Who's your favorite North American game developer?
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bitbydeath
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Sony's American Studios are getting marked down because of the woke virus.
I'll go with Epic Games, despite what some people think of UE5 they do a lot for the industry.
I'll go with Epic Games, despite what some people think of UE5 they do a lot for the industry.
Deerock71
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Definitely.
Two stellar Donkey Kongs and three amazing Metroid Primes has solidified my pick. Four Primes so far if you count the Remake.
Bernardougf
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Naughty Dog 1996-2016
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Danny22
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For AAA, absolutely none. Anti-American rant incoming.
That country's expensive cost of living combined with its profit obsessed corporations plus NPC customers who buy EA Sports or COD every year is the root of anti-passionate development and why mainstream entertainment in other mediums went the way of brands/ safety/ focus testing.
Not to say that they don't have extremely talented devs (Naughty Dog is still at the top of its game and I'm sure there are many others who never got a chance) BUT the only big-budget singleplayer games that could be considered both innovative and great coming from American devs exist because of Sony, a Japanese Publisher. And even that's going the way of the Dodo now as they release more generic safe products, a staple of American culture.
You think Rockstar would have had this level of quality for decades, while being under a shareholder company, if it was American? No chance.
That country's expensive cost of living combined with its profit obsessed corporations plus NPC customers who buy EA Sports or COD every year is the root of anti-passionate development and why mainstream entertainment in other mediums went the way of brands/ safety/ focus testing.
Not to say that they don't have extremely talented devs (Naughty Dog is still at the top of its game and I'm sure there are many others who never got a chance) BUT the only big-budget singleplayer games that could be considered both innovative and great coming from American devs exist because of Sony, a Japanese Publisher. And even that's going the way of the Dodo now as they release more generic safe products, a staple of American culture.
You think Rockstar would have had this level of quality for decades, while being under a shareholder company, if it was American? No chance.
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Kagoshima_Luke
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Thank you for bringing me to the shocking realization that I don't like any North American developers anymore.
I used to love Bungie and Bioware, but both of those are unrecognizable in their current state.
I used to love Bungie and Bioware, but both of those are unrecognizable in their current state.
Liopleurodon
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Rockstar.
Hawk The Slayer
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Blizzard and Bethesda
Not just my favorite North American companies but are my favorite game companies of all times.
Not just my favorite North American companies but are my favorite game companies of all times.
Xaeroxcore666
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From the past: old Bungie, Neversoft, old Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Monolith, old RockSteady, old Epic, old Naughty Dog before they went full woke.
Current: ID Software, Vicarious, Sony Santa Monica, Valve, Insomniac, Rockstar.
Current: ID Software, Vicarious, Sony Santa Monica, Valve, Insomniac, Rockstar.
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Pimpbaa
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Not a lot. Too many sequels. Last gen, I would have said any of Sony's western dev studios, now I wonder if the same people are even working there now considering the amount of barely improved sequels. Haven't liked a whole lot from MS on my Xbox this gen either. Oddly enough I did like Death Stranding 2 even though it too is a barely improved sequel in a lot of aspects, but that isn't from a NA dev. If the single player ends up being really good in GTA6 then I'll say Rockstar.
LavitzSlambert
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Came in here to say Sabotage and Retro, hell yeah dude.
Juja
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Two stellar Donkey Kongs and three amazing Metroid Primes has solidified my pick. Four Primes so far if you count the Remake.
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