IPs like Jak, Medievil, Colony Wars, Syphon Filter, Primal, Jumping Flash etc lying dormant...
Metroid Hunter
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Are you saying that Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, Wii Sports, Nintendogs, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Kirby, Super Smash Bros., Brain Age are not the same calibre as Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Prototype, Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo? Lol
EDIT: Sorry to turn this into a list wars, but Activision may have the same calibre as Nintendo, but Nintendo is not below them.
Monty Mole
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How on earth can you possibly consider Starhawk as a "strong IP"?! And how can you consider Halo as a weak one?
Boss Man
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Depends on what you mean by strongest, but probably Blizzard.
If we're talking in terms of a deck of cards, I'd say Sony might be about to begin its ascent into the clouds with Nintendo here in the next generation. They've just built so many high quality IPs and some of them are bound to catch fire.
If we're talking in terms of a deck of cards, I'd say Sony might be about to begin its ascent into the clouds with Nintendo here in the next generation. They've just built so many high quality IPs and some of them are bound to catch fire.
CrAzY FiNgErS
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I regard Valve as "the Nintendo of the PC world". On PC alone they have 2 very popular versions of Counter Strike(soon to be 3 versions) Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Half Life, Portal, and Dota 2. All these IP's are cross compatible with Mac, PC, and soon Linux users through their almighty Steam platform.
In this current gen; however, they have started expanding heavily into console development. Orange Box wasn't all that popular on PS3 or Xbox, but Left 4 Dead really sold well on the 360. I own both Orange Box and Portal 2 on PS3. Soon I will have Counter Strike Global Offensive on PS3. I think it will be interesting to see where Valve goes with their IP's this next console generation. If Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft can lighten up on the rules regarding patching, F2P, Free DLC, and PC/Steam/Console cross compatibility I think Valve will gain alot more traction in this next console cycle. If not then Steam will save them, because their track record for creating great games (and supporting them for years) is nearly flawless.
In this current gen; however, they have started expanding heavily into console development. Orange Box wasn't all that popular on PS3 or Xbox, but Left 4 Dead really sold well on the 360. I own both Orange Box and Portal 2 on PS3. Soon I will have Counter Strike Global Offensive on PS3. I think it will be interesting to see where Valve goes with their IP's this next console generation. If Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft can lighten up on the rules regarding patching, F2P, Free DLC, and PC/Steam/Console cross compatibility I think Valve will gain alot more traction in this next console cycle. If not then Steam will save them, because their track record for creating great games (and supporting them for years) is nearly flawless.
walking fiend
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If solely sales are the criteria to be strongest, only a troll or a totally ignorant person can say any publisher is even remotely close to Nintendo, at least for this gen; just summing the best selling Wii and DS titles is more than all the games Activision Blizzard has ever published, a couple of times probably
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Wii_video_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_video_games
TDLink
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If we're talking strong in terms of sales, definitely Activision-Blizzard. If we're talking strong in terms of many memorable franchises that are easily recognizable by their characters, obviously the answer is Capcom (even if they have been screwing up lately). The "vs Capcom" games are testament enough to the fact that they have a load of quality IPs. Nintendo is of course the strongest in both departments but this is excluding them, as you requested.
Metroid Hunter
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I don't think it passed 1 M on PS3/360 and is below 2 M on Wii.
Because this is NeoGAF.
Ein Bear
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Based off Wikipedia figures, the two New Super Mario Bros. games have sold 52 Million copies. That's more than the entire Call of Duty series, across all platforms, from the first game up through to Black Ops.
Joking? GT5 prologue sold 5.3 million, which is more than most full games sell.
Cerebral Assassin
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ActivisionBlizzard
Lucasarts
GT used to sell substantially more than that.
Lucasarts
GT used to sell substantially more than that.
mclaren777
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Sony and EA.
The rest (including Nintendo) all seems rather mediocre by comparison.
The rest (including Nintendo) all seems rather mediocre by comparison.
Majmun
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Damn at the Wii ... games. Don't know if those are strong IP's though. I doubt we'll see a Wii Sports, Wiiplay or WiiFit game for the WiiU though.
walking fiend
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but it IS in decline; GT3 sold like 15m, GT4 11m; GT5 is below 8m; though at part people may say it is the PS3 low sales causing this and if people got PS3, they would get GT over competitors like Forza, etc.
I think Wii Fit U will be a good measure to say if the brands are still relevant or not; but even without Wii ... games, Nintendo still has the strongest IP pool.
Metroid Hunter
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Cerebral Assassin
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They have already announced a Wii Fit game for the Wii U.
That can't be right, the last 2-3 CoD games have all sold in the ball park of 20+ million copies.
Supermanisdead
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Atlus.
