FIRST PARTY WARS: Nintendo vs Sony vs Microsoft

So, the three console manufacturers have been in the industry for quite a while now, and each have managed to build up an impressive arsenal of franchises. But who has the best and most varied first party? Let's have a look:

NINTENDO

Super Mario (Platformer)
The Legend of Zelda (Fantasy Action Adventure)
Metroid (First Person Shooter/Third Person Action)
Pokemon (Role Playing Game)
Super Smash Bros. (Fighter)
F-Zero (Racing)
Donkey Kong (Platformer)
Kirby (Platformer)
Pikmin (Real Time Strategy)
Kid Icarus (Third Person Shooter)
Golden Sun (Role Playing Game )
Mario Kart (Racing)
Fire Emblem (Strategy Role Playing Game)
Advance Wars (Turn Based Strategy)
Wave Race (Racing)
Pilotwings (Flight Simulation)
Exciterace (Racing)
Animal Crossing (Life Simulation)
Star Fox (Arcade Shooter)
Sin and Pinishment (Arcade Shooter)
Earthbound (Role Playing Game)
Punch Out!! (Fighter)
Nintendogs (Simulation)
Wii (Various)
Xenoblade (Role Playing Game)
The Last Story (Role Playing Game)
Pandora's Tower (Fantasy Action Adventure)

SONY

Uncharted (Third Person Action)
God of War (Third Person Action)
Gran Turismo (Sim Racer)
Motorstorm (Racer)
ModNation Racers (Racer)
LittleBigPlanet (Platformer)
Ratchet and Clank (Platformer)
inFamous (Modern Action Adventure)
Resistance (First Person Shooter)
Killzone (First Person Shooter)
Jak and Daxter (Platformer)
Sly (Platformer)
WipEout (Racer)
Twisted Metal (Vehicle Combat)
Warhawk (Arcade Shooter)
White Knight Chronicles (Role Playing Game)
SOCOM (Third Person Shooter)
LocoRoco (Platformer)
Patapon (Strategy)
Hot Shots Golf (Sports)
Team ICO Series (Fantasy Action Adventure)
MLB: The Show
The Getaway
Singstar (Music)
Syphon Filter (Shooter)
Ape Escape (Platformer)

MICROSOFT

Halo (First Person Shooter)
Perfect Dark (First Person Shooter)
Banjo Kazooie (Platformer)
Conker (Platformer)
Fable (Role Playing Game)
Viva Pinata (Life Simulator)
Forza Motorsport (Sim Racer)
Project Gotham Racing (Racing)
Kameo (Action Adventure)
Crackdown (Modern Action Adventure)
Killer Instinct (Fighter)
Jet Force (Third Person Shooter)
Lost Odyssey (Role Playing Game)
Blue Dragon (Role Playing Game)

Let me know if I missed any!

So, who do you think has the best, deepest, widest, most varied first party?

Nintendo because.

Nintendo, but not by much. Sony is very close and Microsoft trails behind.tagyhag

Nintendo>Sony>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>my stocks in various gaming companies>Microsoft.

As of whats going on now?

My Brain says Sony.

But my Heart says Nintendo.

Nostalgia FTW!

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]Nintendo, but not by much. Sony is very close and Microsoft trails behind.Bigboi500

You know, when either Sony orMicrosoft are able to sustain an entire console on nothing but their first party, tell me. Until then, the answer is Nintendo.

You know, when either Sony or Nintendo are able to sustain an entire console on nothing but their first party, tell me. Until then, the answer is Nintendo.crippled_ram

Typo? :P

You know, when either Sony or Nintendo are able to sustain an entire console on nothing but their first party, tell me. Until then, the answer is Nintendo.crippled_ram

[QUOTE="crippled_ram"]You know, when either Sony or Nintendo are able to sustain an entire console on nothing but their first party, tell me. Until then, the answer is Nintendo.Slashless

Typo? :P

Nintendo hands down. Even the poll proves it.

It's quite sad that a big portion of Microsoft's 1st party consists of Rare IP's. If only they'd use them. I'm not saying, give it to Rare. I'm saying, create another studio to use all these high quality IP's.

This generation....Nintendo. In 2011 it was Microsoft.

Halo is by FAAAAAAAAAAAR the deepest.

Dozens of quality novels.

Comic books.

Action figures.

Cartoons. (Not halo legends, that was disgusting, I mean headhunters and the mona lisa etc.)

Huge universe with great lore and storytelling. Rivals mass effect series as the biggest fiction universe in video games.

^ROFL no. Just no.

I heard GameFreak (pokemon devs) are considered 2nd party?eboyishere

Why even have MS in the discussion?

[QUOTE="crippled_ram"]You know, when either Sony or Nintendo are able to sustain an entire console on nothing but their first party, tell me. Until then, the answer is Nintendo.Slashless

Typo? :P

But I could argue that Sony is close. I mean of all my PS3 titles only 5 are 3rd Party one of those 3rd Party titles is a PSN title the rest are First Party Sony titles.