Wii Sports was hugely bundled (both versions) and we have yet to see how well it carries over this generation. Wii Fit+ was the last Wii _____ game to sell huge numbers. Wii Party sold well (over 6M shipped) but was not nearly as popular as Sports/Play/Fit. From what I can tell, Wii Play motion bombed in comparison to the older games.
Pokemon, 2D Mario and Mario Kart are Nintendo's strongest franchises.
Acti-blizzard has Call of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft which are all massive. At this point, I would imagine that WoW is the second best-selling game this generation behind Wii Sports. Ten million people still actively play after almost 8 years. There must be a gigantic number of former WoW players by this point.
I think Skylanders will be more transitory (like Guitar Hero), so I will not count it among Activision Blizzard's mega IPs.
No. Call of Duty was at 55 million units as of Nov 27, 2009. That is a couple of weeks after Modern Warfare 2 came out. That number doesn't even include all of MW2's sales, let alone Black Ops. The series is over 100M by now. Black Ops sold over 25M copies on its own.
Obviously Nintendo is first in terms of market share and effectiveness. No one else even comes close. However if I was talking from a personal perspective? They're not even if the top 3
Not sure about first. Normally I'd say Square Enix easily. But Sony has done an awesome job building it's stable of IP's this gen. I'd say they are pretty close. The two are comfortably ahead of everyone else in terms of my interest.
Then come the likes of Sega, Namco and Nintendo. The reason Nintendo doesn't resonate with me that well is because I'm not a fan of Mario. Probably in the minority here, but I've never really liked any Mario despite giving them a try, with the only exception being Paper Mario TTYD. Zelda is what makes me look forward to Nintendo so much, and after Xenoblade whatever Monolith Software make next.
With Microsoft it's a bit weird. Halo is the best FPS I've ever played. But the problem is FPS's aren't a genre I'm too fond of. Really liked Crackdown, but most of their exclusives. that I enjoyed this gen have been published by them, but developed by third party. That doesn't inspire confidence that they'll have awesome games next gen.
Not sure about first. Normally I'd say Square Enix easily. But Sony has done an awesome job building it's stable of IP's this gen. I'd say they are pretty close. The two are comfortably ahead of everyone else in terms of my interest.
Then come the likes of Sega, Namco and Nintendo. The reason Nintendo doesn't resonate with me that well is because I'm not a fan of Mario. Probably in the minority here, but I've never really liked any Mario despite giving them a try, with the only exception being Paper Mario TTYD. Zelda is what makes me look forward to Nintendo so much, and after Xenoblade whatever Monolith Software make next.
With Microsoft it's a bit weird. Halo is the best FPS I've ever played. But the problem is FPS's aren't a genre I'm too fond of. Really liked Crackdown, but most of their exclusives. that I enjoyed this gen have been published by them, but developed by third party. That doesn't inspire confidence that they'll have awesome games next gen.
Majmun
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Oh, totally missed that announcement. Good thing you quoted that picture btw lol
WiiU losing Wii's pointer functionality will kill off some popular franchises I guess. Don't think that another WiiSports is possible for the WiiU. And that's Wii's most popular IP.
Does the WiiU have motion controls? I feel so out of loop now
Metroid Hunter
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Wii U comes with a sensor bar and the Wii U Gamepad has one built in as well.
Here's a Wii U Sports tech demo.
CadetMahoney
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Definitely.
ROFL, are you stating that COD sells better then mario titles?
have you ever checked the charts? Mario games decimate COD sales
Majmun
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Wow, just ignore my WiiU comments in this thread then. I need to look up for more info before I type -_-
Looks like the WiiU has the potential to slay again. Depends if consumers are still interested in another Sports or Fit game.
GhaleonQ
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Konami. Really, I don't see how it can be anyone who wasn't around for the initial PC rush or early arcades and survived in "real" fashion (I'd even exclude S.N.K. here). Konami, Namco, Capcom, Nintendo, Sega, Ubisoft (by absorption), Activision Blizzard (partially by absorption) are all, I think.
Maybe among the people who visit NeoGAF (or even more "mainstream" gaming sites like IGN). If you poll random people on the street though, I don't any of Sega's franchises are that recognizable other than Sonic. Everyone knows what World of Warcraft is. Even if they don't play games.
Valve is not even close. They are extremely popular among hardcore gamers, but that is about it.
walking fiend
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how is StarCraft or Diablo 'massive'?
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DimmuBurgerKing
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Square-Enix. Won't comment on how they're actually managing their properties, though.
The Dutch Slayer
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Dark_AnNiaLatOr
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My favorite - Sony
HocusPocus
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Blizzard... no contest.
Metroid Hunter
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I don't think anyone outside of gaming (random people on the street) knows what World of Warcraft even is. Sonic, Call of Duty and Mario, yes.
Glass Rebel
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You can't be serious.
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