That is out of 13 titles.

Of my Wii games only 6 are 3rd Party the rest are First Party.

That is out of 24 titles not counting my VC titles.

^ROFL no. Just no.

Calvin079

But I do admit nintendo wins. Their heritige is more set in stone with nostalgic games like that.

[QUOTE="Calvin079"]

^ROFL no. Just no.

GOGOGOGURT

But I do admit nintendo wins. Their heritige is more set in stone with nostalgic games like that.

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

[QUOTE="Calvin079"]

^ROFL no. Just no.

Calvin079

But I do admit nintendo wins. Their heritige is more set in stone with nostalgic games like that.

Ummm...yep. Super smash bros and mario cart are pretty dam nostalgic.

WTF are you on? :?

Nintendo. MS isn't even worth mentioning.

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

[QUOTE="Calvin079"]

^ROFL no. Just no.

Calvin079

But I do admit nintendo wins. Their heritige is more set in stone with nostalgic games like that.

It's really a draw down to what you enjoy.

Personally i've loved a lot of ninty games this gen.

But sony has pumped out some gooooooood games.

Maybe xenoblade will change my mind tomorrow.

What counts as First Party?

Is it owned franchises or games made soley by 1st party studios?

Because Sony owns a lot more IPS than that. Here are just some of the bigger ones you missed:

• Ape Escape
• Buzz!
• Dark Cloud
• Everquest
• Free Realms
• Fat Princess
• Invizimals
• MAG
• Planetside
• SingStar
• Siren
• Syphon Filter

That is just some of the bigger ones. As far as owned franchises and IPs they have about 4 times as many that I didn't put and you also didn't.

Sony could win if they had a good ip that they could capitalize on and have as their flagship title. Every gen, they make a whole bunch of new ip's, which is good for dev creativity i guess, but they dont have the same heavy hitters like nintendo/MS does because of that.

I would say nintendo with sony just behind.

Nintendo, absolutely no contest.

What counts as First Party?

Is it owned franchises or games made soley by 1st party studios?

Because Sony owns a lot more IPS than that. Here are just some of the bigger ones you missed:

• Ape Escape
• Buzz!
• Dark Cloud
• Everquest
• Free Realms
• Fat Princess
• Invizimals
• MAG
• Planetside
• SingStar
• Siren
• Syphon Filter

That is just some of the bigger ones. As far as owned franchises and IPs they have about 4 times as many that I didn't put and you also didn't.

CajunShooter

Most people on System Wars when you mention first party titles they mention now how many are internally developed.

Well on here most just refer to it as a title developed by an Internal Studio. But outside of System Wars the industry refers to first party as any game published/develop/owned by a first party developer.

Most people on System Wars when you mention first party titles they mention now how many are internally developed.

Nintendo_Ownes7

Then how do you count games like Resistance? While the main series was never developed by an internal Sony studio the Vita version is developed by Sony Bend. What about Ratchet and Clank which has zero entries developed by a Sony first party?

Not necessarily asking the person that I am quoting btw, but even with the stipulation that Sony has to have a hand in development then the TC still missed a large number of Sony developed franchises.

Nintendo, by far. Sony's first party is pretty good too, though lacking originality I feel. I feel like a lot of their IPs take ideas already from the industry and combine them into a package and just make a "good" game, nothing exceptional. The only one that stands out is Uncharted. Microsoft in comparison, very weak. I don't care for Halo, but they have Halo...Haziqonfire

It really comes down to what you like to play. And even though I hardly ever play nintendo games anymore, they win for best variety, none of thier games have depth (except metroid maybe?).

[QUOTE="Calvin079"]

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

But I do admit nintendo wins. Their heritige is more set in stone with nostalgic games like that.

GOGOGOGURT

Ummm...yep. Super smash bros and mario cart are pretty dam nostalgic.

What are you on? :?

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"]Well on here most just refer to it as a title developed by an Internal Studio. But outside of System Wars the industry refers to first party as any game published/develop/owned by a first party developer.

Most people on System Wars when you mention first party titles they mention now how many are internally developed.

CajunShooter

Then how do you count games like Resistance? While the main series was never developed by an internal Sony studio the Vita version is developed by Sony Bend. What about Ratchet and Clank which has zero entries developed by a Sony first party?

Not necessarily asking the person that I am quoting btw, but even with the stipulation that Sony has to have a hand in development then the TC still missed a large number of Sony developed franchises.

But usually if a First Party developer developed a game or published it they usually also own the IP.

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

[QUOTE="Calvin079"] Nostalgia? :? clearly you have not played any Nintendo game.

Calvin079

Ummm...yep. Super smash bros and mario cart are pretty dam nostalgic.

What are you on? :?

LOL

You know, when either Sony orMicrosoft are able to sustain an entire console on nothing but their first party, tell me. Until then, the answer is Nintendo.

crippled_ram

Ninty.

Its the way it should be. Nintendo should have the most ips, they've been around the longest by far. Then you have Sony who came next, and finally MS the newest of the three to the home console market.